Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 1, 2023
One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. Time Warner was forced to take a $99 billion loss only two years after the merger, and Levin was forced out.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 21, 2021
Switch your focus from product development to sales. You can no longer provide leadership by just “walking around” and talking to all the key people. Utilize mergers and acquisitions to accelerate growth. As you might imagine, even with the proper planning, mergers and acquisitions are difficult to pull off.
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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 5, 2020
One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. Time Warner was forced to take a $99 billion loss only two years after the merger, and Levin was forced out.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 17, 2015
In Stage 2, the corporation adds venture capital and/or mergers-and-acquisition teams to provide these functions. Examples of Stage 2 Outposts include: BMW’s Silicon Valley development group, working on self-driving vehicle technologies, while their venture group has been making investments in companies like ChargePoint and Nauto.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 16, 2018
One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. Time Warner was forced to take a $99 billion loss only two years after the merger, and Levin was forced out.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 25, 2012
There are numerous great books out there on business, entrepreneurship, leadership, and other topics of interest to MBA students that can be immensely valuable to anyone looking to build their knowledge and prepare for a career in business. Mergers and acquisitions are a messy part of business and don’t always produce the expected outcome.
Steve Blank
JANUARY 21, 2010
These new challenges require a different set of management and leadership skills. One of the most striking attributes of founders is their individual contribution to the company, be it in sales or product development. The Scalable Startup stage called for opportunistic and agile leadership. Lessons Learned.
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