socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group announced htis morning that it is buying Syncsort , a new Jersey-based developer of big data, data migration, and other tools. Financial terms of the acquisition were not anounced by the companies.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2010

Swainson was CEO of CA from 2004 to 2009, and is now a senior advisor to private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. Swainson also has served at IBM and General Electric, and sits on the boards of Visa, Assurant, and Cadence Design Systems. Tags: board equity private lake silver semiconductor executive broadcom. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Photo courtesy IBM Business Coaching. Years ago, I co-wrote my first book, profiling just such a person, trading his time and experience in exchange for equity – and managing to become wealthy in the process by picking and aiding great young companies that grew large and. Original 1994 book.

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socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2010

Los Angeles-based private equity firm OpenGate Capital announced today that it has acquired Philips Business Communications (PBC), a leading provider of telecommunication and data solutions in Brazil. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. OpenGate said it acquired PBC from global technology firm Philips.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative a while back. Business equity investors are buying a portion of your business, so they are looking to fund a specific business with a specific offering, not a generic technology. Commercial product prototypes.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

Gone are the sidecar and thematic funds that were a hallmark of earlier strategies and gone too are the superstars brought in by Mary Meeker to manage Kleiner Perkins’ growth equity investments.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Hickey is currently a venture partner at JMI Equity, and was most recently at NetPro Computing, and also has served at HomeBid.com, ViaSoft, and IBM. The firm also said it has named Tyler Hanson as its Chief Financial Officer, and Brad Hibbert as Vice President of Strategy. READ MORE>>.

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IBM IBM Equity Software 150

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2010

Devanny was most recently President of Cerner Corporation, and also had served at ADAC Health Care Information Systems and IBM. TriZetto was taken private by private equity firm Apax Group back in 2008. Current CEO and founder Jeff Margolis becomes Chairman of the firm. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Vision Solutions, whose products are used for providing HA and DR to IBM Power computers, said that Soltis was Chief Scientist at IBM, and founded IBM's System i technology. Vision Solutions develops software used to ensure uptime for those computer systems, and is backed by private equity firm Thomas Bravo.

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IBM IBM Equity Software 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative a while back. Business equity investors are buying a portion of your business, so they are looking to fund a specific business with a specific offering, not a generic technology. Commercial product prototypes.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2009

Vision Solutions' products specifically work with IBM i, Windows, and AIX operating systems; the firm is owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Avnet has offices in Monterrey and Mexico City; SISA is based in Columbia, and provides systems integration and management of business technology.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

“Decades ago, at the peak of Japanese growth as a technology competitor on the global stage, the US government sought to break up IBM. This is not a new model, and it makes no sense,” says Narasin.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

We grew that up, and did very well, and eventually sold it to IBM. I then spent a few years at IBM as their Chief Strategy Officer in their identity management area. To give you an overview, there are something like 6,000 equities in the U.S. I was hired to head up strategy, marketing development, and product management.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 6, 2013

This is the "no one ever got fired for buying IBM" approach to investing. If you are forced to accept a lower value, consider reducing the dilutive impact by raising a mix of equity and debt, as described more fully below. Expect such debt to include a modest equity kicker component, in the form of warrant coverage.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Capital 246

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2015

Bill Gates started producing software solutions, like his Basic Interpreter and MS DOS, but quickly focused on adding thousands of small partners for applications, and major partners like IBM, Intel, and other hardware manufacturers. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

The third area, are the private equity players. In terms of that, they are people like Vista Equity, particularly, but also Summit, TPG, KKR, and Silver Lake. For many, that's a real alternative to going public, having a private equity player come and buy out your shareholders, and it really reduces the costs of being public.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. For example, even though we were leading an entrepreneurial effort within IBM, we found it a challenge to deal with the inbred mainframe culture, reverence for process, and accounting practices of a large company.

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IBM IBM Entrepreneur Technical Review 85

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Bill Gates started producing software solutions, like his Basic Interpreter and MS DOS, but quickly focused on adding thousands of small partners for applications, and major partners like IBM, Intel, and other hardware manufacturers. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets.

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Organization Competition Startup Acquisition 97

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative. Business equity investors are buying a portion of your business, so they are looking to fund a specific business with a specific offering, not a generic technology. Commercial product prototypes.

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Develop Development Product Funding 102

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Bill Gates started producing software solutions, like his Basic Interpreter and MS DOS, but quickly focused on adding thousands of small partners for applications, and major partners like IBM and other hardware manufacturers. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Bill Gates started producing software solutions, like his Basic Interpreter and MS DOS, but quickly focused on adding thousands of small partners for applications, and major partners like IBM and other hardware manufacturers. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

Bill Gates started producing software solutions, like his Basic Interpreter and MS DOS, but quickly focused on adding thousands of small partners for applications, and major partners like IBM and other hardware manufacturers. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets.

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Acquisition Startup Organization Competition 85

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Jennifer: I am a corporate attorney who has spent that past 13 years working with entrepreneurs, venture firms, private equity firms, and high-growth, privately held companies to make acquisitions, grow their businesses and complete successful exits.

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Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

And we started to do it more officially, take some equity in the companies, allow the faculty to have equity—but still have exclusive licenses. And that meant that MIT had to look at its policy of doing this as MIT, rather than private activities. And so we got our act together, we got our policies together, very conservatively.

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Startup Compton Research Course 67

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Competing with IBM, Microsoft, and other large companies should never be minimized. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital. Usually the reason the big companies are no threat is because the market is too small. Marketing, sales, and partners.

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Competition Metrics Startup Invest 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Competing with IBM, Microsoft, and other large companies should never be minimized. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital. Usually the reason the big companies are no threat is because the market is too small. Marketing, sales, and partners.

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Competition Metrics Startup Sales 116

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

New hires in a depressed economy also tend to be more willing to accept below-market salaries in exchange for equity-based compensation. Watson, IBM Founder. One upside of an elevated unemployment rate is an increase in the overall size and quality of potential employees, coupled with downward pressure on recruiting costs.

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Company Companies Startup Study 257

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. These requirements for equity investing have been relaxed only a bit, with caveats, with relevant crowdfunding changes. The growth target should be 5-10 times your initial investment in five years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Competing with IBM, Microsoft, and other large companies should never be minimized. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital. Usually the reason the big companies are no threat is because the market is too small. Marketing, sales, and partners.

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Invest Tips Competition Metrics 74

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. These requirements for equity investing have been relaxed only a bit, with caveats, with recent crowdfunding changes. The growth target should be 5-10 times your initial investment in five years.

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Invest Entrepreneur Startup Equity 89

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

He’s joining you because your company offers him/her the hope of the big equity package but likely the step forward in his career that he’s been looking for. I had given him a small equity stake in my company. IBM, Microsoft, Oracle) as long as they’ve done a start-up after that before coming to you. -

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. Since there are no bellwethers like Apple or IBM in the startup arena, your best bet is to pick one in a business area you know well. Start in a business domain you know well.

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Invest Startup Equity Incubator 73

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity in the U.S. Since there are no bellwethers like Apple or IBM in the startup arena, your best bet is to pick one in a business area you know well. Start in a business domain you know well.

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Entrepreneur Startup Invest Incubator 102

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity. Since there are no bellwethers like Apple or IBM in the startup arena, your best bet is to pick one in a business area you know well. Begin with perhaps 5-10% of your total investment base, and be prepared to lose it all.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Because you’re a startup he cuts you a deal (these sales guys are so good at this to work for only $120k basic in exchange for some equity [no, I'm not sales person bashing - I think sales reps are the lifeblood of any company - I'm just offering my realistic sense of a sales person's salary negotiation strategy!].

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity. Since there are no bellwethers like Apple or IBM in the startup arena, your best bet is to pick one in a business area you know well. But these requirements go away with the new Crowdfunding JOBS Act just passed into law.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

The other message I delivered to the room of entrepreneurs & investors at dinner the other night was that you need to think about equity from outside the region the same way that countries think about foreign direct investment. We know it can be done. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The inflow of capital can be transformative.

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