I wrote most of this last year – in fact I wrote it in July last year. For some reason that I can’t remember, I decided not to publish, but given the acquisition of Radian6 last week it still seems relevant, so here goes…
Written in July 2010
Just as quickly as another competitor appears in this space, one of the existing Companies is snapped up. There’s a good list on Nathan Gilliatt’s site of all the deals in the sector. There have been 8 already in 2010 compared with 2 in 2009 – the needle has definitely moved this year. So why is this happening? Let’s look at a few of the potential reasons from the point of view of the SELLER as that’s what I’m somewhat qualified to do:
[nb, I'm the founder of Brandwatch and still hold a large, but not controlling, stake in the company]
Brandwatch Enters the US Market
October 11th, 2011. Posted by Giles PalmerWe launched in the UK in August 2007, but even at that early stage, always had intentions of branching out to the US.
So, with the rapid growth we’ve achieved over the past »