NYC Tech and Startup Exits
Pitfalls Around Earnouts (and Why They Rarely Payout)
Following up on Lesson #145, Issues to Consider Before Selling to Big Companies, I wanted to drill down deeper on earnouts...
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Anatomy of an IPO
On Jan. 31, 2014, the 16 year-old dot-com darling Coupons.com filed for an IPO. To put this event in perspective,...
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The Most Important Takeaway From the Huge Buyout of WhatsApp
These days, the Zuck seems to be doling out cash and making it rain even better than the most eccentric Russian millionaires....
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Sprinklr Acquires the Dachis Group, Becoming the World’s Largest Independent Enterprise Social Relationship Platform
Sprinklr, the leading provider of native, fully integrated Social Relationship Infrastructure, announced that it has acquired Austin, Texas-based Dachis Group,...
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3 Takeaways from Facebook’s Acquisition of WhatsApp
Facebook made the largest purchase ever of a venture-capital-backed startup when it announced that it would be buying WhatsApp, a popular messaging...
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VC 101: What Happens to the Employee Option Pool after an Acquisition?
I was recently asked by an entrepreneur, “What happens to the leftover option pool after an acquisition?” In short, the...
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