Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011. there are almost no mergers or acquisitions in this market segment. In the U.S.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 271

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

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. government for funding. If you’re starting a software company, your exit is most likely a sale to a larger company. Source: NVCA.). Free At Last. Yet while the U.S.

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Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 302

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011. there are almost no mergers or acquisitions in this market segment. In the U.S.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 163