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Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Startup Marketing Ideas - Eric David Greenspan

SoCal CTO

A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. Then I check and manage our Google Adwords campaign and check our analytics/stats. A day might include a discussion with a finance partner, an investor, a customer or a fusion partner. A negative customer acquisition cost!

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Sam Cimino, Sales Manager SW of YouTube/Google As YouTube’s Southwest Regional Manager, Sam is responsible for generating revenue across YouTube and the Google Content Network which comprises a media network that reaches nearly 80% of all internet users worldwide. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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The Perfect Pithy And Productive Investor Pitch

InfoChachkie

Better than Amazon''s customer experience for any brand" and "LinkedIn on Steroids.". Google x Facebook x Amazon) + (Universal Reviews). Ebay+Soundcloud = us" and "FLIMBY=Yammer+Delicious+Gotomeeting.". Customer Segmentation. Yammer for Education) & explanatory (e.g., But better. Math Doesn''t Lie.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

For Ethan it came down to two companies – BuildOnline or Google. ” I proclaimed to Ethan, “Google is at $400 / share. ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. “No choice at all!” Nice sweep!

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

Both Sides of the Table

By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. And Dropbox & Box.net in a Google, Microsoft, Apple world. Where David is Totally Right. And Twitter wouldn’t exist.

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Interview with Jon Ferrara, Nimble

socalTECH

What Nimble is, is a web-based solution that unified contact, calendar, and the way you communicate with those people, which also integrates social listening and engagement, all in a single place, so you can attract and retain the right customers. Instead, they are using Outlook's address book, and Google contacts to communicate.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (3/11) – Ability to Pivot

Both Sides of the Table

But then your customes start using your products, your competitors come out with new offerings and your business partners decide to launch a similar product rather than working with you. Google had no clue that they were going to make so much money in sponsored search. Geni.com beget Yammer. I could go on and on.