socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2012

We were acquired in June of 2010, and it's been 21 months now, almost two years. There are more than 10,000 people in Japan, and they're the third largest site behind Amazon and eBay, doing over 15 billion, with a 14 billon market cap in Japan. Neel Grover: We've been transforming the site and experience quite a bit.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Both Sides of the Table

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. What have been your experiences in the past 6 months?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. 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.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. 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.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

In my experience, this has been really hard to do successfully. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. 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.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

He tells us: If you’re starting a new internet company, its important to know who your audience is, and to make sure that you don’t let your own experience and that of other Time Poor people guide you wrong. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. Does this mean that theyll have lower response rates?

CTO Coach 150

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

We really started scaling the business in 2009 and 2010, to where we are now with 300 employees, hiring quite rapidly both here in LA as well as in our international offices. We were really focused on customer acquisition. For us, that benefited Telesign as well, because the market was catching up to what we were offering.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency.

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SoCal CTO

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 ). He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. 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.

CTO Coach 150

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. 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.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. 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.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. 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.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2007

Online you will have an incredibly realistic experience (think how good virtual actors are these days - add 3D - presence based audio - first person shooters). He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. 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.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. 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.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

One of the things that Greg Forgatch (the original CEO) should be credited with was testing many different marketing approaches until he found the ones that worked. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. 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.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. 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.

Incubator 150

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. They looked unstoppable.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

And there are definitely other service providers who provide things like marketing services who are interesting, so its not all service providers, its more like the wealth management types. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

a few days before the wheels came off of the market). We were immediately thrust into a globally competitive market for B2B collaboration tools. But the stock market continued to tank and one of our investors who had committed $12 million pulled out. I was now 38 and in worse shape than my previous experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

This is the market that Wonga serves and they are killing it! Peer-to-peer lending service; started on FaceBook; claim to own 79% of the US peer lending market in March 2010 with a whopping $8,664,750. Big market. So these guys have both deep domain experience as well as tons of startup chops. LendingClub.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc. What, if anything, did you draw from this experience as you created, grew and operated lynda.com? lynda.com was born from my desire to share new technology with others.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc. What, if anything, did you draw from this experience as you created, grew and operated lynda.com? lynda.com was born from my desire to share new technology with others.

Entrepreneur 245

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. He received a B.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

The stock market is up 7.2%, which is finally providing some liquidity relief to concerned investors and startups alike. billion in 780 deals in the third quarter of 2010, according to National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Mergers and acquisitions pace improving. Venture capitalists invested $4.8

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

His experience and expertise in both large and small companies focuses on strategy, growth, and operational efficiency resulting in many successful investor outcomes. He has contributed to the success of dozens of companies, including the funding and strategic acquisitions of Movoxx, Tsavo and People Media. Community Sponsor.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

What I mean by that, is many times, when marketing departments are releasing a film, they release a few teaser scenes. A few companies have aggregated all of that free media out there from those marketing materials. We represented Google in the acquisition of YouTube. You just won't get those moments.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life. Unfortunately, there is so much marketing “noise” and outright scams on the Internet it is difficult to know what to trust.”. You can fool me on an interview, but two months from now we’ll know.”.

Entrepreneur 232

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. 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.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Unfortunately, there is so much marketing “noise” and outright scams on the Internet it is difficult to know what to trust.”. If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do, you will have the best experience of your life. 9) Throughout your career, you have been drawn to huge opportunities.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I know all of this from first hand experience. They wanted to employ our entire team post acquisition. Friedman again in this weekend’s (Apr 3, 2010) NYTimes: “Between 1980 and 2005, virtually all net new jobs created in the U.S. Tags: Tech Market Analysis. In 2007 Salesforce.com wanted to buy Koral.

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