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Global Biotechnology Report 2011

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, July 28, 2011 -- Global Biotechnology Report 2011. Ernst and Young will also summarize the sector's performance using key metrics - financial performance, financing, deals and pipeline productivity. SoCalBio Networking Forum. See [link] (more)

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. dot-com bonanza. Ten years on much has changed.

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How to Profit: “Thank You Metrics” – Community First, Money Second

Tech Zulu Event

He disclosed the struggles he went through in building a solid productive team. Noah has what I believe he called “Thank You metrics”. When someone purchases your product, get their email to be able to invite them to the next soirée. Question is, how do we focus on community first when we have utility bills to pay.

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

Both Sides of the Table

You’re unlikely to want to make this sort of investment with the product or the market not yet validated. 2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. They have have raised $2-3 million, built a product that has some amount of market traction and got to annualized revenues of around $1 million. ” The Details.

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Startup Location Is Still A Critical Success Factor

Startup Professionals Musings

But it is an important metric for firms in pursuit of explosive growth. Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts. Raising capital isn’t the be all and end all of startup success. Personal relationships do count.

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Interview with Clark Benson, Ranker

socalTECH

We also make some e-commerce revenue, because some people are ranking products, so we can make affiliate revenue or lead revenue on clicks on things like cars. Our traffic metrics have been growing, and we're now up to over 2 million monthly uniques, and 7 million monthly page views. Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

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