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The Implications of Increased Regulatory Scrutiny for Startup Acquisitions

Tom Tunguz

Similar questions have surrounded Microsoft’s acquisition of Blizzard; The US Department of Justice seeks to unwind the Google/DoubleClick merger ; British regulatory bodies forced Facebook to reverse its Giphy acquisition. The FTC reportedly will sue to stop Adobe from acquiring Figma.

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Welcome to the Revenue Revolution: A Company Update from Alistair Rennie, CEO of Totango

Totango

While new customer acquisition remains important, our era of responsible growth underscores the vital importance of guiding customers toward positive business outcomes as the most sustainable pathway to success. At Totango we pride ourselves on being category creators. We’re only just beginning.

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Why Big Companies Buy Startups

SaaStr

Q: What are advantages and disadvantages of mergers? There are a lot of subtle pros and cons and issues, but for most Big Tech Companies, the pro to buying a startup is time and scale: Being able to enter a space or category quicker. An acquisition is a chance to catch up, at least potentially, fast. Versus getting left behind.

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Red Hat's Acquisition - A Triumph of Open Source

Tom Tunguz

Over the weekend, IBM announced the largest software acquisition of Red Hat, an open-source software company, for $35B. It is the largest software acquisition in history, and the third largest technology acquisition (Dell/EMC at $67B and JDS/SDL for $41B were both larger hardware mergers).

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Micro Startup Acquisition: The Definitive Guide to Buying and Selling Small Startups

Neil Patel

Micro startup acquisitions. But before we dive into that, we need to look into what micro startup acquisitions are and why you need to sit up and take notice. Micro Startup Acquisitions: What Are They, and Why Should I Care? Micro Startup Acquisition Trends. That’s an expensive mistake if you make the wrong investment.

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24 Essential Types of Charts for Data Visualization: Examples & Use Cases

User Pilot

A bullet graph is a merger of a progress bar and a bar chart. Its use cases include: Comparing products or categories. Each bar can represent a period (say, a month) and be further segmented to show sales across different categories. A stacked bar graph compares two categories of values on Userpilot.

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Surfboard founder Natasha Ratanshi-Stein on riding the wave of planning software for support

Intercom, Inc.

In today’s episode, we sat down with Natasha to chat about managing remote teams, the challenges of creating a new category, and how planning software can help businesses create a more seamless, holistic customer experience. I moved there for university, and then I started working at Goldman Sachs in their mergers and acquisitions team.

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