Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

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. In the Fall of 2008, the credit crisis wiped out mergers and acquisitions as a path to liquidity as M&A collapsed with the rest of the market. So what’s left?

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley Technical Review IPO Venture Capital 217

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 12, 2014

One of the most common excuses I hear is that people would rather make contact through email, but if you arent networking face-to-face, youre doing it wrong. The most effective way is to find a trigger  such as new industry regulations, a change in leadership, or a merger  to fuel a companys appetite for change.

Merger 265

Merger Cofounder Startup Sales Cycle 265

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

All you need is a blog, Twitter, email, some business card stock, and a little creativity. As soon as you bring in investors, they force you to plan for an exit (merger or sale) in three to five years. Don’t think about the exit.

Bootstrapping 278

Bootstrapping Startup Merger .Net 278

Scott Edward Walker

MARCH 21, 2016

Fast forward to today, and I am obviously not handling multi-billion dollar, cross-border mergers and acquisitions at my boutique law firm. Below is an email I recently sent to a client who is acquiring a small SaaS company (together with the initial draft of the purchase agreement); paragraph #4 flags the diligence issue.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence New York City 40

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

This includes verbal and non-verbal communication, straightforward emails, telephonic and face-to-face meetings. Your correspondence through emails, letters, and memos reflects your competence as a professional. Avoid texting, taking calls, and checking emails in a meeting room. Be well-informed. Double-check all correspondence.

Non-Compete 106

Non-Compete Merger Naming Curation 106

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 1, 2013

Context on the event comes from Jerry’s blog post titled The Hand of A Friend : “A distraught client emailed me the day after Jody [Sherman] died. I tweeted, emailed, reached out to friends. So many people were hurt by the news–whether or not they knew him. I wrote to Parker [Palmer]. We’d invite others to join us.

Merger 142

Merger Startup Conversion Partner 142

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2013

All you need is a blog, Twitter, email, some business card stock, and a little creativity. As soon as you bring in investors, they force you to plan for an exit (merger or sale) in three to five years. Don’t think about the exit.

Equity 241

Equity Bootstrapping Startup Merger 241

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

You can even use email marketing tools to send test and optimize your emails for different devices and inboxes. Sign up to receive email updates. Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast. More About The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Check it out here.

CPA 73

CPA Technical Review Revenue Forecast 73

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

“As a matter of fact, local networking events are a great opportunity to establish new business contacts,” says Achim Neumann, President of A Neumann & Associates, a leading mergers & acquisitions firm on the East Coast. Reply to emails. It can be easy to get lost in the sea of emails.

Small Business 88

Small Business Social Media Harvest Merger 88

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 7, 2020

It may be a new product release, a hiring event , or major merger. You may get a lot of emails in advance with questions to be asked at the event, and you’ll gain a lot of insight into your customers’ opinions in the process. You’ll lose a third of your audience in thirty seconds, so these clips need to be short.

Video 90

Video Miami Marketing Social Media 90

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Working professionals/white collar use emails, but most users grew up instant messaging on TenCent’s QQ and most are moving to Weixin/WeChat. there are almost no mergers or acquisitions in this market segment. Google retreated to Hong Kong and Baidu took its place. In the U.S. Unlike the U.S. So big companies rarely acquire startups.

Silicon Valley 267

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

I can compile an email with my thoughts and get it out to everyone. If you have questions you can email me at Medium@bp-3.com. So we have had this challenge to communicate over time and distance since the beginning… but it gets more challenging. One example. Broadcasting news to the company is straightforward?—?I More on BP3 at www.bp-3.com.

Warrant 48

Warrant Bootstrapping Framework Hiring 48

Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2014

All you need is a blog, Twitter, email, some business card stock, and a little creativity. As soon as you bring in investors, they force you to plan for an exit (merger or sale) in three to five years. Don’t think about the exit.

Bootstrapping 176

Bootstrapping Startup Merger Salary 176

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

All you need is a blog, Twitter, email, some business card stock, and a little creativity. As soon as you bring in investors, they force you to plan for an exit (merger or sale) in three to five years. Don’t think about the exit.

Bootstrapping 240

Bootstrapping Merger Salary .Net 240

David Teten

JUNE 7, 2018

She worked on the hundreds of pages of documents for the merger of Enterprises A and B. Like almost all legal documents, the document was not written from scratch but based on a document drafted previously for the merger of Enterprise C. That said, almost everyone with whom we negotiate is just using Microsoft Word plus email.

Merger 60

Merger Massachusetts Term Sheet LLC 60

David Teten

JUNE 7, 2018

She worked on the hundreds of pages of documents for the merger of Enterprises A and B. Like almost all legal documents, the document was not written from scratch but based on a document drafted previously for the merger of Enterprise C. That said, almost everyone with whom we negotiate is just using Microsoft Word plus email.

Merger 60

Merger Massachusetts Term Sheet LLC 60

Austin Startup

AUGUST 8, 2020

Brent Wistrom edits the daily Austin Inno Beat email newsletter , which has emerged over the last five years as a must-read source of information for the city’s startup, entrepreneurial and investment communities The Forrest Files: August 6, 2020 Brent Wistrom is a senior editor at American Inno , overseeing half of Inno’s 14 markets.

Austin 62

Austin Minnesota Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 62

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Working professionals/white collar use emails, but most users grew up instant messaging on TenCent’s QQ and most are moving to Weixin/WeChat. there are almost no mergers or acquisitions in this market segment. Google retreated to Hong Kong and Baidu took its place. In the U.S. Unlike the U.S. So big companies rarely acquire startups.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Eric Friedman

JUNE 30, 2014

I got an unexpected email from Time Warner recently stating that they were changing Internet speeds for all subscribers. It also happens to be during the TWC Comcast merger time period which many do not seem to understand. This is interesting to me on a few fronts. This is interesting to me on a few fronts.

Caching 87

Caching Merger Bandwidth Internet 87

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles. The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles. The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media AJAX 83

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Surveys, studying engagements in email and social media, are just ways for you to do this. Look out for prospects who experienced changes in circumstances, such as mergers or restructures, as they’re more prone to be open to partnerships. Create a criteria and grading system for all your prospects.

Lead Generation 124

Lead Generation Customer Marketing Campaign 124

www.thedailymuse.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Steve Kaplan, attorney at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP , practices in the areas of venture capital and private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and other commercial transactions. Email (required). Rebecca Thormans goal is to help you find meaningful work, enjoy the heck out of it, and earn more money. Leave a Comment.

Hiring 56

Hiring LLC Intellectual Property Private Equity 56

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Mandal was the lead of Apple's mergers and acquisitions team, and Gupta was an IP attorney at a several national firms. You can then choose to send your question to the lawyers you choose or the ones LawPivot recommends, and you'll get an email when a lawyer responds to your question. Through the end of the month, LawPivot is free.

California 118

California Merger IP Startup 118

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 1, 2015

I don’t think I’ve ever physically been in the same place as Ben, but we’ve exchanged emails in the past and he was willing to allow me to republish his classic essay The Struggle in the book I wrote with my wife Amy – Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur.

Startup 70

Startup Term Sheet Merger Finance 70

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Email address: Home. Even with the turmoil in the capital markets in the second half of 2007, it was another record year for merger and acquisition activity. Email Address: ); ADVERTISEMENT. Finance | Tuesdays. Innovation | Fridays. Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. Todays Small Business News | Daily. Tools & Research.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2016

I started my business because I was sick and tired of web designers charging thousands of dollars and then not responding to calls/emails, taking forever to update things, and eventually disappearing never to be heard from again. I was spamming them with emails and messages that included links to products I was choosing from.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur SEO Web Merger 48

Board Effect

JULY 31, 2019

Personal and business email accounts lack the necessary level of security for board business. BoardEffect’s board management software includes state-of-the-art security so that boards can communicate securely through email. Across the board, security is a major issue for boards. Boards deal with thousands and thousands of documents.

Government 40

Government Security Merger Software 40

Berkonomics

APRIL 10, 2014

This type of funding is great for startup companies, refinancing existing loans, and financing for growth, mergers and acquisitions. Email readers, continue here.] One example of asset-based finance would be purchase order financing.

Merger 66

Merger Finance .Net Acquisition 66

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 9, 2017

And so I think just because Google is devouring more of these click-throughs it doesn’t mean you’re not going to get visitors from these other channels and especially from your own direct marketing whether that’s direct mail or email or those kinds of things. David: Yeah for sure.

Search 31

Search Technical Review SEO Small Business 31

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

business via an “ Early Exit ” strategy, including how to creatively access the public markets via a merger into a public shell And much, much more! gotomeeting.com/register/988389987 The email is being furnished for informational purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any investment.

Technology 67

Technology Merger Exit Strategy Affiliate 67

abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

Below is a marketing email sent around by one of the participating investment banks after the recent nCino IPO (which was underpriced in record-setting fashion, 195% first day “pop” – “the biggest first-day surge since the 2000 tech bubble”). It has also been uncovered in email threads. Door #3: The SPAC Merger.

IPO 118

IPO Silicon Valley Warrant Matching 118

Steve Blank

MARCH 9, 2016

After the merger people were asking, “Why am I working for these people now? Send an email to terri@kandsranch.com describing your entrepreneurial journey. In hindsight, the culture) mattered a huge amount. I don’t get them. I don’t understand them. Tune in Thursday at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET on Sirius XM Channel 111.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Cofounder Entrepreneur IPO 120

NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 28, 2018

A merger with another business? Get entrepreneur articles by email once a month. We disagree with this mindset when it leads the business owner to set goals that lack a pragmatic foundation. Substantial growth is possible but you have to carefully plan how it will happen. What’s going to give you the leg up? More sales staff?

Sales 41

Sales Merger Management Entrepreneur 41

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In Stage 2, the corporation adds venture capital and/or mergers-and-acquisition teams to provide these functions. Follow Blog via Email. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Does your Stage 2 outpost have a permanent executive running the Innovation Outpost?

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Incubator Acquisition Business Model 120

The Startup Toolkit

AUGUST 29, 2012

I’ve heard of similar “advisory” requests from other big celebrities, ranging from a 50-90% stake, which is really more like a merger. I send my advisors a weekly update email listing what I did, what I learned, what I am struggling with, and what I plan to do next. Going back to the more normal 0.5-2%,

Equity 46

Equity Vesting Advisory Board Merger 46

www.copelandfirm.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Home About Fee Arrangements Location Referrals Testimonials Business Law HUB Certification Mergers & Acquisitions Startup Advice Intellectual Property Copyrights Trademarks Securities Law Debt and Bridge Financing Series A Startup Law Entity Formation Corporation LLC Series LLC RSS Founders Shares: How do you split them up?

Intellectual Property 40

Intellectual Property Founder Vesting Bridge Financing 40