• Tom O'Keefe

    Tom works with startups and established corporations to develop profitable and creative Web 2.0 applications.

    For corporations Tom O'Keefe offers straight up advice and training on how to efficiently and effectively utilize internet marketing during a bad economy.

    617-947-8071

    Tom O'Keefe is the president of TOKiBiz, Inc. and the founder of Bizak and infoMedMD.

    O’Keefe is the former founder of WiredAlumni.com, Inc. (1999) and Research Connect, Inc. (2003), which he sold in 2007 to Technology Alliances, Inc.

  • TOKiBiz, Inc.

    Based in Brookline Village, Boston TOKiBiz, Inc. works with entrepreneurs, startups & established corporations to develop profitable and creative Web 2.0 applications.

    Internet Business Ideas
    TOKiBiz helps create ideas into successful internet models. Tom & TOKiBiz work with startups through all phases of creative development, business models, revenue streams, database development, graphic design, marketing, business development and management.

    Corporations
    If you're a corporation in need of an outside, creative perspective to your development then contact Tom via the information below.

    Startups
    If you have an idea (or an already established business) that you want to build into a successful internet business then please contact Tom at:

    617-947-8071
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  • Bizak

    Bizak is a business network which computes the profitability of internet startups and connects entrepreneurs with investors.

    Bizak was founded by Tom O'Keefe and launched on May 1, 2008.

  • infoMedMD

    InfoMedMD is an intelligent healthcare application which through a series of questions (infoMeds) provides you with personalized health care information specific to you and your medical symptoms.

    InfomedMD is founded by Dr. Joseph Bentivegna and Tom O'Keefe and launched in July 2008.

Biggest Internet Mergers & Acquisitions

Originally Published April 2007

Internet Acquisitions Highlights

Before October 9, 2006 Google’s acquisitions were of relatively small technology firms but then came their purchase of YouTube for $1.65 Billion and now Google has acquired DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion. The new generation has purchased one of the original founders of internet advertising. Founded in 1996 Doubleclick was another high flying stock of the late 1990s who successfully managed to maneuver the bubble by mastering the business of display ads on websites. Google’s purchase of DoubleClick is a logical step for Google who has been trying to break into the display/banner ad space for some time now. DoubleClick gives Google a deep database of advertisers along with the assumption that they’ll be integrating DoubleClick’s display ads within Adsense - Google’s textual advertising service which allows websites to “syndicate” ads. Now with DoubleClick webmasters have another revenue stream within Adsense without having to use outside services such as Commission Junction.

In just 6 months Google has spent $4.96 Billion dollars on two leading internet players. These two acquisitions have been added to a very small list of internet M&As that have exceeded a billion dollars.

November 1998
AOL purchases Netscape
$4.21 Billion
News.com
January 1999
@Home buys Excite
$6.7 Billion
News.com
May 1999
Yahoo purchases Geocities
$3.6 Billion
News.com
July 1999
Yahoo acquires Broadcast.com
$5.7 Billion
CNN
July 1999
Disney acquires the remaining 57% of Infoseek
$1.62 Billion
CNN
December 1999
AOL purchases Mapquest
$1.1 Billion
CNN
January 2000
AOL purchases Time Warner
$160 Billion
Cnet, IHT, CNN, Wired
March 2000
Verisign acquires Network Solutions
$21 Billion
CNN, News
May 2000
Terra purchases Lycos
$12.5 Billion
SFgate.com
October 2003
Yahoo acquires Overture
$1.63 Billion
PR, News.com
October 2004
eBay acquires PayPal
$1.5 Billion
BetaNews
March 2005
IAC/Interactive buys AskJeeve’s
$1.85 Billion
News.com
September 2005
eBay purchases Skype
$2.6 Billion
PR, News.com
October 2006
Google acquires YouTube
$1.65 Billion
PR, MSNBC, CNN
April 2007
Google purchases DoubleClick
$3.1 Billion
NYT, PR

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