Xconomy
APRIL 11, 2019
Financial firms are facing competition from legacy players and disruptive fintech startups as technology continues to reshape the heavily regulated industry. Two financial firms are betting on a nonprofit incubator program in San Diego in hopes of identifying top talent and potential targets for investment or acquisition.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 11, 2011
IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion. Don’t think about starting an incubator until you have real operating experience otherwise you don’t really have anything to offer startups. I think this makes no sense.
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socalTECH
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
When a company either has revenues, if that''s the primary metric, or if it''s a consumer application, high user acquisition and engagement, we know there is some degree of product-market-fit. Instead, you have to prepare those companies, and make them competitive with the best companies in Silicon Valley who are getting funded.
Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
. · Divshot, a tool for web designers and developers, won a national pitch competition and one of it’s founders Michael Bleigh created a popular open source library now included in Ruby on Rails. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates.
Xconomy
JUNE 3, 2016
But billions of dollars in acquisitions will be left by the side of the road. Merck also saw some expected fruits of its 2014 big-ticket acquisition of Cubist Pharmaceuticals wither away this week, as the Supreme Court wouldn’t reverse a decision that shaved years off the patent life of the top-selling antibiotic daptomyicin (Cubicin).
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 27, 2017
Hoffman should know, as an icon in the Silicon Valley, having educated and trained hundreds of startup founders as the CEO of “ Founders Space ,” designated by Inc.com as one of the top ten incubators and accelerators in the world. Examples of being first include Netflix for movies and TV and Redfin for real estate.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
How about mergers and acquisitions? I think the incubators have a lot to do with it. an incubator in Singapore, and we do a dozen or so investments a year. acquisition merger exits interview capital venture banking investment siemer david' That''s why the IPO markets coming back is so critical. READ MORE>>.
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