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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

<== Our conclusion was that this isn’t a temporary blip that will swiftly trend-back up in a V-shaped recovery of valuations but rather represented a new normal on how the market will price these companies somewhat permanently. But rest assured valuations get reset. Except the music stopped.

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Sonos Buys Snips For Voice Technology In $37.5M Deal

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for Snips, subject to purchase price adjustments and holdbacks. Sonos said that the deal--which includes the employees at Snips, along with its IP--will "elevate the voice experience" at the company. According to Sonos, it paid approximately $37.5M

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Startup Business Model Considerations

SoCal CTO

Fantastic post by Christian Gammill - Startup Delta Force… From a competitive perspective (e.g. all the other folks out there that will try to enter the same market) the barriers have been dropping over the last few years.

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How FreedomPop's Free Wireless Internet is Disrupting Telecom

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If you're FreedomPop , the Encino-based startup, you start by offering up free 4G wireless data access, and then expand to offer free, voice-over-IP services, along with home-based wireless Internet services. We've got less infrastructure, and we're not having to pay hundreds of dollars for consumer acquisition. GB of data each month.

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5 Strategies For Business Growth Many People Forget

Startup Professionals Musings

Competitors tend to focus on price and other variations to existing offerings. For example, Facebook added WhatsApp as a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service to enhance the self-sustaining growth their social media platform before any downturn. Implement a plan of regular strategic acquisitions.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

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The importance of the conference is that it assembles most of the top privately held early-to-mid-stage technology companies in the country (and some globally) as well as most VC’s, growth equity funds and corporate development departments from large industry players looking at technology acquisitions. 1 party = low price.