Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

By definition, most startups begin as a result of some innovation in product, process, or service. The problem is that innovations in most business areas are coming so fast these days that yours can be overrun while still being scaled up across geographies and other products. Product-line expansion. Geographic expansion.

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Dilution Startup Merger Flash 355

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2022

There are many benefits of selling your startup through a mergers and acquisitions advisor. When selling your startup with a mergers and acquisitions advisor, it’s essential to identify the key employees who have made the most valuable contributions to the business. Hiring a Mergers and Acquisitions advisor.

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Merger Acquisition Due Diligence Valuation 130

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

I recommend a trial run with an experiment or MVP (minimum viable product), at full price and cost, before the big bang launch, risking your investment money and a major time commitment. The focus of key leaders has to change from driving innovative initiatives to replicating repeatable processes and tuning the overall product cycle.

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Technical Review Merger Software Review Acquisition 329

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation. Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Many countries have learned to make products cheaper and better.

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Artificial Inteligence Offshore Merger Technical Review 315

View from Seed

APRIL 2, 2024

The best way to compete in this world was to pursue a craft strategy on the opposite side of the spectrum focused on small scale production of high-quality products. Elevated Product Quality The first parallel is that in both industries, the “product” has been elevated nearly across the board.

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Merger Non-Compete Early Stage Venture Capital 343

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. Investors hesitate to invest under these conditions. Most entrepreneurs like the startup role, but not the big-company role.

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Exit Strategy Private Equity Equity Technical Review 264

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

By being proactive, and empowering and rewarding your frontline employees for improving processes, you will enhance your business productivity and growth in both the short term as well as the long term. You need to be constantly assessing mergers and acquisitions, as well as divestitures. Build and model a high-performance culture.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Merger Social Media 312

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. Investors hesitate to invest under these conditions. Most entrepreneurs like the startup role, but not the big-company role.

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Exit Strategy Startup Private Equity Equity 376

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 30, 2020

Mergers and acquisitions are an integral part of the business world. Matthew Brunstrum , a mergers and acquisitions advisor, explains why companies should prioritize their operations and financial considerations in order to make an acquisition succeed. The Basic Principles of Mergers and Acquisitions.

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Acquisition Operations Merger Forecast 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. M&A is “buying” resources for growth. Startups often find it difficult to retain key personnel and to control proprietary ideas.

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CTO Hire Fractional CTO Merger Non-Compete 229

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2010

I lived through the era of companies doing premature mergers. It meant that the management teams hadn’t figured out a product / market fit for their own businesses. That’s why immature teams spend so much time on mergers. A merger is not the panacea. There is no such thing a “merger of equals&#.

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Merger Technical Review Early Stage Dilution 276

Our Own Start-up

APRIL 23, 2021

Merger and acquisition largely refer to the act of consolidating companies or assets to combine forces. It also diversifies products and helps business owners gain a competitive edge. The post A Quick Peek into Merger & Acquisition first appeared on Our Own Startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

By definition, most startups begin as a result of some innovation in product, process, or service. The problem is that innovations in most business areas are coming so fast these days that yours can be overrun while still being scaled across geographies and other products. Product-line expansion. Geographic expansion.

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Dilution Merger Flash Global 224

The Equity Kicker

APRIL 15, 2015

This chart (which I saw on Broadstuff and was originally published in the Harvard Business Review ) is from audited company accounts following mergers and acquisitions: …we looked at the value of brands and customer relationships as revealed by M&A data covering over 6,000 mergers and acquisitions worldwide between 2003 and 2013.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation. Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Many countries have learned to make products cheaper and better.

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Engineer Entrepreneur Offshore Merger 219

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2023

Up-sell related products or cross endorsement. If your customers would benefit by having products from both companies, you might negotiate the opportunity to include the other’s product as an add-on. Let market response dictate a later split, merger, or acquisition. Willing to learn from each other.

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Non-Compete Intellectual Property Merger Acquisition 262

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With over three decades of experience in private equity investments, acquisitions and mergers, Mark Hauser has developed a keen ability to recognize trends and do his due diligence. Clearlake Capital Group’s role in the investment will be supporting the global leader’s efforts to innovate products, accelerate growth and bolder M&A.

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Private Equity Equity Technical Review Software Review 129

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Many entrepreneurs never get past their first-stage focus on their innovative product, to scaling the business globally, organizing a structure to handle thousands of employees, and concentrating their focus “on the business” rather than working “in the business.” Switch your focus from product development to sales.

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Merger Due Diligence SEC IPO 379

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.

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Merger Analytics Open Source America 275

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2014

For many start-up companies, the dream is to one day become the other half in a merger or acquisition with a larger, more developed organisation. Whether your start-up involves providing a service or your planning on selling a product, it doesn’t really matter – and it also doesn’t really matter what you’re selling or providing either.

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Acquisition Merger Europe Technical Review 193

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 28, 2022

The name To Tony Productions is a dedication to my cousin and close friend Anthony Ranoiccha III, or Tony, as the family would call him. So when it came time to form my production company, I wanted it to have meaning beyond myself and so it came naturally to name it after Tony as a dedication. 9- A merger of two companies.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2019

This often means mergers and acquisitions, incremental innovation, marketing, and global expansion – which, over the long-term, only widen the gulf between the company and its customers. Mass-produced products aren’t on anyone’s wish list anymore. Today, customers want personalized products and services at reasonable prices.

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Technical Review Technology Customer Qatar 145

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Additionally, these developers will likely begin to develop new products, based on “Minecraft” code augmented by Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and enhanced Windows compatibility. Thinking Aloud acquisition Jack Narcotta mergers & acquisitions Microsoft Minecraft Mojang' Minecraft” is already in use in some U.S.

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Acquisition Azure Merger Sweden 157

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Marketing a brand or product can be a daunting task for the uninitiated. With new virtual and augmented reality technologies emerging, the merger of traditional and digital media is more than just on the horizon. Digital flyers require no ink, no production costs, and best of all, all the work is distributed online.

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Software Review Marketing Technical Review Merger 100

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 22, 2018

With constant downsizing, mergers, and business pivots, today’s workers must be able to create a stable income. Design work is almost always commissioned to support the sale of a product or service. If your work isn’t supporting a direct product sale, it will still affect future business opportunities between you and the organization.

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Merger Software Review Technical Review Developer 100

Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In the digital age, the scrutiny of the media relative to patient concerns, billing practices, product, and public safety, and consumer rights often reflects back on the healthcare board’s role, processes, diligence, reliance on executives, and the strength of board oversight. Mergers & Acquisitions and Governance.

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Government Merger Software Review Technical Review 49

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.

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Merger Analytics Open Source America 433

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2020

Up-sell related products or cross endorsement. If your customers would benefit by having products from both companies, you might negotiate the opportunity to include the other’s product as an add-on. Let market response dictate a later split, merger, or acquisition. Willing to learn from each other.

Non-Compete 317

Non-Compete Intellectual Property Merger Acquisition 317

YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

They make money by starting a product from scratch and then selling it in thousands of dollars. In most cases, they hit the jackpot when their products are sold for millions. You don’t have a product and most of your meetings will not bring any fruit. You are looking for cofounders that can help you build a product.

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Startup Technical Cofounder Merger Early Stage 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

By definition, most startups begin as a result of some innovation in product, process, or service. The problem is that innovations in most business areas are coming so fast these days that yours can be overrun while still be scaled across geographies and other products. Product-line expansion. Geographic expansion.

Dilution 134

Dilution Merger Flash Global 134

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. For investors, this is the idea stage , where you may have a great idea, but no plan, product, or customers, and probably no success record in this business domain. Congratulations!

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 313

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Acquisition: The acquisition is often known as a “merger and acquisition.” ” This is because, when a company decides to sell itself to another company, the buyer will often incorporate or merge the services of that company into their own product or service offerings.

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Exit Strategy Lock-up Period Merger IPO 117

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

You must have a prototype or a minimum viable product (MVP). To fund the sudden spike in production, funds will be required for additional inventory and wages. It is going to cost a lot of money just to get the initial batch of products to test the market and would definitely require external funding. Inception stage.

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Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2013

This has value now, and is critical for maximum value in a merger or acquisition. The technology or product may be at an embryonic stage. Convincingly presents a patent, trademark, or other “secret sauce” that can create equity value, not just current cash flow for the owners. Not in a heated rush.

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Technical Review Intellectual Property Angel Investor Elevator Pitch 273

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation. Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Many countries have learned to make products cheaper and better.

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Entrepreneur Offshore Merger Technical Review 263

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. Investors hesitate to invest under these conditions. Most entrepreneurs like the startup role, but not the big-company role.

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Exit Strategy Entrepreneur IPO Startup 289

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

As small companies, neither startup could afford to extend their product alone, but through creative leadership, we were able to negotiate a win-win strategic partnership for a joint product. Ability to up-sell customers with related products. Bundling and product integration to create new solutions. You can do the same.

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Partner Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Non-Compete 434