socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Be Green Packaging , a designer of sustainable, compostable, and recyclable packaging for the consumer packaged goods market, has been acquired by private equity investor Riverside Company. begreen packaging cleantech recyclable riverside merger acquisition ecofriendly recycle compost' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2012

Looking to take on the classifieds market, FindTheBest , the online comparisons site run by former DoubleClick founder Kevin O'Connor, said today that it has launched a new "cars for sale" tool. The Santa Barbara startup said the entry into the classified market allows users to shop for cars by type, make, model, year, mileage, and color.

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Santa Barbara Tool Sales Google 154

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems said Wednesday afternoon that it has acquired PropertyShark , a real estate data website providing property reports, foreclosure listings, sales listings, and other data. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara Acquisition Software Report 157

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2016

billion--include the recent sales of Vizio , Dollar Shave Club , Nervana Systems , TouchCommerce , and Orbitera , and Aurrion. The exit activity has been far and wide across the region, ranging from Santa Barbara to San Diego, and providing stunning returns for a large list of venture and angel investors in those companies.

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Dollar Shave Club Southern California Agoura Hills West Hollywood 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online publisher of new and used vehicle pricing that is headed by Scott Painter, said Tuesday that it has acquired ALG, Inc. , Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, however, TrueCar said that DealerTrack will receive an equity interest in TrueCar as part of the deal. READ MORE>>.

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Truecar Santa Barbara Santa Monica Pricing 150

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Later today I’m presenting at the annual Rincon Ventures Summit in Santa Barbara. Both can hurt you in an acquisition. Don’t put all your eggs in the “corp dev basket” – often deals are champions by the business units (product or sales). Startup Exits: A Primer from msuster. Often it does.

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Startup Technology Venture Capital Santa Barbara 323

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2016

Santa Barbara-based Advanced Scientific Concepts has sold off its ASCar Division, which develops LIDAR systems for the automotive industry, to Continental AG , the company said Monday. Financial terms of the sale were not announced.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

Although this is a somewhat unusual real estate transaction, it reflects a surprisingly common scenario in the business world of mergers and acquisitions, with one important distinction. My House Is Not For Sale. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. We were not rude nor indignant.

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Company Companies Santa Barbara Pricing 100

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

I have been watching ProductPlan for several years, as the founders are both friends and pillars of the Santa Barbara Startup Community. Greathouse: Great products and companies that came out (of) Santa Barbara. We build product roadmap software – it’s a SaaS company based here in Santa Barbara, California.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. In this industry, customer acquisition costs are super high. Customer acquisition costs can be as much as $200 an hour. We knew customer acquisition costs were a low lower than that value.

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Startup Venture Capital Beverly Hills Acquisition 113

InfoChachkie

JULY 26, 2010

In early December of 1818, Jose de la Guerra devised a brilliant plan to thwart the French pirate Hippolyte de Bouchard who was lurking off the coast of Santa Barbara, contemplating an attack. Revenue – We generated significant fees, over and above our product sales, from our members.

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Entrepreneur Santa Barbara Startup Conference 168

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

Although this is a somewhat unusual real estate transaction, it reflects a surprisingly common scenario in the world of mergers and acquisitions, with one important distinction. My House Is Not For Sale. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Company Companies Pricing Santa Barbara 160

InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

In contrast, TaxJar, a SaaS solution which makes automates online sales tax calculations, reporting and filings, is an entirely virtual company. He then joined Picasa and was instrumental in its acquisition by Google. Some companies allow employees to work remotely one day a week or on an ad hoc basis.

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Entrepreneur Santa Barbara Email Outsource Development 100

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. Those are the two main criteria.

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

He has raised more than $200 million on behalf of his companies and led more than 30 acquisitions. Pierce also led the acquisition of Xfire from Viacom. and negotiated the company’s successful acquisition by Logitech, Inc., Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency.

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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

I review these tenets with my entrepreneurial students at UC Santa Barbara at the beginning of each quarter to reinforce many of the key topics we will cover in the following weeks. Sometimes we measure things and see that in the short term they actually hurt sales. Don’t Chase The Quick Buck.

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Tips Startup Framework Custom 279

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. He received a B.S.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Mike continues to be actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Greathouse : Let''s start with a question that will be especially helpful for my UC Santa Barbara students. How has this reality impacted your customer acquisition strategies? I reached out to the company and Mr. Kutay graciously shared his multi-decade entrepreneurial journey with me.

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Resource 187

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. He is a recognized leader in the Voice 2.0

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84