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By 2002, I realized that what was classically called a rollup strategy was not generally effective, at least not for me.

~Brad Feld

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In my world, historical revenue is the least interesting thing to consider in an acquisition strategy. The goal is to acquire technology that is on your product roadmap or people that fit culturally within your organization and help you execute on your roadmap faster.

~Brad Feld

Topics: Acquire Acquisition Consider Execute Faster Fit Goal Help Historical Interesting Interesting Thing Least Organization People Product Revenue Strategy Technology Thing Within World You Your

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Ultimately, the goal is to use acquisitions to compress time on product development and get people on the team, especially in senior roles, who can help build out areas of the company they have experience in.

~Brad Feld

Topics: Acquisitions Area Build Company Compress Development Experience Get Goal Help Out People Product Roles Senior Team Time Ultimately Use Who

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Usually, the first three months post acquisition are up and down. The acquirer and the acquiree are trying to figure out how to interact. The founders of the acquiree are usually tired from the deal process and adjusting to their new reality.

~Brad Feld

Topics: Acquisition Adjusting Deal Down Figure First Founders How Interact Months New Out Post Process Reality Three Tired Trying Up Up And Down

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I know a lot of companies that have a very well defined post-acquisition process. However, many of them don't take into consideration the dynamics and personalities of the acquiree. Instead, they assume that everyone will happily be assimilated.

~Brad Feld

Topics: Assume Companies Consideration Defined Dynamics Everyone Happily However Instead Know Lot Many Personalities Process Take Them Very Well Will

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When I think about the books I've written, it probably takes 150,000-200,000 words to get a 50,000 page book. Highlighting something and hitting Cmd-X is second nature.

~Brad Feld

Topics: About Book Books Get Hitting Nature Page Second Second Nature Something Takes Think Words Written I Think

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I often get asked how I write so much. As any writer knows, the answer is to write a lot more than you actually publish.

~Brad Feld

Topics: Actually Answer Any Asked Get How Knows Lot More Much Often Publish Than Write Writer You I Write

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Accepting that part of the process of writing is deleting a lot of what you write is soothing, at least to me.

~Brad Feld

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As an investor, I'm always looking for the next great American company. Who will create tomorrow's Twitter, Facebook, or Google?

~Brad Feld

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Immigrants have historically been an entrepreneurial bunch.

~Brad Feld

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: December 1st, 1965

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