socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2010

Details on the new private investment was not disclosed. Bourgeois is currently head of "Team FREDNET", which is developing a robotic Lunar Lander for the Google Lunar X Prize. Schreiber is at ProQuest Investments, and Asscher is President of Airtek Capital Group. READ MORE>>.

SEM 174

SEM Funding San Diego SaaS 174

socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

After talking with Constantine and the team, I was amazed at the market dynamics, and how well we are positioned to capitalize on it. The retention rates were low, which mean they could not invest in marketing like we can. Spas have to purchase nw equipment frequently, and $30,000 to $50,000 is a massive investment.

Template 124

Template Beverly Hills Startup SEM 124

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

The key to being able to run a business that isn’t yet profitable (on operating margin) is availability of capital to finance losses and preferably at a cost that isn’t too punitive to the founders and employees. The reason one would accept losses is when they are investments in fueling faster growth. If you can’t raise — you’re dead.

Metrics 150

Metrics Startup SaaS Course 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. and who had biz reasons for wanting to remain stealth.”. - We spoke briefly about why.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Google was clear that they WOULD NOT go into this business. Not because they didn’t want to do Pay-per-click (they are huge buyers of SEM) but because they didn’t want other people to know what they paid for clicks! They were a juggernaut and Google was a small company. But obviously Google won the war.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

No one, including the engineers who work on Google’s constantly evolving search algorithms, fully understands how to reliably and consistently boost search results via artificial means. Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. In our industry we call that a TAM (total addressable market) and I’m sure you can even Google methods for calculating a TAM. What would it take in investments to acquire and retain traffic to support these businesses? Let me be very direct.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150