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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 16 – Acquisition & Sustainment – Ellen Lord

Steve Blank

Today’s topic was Acquisition and Sustainment and Modern War. Some of the readings for this week included How the DOD Acquires Weapons Systems , The Planning, Programming and Budgeting Process , Acquisition Reform in the NDAA , Defense Primer on DOD Contractors , and on the Defense Industrial Base.

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7 Key Ingredients to Address the Challenge of Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Business agility can also be improved by proactively looking ahead – for new trends and technologies that will likely attract competitors and customers. Use acquisitions to complement organic growth. Smart companies use acquisitions to enhance momentum and accelerate revenue growth. Optimize your ability to react.

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The top 10 companies investing billions in the Metaverse

VC Cafe

billion merger with IronSource , an Israeli scale-up specialising in mobile gaming monetisation might also position them as a big player in crypto gaming – offering developers the ability to integrate a simplified crypto wallet into their games in the near future. Unity’s recent $4.4 Also, their $1.6

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7 Entrepreneur Stages Help You Assess Your Progress

Startup Professionals Musings

Commitment, tenacity, and agility are key in this stage. Scaling is the holy grail of every new venture – from local to global, from online to brick-and-mortar to partners to mergers and acquisitions, from a private company to a public company, from cash-flow-positive to the next unicorn.

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5 Phases Of Every Startup That Regulate Your Success

Startup Professionals Musings

The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile. This is the end game for an industry, and many companies, characterized by mergers and acquisitions to a few dominant players. For additional growth, most companies expand the product portfolio to cater to more customers, and sell more to existing customers.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups. Customer Development , Agile Engineering and the Lean methodology enforced a process of incremental and iterative development. Startup exits in the next three years will include IPO’s as well as acquisitions.

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Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s)

Steve Blank

The size of the red bars (IPO’s) versus blue (mergers and acquisitions) illustrates that while venture-backed startups did get acquired, the IPO market was booming. But unlike an IPO where you sold stock to the public and got to run your company, in an acquisition your company is gone, and the odds are in a year or so you will be too.