socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2010

Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ has drastically lowered its sales guidance, saying early this morning that it has updated fiscal guidance for its fiscal first quarter ending June 30th and fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, due to "lower than anticipated sales" of its title UFC Undisputed 2010, plus a strengthening US dollar.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He did note that in the four markets where the company has gone live since launching its business in January 2019 — San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire , and Sacramento — has yielded an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million in gross merchandise value (the total value of home sales transacted on its platform).

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2017

Leaf Group disclosed the sale in its first quarter 2017 results, where it reported a net loss of $10.0M Leaf Group was formerly known as Demand Media. Leaf Group said it paid $12.0M for Deny Designs, split between $6.7M in cash plus approximately 215,000 shares of its common stock. Deny Designs was based in Denver, Colorado.

Design 113

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Every entrepreneur knows that good demand generation marketing is the key to growth these days, but very few have the discipline or know-how to measure return in a world of a thousand tools and techniques. Selecting the right sales channels is one of the first strategic decisions that every startup faces. Lead management performance.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The firm had a net GAAP loss of $16.6M. RealD said the revenues were driven by an increase in the 3D film slate, as well as consumer demand for the immersive 3D experience. RealD's revenues are somewhat based on the number of 3D screen showings; the firm takes a cut of 3D ticket sales at theaters. READ MORE>>.

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Screening .Net Demand Los Angeles 153

TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

based company makes money on the sale of the house, managing the rental and connecting homeowners to a lender that will give them money to acquire the rental property. When you can match that latent supply with latent demand. What Steven has done in unlock that supply and demand i n a way that’s economically compelling.”

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

“The only success criteria of my startup career is whether GrubMarket can eventually make $100 billion of annual sales,” he said to me over both email and in a phone conversation. ” I don’t doubt that he means it.

Technical Review 343

Technical Review Startup Marketing San Diego 343

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. “COGS” represents the amount that each sale costs you.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2019

Ruth had previously headed the company’s sales efforts, but she formally moved up to the CEO role upon Matson’s departure. This is an especially remarkable feat, considering that America’s entire population at that time was 157 million, representing a sale to 1 out of every 1.7 In 1955, the company’s net work was $500,000 ($4.6

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 senior sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business 6 months. COGS” represents the amount that each sale costs you.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Course 227

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic. com, and was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA.

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Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Early this year, IDC predicted that worldwide spending on public cloud services will be $141 billion in 2019, while last year Amazon Web Services achieved net sales of $7.88 Customer expectations now demand seamless and satisfying user experiences. The Continued Growth of Cloud. The All-Important User Experience.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Note: 20% carry is fairly standard, although a handful of firms demand a slightly higher percentage. Thus, it’s entirely appropriate that founders net substantially more than the VC partners associated with their company. For instance, in the above scenarios, a founder who owns 15% would gross between $22.7 Possibly.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. You've got to know best practices in demand generation. You've got to have great sales enablement. You have to hire great sales people, but you have to have great sales opportunities. Richards also has been an active angel investor in local startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It would not be a big stretch to image a well run service business like this making 15-25% net profit margins. I could go on-and-on with all of the sales-blocking messages you will hear when you try to charge for a product. You end up needing to add staff and take on more risk without knowing what your future demand will be.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

We're now doing revenue share on affiliate revenue, doing revenue share on DVD sales, or ads we run against that content. David Aronchick: The net of our jobs is really harnessing the demand. Our job is to help capture some of that demand. Beyond that, everything is just gravy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2018

These are similar to the pipeline reviews I used to do with sales reps when I was a CEO. Because entrepreneurs often don’t feel comfortable in a sales process (as a fund-raising process is) they often don’t enquire about the approval process at the firm. She was imploring them to push harder in their sales process.

Funding 189

Funding Software Review Entrepreneur Venture Capital 189

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

Even sales reps will invoke a cost plus logic when negotiating with me on behalf of their customers. Despite a tremendous price increase, overall demand jumped substantially while churn dropped dramatically. Anecdotally, it seems that SaaS products often behave as Giffen goods. > The Customer Is Not Always King.

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Pricing Product Startup Customer 100

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The startup was so nascent that the sale would have been considered a short-term gain for tax purposes, which would have significantly reduced the Founders’ proceeds, making their small fortune even smaller. Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer. To Flip Or Not To Flip.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Acquisition Pricing .Net 124

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The startup was so nascent that the sale would have been considered a short-term gain for tax purposes, which would have significantly reduced the Founders’ proceeds, making their small fortune even smaller. Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer. To Flip Or Not To Flip.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Acquisition Pricing 124

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Two hundred and fifty thousand would have netted my firm more than one billion dollars. s/w sales vs real-world fulfillment of a service). . 2 (bigger one IMO) is the limited number of metro areas that have the right supply and demand dynamics for this to work as a good service. Nope, that’s not a typo. If so, not a great fit.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

Recently — in the name of censoring pornography — China blocked access to Google and demanded that computers sold in China come supplied with an Internet nanny filter called Green Dam Youth Escort, starting July 1. The world’s best brains are on sale. That means the established firms created no new net jobs during that period.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification. CallFire serves clients in a diverse array of industries, from automotive, education and entertainment, to finance, healthcare, marketing and real estate.

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Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

They can call us, we turn it into a IP call, and a 10 digit phone number, we then figure out where that user is on the planet, and deliver it over IP, making it a complete on-net call. The reverse also happens--if one of our users wants to call Skype users, they can do that purely on the net, without using the PSTN.

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IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

Richards , who most recently sold The NTI Group to Blackboard, and previously also was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA, the founding president and COO of MP3.com, There's a gigantic need for the demand side of the marketplace. One of the more successful serial entrepreneurs here in Southern California has been Robin D.

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Startup Content Sites CTO Coach 223

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Exercise TV is the largest, on-demand, fitness TV network, and is in nearly 40 million homes now, providing on-demand, fitness content from expert trainers. We're ramping up our sales and marketing to continue to increase our revenues. Because of that experience, he knew the Internet was the place to be.

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Media Pricing Sites Training 168

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2013

Almost all angel investors are “high net worth” individuals who made their money running a successful business in your domain, and they will mentor your team as well as demand the discipline you need to make your business work. They have the maturity and sophistication to deal with your demanding executives and partners.

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Startup Mentor High Tech Demand 98

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Almost all angel investors are “high net worth” individuals who made their money running a successful business in your domain, and they will mentor your team as well as demand the discipline you need to make your business work. They have the maturity and sophistication to deal with your demanding executives and partners.

Entrepreneur 107

Entrepreneur Mentor Demand High Tech 107

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Almost all angel investors are “high net worth” individuals who made their money running a successful business in your domain, and they will mentor your team as well as demand the discipline you need to make your business work. They have the maturity and sophistication to deal with your demanding executives and partners.

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Mentor Statistics High Tech Demand 75

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Last November, the Web-search giant opened a flashy new office in Venice to focus on engineering, sales and advertising; the company will lease close to a quarter-million square feet in the neighborhood by 2014. Entrepreneurs love being around other entrepreneurs, and thats driving demand toward the beach," says Mr. Miller.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Underpinning it all I wrote: sales, asset management, analytics & talent management. Where do the new entrants like YouTube, Pandora, iTunes, Huffington Post, Boxee, Netflix, Demand Media and other disruptive offerings fit into that equation and how is it changing? I have a high fear of failure that acts as my safety net.

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