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MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Novatel Wireless said the acquisition will help it diversify its customer base and product lines into adjacent markets. in the 12 months ending September 30, 2010. Tags: novatel wireless enfora broadband telecom merger acquisition. The deal is worth approximately $64.5M in cash, with up to $6M in possible earn out.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Irvine-based Broadcom has completed its acquisition of Dune Networks, a developer of switching fabric chips for the data center networking market, the firm said Monday afternoon. Broadcom said it expects the acquisition of Dune Newtorks will be neutral to slightly accretive to earnings per share in 2010. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 6, 2010

Thursday, April 8, 2010 -- Software MandA: 2010 Update and Forecast plus Provocative Insights About Exit Timing. No question, the economic downturn took its toll on software industry mergers and acquisitions in 2009. The market got eerily quiet.until the fourth quarter when there was a flurry of software MandA activity.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Westwood one said it plans to expand Sigalert's traffic products from eight products to approximately 65 markets in 2010. Tags: sigalert merger acquisition westwood traffic automobile radio. Sigalert was completely bootstrapped by Berke and Johnstone. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Zogenix said it is looking to list on the NASDAQ Global Market as ZGNX. in revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2010, with a net loss of $49.3M. Tags: zogenix merger acquisition lifescience migraine headache health. The company reported $7.5M READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor , a developer of RF integrated circuits for the wireless and other markets, filed for an IPO late Friday, saying it is looking to raise up to $100M on either the Nasdaq Global Market or New York Stock Exchange. for the nine months ended September 25, 2010. on revenues of $70.5M

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MARCH 29, 2012

Total merger and acquisition deal volume in 2011 increased 24% from 2010, with over 16,000 transactions aggregating to $1.1 Multiples for middle market companies remained relatively strong in 2011, at an average of 8.2x Wednesday, April 4, 2012 -- ACG 101's Annual MandA Update. trillion in value.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 -- CommNexus Presents: Getting Smart About Social Media Learn How to utilize Social Media for Talent Acquisition. Make 2010 THE year to get to know and effectively utilize social media marketing to attract, recruit, and hire employees.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

However, around December of 2010 the firm began a series of acquisitions -- of a number of data backup provider, other EFAX providers, email marketing firms, unified communications, and more, culminating with the buy of Ziff Davis in November of 2012. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2010

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 -- Greater Los Angeles Finance Network Group. Come join us in a compelling discussion about the state of the current debt markets. The debt markets have contracted and may be warming up again. Companies are receiving debt financing and the funds are being used for growth and acquisition.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The firm, which is headed by Adam Miller, also updated its financials, saying it had a net loss of $31.39M on revenues of $32.57M for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Tags: cornerstone ondemand merger acquisition exit software saas. Cornerstone OnDemand filed for an IPO in September. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

According to the NASDAQ IPO Calendar, Fulgent is poised to have its IPO on Wednesday, meaning that it most likely will price its IPO tonight after the markets close, if all goes well. Hsieh made his fortune when he sold Cogent to 3M back in 2010, in a $943M deal. Hsieh has two degrees in Electrical Engineering from USC. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, Pacific Crest Securities, Raine Securities, and JMP Securities. in the first six months of 2010. Tags: demand media merger acquisition content richard rosenblatt public. on revenues of $198.45M.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

in revenues for the year ended June 30, 2010, and $1.7M in net income of $19.28M in revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2010. on the NASDAQ Global Market as NXSN. The firm is a developer of storage arrays used by the enterprise market. Nexsan is looking to raise up to $69.0M READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

As you might or might not remember, I joined in 2010 with a vision to turn the company into a true technology company, and pivoted the company to ad technology. At the time, when we were an agency, it was quite a crowded market. Starting in 2010, we started focusing on that. In the past, marketers were buying leads in bulk.

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JULY 14, 2010

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 -- How Savvy Companies Leverage Brand, Technology and IP Licensing to Leap Ahead of The Competition. See [link] (more).

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APRIL 2, 2012

Nexsan, which had filed for an IPO in April of 2008, cited "unfavorable market conditions" for the withdrawal. Nexsan was one of a number of local technology companies who had hoped to reach the public markets, and came to the brink of an offering in April of 2010.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

SolarCity is a provider of power purchase agreements (PPAs), used to finance solar power installations, which just debuted on the NASDAQ Global Market as SCTY. SolarCity is not Musk's first successful IPO: he also founded Tesla Motors (IPO in June of 2010), and sold PayPal way back in 2002 for $1.5 SolarCity debuted at $8.00

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MAY 2, 2011

Fallbrook said in the filing that it has decided to pull its initial offering "because of unfavorable market conditions." Fallbrook had originally filed for an IPO in February of 2010. Fallbrook is venture backed by NGEN, Mtion Systems, and others. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 25, 2012

The firm also said it has applied to list on the Nasdaq Global Market as PSMI. The move pulls the firm's IPO out of a long dormancy -- the company had originally filed for an IPO back in 2010. Peregrine is venture backed by Morgenthaler Partners, Advanced Equities, Palisades Ventures, and others.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

The firm has a long history; it was originally spawned out of Idealab back in 2001, focusing on developing pure robotics technology and not retail products; it decided to hit the retail market in 2010 with the Mint floor cleaning robot, after variously applying its technology to toys, shopping cart scanners, cell phones, and the military.

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MAY 9, 2011

for the similar quarter in 2010. Peregrine Semiconductor has filed for an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market as PSMI. Pacific Crest Securities , and RBC Capital Market. That compares with net income of $1.0M on revenues of $22.9M The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Deutsche Bank Securities , J.P.

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JULY 11, 2011

The daily deals site apparently also had grown to approximately 60 employees and 14 different markets. In a sign of how fast the daily deals market has grown, Screamin' Daily Deals was only founded in 2010. Local.com said that Screamin' Daily Deals had revenues of $4.4M during the first half of 2011, and revenues of $2.4M

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MAY 2, 2011

The report also argues that more value is going to the private, venture investors in firms, rather than to public shareholders after an IPO.

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JUNE 8, 2011

for the first quarter of 2010. Boingo Wireless debuted on the market on May 3rd as WIFI on the Nasdaq Global Market. Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless , the operator of a network of Wi-Fi access points, has reported its first quarterly results as a public company. Boingo said it had revenues of $21.0M, up from $18.5M

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

SolarCity , a Bay Area provider of solar power financing, filed for an IPO Friday, saying that it is looking to raised $201.25M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market as SCTY. Musk is no stranger to IPOs; his electric car firm, Tesla Motors, had its IPO in 2010 and he co-founded PayPal, which had its IPO in 2002.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The firm's IPO is being underwritten by BofA Merrill Lynch, Citi, Allen & Company LLC, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, ThinkEquity LLC, and WR Hambrecht+Co. for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.w San Diego-based Active Network has filed for an IPO, saying in its S-1 that it is looking to raise up to $150M.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

According to Boingo, it intends to apply to list on the NASDAQ Global Market as WIFI. for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, Pacific Crest Securities, and William Blair & Company. The firm reported it had net income of $1.4M

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MAY 23, 2011

According to a filing this morning by the firm, the company is aiming to raise up to $100M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market as CERE. for the year ended August 31, 2010. Thousand Oaks-based Ceres , the developer of seeds aimed at producing renewable, biomass feedstocks for the biofuels industry, has filed for an IPO.

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AUGUST 24, 2011

Zogenix is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market as ZGNX. The new offering comes about 10 months after Zogenix had its IPO in November of 2010. According to an S-1 filed by the firm today, it is selling 12M shares of its common stock, and is looking to raise as much as $47.47M in its offering. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Montgomery expects M&A to rebound to the normal recent levels at 450 deals by 2010. Nearly 50% say they will increase their activity levels in 2010 (hallelujah!) Fred Wilson supports Montgomery’s view in this thoughtful post on the return of the tech IPO market. with only 19% saying they would decrease levels.

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MAY 14, 2012

During my tenure at Expertcity (creator of GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting), one of my responsibilities was leading our online marketing, a role I retained until our eventual acquisition by Citrix. When we launched GoToMyPC in 2001, the rules of online marketing were still being written. and Overture Services.

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MARCH 20, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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MARCH 9, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. We talked about the negative effect of Apple’s closed system attitude but how that will be a gift to the market because Apple’s cracking of the operator hegemony has forced the industry to innovate. first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season.

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