YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2021

The post MTM’s Alexei Orlov On Successful Acquisition Activation appeared first on Young Upstarts. With experience spanning 30 years, 40 countries, and 50 brands, Alexei Orlov has made life his business and business his life as a seasoned leader in global marketing.

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deal architect

JUNE 11, 2018

Many companies make acquisitions to diversify into new markets. Others do it to acquire revenues and customer bases. Workday has been consistent in the last few years to acquire analytical capabilities and talent especially in its back office focus areas.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Portugal-based dental surgery group gains a foothold in the UK by acquiring two dental clinics in London Growthink Capital is pleased to announce it acted as Swiss Dental Services (SDS)’ investment banking advisor on an acquisition financing – via SME Capital, a London-based alternative capital provider – to expand in the UK market.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

With that out of the way, here are three statements about this acquisition. What you should realize is that Adobe was only able to make this acquisition because they escaped the old business model and were rewarded with a market cap that hit $200b+ over the last 12–24 months (it’s $140b as I write this post-transaction announcement).

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 8, 2021

That’s why Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) is such a critical metric. That would mean the 1100 new customers in March are the result of February’s acquisition cost. The freemium version influences acquisition of new users. This will help you attribute the conversion to the correct acquisition cost. The key takeaway?

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deal architect

JUNE 11, 2018

Many companies make acquisitions to diversify into new markets. Others do it to acquire revenues and customer bases. Workday has been consistent in the last few years to acquire analytical capabilities and talent especially in its back office focus areas.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

More often than not the results of these acquisitions are disappointing. The goal is to get a corporate investment or an outright acquisition of the startup. VCs like acquisitions as much as IPOs because the acquiring companies often can rationalize paying large multiples over the current valuation of the startup.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2020

When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, taking due diligence takes center stage. On these lines, this guide is going to take you through the Prolifogy Mergers & Acquisitions Checklist and how to take due diligence. Also, review past acquisition agreements and equipment leases. Financial Matters. License agreements.

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YFS Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2022

YFS Magazine YFS Magazine Acquisitions can lead to impactful advantages, especially with the integration of value-creating products, services, and technology. YFS Magazine YFS Magazine.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Scaling Your Business Through Acquisition written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Key Takeaway: Acquisition is a fast way to grow your business. Key Takeaway: Acquisition is a fast way to grow your business. Marketing Podcast with Roland Frazier. In this episode, Investor and Co-Founder of 5 different Inc.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Procore on Wednesday completed its acquisition of Levelset, a fintech […]. Procore Technologies, based in Carpinteria, Calif. with a large Austin office, is one of the companies that provide construction management software.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. Overreliance on acquisitions drains resources and de-motivates internal teams.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Customer acquisition drives sales and profit margins and it needs to be measured and balanced together with the customers’ lifetime value (LTV). This article explains how businesses can resist one of the top startup killers known as high customer acquisition costs (CAC). We will go through 5 key strategies for lowering CAC.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 30, 2020

Mergers and acquisitions are an integral part of the business world. An acquisition can fulfill these needs while bringing a company a new market share and better opportunities for growth. The Basic Principles of Mergers and Acquisitions. The Basic Principles of Mergers and Acquisitions.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2019

Acquisition entrepreneurship is a model in the same vein. With acquisition entrepreneurship, you focus on establishing revenue and earnings first, and then you provide a platform for a lifestyle business or major innovation from there. ” The Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series by adopting the same strategy.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 17, 2020

The post Austin-based WikiBuy is Booming Since its Acquisition by Capital One appeared first on SiliconHills. Other major Austin players in the eCommerce industry include RetailMeNot, Bazaarvoice, BigCommerce, Dosh, Convey, H-E-B Digital, Black Locus/Home Depot, and Favor. And Austin is also […].

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2019

Leasing and acquisition are subjects that every business has to deal with eventually. When it comes to where you get your equipment from, you have two main choices: leasing and acquisition. In layman’s terms, leasing is like renting a house and acquisition is like buying one. Acquisition.

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Our Own Start-up

APRIL 23, 2021

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

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2018

Of course, these are important ingredients to growth, but the – perhaps unconventional – truth is that this kind of growth can be riskier and less compelling to investors than growth through acquisition. Set clear financial objectives for an acquisition and create benchmarks to gauge attractiveness of potential target companies.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In the current economic landscape, it’s common for startups and businesses to seek a buyout or acquisition — in fact, it’s frequently the goal from the start. Whether your company is generating profits or operating at a loss, taxes are a significant risk area in any acquisition. by Jeff Stark, Audit Partner at Sensiba San Filippo.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Jake Lodwick wrote an article on PandoDaily entitled “An acquisition is always a failure.” Sure not all acquisitions go that way. People love quoting (presumably made-up) stats about how most acquisitions are failures, but they forget to mention that most independent startups also fail.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In the wake of what is now considered the second-highest enterprise SaaS acquisition in history, below are some quick takeaways that are on my mind: 1/ The Efficiency Of Silicon Slopes – By now it should be no surprise that Utah’s tech ecosystem is on fire. And, every year, it doesn’t materialize that way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2021

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. Overreliance on acquisitions drains resources and de-motivates internal teams.

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Haystack

JUNE 13, 2019

Normally, I like to pounce on these big acquisitions quickly with some quick analysis, but big M&A in tech is happening too fast, and it’s graduation season for the toddlers, and family is in town, so for this installment of the blog, we will talk about both Looker and Tableau together, as they’re in the same space. It was a red ocean.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 28, 2014

That’s why we’ve seen example after example of “acqui-hires” in the past few years as well as some very large acquisitions where a big driver was the talent behind a start-up (e.g. However, only a few big companies have truly figured out how to keep founders around after the acquisition. Nest, Beats). Related articles.

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SiliconHills

MAY 22, 2023

Austin-based Setpoint has acquired Resolute Diligence Solutions, which provides asset-level reviews for real estate loans. Setpoint, founded in 2021, is a fintech and proptech startup that raised a $43 million Series A round in December 2022.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Just a week after Tech in Asia ( Techinasia.com ) completed its acquisition of fellow Singapore-based blog SGEntrepreneurs (SGE) for an undisclosed sum, the startup and technology blog today announced that it has also acquired Indonesia-based gaming blog GameSaku from Apps Foundry. In the News acquisition Asia GamesInAsia.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2021

Photo by Vanna Phon on Unsplash Customer acquisition is the lifeblood of many startups from e-commerce to gaming to marketplace companies, among others. But if you ask anyone in the ecosystem of customer acquisition?—?founders, and you’ll hear the same thing: customer acquisition (CAC) is getting harder and more expensive.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2015

For most of those that manage to grow big, acquisition of other companies plays a major role in their success. While many businesses are aware of the importance of importance of acquisitions as a growth strategy few get it right when making acquisitions. In fact statistics show that only a quarter of acquisitions succeed.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

I think Twitter made a minor gaffe by announcing their Blackberry app and their acquisition of Atebits (Tweetie) before the Chirp conference. And I saw a lot of this first hand in Salesforce’s acquisition of my company, Koral, which was a content management company. We will be direct and forthright.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 15, 2014

One of my basic strategies as an investor is to use targeted small acquisitions throughout the life of a company. Cobook is a perfect acquisition for us. The post FullContact Makes Its First Acquisition – Acquires Cobook appeared first on Feld Thoughts. My Investments acquisition cobook contacts fullcontact'

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. Tags: entrepreneur startup merger acquisition business. No growth” or even slow-growth companies waiting for an angel may have a long wait. Marty Zwilling.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The post Favor has Grown Tremendously Since its Acquisition by H-E-B appeared first on SiliconHills. “We became the first on-demand delivery business in the United States, actually, globally, to become profitable and soon after that cash flow positive,” said Jag Bath, Favor’s CEO and H-E-B Chief Digital Officer. “We We didn’t […].

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Yet, even though our team had experience with several previous successful acquisitions, after the initial rush of excitement, the hard reality of bringing together two separate entities set in. Integrating an acquisition is difficult in the best of circumstances and can often fail to meet stakeholders’ expectations.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2015

Or perhaps the acquired business seeks an acquisition deal to gain access to a wider marketplace. No matter what the reason, an acquisition tends to shake things up at both businesses. So how do you preserve your company culture after an acquisition?

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 30, 2016

Recently I wrote about how I think about private company acquisition strategies using FullContact as the example of one where it is working well. Last week I was at a board meeting for a different company which did an acquisition a month ago. Usually, the first three months post acquisition are up and down. There is no one way.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 21, 2021

On this episode, Baird Hall, one of the co-founders of Wavve, shares the other side of that acquisition, as the seller of Wavve. The post Baird Hall Co-Founder Of ChurnKey, Wavve, ZubTitle, How The Wavve Acquisition Deal Got Done, Solving Internal Problems Leads To New Companies appeared first on Yaro.Blog.

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