Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 5, 2010
Felipe grew up in Brazil. They wanted to employ our entire team post acquisition. TWTFelipe and I ended up speaking for nearly 30 minutes and we talked mostly about why his company was based in Canada and not the US. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. I hope that didn’t have a stature of limitation!
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 31, 2014
China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. channel partners and Chinese manufacturers and customer acquisition and activation programs outside their home country. to understand distribution channel landscape, potential partners and rough cost of customer acquisition. Outside the U.S. Trip 2 to the U.S.
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YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 22, 2017
Corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPO) bring necessary capital and resources to a growing company. Mergers and acquisitions can be fairly contentious and not all shareholders agree that it is in their best interest for Company A to buy Company B.
VC Cafe
JULY 21, 2020
If you’re a startup founder, you’re probably looking at Google in some way, maybe in terms of partnership or acquisition, but maybe some level of suspicion and fear. M&A – Acquisitions. Regional Google for startups accelerators (Africa, Brazil, India, etc.) Will they compete with me?
Feld Thoughts
JULY 7, 2010
The fiction that strong patent rights lead to more domestic VC investment is highly damaging and utterly false in software, an industry where low capital intensity and low barriers to entry make product and user acquisition, not “IP,” king. The tax situation and cost of living in, say, South America, is much better than in the U.S.
Agile VC
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
These companies report gross ad revenue but then subtract out “TAC” (Traffic Acquisition Costs) which is basically accounting-speak for the revenue share they pay to the partner sites where the ads actually appear. But places like Brazil and India are estimated at 20-30% and Japan and South Korea at <15%. link] leehower.
The Startup Magazine
JULY 12, 2017
There could be attempts at competitor buyouts, similar to the ongoing Amaya acquisition saga. But, in a post-Brexit world (alongside general changes in the geopolitical climate), new power players could emerge, such as Brazil. The Rise of New Markets. Up until now, markets have been strictly limited to a few choice locations.
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