Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Once this new service became popular then the media companies could control the rules of distribution & advertising. The goal of any cartel is to control production, distribution & marketing of a set of goods with the goal of maintaining high prices. This narrative has been confirmed to me by several senior studio executives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came quickly. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. New management skills. Fresh customer base. Marty Zwilling.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. Benchmark is an investor in Rover through a merger with DogVacay in 2017). You may be surprised to learn that this is already a massive industry.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 15, 2018

by Lance Christensen, Susan Jacobini Harrington, and James Graff, Partners at Margolin, Winer & Evens LLP. There have been many instances of C-Corps letting cash stack up indefinitely, as a way to avoid distributing dividends and thereby facing an onerous tax burden. Is it time to make the switch from S-Corp to C-Corp status?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2014

It’s very unusual for two competitors to have exactly the same strengths – in development, marketing, distribution, or customer support. Capitalize on shared costs and common distribution. Similar companies, even though competitors, usually face economies of scale and overlapping distribution channels.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) 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. I find the same still going on with a few firms and partners.&# So what’s left?

Silicon Valley 217

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. New management skills. Fresh customer base.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

Scott Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he’s responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm. He's been with the firm since its inception in 2009 and has overseen its rapid growth, from three employees to 150+ and from $300 million in assets under management to more than $10 billion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. New management skills. Fresh customer base. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. New management skills. Fresh customer base.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2015

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came quickly. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. New management skills. Fresh customer base.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. If you don’t manage what is said about you in social networks it could be detrimental. The Past (1985-2002).

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2018

The success of luxury online fashion retailer Net-A-Porter and its merger with Yoox, as well as the increased visibility of platforms like Farfetch and the like, have proved them wrong. Luxury brands indeed believed that affluent consumers wouldn’t spend more than a certain amount for high-end goods online.

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

The part that I’d like to zero in on is when you’ve got a high growth company what are some of the best practices out there to distribute equity to the founders, advisors, and employees? The one thing that I think is missing is distributing equity to every single employee in the company regardless of title. Title Range (%).

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Managing Creativity. Leadership and Managing >. Quality Manager Job Description. Quality Manager Job Description. Recruitment Manager Job Description. Technology | Thursdays. Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays. Finance | Tuesdays.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Most CEOs assign the responsibility to establish and manage their innovation outposts (and the outpost’s relationships to startups) to their R&D organizations. While that avoids internal management conflict, it’s the wrong way to make an innovation outpost decision. W hat would be the charter for our Innovation Outpost?

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

My partners and I have written extensively about this thematic approach on the Foundry Group blog: [link]. I’m extremely excited about the portfolio of companies my partners and I have put together at Foundry Group which includes some great ad tech companies which you list above. What’s next?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The realization of my idea started on an international trip when I was working as a consultant in mergers and acquisitions. Manufacturers typically deal with distributors, who distribute their products to jobbers and wholesalers, who in turn resell the products to the end seller (i.e. Why the $75 markup on one small bottle of perfume?

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SEO PPC America Design 86

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. Jenny Lee, a partner at venture capital firm GGV Capital which has a presence in both the US and China, also observes that in the US, the willingness to pay for an app is pretty high — especially for a utility tool, which is what CooTek’s TouchPal X Keyboard essentially is.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

This is an excellent deal for Qlipso and JVP as they managed to almost instantly grow from an early stage starup to a revenue producing business (estimates say 7 figures by the end of 2010) with significant distribution for Qlipso’s 3D interactive platform. Tags: JVP Studio Jerusalem Venture Partners Veoh jvp qlipso.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Right out of Graduate School, I started my career with one of the big four accounting firms in their M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) practice. I understand wealth building, management, preservation, protection and estate planning. I understand my profession. I understand numbers. I understand personal finance.

Internet 80

Internet Technical Review Stock Due Diligence 80

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

So when a fractured world where the media is as politicized as it has ever been, who managed to get this message out? So I think the most interesting aspect of this article is how just mind-blowing that distribution is. It helped them to come to grips with what was happening and hold their leaders accountable for action and inaction.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In Meebo’s case, for example, I was lucky enough to partner up with Elaine and Sandy. No looking for partnerships (who’s going to partner with you anyway?). Trust me, once you’ve launched and achieved traction, you’ll have your pick of mentors, VCs, partners and all the legal expenses you need. No phone system. No legal muck.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84