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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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3 Ways to Grow Your Startup

The Startup Magazine

Expanding your marketing, administration, and operations can present some serious challenges, however, if you prepare well in advance, then you will have no problem navigating the competitive business climate. You can either arrange an LBO of their business, or a mutual partnership that can benefit both firms. Update Your Plan.

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When Does Zynga Become a Value Stock?

Agile VC

Given Marc Pincus’s voting control, being acquired is presumably not in the cards for Zynga and a take private or LBO would be nearly unthinkable in the near term so there’s little chance of an M&A situation to arbitrage. multiple (net of cash) of either adjusted EBITDA or operating cashflow.

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