socalTECH
AUGUST 15, 2014
Keith Bonnici: We have created a platform that lets standard web publishers tap into the growing pool of money being spent by app developers to market their products. What we saw back in 2005, was that everyone was making a ton of money on desktop ads, because that''s where the users were. What is Kixer? What''s your background?
From the Venture Trenches
APRIL 16, 2013
A willingness to accept equity as part of your agency or law firm’s fees can bring in more work that stimulates your team and exposes you to disruptive opportunities that are potentially very lucrative. However, there are a number of considerations to explore before agreeing to accepting equity as a portion of your firm’s payment.
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From the Venture Trenches
APRIL 16, 2013
A willingness to accept equity as part of your agency or law firm’s fees can bring in more work that stimulates your team and exposes you to disruptive opportunities that are potentially very lucrative. However, there are a number of considerations to explore before agreeing to accepting equity as a portion of your firm’s payment.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 20, 2009
Trilegiant Corporation , (who is owned by Avis Budget Group (yes, that Avis & Budget), in turn owned by the private equity group Apollo Management ) does business as PrivacyGuard and has engaged in the most unethical of business practices I have come across in years. Or again here in Consumer Affairs dating back to 2005.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 25, 2010
Kevin O'Connor is the co-founder of DoubleClick , which he took from startup to IPO on the Nasdaq in 1998, sold it to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for around $1.2 billion in 2005, and finally sold again to Google in 2007 for $3.1 It's really all the things you need that are considered purchases.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 29, 2015
Where there are lots of players focused on different types of equity, different types of investments, different types of debt, they're doing it in a very unfocused manner. That specific type of asset is first position, real estate debt, in an area of real estate that is called hard money loans. Those loans are very mis-priced, in our opinion.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe.
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