Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Three reasons: There is a relative valuation between the price a VC pays and their expectations of what it will exit for in an IPO or trade sale. Also, it’s harder to pay a $30 million pre-money value on an unproved company when you see public companies with $100 million in sales trading for less than $20 million.

Venture Capital 263

Venture Capital Startup Invest Funding 263

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

It's something like between $50M and $100M in sales per year. Do you think you could have offered this earlier, or was it due to the scale that you could launch this? Sixteen months later, we're the biggest tech event in Southern California which is held on a regular basis. Why did you decide to launch the Docstore now?

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

We actually built that about a year and a half ago, and are bringing that back due to overwhelming demand. Jimmy Hendricks: We make a percentage of every sale. Jimmy Hendricks: My background is I spent a year at Active.com in 2007 and 2008. We want to be the technology tool kit for social commerce. READ MORE>>.

Platform 263

Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

Inverted Software

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

So which companies are ones seeing the most change in their sales as a result of Millennials making more educated choices? The iconic brand has been in business since 1903 and while other motorcycle companies such as BMW, Ducati and KTM have been seeing an increase in sales, Harley have seen U.S. sales falling 3.9 Applebee’s.

Company 48

Company Companies Sales Education 48

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. You technically have more gas left but you never know if some unexpected circumstance causes you to run out of gas.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

“Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean, Needs not the painted flourish of your praise: Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye, Not uttered by base sale of chapmen’s tongues” . One is obvious, without protection, such IP might prove to be of little worth, as other companies can mimic the technology without recourse.

IP 256

IP Patents Company Companies 256

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Rob Reed: I was doing social media strategy consulting from 2007 until 2009, what I would really characterize as Social Media 1.0. That was really my first experience working with a technology that was merging the digital and physical worlds. For the first time, that social media activity is actually taking place at the point of sale.

Social Media 248

Social Media Zumbox Media Startup 248

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# But everything has intrinsic value.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Anyhow, I replied and asked who pays who here and found that First Data pays Chad a commission for his sales. I checked with our Director of Delight and she assured me we gave a full refund to both and that we formally responded to this within the required time, but the BBB website had a technical issue. Shocking, right? Please advise.

Santa Barbara 265

Santa Barbara Technical Advisors Email Technical Review 265

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 24, 2010

Someone must define the universe of ideas to be reviewed at the outset of the process, otherwise the task is impossibly inefficient. Every Friday, Motown personnel convened to review the songs chosen by Mr. Gordy from those recorded during the prior week. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

Ideas 187

Ideas Resource Technical Review Startup 187

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

However, you are only paid for ads that generate sales. Such actions include sales, trials, leads, downloads, etc. For instance, an advertiser might pay $45 per sale, irrespective of how each are particular sale is generated. Such sales are highly trackable, because the clicks can be measured like any other online ad.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2012

John Mudge: We launched IBN Sports in January of 2007, focused on creating an interactive, broadcast network for sports. Our focus was to utilize new technology for streaming over the internet, broadcasting underserved sports which normally don't end up on TV, in HD quality, for viewers across the country and world.

Content 212

Content Google Southern California Orange County 212

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. If you imagine that they did most of their initial investments between 2002-2007 then it’s been 3 years of mostly doing follow-on investments in those old deals.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Funding Invest GRP Partners 269

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2011

This Black Friday we reached record retail sales at traditional brick-and-mortar stores, yet the merging Cyber Monday is proving to be a fighting younger brother. Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research).

Customer 74

Customer Custom Advertising Demand 74

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 26, 2011

This Black Friday we reached record retail sales at traditional brick-and-mortar stores, yet the merging Cyber Monday is proving to be a fighting younger brother. Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research).

Customer 72

Customer Custom Demand Advertising 72

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

When I first got into the industry it was 2007. Let’s review all of our existing investments. Not just tech companies but industrials, too. I’ll bet many of them did a review of their “investment pace&# as in – how quickly should we be investing. Yesterday was a Monday. And not a pleasant one.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

We had just gotten over the dot com crash and return to normalcy where nobody seemed to give a s**t about tech companies any more. We shared information about building sales teams. Hiring inside reps, how to comp field sales reps and how to balance leads across both. I was Johnny NoMates. We attended Saleforce.com parties.

SaaS 150

SaaS Venture Capital Conference Technical Review 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

We as a country are suffering from what is known as “ structural unemployment &# where jobs have disappeared from certain segments forever due to technological or structural obsolescence. The housing market is not recovered : Sales in existing homes in the US fell 27.2% Such is the case with advanced batteries.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343