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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

Gonzobanker

BNC shareholders got a terrific premium, a 47% dividend increase, and a continued leadership role for Richard D. Platoon Talent Leadership Award – Goes to WSFS Bank ’s Lisa Brubaker who, at Finastra ’s client conference, pointed to hiring more free-wheeling advisory talent in branches, “backstopped by a sergeant.”. Happy Holidays!

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

Aside from baffling industry experts as to how the new company would fit into HP’s strategy, it came out in 2012 that Autonomy had cooked its books and had been massively overvalued during the acquisition. And in the short-term, that would have looked like a good deal, as the social media site hit its peak in 2007 at a value of about $12B.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

.” This company had an online presence generating data, but lacked leadership or a vision around how that online presence should work or how that data could truly benefit its core business. High tax rates on corporate gains meant that the best way to spend profits was to make acquisitions.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

CB Insights

The marketplace blended crowdsourcing and social media to create hype around new inventions; help inventors find partners, funding, and manufacturing resources; and sell their gadgets to major nationwide retailers such as Home Depot and Target. The cyberattack, that part of the story is worthy of a book.

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