I live in San Francisco now...so no :) Sent from my iPhone
On 17/09/2009, at 9:28 PM, Bineet Ramrakha <bramra...@gmail.com> wrote: > sorry that was not the intention. > > As you correctly note it is a broad topic so different aspects will > be relevant to different members. > > However what I will do is locate one of my favourites and repost > > Will you be at the Sydney drinks today ? > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Elias Bizannes <elias.bizan...@gmail.com > > wrote: > Please link to specific articles. Otherwise your linking to a > generic site is just seen as SEO and marketing. > > Selling and exiting a business is a fairly broad topic :) > > Elias Bizannes > http://eliasbizannes.com > > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Bineet Ramrakha > <bramra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone > > There are some useful articles on exits or sale of business here > http://www.dilanchian.com.au > > Do a search for sale of business. > > I trust this information is useful > > > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Sriram Panyam > <sri.pan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks, > > The issue of acquisitions has always made me feel a bit > ambiguous. On the one hand I can see the feelings of "betrayal" by > the users/clients, but on the other hand there's the whole issue of > how/where/by who the value is being added... taking the case of > Mint, why is it that the founders are being chastised for "selling > out", when in all likelihood VCs would have had a major hand in > forcing/insisting/preferring a sale at the 5x returns (170m sale > price vs 32m of total funding?). At the very least should the VCs > have insisted on holding out and building a GBC (great big company)? > > And is the scale playing a part in a cry of selling out when we see > acquisitions? Oracle buying mysql or Redhat buying Jboss was > somehow percieved fair/great/moral. > > Well talking about acquisitions, for those of you who missed out, > our local home grown company Xumii gets acquired :D > > http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/15/myriad-group-acquires-xumii-to-expand-mobile-social-networking/ > > cheers > Sri > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Malcolm Lambert <malberthob...@yahoo.com.au > > wrote: > > 3 years ago when starting up I would have been horrified at the > prospect of being acquired by a large corporation but in those 3 years > I've got used to the idea. Organic growth might be too slow even to > get to the stage where a VC would be interested so if a big player > could push the technology we are developing faster and further than we > can then that's got to be a good thing. I'd be happy for a return on > my investment too. I think it depends entirely on what the owners > want, but whatever that is probably a good idea to have a clear > strategy earlier rather than later. Took me 3 years, but I'm a bit > slow. There are some good, short videos on a range of topics around > exiting here: > > http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TomMcKaskill&view=videos&start=120 > > > On Sep 16, 1:57 am, Elias Bizannes <elias.bizan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > -- > Blog: http://panyam.wordpress.com > > > > > > > > -- > Best Wishes > Bineet Ramrakha > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/bineet > > > +61 2 8013 8245 > +61 431 387 830 > > The information contained in this electronic mail is intended only > for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this e-mail is not > the intended recipient, we hereby notify you that we strictly > prohibit any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this > communication. If you have received this e-mail in error, please > immediately notify us by e-mail, and delete the communication and > all copies. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Best Wishes > Bineet Ramrakha > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/bineet > > > +61 2 8013 8245 > +61 431 387 830 > > The information contained in this electronic mail is intended only > for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this e-mail is not > the intended recipient, we hereby notify you that we strictly > prohibit any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this > communication. If you have received this e-mail in error, please > immediately notify us by e-mail, and delete the communication and > all copies. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
