http://www.horizonpartners.com/blog HorizonPartners.com Blog http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/google-apple-and-open-vs-closed Google’s domination of desktop search is unquestioned.  But in mobile, Google has run into an unexpected competitor:  “there’s an app for that."  It turns out that Apple’s bounty of iOS apps is a substitute for search. &nb... http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/google-apple-and-open-vs-closed http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/microsoft-subsidizing-google While Microsoft is one of the most successful companies in the history of technology,  many question its strategy in search.  Microsoft made an impressive $27b in profit in its last fiscal year, but its search business is losin... http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/microsoft-subsidizing-google http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/horizon-closes-ookla-transaction On Nov 25, one of Horizon’s clients, Ookla, operator of Speedtest.net, received a minority investment from AVG, the leader in anti-virus software.  Ookla is the global technology leader in broadband Internet speed testing.  As ... http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/horizon-closes-ookla-transaction http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/pre-ipo-thoughts-on-groupon Like so many, we have been following Groupon's rapid growth and current IPO-related hubbub.   There has been a lot of insightful and provocative commentary already, including this one posted today at Business Insider.  We ... http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/pre-ipo-thoughts-on-groupon http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/horizon-closes-credit-loan-transaction Last Wednesday (6/15/2011), one of Horizon’s clients, Credit Loan LLC, was officially acquired by a strategic buyer.  Credit Loan is the developer of CreditLoan.com, one of the leading destinations on the Internet for financial cons... http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/horizon-closes-credit-loan-transaction http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/horizon-welcomes-newest-team-member Horizon Partners is excited to welcome our newest team member, Brian Mathy.  Brian will be an Associate in our San Francisco office. http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/horizon-welcomes-newest-team-member http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/leadscon-finalizing-mtg-schedule-now-31-32 The Horizon team will be attending LeadsCon Las Vegas, taking place next Tuesday and Wednesday, March 1-2, 2011.  Horizon is sponsoring a conference event and we have already scheduled the majority of our meetings.  However, we... http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/leadscon-finalizing-mtg-schedule-now-31-32 http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/transaction-tuesdays-the-apa-earn-out-retention-payments First, we’d like to express our sincere apologies for what has been a sparse set of posts in recent months.  We have been busy!  The good news: Horizon’s tight schedule is a great sign that the M&A market is picking up, par... http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/transaction-tuesdays-the-apa-earn-out-retention-payments http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/transaction-tuesdays-the-apa-consideration-purchase-price-adjustments-and-escrow-releases In our last Transaction Tuesdays post (before the Holidays), we continued a section by section analysis of an asset purchase agreement (APA) with a discussion of the importance of scheduling out acquired assets and assumed liabilities in... http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/transaction-tuesdays-the-apa-consideration-purchase-price-adjustments-and-escrow-releases http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/horizon-attending-leadscon-las-vegas-2011 The Horizon team will be attending LeadsCon Las Vegas, taking place March 1-2, 2011.  Horizon is sponsoring a conference event and will be scheduling meetings over the coming months.  Check back for details as we get closer to ... http://www.horizonpartners.com/article/horizon-attending-leadscon-las-vegas-2011