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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did. The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. And some companies didn’t even have to go public to get liquid. billion.) So what’s left?

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East meets West: Why Chinese app developers are targeting US smartphone owners

The Next Web

Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. Furthermore, the steady cashflow in the Western market also comes about because of one key factor: the distribution model. The relatively straightforward distribution model in the US for mobile app developers is contrasted by a landscape in China that is simply put, a maze.

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