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9 Tech Companies Likely to Be Acquired Next

ReadWriteStart

Tech stocks blew expectations out of the water in 2017, outpacing the S&P 500 by 21 percentage points. While 2017 certainly marked an exceptional year for tech stocks, it was also a harbinger of things to come. The Internet of Things has already seen some notable acquisitions, including SmartThings , Nest , and Dropcam.

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What Does a Demand Generation Manager Do? (And How to Become One)

ConversionXL

The average B2B buyer has 27 brand interactions before deciding. It wouldn’t exist were it not for the internet empowering buyers to do their own research and make informed decisions. And they put a lot of stock in them. Very few, if any, of these interactions are with a sales rep.

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Tech IPOs Are Back ? So Now What? ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

The secondary wave of VC-backed IPOs has also come to fruition… both consumer facing (Yelp, Demand Media, Pandora, Carbonite, HomeAway, Angie’s List, et al) and B2B (Jive Software, Brightcove, Imperva, Responsys, etc). I remember when it was a rare, extraordinary thing for a software/internet startup to even file an S-1.

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Is There a Valuation Bubble for Social Media Companies (and if so, is it Bursting)?

Pascal's View

The former includes the Twitters, Facebooks, Linkedins, Tesla Motors of the World and the latter is the 95% of companies (B2B SaaS, Semiconductors, Cap Equipment, Biotech, MedTech, etc) that need to be marketed (Supply Push) by legions of brokers. Specifically, too much money has gone into VC-backed Internet companies at too high a valuation.

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April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

Successful private companies such as Facebook and Zynga now have active secondary markets in their stock, blurring the meaning of their ‘private’ status. Confirmed Panelists David Weild, formerly Vice Chairman of The NASDAQ Stock Market (moderator) Barry Silbert, CEO, Secondmarket. Among his pathbreaking books are Yen!

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How & Why You Should Invest In Getting Good Testimonials w/ Examples

ConversionXL

Something to consider with video testimonials (if you’re in B2B) is the customer’s position within their company. If you notice in the examples above, the testimonials are given by directors of growth and customer acquisition. This all, of course, indicates that younger internet users. So don’t be shy.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. Meyler Capital is taking the analytical rigor of modern internet marketing and applying it to fund marketing. . I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.