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This week, we see news of two startups from around the world  -CapriCoast  and Mattermark – being acquired and shut down. Mattermark is shutting down its own business after selling to FullContact Mattermark, the site for startup and company data, is shutting down its own business after selling to FullContact. […]

Two Startups -CapriCoast and Mattermark – shut after being ...

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IKEA, the world’s largest home furnishing retailer recently announced that it plans to acquire 100% of the shares in TaskRabbit, Inc., an on-demand services platform startup. To some, this merger deal sounded comically counter-intuitive: IKEA, perhaps the largest do-it-yourself store in the world is buying a Silicon Valley startup that […]

IKEA buys startup TaskRabbit : What’s the next BHAG startup ...

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Indian born techie sells startup and gets hundreds of millions ! A generation of hi-tech entrepreneurs fantasized over the story of Sabeer Bhatia, an Indian born techie who sold his startup to a tech giant (Microsoft) and netted tens of millions of dollars. (link to stories) This was during the […]

Startup Role Model for Entrepreneurs: Jyoti Bansal !

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