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A timeline for startup M&A processes: Key steps and factors to consider

TechCrunch

I am grateful and fortunate that I could solicit input on this article from several people, including Theresia Gouw and Mark Kraynak; a few of my partners at Acrew; Ed Zimmerman and Meredith Beuchaw from the law firm Lowenstein; Shan Aggarwal, VP of corporate development, Coinbase; and Art Levy, chief strategy officer at Brex.

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‘High conviction, low volume’: Playfair launches $70M pre-seed fund for European startups

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” It wasn’t that long ago when autonomous automobile technology was all the rage , dominating just about every trade show and tech conference. ” However, at this same conference, there were four companies doing something completely different. There just wasn’t enough differentiation.”

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Zero-day exploits, breaking into Japan, algorithmic VC investing

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We work with contributors to develop guest posts that will help TechCrunch+ readers solve actual problems, so it’s always a delight to present a comprehensive “how to” article. In this case, Barnabas Birmacher, CEO of Platform as a Service company Bitrise, shared the lessons he learned as his team attempted to enter Japan.

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For founders who want to launch apps, ‘being non-technical is not a limitation’

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Based in Warsaw, Poland, Intent assists a wide variety of companies with everything from product design and UX to development and deployment of connected devices. As a development shop, how involved do you get when helping clients validate ideas before they bring their apps to market? If so, how do you help manage their expectations?

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Attending Oracle’s CodeOne? Here Are 15 Sessions Everyone Will Be Talking About

OverOps

Formerly known as JavaOne – Oracle’s new CodeOne conference has a packed schedule with 400+ sessions to choose from. What better place than at Oracle’s own conference! Venkat Subramaniam , President, Agile Developer, Inc. Venkat Subramaniam , President, Agile Developer, Inc. The event of the season is here!

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO

The 1990s: Founding myth 1990: Mike Lynch, an academic in Cambridge, England, borrows—or so the legend goes—£2,000 to start Cambridge Neurodynamics, going on to develop the software that would later give rise to Autonomy. Lynch’s lawyers will later claim that HP executives spent just six hours in conference calls with his team.

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Sharing Responsibility for Data Security in the Cloud

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Therefore, it’s up to CIOs to do due diligence about what sort of security controls are in place and to ensure data is well protected in an [as-a-service] operating model. This also makes it easier for developers to create secure code. Include the enterprise risk management team. Drill down into the details.

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