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ISSQUARED Acquires Starnet Data Design

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Newbury Park-based ISSQUARED , an information technology provider, said this morning that it has acquired Westlake Village-based Starnet Data Design. ISSQUARED said the acquisition is its very first since being founded in 2010. ISSQUARED said the acquisition is its very first since being founded in 2010.

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Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More - Ten Recent Great Startup Posts

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. Great stuff. This post looks at the implementation details of HTML 5 video.

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Google Wants to Disrupt Home Automation with $3.2 Billion Nest Acquisition

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Google’s acquisition of Nest gives the the co-founders an early exit and resources to up their hardware game. Nest is not Google’s first hardware acquisition. Fadell and Rogers left Apple in 2010 to found Nest. What I love about Nest is creating, developing and designing products with an amazing team.

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ACG OC Investment Banking Cup

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Sunday, April 11, 2010 -- ACG OC Investment Banking Cup. See [link] (more).

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Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple

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I also read - The Difference Between Apple and Microsoft Marketing that tells us: Apples marketing is designed for Time Poor buyers, while Microsofts is designed for Time Rich buyers. I would agree that Apples product design would suggest that it aims at Time Poor buyers. Its certainly something to keep in mind.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

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aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. but: Something is Still Missing.

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Why Google Fiber? Moat-widening Endeavor & Future of Computing.

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Component design – computers need computer chips in order to compute, and computer chips have to be designed by someone. Device design – all of the major computing components – CPU, RAM, connectivity, display, battery, etc. – need to be enclosed into a coherently designed device. Value Chain.

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