InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 9, 2010

However, if Mr. Alinsky’s coercive formula of wealth transfer had been in place for the past 100 years, the Los Angeles of 2010 would not be very different from the filthy, destitute pueblo of the 1800’s. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School. Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

Entrepreneur 190

Entrepreneur Los Angeles Demand Organization 190

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

That’s a bit like imagining Apple launching the 2007 iPhone and then not having 10-years of constant improvements to maintain its market leadership position. But it is even more rare for a company to do that while also scaling its revenue at such an impressive clip and with no paid customer acquisition. Why scooters?

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Mr. Collins’ latest book would be far more credible if he took responsibility for his past faulty predictions. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. As noted in Why Most Business Books Suck , books which retrospectively analyze data and attempt to predict the future are doomed to fail. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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Entrepreneur Research Writing Course 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. And, I dont like to copy and paste.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 9, 2010

However, if Mr. Alinsky’s coercive formula of wealth transfer had been in place for the past 100 years, the Los Angeles of 2010 would not be very different from the filthy, destitute pueblo of the 1800’s. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School. Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

Entrepreneur 173

Entrepreneur Class Los Angeles Organization 173

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2009

As shown at left, pour your money into a customer acquisition funnel, apply a bit of gentle stirring to generate a steady flow of mo money, mo money, mo money. Although the P&S formula is clear-cut, it presupposes that you have insight into your customer acquisition costs, as well the revenue generated by each customer.

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Customer Custom Acquisition Entrepreneur 153

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The Past (1985-2002). After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Mr. Collins’ latest book would be far more credible if he took responsibility for his past faulty predictions. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. As noted in Why Most Business Books Suck , books which retrospectively analyze data and attempt to predict the future are doomed to fail. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

Entrepreneur 150

Entrepreneur Research Writing Course 150

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Such a disparity can strain the Donor / Donee relationship, especially if the Donor seeks reciprocity for a favor performed in the distant past. If the Donee attributes little value to the past favor, they may feel the request for reciprocity is unjustified. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

Entrepreneur 210

Entrepreneur Help Networking Startup 210

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I could not work with my siblings or parents – and not every past relationship would have been conducive to our type of success – we just happened upon the right combination of personality traits and it worked. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. It really depends on your family members. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I could not work with my siblings or parents – and not every past relationship would have been conducive to our type of success – we just happened upon the right combination of personality traits and it worked. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. It really depends on your family members. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

Entrepreneur 245

Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2010

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

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Santa Barbara Class Ideas Organization 191

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2010

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. from the Wharton School.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. Ultimately, your overall customer acquisition costs should calculated as an average of a variety of marketing channels. Thus, include these unattributed customers in your overall calculation of customer acquisition costs. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2011

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. from the Wharton School.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 14, 2011

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. from the Wharton School.

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Guide Santa Barbara Entrepreneur Course 145

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 14, 2011

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. from the Wharton School.

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Guide Santa Barbara Entrepreneur Course 145

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

The total number of M&A deals in the US this year is projected to be a paltry 225 transactions relative to more than 450 deals just 2 years ago, which was the norm between 2002-2007, varying only by around 3% per year. A recent example would be Compuware’s $295 million acquisition of Gomez , a networking monitoring company.

Venture Capital 241

Venture Capital Technical Review Southern California Company 241

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Rather than pining for the past, the demise of the paperboy represents a huge opportunity for an entrepreneur who can harness the talents of enterprising 12 – 17 year olds. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. Boys To Men. Unfortunately, the paperboy has met the same fate as the iceman, milkman and diaper services. Calling All Entrepreneurs.

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Web 2.0 Web Sales Outsource Development 222

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. Earn Out – The Earn Out aspect of an acquisition is a mechanism entrepreneurs can use to increase their company’s ultimate acquisition price. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. The Answer Is?

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Acquisition Pricing .Net 124

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. Earn Out – The Earn Out aspect of an acquisition is a mechanism entrepreneurs can use to increase their company’s ultimate acquisition price. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. The Answer Is?

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Acquisition Pricing 124

InfoChachkie

JULY 7, 2010

Such history can also cause adVentures to apply inappropriate solutions to new problems, based on what worked in the past. Savvy investors and young entrepreneurs take advantage of this phenomenon by joining Serial Teams and helping them leverage their past successes to achieve new startup victories. _. Copyright © 2007-10 by J.

Startup 150

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. from the Wharton School.

.Net 182

.Net Satisfaction Entrepreneur Customer 182

InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. from the Wharton School.

Writing 150

Writing Social Network Ideas Entrepreneur 150

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

This acquisition resolved the surgical robotic IP landscape and allowed Intuitive to dominate the market. In addition to witnessing BDCs overvalue patents, I have also been a party to transactions in which the lack of formal IP protection caused BDCs to shy away from a potential acquisition. Copyright © 2007-10 by J.

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IP Patents Company Companies 256

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. from the Wharton School.

Startup 222

Startup Coach Sales Entrepreneur 222

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

We formed the company in 2007, came out with our first product in late 2008, and began selling in earnest in 2009. You've seen some very impressive growth over the past few years, can you talk about how that has happened? With this acquisition, that has put Concur into SAP. Dave Terry: We've been very fortune.

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Software Report Startup IBM 100

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

Shopzilla was then sold, and I worked for a couple of years at the acquirer, Scripps, until 2007. By then, it was obvious that the original thesis behind the acquisition by Scripps was just not there. So, in September of 2007, I got back into it, and we got a group of people going on a new startup, DotSpots.

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Flipagram Social Network Networking Blogging 100

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

Shopzilla was then sold, and I worked for a couple of years at the acquirer, Scripps, until 2007. By then, it was obvious that the original thesis behind the acquisition by Scripps was just not there. So, in September of 2007, I got back into it, and we got a group of people going on a new startup, DotSpots.

Flipagram 100

Flipagram Social Network Networking Blogging 100

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. from the Wharton School.

Course 124

Course Examples Ideas Entrepreneur 124

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

Entrepreneur 174

Entrepreneur .Net Blogging Course 174

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. from the Wharton School.

.Net 168

.Net Satisfaction Customer Custom 168

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

Although this is a somewhat unusual real estate transaction, it reflects a surprisingly common scenario in the world of mergers and acquisitions, with one important distinction. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. He also indicated that the offer was non-negotiable and the home owner had to respond either “Yes” or “No” in a matter of hours.

Company 160

Company Companies Pricing Santa Barbara 160

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition. Or if you prefer the phone, we can be reached at 888-675-2007.”. Click on Get Started to get into touch with us.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2011

It's been a very busy for coupon and deal sites over the past few months, with a giant, $950M round of funding for Groupon, and the acquisition of at least three locally headquartered coupon and deal sites--LogicBuy.com, NextCoupons.com, and DealPerk--in the last month. Loren Bendele: We started in March of 2007.

Sites 217

Sites Content Sales Demand 217

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

It’s true this was much bigger in the dot com era but I’ve studied the data and know that over the past decade these numbers are right. As you can see in this Cambridge Associates data, early-stage investing beat later stage investing in returns in 70% of the past 30 years. This happens at acquisition time, too.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374