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

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A string quartet played a medley of pop radio hits as several hundreds startup founders, Goldman Sachs bankers, and venture capital investors, chatted over drinks inside a gleaming neon temple of Angel Orensanz in lower Manhattan. Things have really picked up in terms of mergers and acquisitions. By Ben Popper 06.19.2012.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

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Could we offer a “dial” to issuers and let them (and perhaps their ad agencies) decide? * * For GS.com , EXCLUSIVE access to GS hot deal might be a critical competitive tool to keep customer acquisition costs low and encourage larger clients to more to our site from a competitor’s. Are We Too Gullible or Naive? I don’t think so.

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