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DECEMBER 27, 2011

When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?” As I like to say, “If you’re really on to an enormous idea then other people in the market are going to spot that and want to compete with you.

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JUNE 9, 2014

Morgan, Citigroup, Barclays, Deutsche Bank Securities, RBC Capital Markets, KKR Capital Markets, and Stifel. The company reported a net loss of $131M for 2013, on revenues of $1.13 godaddy mediatemple merger acquisition exit hosting premium' Scottsdale, Arizona-based GoDaddy has not yet selected an exchange. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

The tool, which lets users analyzing the web traffic from their promotions, lets users click into a map of where users are interacting with their promotions, and get detailed demographics data--household income, education, net worth, neighborhood data, and more--at the street level.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Irvine-based Western Digital is making a big acquisition this morning, saying that it is paying approximately $685M in cash to acquire flash storage maker Virident. WD said it was advised by RBC Capital Markets in the deal, with Virident advised by BofA Merrill Lynch. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, Pacific Crest Securities, Raine Securities, and JMP Securities. According to Demand's IPO filing, the firm had a net loss of $6.00M on revenues of $114.0M in the first six months of 2010. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

When people talk today about buying food, alongside traditional grocery stores and other physical food markets, they increasingly talk about grocery delivery companies, restaurant delivery platforms, meal kit services and more that make or provide food to people by way of apps. ” I don’t doubt that he means it.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor , a developer of RF integrated circuits for the wireless and other markets, filed for an IPO late Friday, saying it is looking to raise up to $100M on either the Nasdaq Global Market or New York Stock Exchange. According to the firm's S-1, the company had a net loss of $7.4M READ MORE>>.

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JULY 3, 2017

Los Angeles-based YP.com , the provider online directories and services to help businesses get their companies online which has been remade by a number of technology executives into a provider of local business marketing and automation software, has been acquired by competing directory provider Dex Media. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 11, 2017

The company trades as APHB on the NYSE Small Cap Market. San Diego-based AmpliPhy Biosciences , a developer of therapies for treating drug-resistant bacterial infections using bacteriophage technology, said it raised $9.1M for the company in its IPO. The company's IPO offering was run by Rodman & Renshaw.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Zogenix said it is looking to list on the NASDAQ Global Market as ZGNX. in revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2010, with a net loss of $49.3M. Tags: zogenix merger acquisition lifescience migraine headache health. The company reported $7.5M READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2011

Irvine-based Broadcom said today that it has acquired Provigent , a developer of high performance mixed signal semiconductors for the microwave backhaul systems market. Broadcom said it will pay approximately $313M, net of cash assumed, to acquire Provigent. Provigent was based in Israel and Santa Clara.

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JULY 6, 2021

Los Angeles-based electric vehicle charging network operator EVgo says it has completed its business combination with Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition Corporation. The special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal creates a new, publicly traded company called EVgo Inc.,

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MAY 20, 2010

per share, according to filings with the SEC this morning, netting the firm $54.1M. The firm, which will list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as RLOC, said it sold 4,166,667 of its common shares in the offering. Tags: reachlocal merger acquisition rloc. Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal priced its IPO last night at $13.00

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Irvine-based semiconductor giant Broadcom is making another acquisition, saying Monday afternoon that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquired Dune Networks , a developer of switching fabric products for the data center networking market. Broadcom said it will pay approximately $178M net of cash for Dune, in an all-cash deal.

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MAY 11, 2012

The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, William Blair, and Montgomery & Co. LegalZoom reported net income of $12.1M The firm is venture backed by Polaris Venture Partners (35.1 percent ownership), Insitutional Venture Partners (14.7

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AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week El Segundo-based Wpromote acquired fellow marketing agency Standing Dog, in a deal which brings the company to 260 employees, and continues to grow the company. Mike Mothner: The business today, is we are a digital agency focused on customer acquisition and growth for businesses of all types.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

TubeMogul , a video advertising company which has offices in Los Angeles, has been acquired by Adobe in a deal worth $540M net of debt and cash. Adobe said that TubeMogul becomes part of its Digital Marketing business. According to Adobe, it will pay $14.00 per share for TubeMogul. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The firm's IPO is being underwritten by BofA Merrill Lynch, Citi, Allen & Company LLC, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, ThinkEquity LLC, and WR Hambrecht+Co. The firm said it had a net loss of 37.8M in 2009, and a net loss of $18.18M on revenues of $188.5M The firm said it had a net loss of 37.8M

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. I’ve definitely been wrong on market value.

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MAY 9, 2011

San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor , the developer of CMOS RF integrated circuits, updated its S-1 filings Friday, saying that it had a net loss of $1.0M That compares with net income of $1.0M Peregrine Semiconductor has filed for an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market as PSMI. Pacific Crest Securities , and RBC Capital Market.

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

Broadcom said it would pay $86M net of cash to acquire Percello, in a combination of cash plus employee stock options. The firm said the acquisition will help it accelerate its time to market for femtocell technology. The firm said the acquisition will help it accelerate its time to market for femtocell technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 9, 2013

You might net $1 million and that would change your life. In hindsight we know the market was sure there (whether or not we would have captured it is a different story). But I had been down this road in 2000 and I saw how punishing markets could be when you didn’t sell and had an offer. How can you process that?

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JANUARY 14, 2011

According to Boingo, it intends to apply to list on the NASDAQ Global Market as WIFI. The firm reported it had net income of $1.4M on revenues of $65.715M for 2009, and net income of $5.67M on revenues of $59.0M for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Vista-based AutoGenomics has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raise up to $65M in a public offering on the NASDAQ Global Market. AutoGenomics said it had net income of $459,000 on net revenues of $8.69M for the first six months of 2012. The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Leerink Swann, Stephens Inc.,

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JUNE 17, 2010

In the latest Southern California firm to target the public markets, Inphi Corp. , In its S-1, the firm said it had net income of $7.3M Tags: inphi analog semiconductor merger acquisition iphi. Inphi is venture backed by Walden International, Tallwood, Mayfield Fund, and Samsung Electronics. on total revenues of $58.8M

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JANUARY 27, 2011

The provider of data storage equipment reported that it had net income of $0.5M in net income of $19.28M in revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2010. on the NASDAQ Global Market as NXSN. The firm is a developer of storage arrays used by the enterprise market. Nexsan is looking to raise up to $69.0M

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon. the funding and market coverage. If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The firm, which is headed by Adam Miller, also updated its financials, saying it had a net loss of $31.39M on revenues of $32.57M for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Tags: cornerstone ondemand merger acquisition exit software saas. Cornerstone OnDemand filed for an IPO in September. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

THQ said it has hired an investment banker to help it consider "strategic alternatives", in hopes of raising additional capital to bring a number of titles to market. The announcement came as the firm announced net sales of $107.4M The firm also reported a net loss of $21.0M. in revenues.

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MARCH 4, 2015

Irvine-based business process outsourcing provider Alorica said Wednesday that it has completed its $275M acquisition of West Corporation. Alorica said the acquisition makes it the largest business process outsourcing provider in the U.S., with a net worth of $1.2 alorica merger acquisition west corporation outsourcing'

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Has it begun to mature or is it just better marketed than in was say 5 years ago? Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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MARCH 4, 2015

Irvine-based business process outsourcing provider Alorica said Wednesday that it has completed its $275M acquisition of the agent services business unit of West Corporation. Alorica said the acquisition makes it the largest business process outsourcing provider in the U.S., with a net worth of $1.2 READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Of course it’s a competitive market so MCNs competing for top talent not only compete on rev share to talent but also to services that they provide talent. Selling at smaller retailers will net you fewer customers and higher margins. Industry averages for talent revenue shares are about 70% with top talent making even more.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The company filed earlier to list on the NASDAQ Global Market as AGMX. The offering would net the company around $56.0M on the public markets. autogenomics molecular diagnostics lifescience exit merger acquisition agmx genetic' million shares of its common stock at between $11.00 and $13.00 READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 8, 2011

The firm reported a net loss of $329,000, versus a net loss of $127,000 for Q1 last year. Boingo Wireless debuted on the market on May 3rd as WIFI on the Nasdaq Global Market. Boingo said it had revenues of $21.0M, up from $18.5M for the first quarter of 2010. Tuesday, down from its IPO debut at $13.50.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Even though initial stock has no value or market, it is extremely valuable in dividing entity ownership between multiple co-founders, commensurate with their investment, contribution and role. Startup owners need to assume a three to five year wait for a liquidity event, such as acquisition or going public, before they can cash out.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 14, 2012

Others worry that investors will latch onto individual line items within financial data and engage in inquisitions regarding telephone bills, marketing costs and other tactical line items in detailed financial statements. First, let’s cover the absolute minimum legal requirement a company has to provide to its investors.

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