Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

” [Nope, that was $33 billion, at least last November] “Iceland’s GDP?” ” [Maybe, but 2012 was ~$14b] But this week if you mention $19b in the 415, 650 or 408 area codes you have a very good chance of someone offering an opinion of Facebook’s Whatsapp acquisition.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Any big changes in your marketing/customer acquisition strategy over the last time period (more money doing Search, less money in Email, elimination Facebook as it does not work, etc., And you also have, perhaps more useful, the industry wide acquisition strategy distribution. Direct Traffic (I get a lot of it!)

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 23, 2018

A few weeks ago, I booked a customized tour of Iceland with Noken , and I did it in about five minutes. They've created something branded that a consumer can be loyal to and come back again and again as new countries are added (they have Iceland and Columbia currently). I'm also excited to see Iceland in two weeks!!

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 8, 2020

The Icelandic krona suffered a similar fate after that country’s financial collapse in 2008. Another example is the recent acquisition of the popular Taringa! As recently as 2017, when the Bolivar collapsed, many Venezuelans went on to adopt cryptocurrency for their transactions. Social network by IOV Labs, the company behind RSK.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 15, 2012

While I was in Iceland a few weeks ago, there was a set of discussions driven by Brad Burnham of Union Square Ventures about trying to make Iceland and “Internet Neutrality Zone” similar to Switzerland and banking. While I have no idea if this is feasible, the need for it seems to be increasing on a regular basis.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

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. US drug powerhouse Pfizer and Iceland-based Actavis were among the bidders in the final round, but Teva beat their offers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

One of my jobs in the past was consulting measures and acquisitions. And you need to look at the data very critically, because the other side of the merger or acquisition is actually trying to frame all the information in a way that is beneficial to that side and against your side.

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