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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. For the next four or five years, technology M&A boomed, growing from 50 in 2003 to 450 in 2006. So what’s left?

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Jump forward 16-17 years, through numerous mergers, sales, wins and losses, and our current agency, HUB, is going strong, powered and pushed forward by that original desire to do a good job, create sustainable digital products and generally make a difference. I started my own marketing and communications agency back in 2003.

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Keep It Under Your Hat: Valuation Caps and the $650 Million Sale of MySpace for $125 Million

Gust

The TL;DR answer to the stock option question is that MySpace options were cashed out at modest value at the time of the FIM merger, coming on the heels of the spin-out of MySpace into a separate subsidiary by parent company Intermix Media, with an infusion of new capital from Redpoint Ventures. Read on for a fuller explanation.

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We Were Right – Just a Decade Early

Feld Thoughts

“This merger will launch the next Internet revolution,” said Steve Case, America Online’s chairman and chief executive, told a news conference Monday. 2003 – 2012 was the climb to Enlightenment. At the peak, AOL bought Time Warner for $162 billion. “We’re still just scratching the surface.”

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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s 2003 and VCs aren’t exactly lining up to fund startup businesses. There are merger discussions, board debates, product miscues, revenue misses and a litany of delicate topics. Would now be a good time to buy a house? I’d need a letter from you to help with my loan.” ” “Buy a house?

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

He also worked in mergers and acquisitions at Veronis, Suhler & Company and Cowles Media Company and held various operations positions at The Black Book. Since 2003, Rumson has helped clients invest over $1.0 He holds a Master of Science in Finance from the London Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University.

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My first business partner, Raj Choudhury

Jeff Hilimire

Even now, he’s juggling his MBA along with an inordinate amount of operations and integration work with the Engauge + Moxie merger. here is a shot of your office from the spot CNN did on us in 2003 ). - He is easily the hardest working person I’ve ever met. I never could figure out how he does it.

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