socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2018

Los Angeles-based advertising exchange and technology developer OpenX said on Tuesday that its net revenues rose to $172M in 2017, as it saw 20 percent growth in its revenues for the fourth quarter. The privately held company said the results represented its tenth straight year of growth.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2010

According to Internet Brands, it had net income of $4.6M in net income on revenues of $23.2M Revenues were up by 21 percent from the prior year, driven by increases in internet advertising revenues. The total brings the amount spent on acquisitions in the first half of the year to $16.2M in revenues, up from $2.5M

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Internet Brands .Net Acquisition Web 160

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets, or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range. Long-term stability requires revenue growth and profit.

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Organization Invest Customer Custom 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets, or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range. Long-term stability requires revenue growth and profit.

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Organization Invest Customer Custom 173

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2016

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology provider OpenX said late Monday evening that the company has reached $140M in revenues, which it says is a record. The company also says it has been growing in terms of employees; the company said it had 110 net new hires in 2015, a 31 percent increase in its headcount.

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OpenX .Net Advertising Equity 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The firm also reported net income of $1.0M, versus $3.9M The firm said the fourth quarter revenues were driven by new brand advertisers, and growth to more than 100 million unique monthly visitors. The firm reported net loss of $5.3M Demand Media said it had revenues of $73.6M for Q4 of 2010, up 33 percent from the $55.5M

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Demand Media Report .Net 145

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

The firm said its net income for the second quarter was $2.5M. The bright spot in the firm's result were advertising revenue, which the firm said were up $1.2M for the quarter, mainly due to acquisitions and organic growth on its websites. The firm was hit by a decrease of around $3.5M READ MORE>>.

Internet Brands 100

Internet Brands .Net Commerce Report 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. Online advertising platform for local businesses; ReachLocal reported over $203 million in revenue for 2009, compared to around $146 million in 2008. Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66 million loss in 2008.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50 percent and a net margin in the 20 percent range. Long-term stability requires revenue growth and profit.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Organization Invest Customer 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2016

The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets, or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range. Long-term stability requires revenue growth and profit.

Startup 58

Startup Organization Invest Customer 58

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?” Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). The advertiser who bought the ads might pay the ad network in 60 days.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

This is why the smartest analysts thinking about the MCN space have often compared the MCNs to “ad networks” which are the middlemen who sit between advertisers and publishers and often take a 15-17.5% Selling at smaller retailers will net you fewer customers and higher margins. Except for 2 things: 1.

Networking 366

Networking Media Content Customer 366

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

AGN was sold to Net-TV pioneer Pseudo Programs and Rubin served as VP of Games and Sports programming. He also leads mergers and acquisitions and ran the acquisitions of SGN, MindJolt and HallPass Media. It generates revenues through Subscription, Virtual Currency and Advertising.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

Frank Addante

MARCH 12, 2007

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. My solution: cast a wider net. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0:

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup .Net Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. I think that safety net goes away after the 5th grade. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Zondigo, Inc.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. L90 (Startup 3.0) , my third company, was the "premium advertising network". Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Advertising Email 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Most existing metrics and analytics for measuring customer satisfaction and loyalty, including the popular Net Promoter Score (NPS), don’t distinguish between recommend messages to others (word-of-mouth), detract messages or no message at all. Marketing-driven customer acquisition. Word-of-mouth driven customer acquisition.

Customer 100

Customer Custom Satisfaction Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Most existing metrics and analytics for measuring customer satisfaction and loyalty, including the popular Net Promoter Score (NPS), don’t distinguish between recommend messages to others (word-of-mouth), detract messages, or no message. Marketing-driven customer acquisition. Word-of-mouth driven customer acquisition.

Customer 97

Customer Custom Satisfaction Social Media 97

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Their idea was to catch enough consumers to scale, but they didn't understand the cost of acquisition, of finding customers, marketing, and advertising. What AdventureLink allows us to do is cast a very wide net, to build distribution partners and tap into mainstream travel.

Web 100

Web Altadena Sites Activity 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Creativity in our business lives – The average tech startup these days spends time talking with colleagues & investors about a multitude of things: customer acquisition, viral adoption, raising capital, hiring / firing employees, product features, technology trends, marketing / branding, and on and on. So I thought I would.

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Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Last November, the Web-search giant opened a flashy new office in Venice to focus on engineering, sales and advertising; the company will lease close to a quarter-million square feet in the neighborhood by 2014. Advertise Locally on WSJ.com. Advertise Locally. Sept Real Estate Auctions. Commercial Search. Newport RI Waterfront.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44