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We caught up with David Siemer , both an investment banker who runs Siemer & Associates (www.siemer.com) and an early stage investor here with Siemer Ventures (www.siemervc.com), to get his thoughts on the subject. You have a unique position, being both in the investment banking as well as being an early stage investor.

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Collectively, across all those programs, we've invested in a bit over 900 startups around the world. Cody Simms: Obviously, I live here in LA, and I have been since 2005. We are investing in companies that are becoming part of our global network and ecosystem. billion combined. Have you shown progress moving forward.

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MARCH 25, 2016

What would it take in investments to acquire and retain traffic to support these businesses? After a year in the market, MakeSpace was growing rapidly and our biggest issue was CAC (customer acquisition costs) relative to payback period (when we get our marketing investment back) and relative to LTV (lifetime value). But you should.

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Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. They compete on features, price and execution. Bottom of the sales funnel.

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