Paul Kedrosky’s blog, Infectious Greed drew my attention to Time’s Top 10 worst and top biz deals of 2007.
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10 Worst Business Deals of 2007 |
Top 10 Best Business Deals of 2007 |
| 1 | The Public Invests in Blackstone Group | News Corp. Buys Down Jones For $5 Billion |
| 2 | Bear Stearns Cancels Everquest Financial IPO | Blackstone Buys Equity Office Properties Trust for $39 Billion |
| 3 | DaimlerChrysler Pays to Unload Chrysler | Google Buys DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion |
| 4 | Microsoft Overpays for Facebook | RBS Consortium Wins Battle for ABN Amro |
| 5 | Cerberus Abandons United Rentals | Rio Tinto Buys Alcan for $38.1 Billion |
| 6 | KKR and Goldman Sachs Break | Tata Steel Buys Corus for $11.3 Billion |
| 7 | J.C. Flowers Reneges on Sallie Mae | Nokia Buys Navteq for $8.1 Billion |
| 8 | Citigroup Sells Cheap to Abu Dhabi | Citadel Buys 18% of E*Trade for $2.5 Billion |
| 9 | Bank of America Sinks $2 Billion in Countrywide Financial | Blackstone Buys Hilton Hotels for $26 Billion |
| 10 | Virgin Money Bids for Northern Rock | KKR Wangles Biggest LBO Ever |
I also liked the top 10 list of websites – mainly because it wasn’t 100% populated by the ‘usual suspects’.
Top 10 websites of 2007
1. Make Money on Facebook: Lemonade.com
2. Hire a Virtual Assistant: AskSunday.com
3. Find Friends: Wink.com
4. Follow the Candidates Online: TechPresident.com
5. Snoop Through Your Friends’ Libraries: Goodreads.com
6. Order In: Menupages.com
7. Travel Smart: DontForgetYourToothbrush.com
8. Give Back: Volunteermatch.com
9. Lose Weight: Fatsecret.com
10. Get a New Job: Indeed.com
Everyone loves a good list. Time.com has more of them – check out Time’s top 10 everything of 2007.
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Eze Vidra is the founder of VC Cafe and the co-founder and managing partner of Remagine Ventures, a pre-seed fund investing in ambitious founders at the intersection of AI, technology, entertainment, gaming, and commerce with a spotlight on Israel.
He is a former General Partner at Google Ventures (GV) in Europe, former head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe, and founding head of Campus London, Google's first startup hub. Eze writes on Israeli tech, venture capital, artificial intelligence, and founder strategy.
He is also the founder of Techbikers, a nonprofit that brings together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read.
He is a former General Partner at Google Ventures (GV) in Europe, former head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe, and founding head of Campus London, Google's first startup hub. Eze writes on Israeli tech, venture capital, artificial intelligence, and founder strategy.
He is also the founder of Techbikers, a nonprofit that brings together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read.
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