Image by earcos via FlickrThis is not a merger, this is an acquisition, but it feels like a merger. Granted this is no AOL Time Warner - thank God - but it feels like a merger more so than the YouTube acquisition felt. The YouTube acquisition felt like an acquisition, a big acquisition but still an acquisition. This feels like a merger.
The impending Age Of Abundance was prophecied in the scriptures thousands of years ago.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Google, GroupOn: Integration Will Be Key
Image by earcos via FlickrThis is not a merger, this is an acquisition, but it feels like a merger. Granted this is no AOL Time Warner - thank God - but it feels like a merger more so than the YouTube acquisition felt. The YouTube acquisition felt like an acquisition, a big acquisition but still an acquisition. This feels like a merger.
Google, GroupOn: Marissa Mayer's Stalking Of Andrew Mason
Image by jdlasica via FlickrAndrew Mason first spotted Marissa Mayer at South By Southwest. He did not think much of it. He did not think someone like Marissa Mayer might actually know who he was. Only two years before he had been eating Ramen noodles. He could still feel the taste of Ramen in his mouth.
Google, GroupOn: Say No The First Time
Image by jdlasica via FlickrHotmail was hot. So Bill Gates wanted to buy it. The joke in the industry for a decade and a half had been that Microsoft was always one step behind. Sabeer Bhatia was summoned for some face time with Bill G. Bill Gates offered $200 million.
"Can I sleep on it?" Sabeer Bhatia replied. He flew back home to the Bay Area where he lived.
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