Acquisitions: Pulling Back the Covers

Cross-posted at 500 Startups (part 1 and part 2)

To many entrepreneurs, the process of getting acquired seems like a black box.  I suspect this is because far fewer acquisitions happen than, say...

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An Introduction to Silicon Valley

I'm often heard advising entrepreneurs that the best place to start a technology company is Silicon Valley. Some of these entrepreneurs actually listen to me, take the plunge and come over here. Then...

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Older Posts

Between 2005 and 2007 I wrote a lot of blog posts on startups, entrepreneurship, raising money etc. Unfortunately I lost most of these in a database crash. If you came from Google looking for these articles, drop me an email and maybe I'll write about the topic again (it was probably due for an update anyway).