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

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He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006. TechCrunch.

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

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When Salesforce.com decided to buy my company in December 2006 I dropped everything and focused religiously on closure. If it’s a biz deal you might care about IP protection, revenue share, investment commitments to joint marketing – whatever. Any deal – ANY DEAL – that was pre 9/11 was suddenly in question.