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• 01 Dec 07
  

  accoladespr

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• 18 Oct 07
  

  James Corbett

  I have been hearing from many small startups that are looking to either acquire or merge with others in order to bulk up and stay competitive in a very crowded market.

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  inaki ecenarro

  Om Malik dice que en un sector en el que todo ocurre tan rápido y con cada vez menos barreras de entrada, los startups deben considerar muy seriamente la opción de aliarse con otras empresas o competidores para crecer más rápido

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  Marcel Weiss

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  • The low barriers to entry for building and deploying consumer web products has resulted in an abundance of companies, many of marginal utility.
  • “Every single one of these [technology] cycles lasted between eight and 11 years. The eight-year anniversary of the last collapse is in March 2008. Now, if someone wants to stand up and tell me why this cycle is somehow going to be a longer one — I’m all ears,” he says. If Rafer is right, then it is prudent for startups to start coming up with Plan B. And maybe Plan B should stand for “buying or merging.”

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