YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2015

With Nadella’s message that the company he leads is primed to further evolve into a platform and productivity company communicated at great length during the Windows 10 preview event in earlier January 2014, it is clear that the primary focus for Microsoft has shifted back to increasing user engagement with Windows software.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2016

After the acquisition, I managed the Safe Eyes team at McAfee for two years. Officially launched in November 2014, FilterSnap offers 72 filter sizes and a choice of 1, 2, 3, 6 or 12-month replacement schedules. We received an offer from McAfee to acquire our 11-year-old company. com for over $10 million on December 2, 2010.

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Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 188

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 (..)

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Engineer Revenue San Francisco Security 152

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

It was adopted by the National Institutes of Health as I-Corps at NIH in 2014 and at the National Security Agency in 2015. The class is now taught in 9 regional locations supporting 98 universities and has trained over 1500 science teams. Team Silknet – Detecting Ground Base Threats. If you can’t see the Silknet slides, click here.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

View this post on Instagram Watch our detachable soles being made near Milan #mahabis #soles #shoes #factory #milan #italy #videooftheday #instadaily #ig #sneakers #kicks #design #fashion #yellow A post shared by mahabis (@mahabis) on Apr 10, 2014 at 5:53am PDT. While those acquisition efforts worked well, not all do.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

We started our alcohol delivery service in 2014 on the basis that alcohol is one of the most consumed beverages in the United States. 7- I was the victim of a horrible acquisition. I started my business because I was the victim of a horrible acquisition (can you name a good one?). Thanks to Olamide Olowe, Topicals ! #5-

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Acquisition Software Review 146

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure.

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Seattle 376

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 billion, 2014. billion, 2012. Nest Labs – $3.2 DoubleClick – $3.1 billion, 2007. YouTube – $1.7 billion, 2006. Waze – $966 million, 2013.

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Acquisition IPO Mobile Internet 103

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior.

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Burn Rate Balance Sheet .Net Valuation 383

SiliconHills

DECEMBER 9, 2013

John Engates, the Chief Technology Officer with Rackspace, has made some predictions for cloud technology trends in 2014. The cloud ushers in a new era in wearable technology.

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Cloud San Antonio Hosting Acquisition 72

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 22, 2021

Pre-2014: Insider Rounds Are The Funding of Last Resort. Post-2014: Why Are Insiders Letting This One Get Out? After publicly leading a Series A, the firm put another $50m+ into the startup in two subsequent insider rounds, neither of which were disclosed publicly prior to the acquisition.

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Vesting Later Stage Acquisition Portfolio 163

View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

At the same time, despite some realizations in recent years through M&A, PE acquisitions, and IPOs, the general sense I get from LPs is that the level of distributions don’t quite line up with the unrealized performance. Looking at all vintages from 2005 to 2014, the top 5% TVPI is between 40% to 127% better than the top quartile TVPI.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2015

billion in 2014 up 5 percent from $6.59 The IPO activity in 2014 reached a 10 year peak, to $2.1 The IPO activity in 2014 reached a 10 year peak, to $2.1 A new report by IVC Research Center and law firm Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal found that 99 Israeli high tech exits reached $6.94 billion of 2013 (90 exits).

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Merger IPO Equity Acquisition 60

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2015

Lenovo’s global scale and brand strength ensure it will remain a leading influencer in PC and mobile device markets, but the revenue and profit growth it forecasted for both its PC and smartphone businesses after the Motorola acquisitions was completed in October 2014 are out of reach.

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Revenue Technical Review Lean Mobile 100

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

It was adopted by the National Institutes of Health as I-Corps at NIH in 2014 and at the National Security Agency in 2015. The class is now taught in 9 regional locations supporting 98 universities and has trained over 1500 science teams. Team SeaWatch – Maritime Security in the South China Sea.

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Oakland Asia Lean Video 311

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

percent between 2009 and 2014. Mergers and Acquisitions. The benefits so far accrued from the use of VDRs is unprecedented. According to IBISWorld, the VDR industry grew at an incredible annualized rate of about 16.7 Additionally, the report predicted that this industry will see financial growth from $628 million to $1.2

Software Review 100

Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Security 100

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The launch of the Xbox and Kinect, and the acquisitions of Skype and Yammer happened on his shift. In 2014, Microsoft finally announced that Ballmer would retire, and in early 2014, Satya Nadella took charge. If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. The result?

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Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The launch of the Xbox and Kinect, and the acquisitions of Skype and Yammer happened on his shift. In 2014, Microsoft finally announced that Ballmer would retire, and in early 2014, Satya Nadella took charge. If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. The result?

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Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In 2014 Niesh co-founder, Jae Yoo, now 26, had $10 in his bank account, and had to choose between printing past papers for exam study, or feeding himself. Niesh worked with ecentre, the startup business incubator at Massey University, as part of the Sprint Launch programme, focusing on growth through customer acquisition.

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Global New Zealand Incubator Startup 50

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2014

In January 2014 Part 1 of the “ Startups ” section of Founders School went online. Module 5, Customer Acquisition and Archetypes. 3:35: Matching Archetypes to Acquisition. 7:35: The Biggest Mistake in Customer Acquisition. 0:38: What to Test, Why to Test and How to Test. 2:53: Use MVPs to Run Experiments.

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Intellectual Property Lean Customer Development Acquisition 330

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2014

The Four Key Trends of the Startup Acquisition Market | by @ttunguz – crowdspring.co/1w8sgz2. 20 Scary Free Fonts for Halloween 2014 | Best Design Options – crowdspring.co/1sctybn. A Deep Dive Into Today’s Advertising Landscape crowdspring.co/1z7nHKJ. 24+ Best Apps for Graphic Design Freelancers | noupe – crowdspring.co/Zopx9n.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

mashable.com

MARCH 20, 2014

By Scott Gerber 2014-03-20 10:10:23 UTC. If theyre all about acquisition, ask about time frame goals. ©2005-2014 Mashable, Inc. Want to Work for a Startup? 10 Questions to Ask Your Interviewer. Whats This? Image: Mashable Composite istockphoto , 4x6. Susan Strayer LaMotte , Exaqueo. All Rights Reserved.

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Technical Review Software Review Exit Strategy San Francisco 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2014

In the first quarter of 2014, the U.S. With 103 new filings during the quarter, the rest of 2014 is on track to keep up this record pace. You better have lined up a major international expansion, some major acquisition candidates, or a wealth of unfilled orders. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 5/30/2014.

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IPO Initial Public Offering Startup Small Business Administration 236

Growthink Blog

APRIL 2, 2014

Well, if you don’t, try on these IPO, M&A, and financing stats from 1st Quarter 2014: Initial Public Offerings: 72 companies went public in the U.S. Mergers & Acquisitions: Global mergers & acquisition activity totaled $710 billion (Thomson Reuters), up 54% from last year.

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Private Equity Merger IPO Initial Public Offering 69

Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2016

Since its founding in 2014, more than 10,000 people have given to turn the water back on for over 1,000 families. Tiffani was also a 2014 Code for America Fellow working with the City of Atlanta. Her first startup, Pencil You In, grew from a personal need to schedule hair appointments.

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Detroit Baltimore Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

ConversionXL

AUGUST 20, 2019

in May 2014. Choose from the optimizations above to boost your overall content performance in an essential, albeit fickle, acquisition channel. This means that you’re still “buried” on the bottom or middle of Page 1. Organic click-through rate (CTR) is declining across the board: The top position had a CTR of 38.7%

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Search Software Review Semantic Naming 128

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

percent of new entrepreneurs in 1996 and that by 2014, this number had fallen to just 5.6 But today, veteran entrepreneurship is on the decline. The most recent Kauffman Foundation research found that veterans accounted for 12.6

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SBA New York Small Business Administration United States 93

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Launching a supermarket for natural foods may not sound like a winning proposal in conservative Texas, but Austin delivered — to the tune of a $13,7 bln acquisition by Amazon in 2017. Last but not least, it should be pointed out that the City of Austin itself has a sophisticated outlook on working with startups.

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Early Stage Austin Silicon Valley San Antonio 54

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2014

Happy new year 2014! I hope you will enjoy the read Simple CAC ratio As many companies are finalizing their 2014 financial plan ( feel free to use the Accel template ), I thought it could be a good time to write a short post on the CAC ratio - a simple metric that I defined in a blog post in 2008 (time flies!)

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Cost Acquisition Customer .Net 97

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPO) bring necessary capital and resources to a growing company. Mergers and acquisitions can be fairly contentious and not all shareholders agree that it is in their best interest for Company A to buy Company B. 1] Cornerstone Research.

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IPO Prospectus Merger Initial Public Offering 147

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 25, 2014

Corporate Acquisitions Of Startups — Why Do They Fail? Graphic Designer Reimagines Every World Cup Poster From 1930–2014 – crowdspring.co/1ms7eY0. This Company Makes It Happen – crowdspring.co/1i7ejbt. Don’t F**k Up the Culture – crowdspring.co/RNs9uF. – crowdspring.co/1hrlsaI. 1iDkpok.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Set up in 2014, the startup offers applications for facial recognition, smart learning, and deep learning technologies. Mergers and acquisitions with tech giants and corporates. Instead of expanding further, this group might be considered by corporates for mergers and acquisitions.

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Venture Capital Asia Artificial Inteligence Later Stage 196

Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 27, 2014

China''s Alipay reports that they processed $150 billion in mobile transactions in 2013 - nearly 6x the $27 billion PayPal reported (not including the Venmo acquisition, which is bound to accelerate growth in 2014).

Software Review 55

Software Review Software China Technical Review 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

Let market response dictate a later split, merger, or acquisition. Longer term, when ready, it may be time for merger or acquisition. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 06/06/2014. Willing to learn from each other. Learning from each is part of the win-win equation.

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Partner Non-Compete Intellectual Property Merger 244

Transformify

AUGUST 1, 2019

Carlos, a lot has been said about diversity and inclusion but there is little to no guidance of building diverse teams post-mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that, it was a group of smaller companies put together through mergers and acquisitions. There was one legacy organisation called BancTec, that was acquired in 2014.

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Merger Acquisition Securities and Exchange Commission America 70

Brandanew

MAY 26, 2017

in 2014, as a content marketing firm. It is not a short term tactic to get the highest customer acquisitions or the greatest amount of investor money. Survival of the Fastest: Enabling Entrepreneurial Ecosystem. May 23, 2017. Thank you for inviting me to share my thoughts. My name is Upasna Kakroo, and I founded brandanew.co

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India Acquisition Video Audience 174

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2013

If you own a retail store, now is the time to evaluate the 2013 holiday season and start thinking about how you can prepare your business in the months ahead for an even more successful holiday 2014. Here’s a quick guide to making sure your store is holiday-ready in 2014. Freshen up your website.

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PR Social Network Web Development Incubator 229