Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition. New emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g.,

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

There are newspapers, advertisements on the sides of trucks and buses, billboards, flyers—traditional media is still alive and well and we see it often. With new virtual and augmented reality technologies emerging, the merger of traditional and digital media is more than just on the horizon.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2023

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. Time Warner was forced to take a $99 billion loss only two years after the merger, and Levin was forced out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2022

Here is an outline of some key force multipliers that I have seen used effectively in the ongoing battle for business survival and success: Establish a presence on multiple social media channels. Amazingly, I still find that many small businesses still don’t use any social media, much less appear on a range of platforms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2020

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. Time Warner was forced to take a $99 billion loss only two years after the merger, and Levin was forced out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition. New emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition. New emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g.,

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

We once thought the merger of AOL/Time Warner needed to be investigated by the DOJ. Enter social media and its importance as a traffic source. We once thought Microsoft was a monopoly on the Internet due to IE. Laughable now. We once thought nobody could unseat Google since all inbound traffic to the web came from them.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 5, 2019

Lastly, focus on acquisitions, not mergers. I believe mergers of equals almost never succeed in the tech industry. Rule number three is to communicate with all stakeholders – customers, employees, regulators, suppliers, and social media followers. Sooner or later all companies face a crisis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2021

If this is personally your first startup, it’s very important to highlight prior leadership experience in school, business, or public life, and your ability to attract skilled people for your team, as well as advocates from your industry, social media, or prior relationships. Pitch a rational plan for expansion and growth.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 15, 2015

This chart (which I saw on Broadstuff and was originally published in the Harvard Business Review ) is from audited company accounts following mergers and acquisitions: …we looked at the value of brands and customer relationships as revealed by M&A data covering over 6,000 mergers and acquisitions worldwide between 2003 and 2013.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition. New emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2018

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. Time Warner was forced to take a $99 billion loss only two years after the merger, and Levin was forced out.

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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 There are now 2.8B

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

At a time when we are seeing content creators monetize content on social media at new levels, it is clear that Lightricks’ platform has the ability to create a one-stop shop that will be meaningful to its users.”.

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Transformify

AUGUST 1, 2022

Acquisitions, mergers, and the opening of new offices are good opportunities for capitalizing and moving forward toward international expansion. Thanks to social media and digital advertising, your products may become known to your target buyers long before you invest a penny in local marketing activities.

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Life Beyond Code

JANUARY 17, 2012

Recently, my friend Dave Gardner (president of Gardner & Associates Consulting ) shared his story of how he used social media to reach (and start a working relationship with) a big company (Dell.) Dell uses Radian6 which is now owned by Salesforce.com to monitor what’s being said about them in the social media space.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

For example, Facebook added WhatsApp as a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service to enhance the self-sustaining growth their social media platform before any downturn. Too many businesses only think of new products when in crisis mode. WhatsApp alone now has a user base of over one and a half billion users.

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Life Beyond Code

JANUARY 17, 2012

Recently, my friend Dave Gardner (president of Gardner & Associates Consulting ) shared his story of how he used social media to reach (and start a working relationship with) a big company (Dell.) Dell uses Radian6 which is now owned by Salesforce.com to monitor what’s being said about them in the social media space.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2019

Online components make businesses grow at an astonishing rate because of the merger between people’s work and social lives. Metrics do not lie, and you can see via the number of views or post engagement on social media/ on your website if the vibe is positive or not.

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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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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 7, 2020

But that’s enough time to announce something big to your followers on social media or the public at large. It may be a new product release, a hiring event , or major merger. You’ll get the audience to tune in for the big announcement or at least follow you on social media so they’re notified when it is available.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2017

If you are proposing a merger or acquisition, or simply seeking an investor for your business, the process is the same. Mark Zuckerberg was not the first to build a social media platform, so he had to find investors who believed in him. You have to put together a convincing story of a win-win opportunity for both sides.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! 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.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Panel 1 – How Social Investing is Disrupting Traditional Investing in Public Securities. The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! 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.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Sometimes instead of being productive, we choose to simply scroll down social media. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2013

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Jerry Leven and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. We’ve all worked with autocratic leaders in large companies who seem to thrive in this mode. It’s been downhill from there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. Time Warner was forced to take a $99 billion loss only two years after the merger, and Levin was forced out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2012

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Jerry Leven and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. We’ve all worked with autocratic leaders in large companies who seem to thrive in this mode. It’s been downhill from there.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Interestingly, social media also helps generate leads, as 75-percent of buyers actually use them to research on products as well. Surveys, studying engagements in email and social media, are just ways for you to do this. Create a criteria and grading system for all your prospects.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

1 SEO and Social Media Campaigns. If your start-up is not making the most out of its website and social media accounts, then this should be the first place that you look to expand your efforts. Social media campaigns can be incredibly effective means of boosting sales and increasing reach to targeted markets.

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools. Social media audiences have effectively become another universe of prospects to tap, which means measurement and tracking is essential to yielding from these visitors both direct and indirect revenue. Insert Media Brokers. Mergers and Acquisitions. 07/25/2012.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

We will discuss how the networks are creating the social media airbag. Just this week they announced a merger with a Greek shell company as a fast track to going public. The car revolutionized transportation in the 20th century but lacked safety. March 11, 2018 11:00AM?—?12:00PM 12:00PM Austin Convention Center?—?Room

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2019

Attend events to scout for any opportunities of vertical and horizontal mergers and tie-ups. Recruit a tech intern: Many media- and tech-savvy students offer their services which are extremely easy on the pocket. Create discount offers to get your event customers to visit the restaurant.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

This time, the debate centers on the “favored few” Social Media venture backed companies that have brought tremendous windfalls to a select group of venture funds and management teams, both pre- and post-IPO. Welcome to the latest passionate debate over the ‘valuation bubble or not?’ question in venture capital.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 22, 2012

These blogs touch on a wide range of business issues, from mergers and acquisitions to executive training. Fascinated by mergers and acquisitions, deal-making, and negotiations? Learn more about the legal aspects of mergers and acquisitions from a collective of business law professors. Yoko Ishikura. Deal Professor. Management.

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