Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came quickly. New management skills.

Merger 243

Merger Acquisition Startup Bandwidth 243

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. New management skills.

Entrepreneur 249

Entrepreneur Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 249

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. New management skills.

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Acquisition Merger Startup Bandwidth 214

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. New management skills.

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Startup Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 232

Scalable Startup

JULY 20, 2013

In 2008 I was working on a post-merger integration project for a small company being acquired by a Fortune 100 behemoth. We looked at several SaaS based systems for accounting, sales automation, calendaring, product management, scheduling our company airplane, travel, etc. It vastly reduces computer waste.

Mobile 22

Mobile Hawaii Angel Investor Early Stage 22

Diego Basch

JUNE 21, 2012

When a partner at GiganticTree Ventures asks them how they plan to reach sales of 100M/year, they have all the right answers. So Frank Merger from GooBook starts talking to ZombiePlatypus. The product looks useful and promising. They perfect their pitch and their deck. The quarterly report must look good. Shareholders demand it!

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Silicon Valley Las Vegas San Francisco Vesting 78

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2016

But in my experience as a startup advisor, too many entrepreneurs get stuck there, and always find excuses for not really exploring mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and alliance alternatives. Excuses for not thinking outside the box usually include limited personal bandwidth, not enough cash, and fear of the unknown.

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Merger Intellectual Property Startup Acquisition 120