Ep 5 – Getting Acquired

Stephen O’Regan, founder of BalconyTV.com

Stephen O’Regan is a founder of BalconyTV.Com – Music With A View, an online music channel that serves as a platform for up-and-coming artists and musicians. Founded on a Dublin balcony, BalconyTV is now produced in 50 cities around the world. BalconyTV has produced over 10,000 shows that have been watched over 50 million times. These include the likes of Grammy winners MumfordAndSons, and artists that have now found mainstream success since appearing on the channel like The Script, Ed Sheeran, and Jessie J just to name a few.

In March 2014 BalconyTV was acquired by The Orchard, a film/tv and music distribution company.

In this, the final episode of Startup 101, he discusses the what getting acquired actually means. Is it a tale of automatic rags-to-riches? What happens to the startup founder after the acquisition? How does one even begin looking to be acquired?

Stephen sheds light on these questions and more in this, the last episode of the series.

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