They are slow to grasp new opportunities to rethink customer relationships, to revolutionize products and services, marketing, advertising, acquisition, and to deliver delight and make people happy. Customer acquisition. Re-think Customer Acquisition, Brand Engagement. Why not rethink acquisition? And it is. give up. MORE >>

Comparatively little, however, has been written about the important transaction at the other end many startups’ life, acquisitions. Here are some things I’ve learned about the acquisition process over the years. As with financings, acquisitions take a long time and involve lots of meetings and difficult decisions. MORE >>

As the name suggests, acquisition is all about driving new users, readers or buyers depending on whether you’re running a SaaS, media or e-commerce business respectively. Instead it’s about the math behind acquisition. I’m probably leaving some stuff out, but that’s the high level on SaaS acquisition math. MORE >>

skip to main | skip to sidebar 28 July 2010 Startup Acquisitions: Exit Strategy We recently put together our "thought piece" on the dynamic world of startup M&A. Also, it is an evolving work in progress.please send along your feedback or tips from your own experience with startup acquisitions. Thanks! Wed love to hear from you. MORE >>

Management acquisitions ceo management presentationsToday’s VC post is from Roger Ehrenberg (IA Ventures) titled Letting Go. Roger makes a strong set of points about how a founder/CEO needs to learn how to let go. have a specific nuance that I see often where I think VCs regularly screw up that I bring up in the comments. MORE >>