socalTECH
FEBRUARY 4, 2013
That deals loooks to be worth around $100M, based on reports from the WSJ. acquired IGN in September of 2005, for $650M. Those numbers--and the story--seems to be almost an exact repeat of the story behind MySpace , which--also in 2005, in July--was acquired by News Corp. in a $580M deal.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 26, 2016
This contribution is from John Greathouse , a longtime venture capitalist and also a professor at UC Santa Barbara, who was instrumental in Computer Motion's initial public offering and the sale of GoToMeeting to Citrix. I am very excited with the prospects of the San Diego market, as it reminds me of Santa Barbara circa 2005.
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socalTECH
OCTOBER 10, 2008
a publisher of enterprise systems management applications, reported Thursday that its board of directors has promoted Doug Garn to chief executive officer. Garn joined Quest in 1998 and has served as president since February 2005. Before that, the company noted, he was vice president of worldwide sales. Quest Software Inc.,
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
The most recent report to weigh in on the troubles of the industry was produced by the esteemed Kauffman Foundation. Contrary to some press reporting, the boom in startups, the creation of accelerators and seed funds as well as the deserved popularity of AngelList do not signal doom for our industry. Bottom of the sales funnel.
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
It has long been held as the ultimate annual shopping holiday, but Cyber Monday has quickly been picking up speed and pulling in equally large amounts of sales. Cyber Monday was officially termed in 2005 by the National Retail Federation after 77% of online retailers reported a surge in spending on the Monday after Thanksgiving.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 26, 2010
News & World Report , people over 40 were key players in 86.6% of startup businesses as far back as 2005. High-travel sales and buyer positions. Retail sales to Gen-X and Gen-Y. In case you think that all of these are employed by big companies, listen to these statistics: According to an article in U.S.
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