November 2009
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Why Great Innovators Spend Less Than Good Ones -...
via blogs.harvardbusiness.org Words to live (innovate) by. Posted via web from Brian Magierski | Comment »
September 2009
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Start-Up Tries to Revive Online Group Buying -... →
The growth of social networking platforms like Facebook may make the group buying concept fly this time around.
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Wall Street's Biggest Con: M&A 'Advice' - WSJ.com →
Interesting take. The data surely show that M&A typically does not succeed, and I believe the author is right in that many to most deals are done to pad earnings and mask slow growth … although, the intention is more like “to increase earnings and accelerate growth”, which most acquirers believe at the outset.
I’m looking for companies that have a demonstrably good...
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The Adobe-Omniture deal: Does it make sense? |... →
So, I’m not alone on questioning the fit. Yes it’s accretive and yes Adobe needs growth, but this alone is not a reason to do a deal. The best line from the author was this:
“Most acquisitions make sense right away—with the exception of eBay-Skype and we know how that turned out—but I had trouble wrapping my head around the Adobe-Omniture deal.”
Thomas Ernst Jr from...
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Omniture Press Detail: Adobe to Acquire Omniture →
This one feels challenged to explain. Cuts against Adobe DNA, and is a stretch to believe the buyers will connect the analytics with the creative tools. Am I wrong?
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Lilly to Revamp, Cut Jobs as Patents Expire -... →
Eli Lilly & Co. could benefit from a robust M&A 2.0 process to do a series of small to medium sized acquisitions, using collaborative M&A strategies and tactics to outflank its competitors.
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Intuit To Acquire (Former TechCrunch50 Winner)... →
Defensive acquisition by Intuit … small price to pay but a big premium from what appears to be a very early revenue startup. Is there any viable player as innovative as Mint.com left now, or has Intuit captured the only threat?
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CA to acquire NetQoS for $200 million | Statesman... →
Congrats to friends at NetQoS! Nice deal and more good news for Austin.
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Yahoo CEO Bartz says she would have taken last... →
Not surprising given the hindsight. However, anyone paying attention at the time (outside of Microsoft and Yahoo!) should have known that the entire situation was quite a paradox.
Microsoft (the acquirer) should not have been interested in the deal at all, while Yahoo! (the target) should have been grateful for the opportunity to be acquired at that price. Yet, Microsoft tendered the offer and...
March 2009
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Deals that defined an era →
Nice summary of a decade of critical M&A deals and cases