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Corporate Acquisitions of Startups: Why Do They Fail?

Steve Blank

More often than not the results of these acquisitions are disappointing. Corporate business development and strategic partner executives are flocking to Silicon Valley to find these five types of innovation. The goal is to get a corporate investment or an outright acquisition of the startup.

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

What You Can Learn From Public Markets It doesn’t really take a genius to realize that what happens in the public markets will filter back to the private markets because the ultimate exit of these companies is either an IPO or an acquisition (often by a public company whose valuation is fixed daily by the market).

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The top 10 companies investing billions in the Metaverse

VC Cafe

As an early stage investor in the world of gaming and metaverse technology at Remagine Ventures, I find these companies have the potential to set the agenda, become the potential platforms for developers building in this space and future acquirers/consolidators of startups building the next generation of the Internet. Here we go! Epic Games.

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Entrepreneur and Consultant Luke Lazarus Replicates His Success for the Benefit of Clients

The Startup Magazine

Lazarus has developed a reputation in the Melbourne and Sydney business communities as a consultant who is brutally honest yet caring and highly effective at the same time. He places a strong emphasis on branding and how it positions his clients to start earning revenue shortly after opening their business.

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7 Keys To Scaling Your Startup To Be The Next Unicorn

Startup Professionals Musings

Then there is the pressure to go public ( IPO ), and open your investment to thousands, maybe millions, of small investors. Switch your focus from product development to sales. Utilize mergers and acquisitions to accelerate growth. In fact, it’s highly unlikely that you as the Founder will survive.

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The Next Chapter for NextView

View from Seed

To this end, we are excited to announce two big developments for NextView. As someone who has seen multiple companies go from concept to $1B scale (and IPO), her experience and insight will be invaluable to the founders we work with. The first is that we are welcoming Stephanie Palmeri as the newest Partner at the firm.

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When A Startup Chooses IPO Most Founders Are Out

Startup Professionals Musings

Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back, it is relatively rare. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 128 in 2012 (compared to 675 in 1996). With the more popular Merger & Acquisition (M&A) exit strategy, the control stays with the new entity.

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