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When Entry Multiples Don’t Matter

Ben's Blog

This growth could be a function of product differentiation, go-to-market operations, sheer market size, new geographies, and expansion into adjacent categories. When Salesforce went public in 2004 as a new kind of CRM provider, its S-1 indicated the CRM applications market was $7B. Not too shabby!

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Citrix Online – a SAAS powerhouse

BeyondVC

According to Phil Wainewright : Acquired as Expertcity in February 2004, the Citrix Online division is an on-demand giant in its own right, with trailing twelve month (TTM) revenues of $121.6 As Phil Wainewright of ZDNet mentions in his blog, let’s not forget about the powerhouse that is now Citrix Online.

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Customer (product) value trumps brand value – M&A data

The Equity Kicker

Upon acquiring a business, companies have to value the different assets they acquired for their accounts and balance sheet in accordance with accounting and reporting standards. higher repeat purchase rates – customers remember great product experiences and want to repeat them.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter January 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Any industrial company that exports part of its production automatically qualifies for benefits under the law. billion shekels and a combined balance sheet of 20 billion shekels will be entitled to a company tax rate of 8% in the center of the country if they invest at least 800 million shekels in capital improvements.

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Startup venture and alumni funds

VC Cafe

Now the company wants to allocate some capital off balance sheet to invest into specific startup ideas the CEO, Henry Ward, sees as strategically important. .” What can companies expect apart from funding: Carta Ventures (founded 2012) – Carta recently raised $300 million at a $1.7 “Mature” startup funds.

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After Facebook's IPO flub, value of tech startups falls back to earth

www.theverge.com

There is an immense amount of capital on the balance sheet of big tech companies and not a lot of value to keeping cash," said Gurley. Check out this article from CNN back in August 2004 and the GOOG IPO troubles. When the market shuts a window, however, it opens a door. Notice the handwringing, the failure. BlueContrast.

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