OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

I wrote a colorfully-named post years ago called Onboarding vs. Waterboarding , which detailed out some of the general principles around onboarding new employees that our companies have used over the years. Here are a few of the themes we riffed on: Treat the new hire onboarding like you would a merger integration.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2023

The name “investment bank” somehow always sounded like a place where I could deposit my investments, and maybe even earn a little interest. Officially, the investment banks mission is to raise money for companies by issuing and selling securities in the capital markets, and providing advice on transactions such as mergers and acquisitions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2022

When contemplating a merger or acquisition, you should never overlook the human factors of post-acquisition integration , such as stress among existing employees, IT incompatibilities, and employee turnover. This strategy should not replace organic growth efforts, but should expedite them. In many cases, the return is not worth the cost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The name “investment bank” somehow always sounded like a place where I could deposit my investments, and maybe even earn a little interest. Officially, the investment banks mission is to raise money for companies by issuing and selling securities in the capital markets, and providing advice on transactions such as mergers and acquisitions.

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Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering Term Sheet 362

Board Effect

MARCH 4, 2020

This is necessary to ensure that future board directors will have the appropriate skills to address many issues such as shareholder activism, cybersecurity, risk, diversity, and innovation, to name a few. Governance consultants can be a valuable resource to help put together an effective board director hiring strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Often startup directors bring strong skills in financial management in high growth contexts, marketing and sales expertise, mergers and acquisitions, technical knowledge of the product, their networks, CEO experience and team management expertise. focusing your due diligence on the future to get the best sense of the business’ potential.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Topics covered in the panel discussions and closed door sessions will revolve around innovations in Asia, a look at merger and acquisition deals in Asia, as well as clean and green technologies. Chua Sock Koong, Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson , amongst others.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 17, 2023

The company is the maker of the popular mattress brand Sleepwell, which has been a household name in India for over four decades. This could lead to a wave of mergers and acquisitions in the industry, with larger players acquiring smaller ones to gain a larger market share.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2020

That’s roughly a 90% / 10% merger assuming no premium for Starbucks. I’m trying to decide if I like the name Starmazon better. Sure, Amazon owns Whole Foods, which has about 350 physical locations, but they are large food distribution facilities (e.g. grocery stores) rather than community meeting spaces (e.g. coffee shops).

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2013

An effective way of generating cashflow without having to do all the sales and marketing effort of a deal is being able to license out your value, but having someone else’s name on the product or services. Being wholly owned has the same effect, but it does obviously require a merger or an acquisition to occur.

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Technical Review Securities and Exchange Commission Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence 164

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

billion merger with IronSource , an Israeli scale-up specialising in mobile gaming monetisation might also position them as a big player in crypto gaming – offering developers the ability to integrate a simplified crypto wallet into their games in the near future. Unity’s recent $4.4

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Hearpreneur

JULY 16, 2016

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. When choosing a name, we wanted to incorporate the concept of collectiveness that is so important in a world connected by social media.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

consumer companies were enhanced because they coincided with hardware that allowed us to capture more content instantly – namely images and video. In April of 2000 there were fears that the AOL / Time Warner merger would create a monopoly on the Internet. But the masses didn’t want to blog.

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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?

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 10, 2017

HP Merger With Compaq. In 2002, Hewlett Packard signed a merger agreement with Compaq that would bring together the computer hardware businesses of the two businesses, each with revenues of over $40 billion. After a 7-8 year period, HP began dropping the Compaq brand name in their computers. Old Spice Rebranding.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

Make efforts to remember names. An individual’s name is an essential component of her/his identity. Remembering names is a wise tactic to impress business associates because it instigates that you hold them in high esteem. It can result in miscommunication and a bad reputation. Learn table manners.

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Non-Compete Merger Naming Curation 105

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 21, 2017

The business section will cover news of any high profile partnerships, facility expansions and mergers. You can improve the quality of the press coverage by volunteering for quotes and pictures of your team in company T-shirts, paid back with a mention of the company name and its website. Do Interviews for Industry Publications.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2019

The new parents of your neighborhood are naming their new-born children after the Roman emperors! You recruit that marketing agency with the fancy name. Attend events to scout for any opportunities of vertical and horizontal mergers and tie-ups. How it would play out in reality: And voila!

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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. Client Name] — Attached is an initial draft of the purchase agreement. SMALL TECH TRANSACTIONS. Please note that: 1) My comments and questions are set forth in bold and bracketed language.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2020

These names may be listed separately in your supplier master list, so if you receive the same invoice from these entities, your AP automation system may not detect it. Maybe you have several back-office systems because of company mergers. Different supplier divisions. Your company might do business with multiple supplier divisions.

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Artificial Inteligence Merger Employee Naming 147

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 184

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 23, 2016

Have you ever noticed how so many major corporations produce commercials that focus more on their brand name rather than an actual product? 5 Reasons Why Your Brand Should Have a Following written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit Very Pixel. Yes and no.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Transcript of Creating a Brand Name That Sticks written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. He is a brand strategist speaker, founder of Sticky Branding and the author of Brand New Name: A Proven, Step-by-Step Process to Create an Unforgettable Brand Name. You know my brand name is Duct Tape Marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Even still, in the context of all three points, I recommend that you evaluate the most common exit alternatives and considerations, and integrate the right one into your startup strategy and plan: M&A - merger or acquisition by another company.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Despite regularly being named the “Best City to Live” and attracting 150+ new residents every day, Austin’s tech community lags its coastal peers in both investment dollars and successful exits. Just this week they announced a merger with a Greek shell company as a fast track to going public. and often in non-traditional ways.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The name “investment bank” somehow always sounded like a place where I could deposit my investments, and maybe even earn a little interest. Officially, the investment banks mission is to raise money for companies by issuing and selling securities in the capital markets, and providing advice on transactions such as mergers and acquisitions.

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IPO Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering 205

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 232

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

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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Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Even still, in the context of all three points, I recommend that you evaluate the most common exit alternatives and considerations, and integrate the right one into your startup strategy and plan: M&A - merger or acquisition by another company.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2018

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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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about how they came up with a business name, and here are their responses. #1-

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

He was named by Defense News as one of the 100 most influential people in the defense industry in 2012. Prior to that, he worked for the Industrial Bank of Japan and General Electric specializing in deliberative trading, private equity investment, and post merger integration. Pete directed the investment of over $1.4B

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Name the three top ones, and present your sustainable advantage as well as barriers to entry for new startups. Technically, this is your exit strategy, usually a merger and acquisition (M&A) or initial public stock offering (IPO). Who are your competitors, and how do you win?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

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Matching Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2011

The name “investment bank” somehow always sounded like a place where I could somehow deposit my investments, and maybe even earn a little interest. Then I learned that these banks really negotiate investments and collect fees on the transactions, sort of like commercial banks do with loans to businesses.

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Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering Startup 211

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

If you have managed to pull off success with something that 90% of other start-ups fail at, namely make it through the start-up phase, then you deserve some kudos. 3 Mergers, Partnerships and Acquisitions. Getting your start-up through its initial phase of the business cycle is a tough challenge for small business owners.

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