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Surveying SoCal's M&A Landscape, with David Siemer

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One of the most frequent questions from high tech startups is: where''s my exit? If you rate the market on a one to ten scale, with one being 2002 and ten being 2007, we''re probably at around five or six. In 2012, half of all the M&A transactions were cross border, for the first time. Globalization is a big trend.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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The spending contraction is inevitable in a period of declining real prices of housing, high unemployment and tightening credit. The government had a tax incentive for first-time buyers that expired April 30 th , which many people believe “pulled forward” demand rather than improved the market.