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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

The Past (1985-2002). Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. In April of 2000 there were fears that the AOL / Time Warner merger would create a monopoly on the Internet.

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The Long And Short Of Rebranding Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Not all rebranding exercises need a change of logo or design. HP Merger With Compaq. In 2002, Hewlett Packard signed a merger agreement with Compaq that would bring together the computer hardware businesses of the two businesses, each with revenues of over $40 billion. Let us look at a few real-world scenarios.

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Having The Guts To Be Bold In Business

YoungUpstarts

Get the results you design for. You must design and quantify the results. With over thirty years of experience, Rothman cemented his Gutsball ethos in the 2002 HP/Compaq merger, a deal that married Compaq’s global reach with HP’s technological prowess and resulted in a state-of-the-art finance and leasing company now producing over $3.5

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The Top 10 Requirements for an Effective Client Lifecycle

Guy Nirpaz

Have a designated owner who acts as a “quarterback” of Client Lifecycle program. The user community within your client’s organization can change frequently due to layoffs, new hires, mergers, and other business events. This added visibility also provides the appropriate amount of pressure to make sure your organization sticks with it.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

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How to investment banks help with the M&A (mergers & acquisitions) process? Give up a box of clothes and receive one in the size you designate. Online retailer of affordable “accessible luxury” designer fashion. Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006. total funding $1.7 My-Wardrobe.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

The Past (1985-2002). Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. In April of 2000 there were fears that the AOL / Time Warner merger would create a monopoly on the Internet.

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Second-Class Investor Citizens: Facebook’s IPO and Dual-Class Equity Structures

Gust

Management control is further entrenched by other provisions including a “controlled company” designation , exempting the company from the customary stock exchange-imposed corporate governance rules that apply to the vast majority of public companies in the post-Sarbanes-Oxley era.

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