Tag Archives: acquisitions
Talent acquisitions: Facebook’s kiss of death
When news of Gowalla’s sale to Facebook came through over the weekend, the site’s future was immediately under scrutiny. It didn’t take long for an answer to come through: while Gowalla co-founder Josh Williams might have prevaricated over the details … Continue reading
Violin Memory CEO: IPO coming, acquisitions possible
Violin's new 6000 Series array Violin Memory released a new line of all-flash-memory storage arrays yesterday, but my recent discussion with CEO Don Basile was all about the company’s future, which he said includes an upcoming IPO and possibly a … Continue reading
Microsoft investments and acquisitions [InfoGraphic]
(Click for full size) Microsoft has come along way since the days of Windows 1.0 and even Windows 95. It wouldn’t have been possible to grow so substantially without making some heavy investments and buying up the perfect startup companies. … Continue reading
Yahoo! to make 2011 its year of acquisitions
The well known internet giant Yahoo! has claimed the company is “gearing up for a very big year” of acquisitions. This announcement comes from Steven Mitzenmacher, the Senior Director of Corporate Development, who was part of a panel at the … Continue reading
Why Most Startup Acquisitions Fail, And Always Will
As 37signals co-founder and CEO Jason Fried has noted in a recent blog post, Yahoo has a pretty miserable track record when it comes to startup acquisitions, a roll-call of the doomed and soon-to-be forgotten that includes Flickr, Delicious, MyBlogLog … Continue reading