YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 7, 2016

by Kate Purmal and Lisa Goldman, co-authors of “ The Moonshot Effect: Disrupting Business as Usual “ Here’s a common lament we hear from senior executives: “My team left the off-site planning meeting fully energized, but when it came to getting the initiative off the ground, we stalled. If we can’t rebuild momentum, I’m concerned this critical project will fail.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2016

Despite the fact that the number of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) for startups have continued to decrease, I still hear it touted often as the preferred exit strategy. I suspect the exuberance for an IPO is still being driven by the highly visible successes of several companies a few years ago, including Facebook, Yelp, and Twitter. Everyone dreams of becoming a billionaire overnight.

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 7, 2016

Rackspace Hosting, the managed hosting and cloud computing company based in San Antonio, is reportedly close to closing a $3.5 billion deal with Apollo Global, a private equity firm, to take Rackspace private, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal, Fortune and numerous other publications. In 2014, Rackspace announced it had retained Morgan Stanley […] The post Rackspace Reportedly Close to a $3.5 Billion Buyout appeared first on SiliconHills.

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