Scott Edward Walker

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The acquirer is typically a large successful company, and the target is typically a failing early-stage startup. The deal is typically structured as an asset purchase (as opposed to a stock purchase or merger) — though the acquirer often does not actually want the startup’s IP and/or other assets.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 8, 2020

Over that time period, this newsletter has emerged as a must read for the city’s startup community because of its aggressive coverage of investments, IPOs, launches, Central Texas re-locations, mergers, founder-related events and (more recently) COVID-related layoffs. In fact, the Beat now counts more than 10,000 subscribers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

If you’re a very early stage startup that just raised your first angel money it is very possible that the funding announcement will be your first big tech news. People scoop company layoffs, mergers, key people leaving a company or being fired and the like. I don’t be swayed by those who tell you otherwise.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

This is an excellent deal for Qlipso and JVP as they managed to almost instantly grow from an early stage starup to a revenue producing business (estimates say 7 figures by the end of 2010) with significant distribution for Qlipso’s 3D interactive platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

The importance of the conference is that it assembles most of the top privately held early-to-mid-stage technology companies in the country (and some globally) as well as most VC’s, growth equity funds and corporate development departments from large industry players looking at technology acquisitions. TechCrunch. GroupSpaces.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Even with the turmoil in the capital markets in the second half of 2007, it was another record year for merger and acquisition activity. Last fall, Arizona Bay launched its own venture capital firm, Arizona Bay Technology Ventures , which will invest from $50,000 to $750,000 in early-stage start-ups. Toshiba Laptops.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 8, 2015

One of the first I was exposed to was the merger between Peter Thiel's Confinity/PayPal and Elon Musk's X.com. Musk was the early winner taking the CEO role (for a brief period) in the merged company and the largest equity stake as well. Not surprisingly, the merger was highly dilutive, particularly to Confinity/PayPal shareholders.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

After that there’s a discussion of how the product will reach the customer and the potential distribution channel. The distribution discussion leads to some conclusions about competition: who are they and how they differ. The distribution discussion also leads to some assumptions about pricing.

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Steve Blank

JULY 9, 2009

So I got out out of the building to meet and understand our customers and distribution partners. My partner had convinced several major Hollywood names that this was the inevitable consequence of the merger of Hollywood and Silicon Valley. We believed that by putting full motion video (i.e. And at the time it was a plausible scenario.)

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. Twitter is an excellent distribution channel for us. (B)

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