“If You Don’t Let Us Acquire You, We’re Going to Kill You” and Other Acquisition Stories
Founded in 2009, Southeast Asian daily deal site Ensogo was approached by LivingSocial and acquired in June 2011 for an
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2011 Trends: Tech Year In Review
Editor's Note: This article is a revised version of an article written by Jen Consalvo and Frank Gruber that appears in the
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Contactually Contact Organizer Automatically Tells You When to Follow Up
Despite its name, startup Contactually is not about keeping track of a list of contacts, but about managing long-term
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Frugalo Launches Daily Deal Dashboard With Social Recommendations
With the loads of daily deals offers out there you probably got a slew of Cyber Monday emails yesterday. I did. I am sure
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Ten More Startups Launch From TechStars Seattle
Ten more startups launched today as part of the TechStars Seattle startup accelerator program in front of a full house at
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500 Startups Unveils Latest Class Of 34 Startups
Today the Silicon Valley based accelerator 500 Startups lead by Dave McClure and Paul Singh has unveiled its latest set of
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Groupon’s IPO Gets a Discount
Groupon’s initial public offering may value the daily deal site at less than $12 billion, after once aiming for as much as
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Take Full Control of Your Deals and Promotions with FanTools
I have to say that I am very impressed with the startups out there that are eager to fix the problems inherent with daily
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TechStars Raises $24M, Increases Funding for Its Companies by $100K
Startup incubator TechStars announced today that is has raised $24M from Foundry Group, IA Ventures, Avalon Ventures, DFJ
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Hong Kong’s Evolving Startup Scene
BootHK is a coworking space for tech startups located in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong. To get there, you head up to
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Privy Brings Daily Deals and Promotional Offers To Your Website
The rise of social e-commerce and "daily deals" have turned 3 year old startups Groupon and LivingSocial into revenue
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Top 8 European Startup Accelerators and Incubators Ranked: Seedcamp and Startup Bootcamp Top The Rankings
Last month we shared a list of the top ranked startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. Through most
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Use Coupo.st to Consolidate Daily Deals in One Spot
Before you say, “Oh great, another daily deal consolidator,” keep reading. Have you used any of them? They make
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Top 15 U.S. Startup Accelerators & Incubators Ranked; TechStars, Y Combinator Top Rankings
There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to
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Excelerate Labs Announces Ten Startups To It’s 2011 Incubator
In it's second year, the Chicago startup accelerator Excelerate Labs has just announced its new class. The program runs from
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7 Startups Unveiled at LaunchBox Digital Durham Demo Day
Today in Durham, NC, seven new startups presented at the LaunchBox Digital 2010 Demo Day which is the culmination of 12
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Best of 2010 Tech, Year In Review
This year has been loaded with innovations both online and off. Many of these innovations were made by the companies we
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I/O Ventures Incubates Six Silicon Valley Startups
This past week, we saw the first round of six startups launch out of the I/O Ventures incubator program in San Francisco.
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Five Austin Startups Launch at Capital Factory
Today in Austin, Texas five companies launched as part of the Capital Factory startup accelerator program. The program,
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Excelerate Chicago Incubator Reveals 2010 Startups
With summer right around the corner, the Excelerate, Chicago startup incubator, has announced its first class of startup
