Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

I made the point (not widely publicized) that OS4 is currently “breaking&# many applications that use ad networks that are not Apples (most notably AdMob, owned by Google). I sure hope that Apple is working with Google to make this work. Thus we see lots of movement from Google, Verizon, HTC, Dell, HP and others.

Venture Capital 225

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

The world here is constantly changing -- particularly with shifts to mobile, Google algorithms, etc. - It''s all about staying on top of things, such as mobile trends, changes to Google algorithms, that''s something we do on a day-to-day basis. We rode that wave through 2007, until the housing market crashed, and we had to adapt.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

Before weighing in on the subject I would point out one thing that should be obvious to many of you – the iPhone was originally launched in 2007 in an exclusive partnership with AT&T and this was vital to both Apple and AT&T and was a hard negotiation throughout 2005 and 2006. Excite, MSN and eventually Google.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

We all have one-click purchase power (Apple, Google, Amazon, eBay). The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). 2007 was the watershed year. Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). We’re all socially connected (so great businesses spread faster).

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Google and Yahoo aren''t going to buy them, AOL has already made its bet, and your only real path to an exit is an IPO for any kind of liquidity. If you rate the market on a one to ten scale, with one being 2002 and ten being 2007, we''re probably at around five or six. Their only option is an IPO. There are just not buyers out there.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2009

My intuition is that this is why when Twitter initially took off (around the time of SxSW in 2007) it was an open “publish to the world” platform and the trend continued. Are people giving you feature requests, complaining about your service or comparing you to the competition? So why is this important for businesses?

Social Network 235

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest, former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), co-founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life.

Entrepreneur 232

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

Founded by James Reinhart out of Harvard Business School (semi finalist in annual business plan competition). Founded in 2007 by Oxford Univ. Acquired by Google for $700mm in cash. Google wants to use the data to create new flight search tools. Watch the show! We covered ‘em all. Venture Financing. TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in 2007. Competition: McAfee , Symantec.

Venture Capital 240

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest , former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), Co-Founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do, you will have the best experience of your life.

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Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies.

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socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2010

The firm's CEO and founder, Jeff Green , was a co-founder of AdECN, the Internet advertising exchange acquired in 2007 by Microsoft. I think it's fair to say we did that--Rightmedia sold to Yahoo, we sold to Microsoft, and Doubleclick sold to Google. It's now clearly also become a top priority at Google. funding round.

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Advertising Startup Media Marketing 157

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Leading advertising networks like Commission Junction, LinkShare, Google Affiliate Network, ShareASale and many others license our platform to help their advertisers and publishers easily create, manage, track, and optimize call-based advertising campaigns.”. Who do you view as your biggest competition? You’re right.

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

My wife worked at Google so while we had good income in Silicon Valley it’s hardly the life of luxury given the costs of housing. There is no way for people to keep prices down – it’s a competitive market. I had two kids and a rental house.

Venture Capital 308

Venture Capital Training Startup Entrepreneur 308

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

By Frank Addante Since Googles announcement of their decision to acquire DoubleClick for $3.1 A move very similar to what Google is doing with DoubleClick today. The online advertising market was hot 7 years ago, it tanked during the dot-com fall out and recently (a few years ago, along with Googles IPO) has become hot again.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

If you look at why Google is so successful today, the overwhelming majority of their revenue is from sponsored search. Google out-executed us, so, you know, hats off and theyve been victorious, but a lot of that kind of innovation happens in L.A. Google acquired that and incorporated it. Okay, thats AdSense.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

We also work with Google's App Engine and widget toolkit. We're also not directly competitive with other commercial offerings, and in fact we have commercial software vendors who test their software with Jetty whenever either side does revisions. It's extremely widely used. It's just sign up here, so we can get them into the system.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

An A-round investment in the late 90's, or even in 2005/2006, or 2007, was a $5-8M check. My competition is not Rustic Canyon, it's not Clearstone, or the other venture firms in town. Outside of Google, they've been one of the most successful companies over the last five or six years, in my opinion. That as unhealthy.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Google Analytics vs. Facebook’s new analytics tool. Competition: Chegg (has raised $144 in debt and equity)—estimated by Steven Carpenter ( TechCrunch ) to be 10x more unique visitors than BookRenter (during peak book renting seasons) with nearly $140mm in revenues for 2010. -New InviteMedia (acquired by Google).

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

I guess this is how a world-class firm like Sequoia Capital finds and invests in world-class companies such as Google, Yahoo!, Outwit the competition. Customer, not Competition Be a leader, not a follower. Companies often focus too much on their competition. . ► March (1) Office 2.0: Where's Jack Bauer?

Company 40

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Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

user interface was very similar to Google’s user interface in the sense that it was a very simple, plain web page that had one search box and a button to search. Our “keep it simple&# strategy enabled us to move faster than our competition, and more importantly, enabled our customers to move faster than their competition.

Startup 40

Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. When funding levels lower, many would-be entrepreneurs prefer the nice salary and stability of McKinsey or Google and thus the market has more hard-core entrepreneurs.

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