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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

Matt was one of my inspirations behind Launchpad LA (yes, we’re going to have a program in 2011 – news very, very soon). He is very hands-on and helpful – especially for any company looking into customer acquisition. o CPM model gave him control over the information in the acquisition cycle so he focused on that. -

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Kyocera Wireless Sells Indian Operations

socalTECH

The deal is worth $6M in upfront payments, plus payments linked to revenue in 2010/2011, and 2011/2012. Kyocera Wireless explained the move would improve its cost structure and competitiveness. Tags: kyocera wireless merger acquisition india mindtree. to IT firm MindTree Ltd., MindTree said Tuesday.

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ReachLocal's Zorik Gordon On Daily Deals

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The buy puts ReachLocal squarely into the fast growing area of daily deals, but also potentially into competition with such companies as Groupon and LivingSocial. To get some perspective into ReachLocal's entry into the daily deals space and where it sees the acquisition fitting, we spoke with Zorik Gordon , CEO of the company.

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Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities???with $15 million to?

Both Sides of the Table

Competitors can leapfrog you on features or outspend you on customer acquisitions but communities are very hard to disrupt. They’ve had a huge head-start on the competition and are well-positioned to maintain leadership as we adjust to building community in this new COVID era. this is classic community management. And it would be?—?but

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Pharma’s Productivity Problem: Finding More Blockbuster Drugs

Xconomy

A recent Silicon Valley Bank report noted that large corporations have dramatically increased pre-clinical acquisitions in the last three years under the pressure of limited supply and competition from IPOs. Yet despite relative plenty in the bio-venture community, pharma suffers from a shortage of drug candidates.

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How FreedomPop's Free Wireless Internet is Disrupting Telecom

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We've got less infrastructure, and we're not having to pay hundreds of dollars for consumer acquisition. You earn 10Mb in free data for each person you connect to on the platform, which brings down our acquisition costs. Freemium creates a better conversion rate. We're looking to completely revolutionize home Internet.

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Interview with Wes Nichols, MarketShare

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You mentioned that you've been growing the company recently, and made a recent acquisition? We also just made an acquisition of Jovian over the summer. We're even seeing it become a significant competitive disadvantage for companies who have leaders who are not focused on using analytics to make their business decisions.