10 key lessons about tech mergers and acquisitions from Cisco’s John Chambers
6:30 pm PST • December 23, 2018
John Chambers, chairman emeritus of Cisco, knows a thing or two about tech acquisitions: he bet his career on a first one in ’93, and went on to complete 180 M&As…
The dream of a startup founder can often be summarized by the following well-intentioned, and mostly delusional, quote: “We’ll raise a few rounds and in a few years we’ll IPO…
How old is venture capital? Probably as old as the first hunter/gatherer. Yet, until the mid-20th century, it was mostly practiced by wealthy individuals and families. Modern VC was initiated…
More than two years ago we wrote about what we learned from the 20 campaigns our startups had run. Fast-forward to 2017: The B2C startups HAX has invested in now…
To achieve market scale along the lines of GoPro and Fitbit, effectively working with big retailers is a necessary part of the process. Despite the growth of online channels, more…
The State Of Robotics For 2015
3:00 pm PST • December 13, 2015
While faulty hoverboards are setting themselves ablaze to celebrate Christmas, robots are gradually moving from labs to news reports to entering our daily lives. First in line are drones, already in many…
The State Of Hardware For 2015
7:00 pm PST • November 22, 2015
Startups are re-imagining daily objects and inventing new devices. Supported by maker spaces incubators and accelerators, a fraction of this explosion of startups moves on to later stage financing. Investment…
About a year ago, Aileen Lee from Cowboy Ventures wrote her seminal piece on billion-dollar startups, now widely called “unicorns.” At the time, she found 39 U.S.-based software companies fewer…
8 Things About Hardware Crowdfunding We Learned From 20 Campaigns
4:00 pm PDT • October 11, 2014
So far HAX startups have run 20 successful campaigns, making us the most prolific investor in crowdfunded hardware projects. As active participants and keen observers, we identified a few ideas…
