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April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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Welcome To The New Wave Of Opportunities And Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

His focus is on entrepreneurs in America, but what he says applies to every other country as well. Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. We need the new wave of entrepreneurs to facilitate: A new era for manufacturing enterprises.

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Is There a Valuation Bubble for Social Media Companies (and if so, is it Bursting)?

Pascal's View

This time, the debate centers on the “favored few” Social Media venture backed companies that have brought tremendous windfalls to a select group of venture funds and management teams, both pre- and post-IPO. Welcome to the latest passionate debate over the ‘valuation bubble or not?’ question in venture capital.

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New Entrepreneurs Are Rebuilding Our Business Engine

Startup Professionals Musings

His focus is on entrepreneurs in America, but what he says applies to every other country as well. Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. We need the new wave of entrepreneurs to facilitate: A new era for manufacturing enterprises.

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Running Your Business By Instinct Is Not Recommended

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. Time Warner was forced to take a $99 billion loss only two years after the merger, and Levin was forced out.

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Feb. 28, Stamford, CT: HBS Event on Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices

David Teten

Bantuveris is a recognized national expert in boosting parent involvement in school and using social media for social good. Prior to Carlyle, Mr. Dahl served as co-head of healthcare investment banking in North America at Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Dahl is a director of several private companies.

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Don’t Make Business Decisions Based Only On Intuition

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. Time Warner was forced to take a $99 billion loss only two years after the merger, and Levin was forced out.

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