Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

But the 2013 Snowden revelations damaged that tenuous relationship yet again. Existing contractors have learned how to master the arcane defense acquisition system and live with the slow decision-making and payment processes. companies felt a patriotic duty to help their country defeat a common enemy.

Government 308

Government Artificial Inteligence Silicon Valley North Korea 308

VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

If you’re a startup founder, you’re probably looking at Google in some way, maybe in terms of partnership or acquisition, but maybe some level of suspicion and fear. CapitalG (formerly Google Capital) – Started in 2013, CapitalG is Alpahbet’s growth stage venture fund backed by Google (larger ticket size).

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Startup Early Stage Cloud 131

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

We spent a year (2012-2013) building a merchant acquisition machine and all of the systems to support bookings, calendar integrations, location services, etc. We then spent much of 2013 proving out the merchant model in one city – Los Angeles.

Development Team Review 324

Development Team Review Los Angeles San Francisco Mobile 324

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors or M&A exits (merger and acquisition). Until mid-2013, the USPTO still operated on the doctrine of “first to invent,” rather than first to patent.

Software Review 250

Software Review Software Technical Review Intellectual Property 250

YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

This also applies in acquisition conversations. Obviously, strategic acquisitions have additional considerations and motivations, but most acquirers will not venture too far from industry norms in revenue multiples and the ultimate enterprise value.

Cofounder 127

Cofounder Burn Rate Technical Cofounder Seed Capital 127

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

While working at The Hawthorns Golf & Country Club in Fishers, Indiana, Zack qualified for and played in the 2012 and 2013 Indiana Open tournaments. Do it for the right reasons; happiness, self exploration and acquisition of experience. Try to look beyond the short term and build up you as the asset.

Las Vegas 113

Las Vegas Indiana Indianapolis Nevada 113

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013! - crowdspring.co/1aTk8Jc. How To Become A Customer Acquisition Expert - buff.ly/1aWRqqY. Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013! - crowdspring.co/1aTk8Jc. How To Become A Customer Acquisition Expert - buff.ly/1aWRqqY. Want to change the world?

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Pascal's View

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Responding to the question “ What do you see as the biggest investment opportunity for venture capital in 2013? ”, Dougherty said, “ If we have a broadly rebounding economy, the big corporations would begin to buy products and programs that they want to have, not just the ones that they have to have. I agree with Dennis.

Acquisition 38

Acquisition Merger Covenant Liquidity Event 38

The Equity Kicker

APRIL 15, 2015

This chart (which I saw on Broadstuff and was originally published in the Harvard Business Review ) is from audited company accounts following mergers and acquisitions: …we looked at the value of brands and customer relationships as revealed by M&A data covering over 6,000 mergers and acquisitions worldwide between 2003 and 2013.

Balance Sheet 60

Balance Sheet Merger Customer Product 60

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

We’ve come a long way from switching this blog to WordPress in 2009, my systematic vetting of the business idea in 2009 (after needing it myself due to the success of this blog crashing my dedicated server every time I got on Hackernews), the “ coming soon ” pre-launch in April 2010, our Series A 3-minute pitch in 2011, our incredible CEO Heather Brunner (..)

Engineer 152

Engineer Revenue San Francisco Security 152

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 2, 2017

When Satya and I started Homebrew in 2013 one of our bets for the coming decades was that non-traditional acquirers would become more aggressive in their pursuit of technology startups. Here the acquisition becomes more metric-driven and the assumptions around growth and multiples drive the offer.

Technical Review 115

Technical Review Cap Table Acquisition Startup 115

Gust

OCTOBER 19, 2014

The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors or M&A exits (merger and acquisition). Until mid-2013, the USPTO still operated on the doctrine of “first to invent,” rather than first to patent.

Software Review 173

Software Review Software Technical Review Intellectual Property 173

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Over the last 12 months, there have been a handful of acquisitions of mobile start-ups like RapSphere * (by Appsense), Nukona (by Symantec) and most recently Zenprise (by Citirix) that help enterprises better manage mobile devices.

Mobile 165

Mobile Acquisition Early Stage Security 165

The Equity Kicker

JUNE 27, 2013

I just read the following good list of e-commerce trends for 2013-14 on Quora : Commodotisation of online stores. Possibly leading to more mergers and acquisitions by larger online or offline retailers. Customisation for each shopper. e.g. GoSquared + contests/recommended product at a special discount.

Merger 136

Merger eCommerce Curation Differentiation 136

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 21, 2014

Following Google’s acquisition of Nest last week Venturebeat published the following list of Google’s top ten acquisitions by value: Motorola Mobility – $12.5 Waze – $966 million, 2013. billion, 2012. Nest Labs – $3.2 billion, 2014. DoubleClick – $3.1 billion, 2007. YouTube – $1.7 billion, 2006.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition IPO Mobile Internet 103

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2013

The last roundup for 2013! The Typical Billion Dollar Startup Acquisition – crowdspring.co/1bXwwt5. The best fonts of 2013 | Webdesigner Depot – crowdspring.co/J36PvQ. 15 Popular Logo Redesigns and Makeovers in 2013 – crowdspring.co/J36N7q. The best fonts of 2013 | Webdesigner Depot – crowdspring.co/J36PvQ.

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

This is in addition to their 2019 acquisition of Anchor, LinkedIn launched a new ‘Creator Mode’ and is experimenting with social audio – “We’re doing some early tests to create a unique audio experience connected to your professional identity. Riffr calls itself a social micro podcasting app. like a Twitch, but with audio.

Audio 139

Audio Software Review Open Source Social Network 139

Haystack

JUNE 29, 2018

PillPack raised a bit over $100M and, if the rumors are true, getting purchased for $1B (or close to it) for a company formed in 2013 is a fantastic outcome in a relatively short period of time.

Acquisition 65

Acquisition Cofounder Balance Sheet Boston 65

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Technically, the term unicorn was coined by Aileen Lee in 2013, so many consider the first ‘new’ unicorn to be Waze in 2013, as the company achieved a $1.3 Lucent acquired Chromatis for $4.8b in 2000, M-Systems, inventor the disk-on-key, was acquired for $1.6 Billion by Sandisk in 2006, etc.

Venture Capital 183

Venture Capital Acquisition IPO 183

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Facetune was originally released in 2013, and Facetune 2 was released in 2016. Lightricks was founded in 2013 by Zeev Farbman, Nir Pochter, Yaron Inger, Amit Goldstein and Itai Tsiddon. The capital boost is intended to be used to fund acquisitions as well as launch new products.

Venture Capital 169

Venture Capital Bootstrapping Valuation Social Media 169

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Amazon is surprisingly quiet/inactive when it comes to acquisitions | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1dhwOrm. The Top 50 Craft Tutorials for 2013 – crowdspring.co/MX7Qsi. The Ten Most Popular Web Fonts of 2013 – crowdspring.co/LTQuMD. 50 Best Web & Mobile GUI Templates from 2013 – crowdspring.co/1dvCGgH.

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

In 2013, the deduction will drop significantly to just $25,000 unless Congress acts. Describe to the equipment lease financing provider how the equipment acquisition will benefit your business. Consider bundling multiple equipment acquisitions from different vendors under one lease with an independent commercial equipment lessor.

Technical Review 98

Technical Review Due Diligence Acquisition Startup 98

View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

I was wondering what ever ultimately happened to that group of OG unicorns, so I looked back at her original post in TechCrunch from November 2013. To analyze what’s become of the OG Unicorns, it’s first worth noting that at the time of the 2013 post about 2/3rds of the 39 on the list had already been realized via IPO or $1B+ acquisitions.

IPO 120

IPO Valuation San Francisco Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

MAY 14, 2015

(A quick aside on working with brokers based on what we see at NextView: Most of our startups wind up working with the large, popular firms in town, though many start by trying to find space that’s being vacated by another startup, either due to their acquisition, closing up shop, or a move of their own.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Startup Cofounder Technical Review 120

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Based in Jerusalem, Lightricks was established back in 2013 by five Ph.D. The new funds will also be utilized to support future mergers and acquisitions, as well as the development of new technologies, strengthening Lightricks’s position as the go-to platform for empowering stakeholders in the creative economy. “We

Private Equity 145

Private Equity Developer Venture Capital Merger 145

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 21, 2013

percent in January 2013, it fails to tell the whole story and its drop does not mean that economic good times are a’ rolling. Answer: Well thought out, broad and detailed business, operational, growth and acquisition/sale strategies that can be implemented quickly. While the unemployment rate has decreased from a high of 9.4

Technical Review 183

Technical Review Operations Acquisition Leadership 183

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2015

billion – masks how sagging performance from its PC business wiped out the momentum Lenovo had generated since 2013 and has forced Lenovo to reset its profit and revenue growth expectations for its enterprise and mobile device businesses. Lenovo’s modest overall revenue growth in calendar 2Q15 – 3.1% year-to-year to $10.7

Revenue 100

Revenue Technical Review Lean Mobile 100

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Outcome: Just sold to PayPal for $4B (PayPal’s largest acquisition to date). We were introduced to Henry Ward from eShares through our friend Manu Kumar from K9 Ventures in 2013. Philip Krim reached out cold in 2013. And yeah, $12M felt kind of high :-). We were also worried about how much people would pay for it (if at all).

Portfolio 202

Portfolio Cap Table Early Stage Valuation 202

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2014

By 2013, things had changed considerably. Tomorrow, that billion-dollar startup acquisition might not need an engineer at all. Now storage is cheap, costing $0.05 Developers, on the other hand, are expensive: $90,000 per year. The Rise Of The Average Developer. ” And as impact goes, so does cost. .”

Engineer 60

Engineer Database Open Source Acquisition 60

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 12, 2013

An acquisition is always a failure | by Jake Lodwick – [link]. Bill Gates says you should read these 5 books in 2013 | GeekWire – [link]. 20 Fresh Awesome Free Fonts From 2013 | Creative Nerds – [link]. Creative Logo Designs for 2013 – [link]. The Importance of Scheduling Nothing – [link].

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

deal architect

JANUARY 10, 2014

Cloud revenues are just 4% of total 2013 revenues. Three of its senior cloud executives from SuccessFactors and Ariba acquisitions have moved on in the last year. Its own internally developed BYD shows little traction after years of investment. Enterprise Software (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP)'

Analytics 223

Analytics Cloud Acquisition Revenue 223

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 8, 2013

The Ultimate Guide to Customer Acquisition | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. The Ultimate Guide to Customer Acquisition | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. The Ultimate Guide to Customer Acquisition | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. Top 10 Web Designing Trends Which Will Rule 2013 | Dezine Robotics – [link].

Social Media 105

Social Media Small Business Design Media 105

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

YouAppi (2011)- YouAppi creates adtech to streamline mobile user acquisition. SparkBeyond (2013) – an automated general purpose research engine designed to leverage and intelligently augment masses of data that exist on the web, and discover complex patterns within them. This interview with Ami sheds more light on the company.

Artificial Inteligence 122

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

Hunter Walker

MARCH 6, 2021

Waze is the $1 billion-plus acquisition that people, well, forgot about despite its size and growth. You should read it all but let me share a specific paragraph here: I took the acquisition as a personal challenge. We made acquisitions. As Bardin says , “I am confident that the Waze acquisition was a success.

China 135

China Chad Acquisition Cofounder 135

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Cisco predicts by 2013 that 90% of all web traffic will be generated by video. Yet the big question remains, are people watching your videos and more importantly for your business, are those video viewers becoming customers of your products or services? Why is this a big deal?

Video 164

Video Acquisition Distribution Social Network 164

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2018

by Walker Deibel , Managing Director of Centra and author of “ Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game “ If I asked you to name a business success story, what would you think of? In 2013, they owned 12 million small businesses, which is 43 percent of all small businesses in the country.

Startup 182

Startup Acquisition Portfolio Venture Capital 182

Agile VC

JUNE 30, 2016

GM’s acquisition of Cruise Automation for $1 billion about 3 months ago has been a sort of Sputnik moment for self-driving cars. My wife’s 2013 Ford Explorer, pretty much the quintessential mass market car for a suburban family like ours, literally has all of the features above.

Virginia 100

Virginia Acquisition California Global 100