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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. So what’s left?

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A conversation with Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz, author and speaker at Lean Startup Conference 2019

Startup Lessons Learned

Scott Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he’s responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm. It’s meant to support and grow a business until an “exit” in the form of an IPO, a merger or acquisition, or in less than ideal scenarios, a company shutdown. No need to name names.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

There were chat rooms, discussion groups, dating, classified ads – you name it. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. In in the early 90′s I was in my early 20′s and I programmed on mainframe computers using COBOL, CICS and DB2.

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What The Future Of Luxury Retail Has In Store

YoungUpstarts

The success of luxury online fashion retailer Net-A-Porter and its merger with Yoox, as well as the increased visibility of platforms like Farfetch and the like, have proved them wrong. Four main retail models are currently leveraged by luxury brands, namely: In-house, fully-owned platforms. That assumption is now being challenged.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Naming a Business. Even with the turmoil in the capital markets in the second half of 2007, it was another record year for merger and acquisition activity. One of the ways vendors and partners--whose behind-the-scenes assistance often is crucial to a start-ups success--can get a piece of the action is to exchange services for equity.

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My AdExchanger Interview

VC Adventure

My partners and I have written extensively about this thematic approach on the Foundry Group blog: [link]. I’m extremely excited about the portfolio of companies my partners and I have put together at Foundry Group which includes some great ad tech companies which you list above.

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How I Started, Grew & Sold An E-commerce Business For Quarter Million Dollars ($250,000)

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

The realization of my idea started on an international trip when I was working as a consultant in mergers and acquisitions. In response, an opportunity in the designer merchandise market had been identified by some key wholesalers and distributors of designer accessories (such as purses, belts, eye wear, perfumes and colognes to name a few.)

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