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Branching out: Why you shouldn’t limit your startup to just one location

The Next Web

While I can’t say this is totally representative of technology startups in general, I do think geographically distributed footprints are rapidly becoming the norm. FieldAware now have an office in Fort Worth. The product of an acquisition, the company now serves as the headquarters for its FieldLocate product.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The most noteworthy M&A deals of 2009 were Siemens’ $418 million acquisition of Solel; Medtronic’s acquisition of Ventor, estimated at $325 million; and IBM’s $225 million acquisition of Guardium. “Israel is known for its strong capabilities in technology and science. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.,

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

mashable.com

The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. There’s YouTube , of course — well established in its own right, it rewrote the book on how an acquisition can be run delicately, as a company within a company.