TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The Facebook parent-company saw its stock price get bludgeoned after a bad earnings report showcased that Apple’s ad-blocking changes are shaving billions off its books and the company’s crown jewel — the Facebook platform — has stopped growing and actually shrank this quarter. Image Credits: Facebook. the big thing.

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Marketing Newsletter Technical Review News 246

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

GoDaddy , the parent company of Los Angeles premium website hosting service Media Temple , has filed for an IPO--in the process, showing that the company paid $94.48M in cash for Media Temple. The company reported a net loss of $131M for 2013, on revenues of $1.13 READ MORE>>.

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Media .Net Acquisition Los Angeles 164

Tech.Co

APRIL 11, 2018

You’d be forgiven, then, for assuming the city is seeing a net loss of tech workers. But, you’d be wrong, according to a new report out from LinkedIn. LinkedIn’s April report on the state of the U.S. And, as it turns out, reports of Silicon Valley’s destination demise have been greatly exaggerated.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of local online marketing services for small and medium sized businesses, reported its results Tuesday, saying that it had $77.1M The firm reported a net loss of $2.8M, compared with net income of $14.9M in revenues. for the quarter. for the quarter. to $291.5M.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills .Net Southern California 200

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month. I often see companies burning $100,000 per month (net) looking to raise $6-8 million.

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Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The value proposition must clearly define the target customer, the customer’s problem and pain, your unique solution, and the net benefit of this solution from the customer's perspective. A target market is the group of customers that the startup plans to attract through marketing and sales their product or service. Target market.

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Sales Customer Custom Outsource 102

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Los Angeles-based GameFly , which operates an online video game rental service, has filed for a $50M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market. The firm reported it had net income of $2.97M on revenues of $47.68M for the six months ended September 30, 2009. For its fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, it had net income of $4.0M

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.Net Los Angeles Report Capital 150

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2010

Santa Monica-based Image Metrics , a developer of facial animation software and services, has raised $8.0M As part of the public listing, Image Metrics reported it had revenues of $4.0M The firm said it had a net loss of $6.8M in funding and gone public through a reverse merger. of that earned in the quarter ended December 31st.

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Metrics Santa Monica .Net Acquisition 154

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Back in 2013, Google reported that 90 percent of multiple device owners switch between screens to complete tasks, using an average of three different combinations every day. Meanwhile, biometrics has stepped out of the realm of sci-fi and into the mainstream, playing an important role in the fight against cybercrime.

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Artificial Inteligence Screening Google Customer 106

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked, Cloud-based enterprise platform for deal management and investor reporting, Wednesday announced a new suite of enterprise features in a move to take transactions mobile. The new features launched include business tools for reporting, file management, discussions and first-of-its-kind functionality for managing deals on an iPad.

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Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

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. If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66

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Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

. —Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) paid over $400 million in August to acquire Nervana Systems , the two-year-old San Diego startup offering its machine learning technology as a cloud-based service. I widened my net this year. Webroot withheld terms of the deal.).

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San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

I advise all of my companies to use an impressed payroll service, one that takes the taxes from your bank account along with the net payrolls each period. If there are several alternative suppliers of the same service that regularly deal with the company, then you have more power in lengthening payments to one. Well, almost.

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Services Statistics Startup .Net 159

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

The value proposition must clearly define the target customer, the customer’s problem and pain, your unique solution, and the net benefit of this solution from the customer's perspective. A target market is the group of customers that the startup plans to attract through marketing and sales their product or service. Target market.

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Sales Custom Customer Outsource 97

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

Randy Churchill and his team at PricewaterhouseCoopers meticulously prepare a quarterly report detailing the venture landscape, called Shaking The Money Tree. Other than shortening the investor’s quarterly commute to your Board meetings, the net benefits of relocating for many startups are illusory, as I describe HERE.

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Venture Capital Funding Capital Technical Review 233

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

We’ve all become so used to having Microsoft in our lives that we’ve started to take their products and services for granted. Sure, a great operating system is one of the things Microsoft is most known for, but there are dozens of other Microsoft products and services that help businesses grow. 3. It’s not just about Windows.

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Writing Training Email .Net 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

The value proposition must clearly define the target customer, the customer’s problem and pain, your unique solution, and the net benefit of this solution from the customer's perspective. A target market is the group of customers that the startup plans to attract through marketing and sales their product or service. Target market.

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Sales Customer Custom Outsource 98

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2014

A November 2014 report by Kiplinger asserts that economic momentum is back on track. This approach will help you diversify and broaden your business’s product lines and services. This was led by a modest increase in the net percent of owners who plan to increase capital spending and more who expect higher sales in the next few months.

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Study Entrepreneur .Net Guide 102

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

In fact, BusinessWeek reports that roughly 40 percent of the S&P 500 chief executives have MBAs in any given year. Postal Service. So here''s my net on how an entrepreneur should look at an MBA: If you are already an entrepreneur, more education, including an MBA, will only slow you down. Consider it a waste of time.

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Entrepreneur Education .Net Class 105

Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

Below we’ll outline how to squeeze those last drops of talent out of your own social circles, how to incentivize current employees to lure in potential candidates in their networks, and how to entice “superconnectors” to recruit through their own far-reaching nets. Tap Into Your Network. Tap Into Superconnectors’ Networks.

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Networking Startup Software Review Conference 83

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

At Citrix, GoToAssist customers would occasionally ask if they could just pay for our screen-sharing functionality because they didn''t intend to use the product''s other features, such as reporting and session recording. price was not representative of a professional, secure and reliable service.

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Pricing Product Startup Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2013

In fact, BusinessWeek reports that roughly 40 percent of the S&P 500 chief executives have MBAs in any given year. Postal Service. So here's my net on how an entrepreneur should look at an MBA: If you are already an entrepreneur, more education, including an MBA, will only slow you down. Consider it a waste of time.

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Startup Education Entrepreneur .Net 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2013

It’s easy to forget that your new office rent asks for first, last, and security; new utilities require an escrow account; and new vendors want immediate payment for the first couple of months, before they offer the normal net 30 terms. The Kauffman Foundation reports that late payments are among the biggest challenges facing startups.

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Startup Sales Layoffs Slides 114

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2012

Few people in the technology world are unfamiliar with the huge rise in the popularity of the photo sharing service Instagram, which was topped off by a $1 billion acquisition of that company by Facebook just a few weeks ago. If we do have a report that a post is not their own, we have a two strike policy. It's been a net win.

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Startup Pricing Sites Acquisition 153

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2016

It’s easy to forget that your new office rent asks for first, last, and security; new utilities require an escrow account; and new vendors want immediate payment for the first couple of months, before they offer the normal net 30 terms. The Kauffman Foundation reports that late payments are among the biggest challenges facing startups.

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Startup Sales Layoffs Slides 64

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

The value proposition is a short statement that clearly communicates the target customer, the customer’s problem and the pain that it causes, the unique solution that addresses this problem, and the net benefit of this solution (value derived versus relative cost) from the customer's perspective.

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Funding Startup Entrepreneur Invest 106

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

It's a 90 percent cost savings, and we don't just deliver the same service but a greater value. People needed a service that would give them that human connection, and wasn't just a product, but a real, human-touch based service. You charge a subscription fee for the service, don't you?

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Media Pricing Sites Training 168

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Surprisingly, Hollywood hasnt played a major role in the formation of new companies, which have tended to be in less glamorous though more lucrative areas like lead-generation and service (with obvious exceptions like JibJab and Hulu, a joint venture of Fox and NBC). startup scene so hot. Number two, necessity is the mother of all invention.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Frank Addante

MARCH 12, 2007

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. My solution: cast a wider net. Of all of my companies, communication was probably the strongest at L90, even though the engineering and design team were completely separated from sales, marketing, business development and customer service.

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Outsource Development Startup .Net Venture Capital 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Web Services, led by Amazon’s AWS, which reduced the costs a further 90%. The “Three C’s” of the Internet … The infrastructure and web services phases of the Internet are built. It’s worth having a quick read of the first few paragraphs of their annual report. CincyTech today has $28.5

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2013

Most surprisingly, according to a report from the Kauffman Foundation , the highest rate of entrepreneurship in America shifted about three years ago to the 55–64 age group, with people over 55 almost twice as likely to found successful companies than those between 20 and 34. Customer service. Angel investor.

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Startup Mentor High Tech Demand 98

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Most surprisingly, according to a report from the Kauffman Foundation , the highest rate of entrepreneurship in America has already shifted to the 55–64 age group, with people over 55 almost twice as likely to found successful companies than those between 20 and 34. Customer Service. Angel Investor.

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Entrepreneur Mentor Demand High Tech 107

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

News & World Report , people over 40 were key players in 86.6% 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. Customer Service. Angel Investor.

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Mentor Statistics High Tech Demand 75

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

If youre buying a luxury home or just like looking at them, check out this live chat from reporter Lauren Schuker Blum and WSJ.com real estate editor Matthew Strozier. stock quotes reflect trades reported through Nasdaq only; comprehensive U.S. Back to Top « Customer Service. Jacobson jokes. "We Live Chat Recap.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44