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Missed Expectations and The Eighty Percent Acquisition Rule

Berkonomics

But it is within the range of experience by many of us professional investors, and with those who have acted as brokers, serial purchasers or consultants for acquisitions. Why would anyone acquire a company? With this rate of disappointment, why would anyone or any company purchase another? And the lesson? So, this insight is simple.

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Missed Expectations and The Eighty Percent Acquisition Rule

Berkonomics

But it is within the range of experience by many of us professional investors, and with those who have acted as brokers, serial purchasers or consultants for acquisitions. Why would anyone acquire a company? With this rate of disappointment, why would anyone or any company purchase another? And the lesson? So, this insight is simple.

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Study Finds Tech is Number One Industry for Workplace Drinking

Tech.Co

Now, a new study has pulled tech drinking culture back into the spotlight. The tech world, the study found, is the single industry most likely to allow or sponsor alcohol consumption in the workplace. Specifically, a little over half (53%) of the tech industry was found by the study to include alcohol at the team bonding events.

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7 Key Factors Obscure Your Customer Acquisition Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

As a business consultant and angel investor, I often ask for your own assessment of marketing ROI , or customer acquisition cost (CAC). I assure you of the need to really listen to customer feedback, both proactively in market studies, as well as after-the-sale reviews. Are you making the proper investment, and is it paying off?

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The Eighty Percent Acquisition Rule

Berkonomics

But it is within the range of experience by many who have acted as brokers, serial purchasers or consultants for acquisitions. The answer is that the most sophisticated buyers have experience in integrating an acquisition successfully into an enterprise and those successes are the most visible models for others to follow.

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Illumina Acquires GRAIL For $8 Billion

socalTECH

Illumina said the buy will help it add a multi-disciplinary team and capabilities for next generation sequencing (NGS), population scale clinical studies, and machine learning. Illumina and GRAIL said the acquisition is split between $3.5 GRAIL is developing a multi-cancer screening test. billion in cash and $4.5

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Kintara Seeking $15.0M In PIPE

socalTECH

The company said the exclusive placement agent on the offering is H.C. Wainwright & Co.

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