Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors, or for M&A exits (merger and acquisition). In Europe, software is already deemed not patentable, and other parts of the world are somewhere in between.

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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. Florine has over 10 years of experience in marketing and luxury across Europe and Asia and is an award-winning digital entrepreneur and author.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2011

The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” every patent can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors, or for M&A exits (merger and acquisition). In Europe, software is already deemed not patentable, and other parts of the world are somewhere in between.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 19, 2012

One of our slides today showed VC exits over $100 million since 1996, split between the US and Europe. The data shows that there were over 150 such exits for US companies, up from around 100 per year in the previous peak in 2005-2007, whereas Europe has yet to exceed the 40 or so deals at this level we were seeing at that time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2010

The good news is that a patent can scare off, or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” every patent can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors, or for M&A exits (merger and acquisition). In Europe, software is already deemed not patentable, and other parts of the world are somewhere in between.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Stefanova was a Senior Manager at IBM, Global Business Services, specializing in post-merger integration and change management in the financial services and technology industry in Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA). Prior to that, she was a Management Committee Advisor to Bridgewater’s CEO, Ray Dalio. Before joining Bridgewater, Ms.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 14, 2011

From 2005-2009, Mr. Calvoz and his family lived in Europe, during which time he served as Vice President and Executive Committee Member for Travelocity in its London headquarters and received the Sabre Holdings (parent company of Travelocity), Sam Gilliland CEO Award for Outstanding Leadership.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Companies like that tend to be great M&A (merger and acquisition) targets, as you cannot repeat it by throwing money or a team as it’ll take time. Asia Entrepreneur Insider Mobile Analysis and Opinion china Europe Mobile Apps Profiles and Interviews startups United States'

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

I remember having a merger called off at the last minute and having a planning meeting at a pub to figure out how to run a bankruptcy process (luckily, we never had to do it). Getting on the front cover of the most prominent VC magazine in Europe (was called Tornado Insider). What do you tell somebody in that situation?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 25, 2017

In the logo, the siren was placed in a brown circle with the Starbucks original name, “Starbucks Coffee, Tea, and Spices” According to Greek mythology, sirens were seductive, and a popular image among churches in Medieval Northern Europe. A few years later, Howard Schultz acquired the company and set out to modernize the logo.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 2, 2013

How Empires Fall: The Publicis Omnicom Merger Underscores The Rapid Decay Of The Ad Industry – [link]. On Publicis/Omnicom merger: Between 70 & 90% of most mergers fail – [link]. Fab Lays Off More Than 100 Employees in Europe | AllThingsD – [link]. Poynter – [link].

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Jason Ball

MAY 10, 2011

Last April, I posted that: Europe has always had problems gaining start-up momentum – there’s no epicenter, there’s no critical mass- and there are no Heros. Europe *has* a start up scene now – and fortunately for me – most of it revolves around London. What a difference a year makes. Big applause for the Wired team.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

I remember having a merger called off at the last minute and having a planning meeting at a pub to figure out how to run a bankruptcy process (luckily, we never had to do it). Getting on the front cover of the most prominent VC magazine in Europe (was called Tornado Insider). What do you tell somebody in that situation?

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The top 100 SaaS companies in Europe and Israel The European Software-as-a-Service world changed forever when Daniel Dines, the founder of UiPath, made the cover of Forbes as ‘Boss of the Bots’ last month. The rise of Europe Against this healthy backdrop, let’s drill down into Europe. Full presentation available here.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2024

M&A/ Exits – This situation is compounded by a narrowing window for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPOs). Founder Factories , a study by Accel and Dealroom found that Israel ranked #1 in Europe with 181 spinout startups, with former employees that originated from 45 different unicorns.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. And at the 11th hour they pulled out.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

However, the word “tomedes” is also a word in the Galician language in Europe, meaning “to take”. 9- Using the initials of the founder(s) Photo Credit: Daniel Mikus Our asphalt company MR Roads launched following a merger between two businesses – Platinum Tippers and Pelly-Can Asphalt.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

However, step outside of that bubble into Europe, Africa and Asia and you’ll find that an almost-copycat service done in a local language is niche enough to make you a sweet business. Mergers and acquisitions anyone? Take advantage of their inability to be everywhere. and their inability to do everything.

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Steve Blank

JULY 6, 2010

He built APAX Partners into one of the largest VC firms on the East Coast and in Europe. Instead, he realized that most VC-backed startups would exit through a merger or acquisition- at a sale price of $20 to $100 million. In the dot-com bubble Israel had more technology companies listed on the NASDQ exchange than all of Europe.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: From Nothing To Something.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2011

Just 5 years after graduating from Georgetown, Eric is executive vice president of real estate development and mergers and acquisitions for his father’s company, although he has started his own foundation to help fund children’s charities. Ally Hilfiger.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

owing to projected weakness in the economies of Israel’s main trading partners, the United States and Europe. Shamir Optical reported revenues of $142 million in 2009, generated mainly in Europe and the United States, and has about 1,400 employees. US CHIPMAKER PMC SIERRA ACQUIRES ISRAELI WINTEGRA.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Rough waters in Europe are pushing European companies to go public in the US. That European companies don’t want to go public in Europe because of the cloudy outlook that is unlikely to lighten up. Some overall conclusions offered by the panel: Companies are perched on the sidelines anxious to go public. .

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In mid-March, as the coronavirus was sweeping through Asia and Europe, Tomas Pueyo published a piece on Medium titled "The Hammer and the Dance: What the Next 18 Months Can Look Like if Leaders Buy Us Time." And you have most of Eastern Europe, for example, that has been able to start reopening the economy without severe outbreaks.

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