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How Does it Feel to Sell a Startup for $800 Million?
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 2:12pm | 575Read More...A serial entrepreneur tells Benzinga what it's like to build a startup that soared to nearly $1 billion in value. Fourteen years ago, Greg Borrud left his job at Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) to found a game development studio of his own. It was a risky move, no doubt. While the video game industry...
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How Can a Startup Get Funded?
Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 11:43am | 697Read More...“I think we got pretty lucky with our funding experience,” said Seismic Games' CEO and co-founder Greg Borrud. “From the day we decided to start to raise funds to the day we closed was about four months. And we had never raised funds for a company before.” Borrud's new startup recently announced...
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Is It Wise To Trade On Subsidiary Closures? (DIS)
Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 1:55pm | 523Read More...This week, Disney (NYSE: DIS) confirmed that it had closed Propaganda Games, a small development studio that it acquired in 2005. At the moment, shares are trading up 0.49% – a negligible amount that might have nothing to do with Disney's decision. But if it does, you should ask yourself: is it...
