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Are We Entering 2013 in Crunch-Mode?

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It is for those same reasons that it is capital efficient to start a software bits-based company that it is also now just as capital efficient to operate a software bits-based company. But as the printing technology improved dramatically, the ability for publications which served smaller and smaller niches became increasingly viable.

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Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions? Then (Google) & Now (Apple)

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This startup had a little technology called AdSense which allowed for the presentation of contextually relevant ads on a set of distributed publisher sites. Back in 2003 Google acquired Applied Semantics for just over $100M. Like with Google’s acquisition of Applied Semantics, this deal adds a fundamentally new business model to the company.

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Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions? Then (Google) & Now (Apple)

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This startup had a little technology called AdSense which allowed for the presentation of contextually relevant ads on a set of distributed publisher sites. Back in 2003 Google acquired Applied Semantics for just over $100M. Like with Google’s acquisition of Applied Semantics, this deal adds a fundamentally new business model to the company.