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Wonderist Agency Acquires Merger Labs

YoungUpstarts

Eighteen months ago, San Diego-based MergerLabs was born out of CAPTARGET, a leader in private equity deal origination, owned and operated by Gabe Galvez. Co-founders, Laura Maly and Michael Anderson, struck a deal with Galvez that led to the acquisition of Merger Labs , effective January 1, 2018.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

San Diego, California) Jobs Comentum is a dynamic and cutting edge company.Be More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

Both Sides of the Table

You have a runway that would make San Diego Airport’s look long. There are merger discussions, board debates, product miscues, revenue misses and a litany of delicate topics. And you pull the basic team together with some tech team members working evenings & weekends to conserve cash.

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Transcript of Tips for Attracting Local Clients

Duct Tape Marketing

So I think that that’s one area where we’re seeing Google — again as you said blending the natural or organic results with paid results and they’ve been doing this in a lot of different industries as well.

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New Plain Preferred Term Sheet

www.founderinstitute.com

August practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, commercial transactions, general corporate law and business bankruptcy. He counsels public and private company clients in a variety of industries including information technology, government contracting, software and telecommunications.

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

Both Sides of the Table

I flew from San Diego (where I was visiting for Thanksgiving) to New York to persuade investors to stick with us. The investors of our competitor agreed to a merger and we were going to raise $15 million between the two companies. I canceled my first ever extended family trip to Hawaii less than a week before going.