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Which company or types of companies do we want be acquired by? - Coggle…
Which company or types of companies do we want be acquired by?
Industry
Diversity & Inclusion Consulting
VR hardware manufacturer
Vertical acquisition ... buy or bought by h/w company
VR Learning
Companies focused on this
VR content streaming platform
good relevancy
Education
US Department of Education
purchase textbooks
Research: psychological study
have some applications that study crime or perps.
Corporate Creative
Disney Pixar
Design departments in companies
Crime prevention
Dept. of Justice
Technology
Self/personal improvement
Tony Robbins play along VR simulation
Financial Services
Mission / Vision
Women's Rights
Diversity and inclusion
Creative Solutions
Socially conscious
Education
Innovation and Technology
Virtual reality
Creates immersive simulations
people don't realize they have put on headset
Fosters creativity and growth
Game Development
R&D
Can help expand our solution into other training areas
Using psychological data to develop other types of training
academic studies
Therapy / medical orgs.
Psychology/academic studies
Promotes the research and advancement of new technologies for VR
Universities ?
mutual collab with universities
Private universities, like USC, SCU, Stanford
Mixed Reality and AI Innovation
Augmented Reality
Machine Learning
Fully immersive solutions (body suit, treadmill, smells, etc)
Ready Player One
Omni directional treadmill :smiley:
holodeck
Quick turnaround on deployment of technology to clients
Fast adoption of technology and good reviews by clients
Culture
Vibey
Friendly
not always business
Open-minded
Diverse management team
"Corporate America" - e.g. Disney Pixar acquisition
Carve out Sisu deparment :smiley:
Has a track record of retaining employees for more than 5 years
vice versa
industry and company size matters
Has good reviews on Glassdoor
Recommends CEO
Good reputation
Treats employees well/respectful
Supportive
Flexible
Empathy
Low bureacracy
Known for making big impact in customers' lives
Infrastructure
How to link to existing Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Large platform for VR content (vendor)
Company Size
Small (Do not want to go through synergy)
Afraid of lost of control or job
Large (over 5000+ employees), incorporate that under one business unit
Acquired by 1 unit which has between 200-2000 people
more probable to be acquired by them
Mid-size company going through drastic growth and looking for complementary businesses to acquire
more probable to be acquired by them
Series B companies buy us
Vertical integration
Has large customer base
Geographic Business Focus
Silicon Valley
Somewhere in CA
Canada
Somewhere with good and affordable healthcare
Europe or progressive nation or state
Tel Viv
Finland
Area which
has generally open-minded culture or culture open for change
Asia or area which values community
Anywhere in US
Example Companies
Accenture
Deloitte
Google
constantly innovates
accused of not being diverse enough; IBIS consulting
Mercer
HR services sells to other companies
Facebook
Oculus association
has a venture arm
Towers Waston
UK based; has HR training branch
HR services sell to other companies
LinkedIn
have training department (linda?)
Nintendo (Or a game/tech company pushing for innovation)-- fosters innovation/prototypes product that never released
manages to streamline complex systems that anyone can pick up can play; including users who don't have gaming experience
fitness products (smart pilates)
Insperity
Education institution
Harvard, Ivy Leagues
Organization/Institute
Physological R&D Institute
think tanks
Limited partners or venture arms
BCG
Type
Series A or B
IPO or not