socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the media firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, former Chairman of MySpace, said Wednesday that it has launched a new service which automatically pulls up and links to related content on web pages. The new service, Pluck On Demand, comes as a result of Demand Media's acquisition of Pluck in March of this year.

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Tech.Co

MAY 6, 2022

Now, it's dramatically expanding capacity in another area, fulfillment, with the acquisition of Deliverr. It's the biggest acquisition in Shopify's history. Plus, Shopify says, “inventory placement algorithms” can predict demand in order to better route inventory. Shopify is paying $2.1 Is Shopify right for you?

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 21, 2019

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Thorstein Veblen coined the phrase “conspicuous consumption” in 1899 when commenting on the human desire to publicly display wealth through the acquisition of consumer goods. A Veblen good does not adhere to the traditional laws of price and demand.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based on-demand, dog walking service Wag has bought back its stake from Softbank, according to CNBC. An earlier version of this article indicated the company was seeking a buyer.) The sale comes less than two years after SoftBank invested $300M in Wag , via the SoftBank Vision Fund. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

For today's Insights and Opinions section--where we share useful advice, opinions, and more from the community--we have an article from attorney Jonathan Hodes , of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP. In times of recession there is pent-up demand by entrepreneurs to sell their companies. Continued.). READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2009

Television celebrity Brooke Burke and Internet entrepreneur Lisa Rosenblatt said Monday that they have acquired ModernMom.com , an online site focused on mothers, and relaunched the site--powered in part by content from Demand Media, the online media firm headed by Rosenblatt's husband, Richard Rosenblatt. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Even still, in the context of all three points, I recommend that you evaluate the most common exit alternatives and considerations, and integrate the right one into your startup strategy and plan: M&A - merger or acquisition by another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2010

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature insights and analysis from the local technology community, we have an article from Jeff Cohn , an entrepreneur and veteran of the angel and VC investment community here in Southern California. Tags: insights opinions venture capital angel investment exit merger acquisition.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! According to Marten, it was a demoralizing blow that would have spooked the investors, if MySQL had acquiesced to the US company's demands. Yet Another Overnight Success.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

We caught up with co-founder and CEO Joey Flores to learn more about the service, plus hear more about the new on-demand service and the challenges it is trying to help musicians and labels deal with in the age of Internet streaming. But, since it was radio style, on-demand was something we didn't allow. What is Earbits?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Even still, in the context of all three points, I recommend that you evaluate the most common exit alternatives and considerations, and integrate the right one into your startup strategy and plan: M&A - merger or acquisition by another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2015

Demand Media hosted a welcoming opening party at the Vicerory, and Media Temple organized an amazing closing party at Cross Campus with aerialists, DJ, interactive displays - and people are still talking about the delicious food. Beyond entertainment, ad tech is huge with Rubicon''s IPO and the TrueX $200M acquisition by Fox.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

A recent Wall Street Journal article that raised the possibility of Biogen as the target of another huge pharma buyout cited the lack of productivity as a major driver of M&A in the pharmaceutical industry. With a limited supply of new firms coming into the business, venture’s ability to expand to meet demand is inherently constrained.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Hopefully this article and the accompanying six-minute video will help you avoid learning these mission-critical lessons the hard way. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! By the way, you may recall that at the outset of this article I promised to cover seven mistakes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

The classic example from several years ago was United Airlines not staying tuned in to social media, resulting in a unrecoverable customer problem causing great damage to their reputation, escalating to countless articles , and even a book, “ United Breaks Guitars.” Demand professional business skills and customer advocacy.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Mr. Alinsky incited his followers to demand something for nothing. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Mr. Alinsky would demand that I cut slices from my pie and give them to people who did not make an effort to create a pie of their own. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. Heroes And Villains.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Shortly thereafter, the company received an acquisition offer which would have put over $15 million into the Founder’s pocket. Find A Partner Not A Banker.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Mr. Alinsky incited his followers to demand something for nothing. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Mr. Alinsky would demand that I cut slices from my pie and give them to people who did not make an effort to create a pie of their own. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. Heroes And Villains.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors or M&A exits (merger and acquisition). original essay, and the “ Enough is Enough ” emotional Lodsys article by VC Fred Wilson.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Even still, in the context of all three points, I recommend that you evaluate the most common exit alternatives and considerations, and integrate the right one into your startup strategy and plan: M&A - merger or acquisition by another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

As an entrepreneur and startup investor, I have helped create companies which achieved two IPOs which collectively raised over $100 million, as well as two acquisitions which totaled $385 million. However, it is my hope that this article will help you avoid learning the following lessons the hard way. 3) Attempt To License An Idea.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2011

It's been a very busy for coupon and deal sites over the past few months, with a giant, $950M round of funding for Groupon, and the acquisition of at least three locally headquartered coupon and deal sites--LogicBuy.com, NextCoupons.com, and DealPerk--in the last month. More recently, we've been focused on deal overload.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2009

In your launch you mention that Demand Media and others are using the platform. In the case of Demand Media, they looked at us to be a host for their data within the health vertical. The reason we are excited to partner with Demand is they know something about how to crowd source structured information. How does that work?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors, or for M&A exits (merger and acquisition). essay, and the “ Enough is Enough ” original Lodsys article by VC Fred Wilson.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

free weekly Infochachkie articles! The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. Earn Out – The Earn Out aspect of an acquisition is a mechanism entrepreneurs can use to increase their company’s ultimate acquisition price.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

free weekly Infochachkie articles! The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. Earn Out – The Earn Out aspect of an acquisition is a mechanism entrepreneurs can use to increase their company’s ultimate acquisition price.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Structured data asset creation works in on demand in real-time across multiple data sets Including web, e-mail, internal databases, documents, and media. Competitors: OneRiot , Topsy , Crowdeye , Twitter Summize.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

Even still, in the context of all three points, I recommend that you evaluate the most common exit alternatives and considerations, and integrate the right one into your startup strategy and plan: M&A - merger or acquisition by another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2011

The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” every patent can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors, or for M&A exits (merger and acquisition). essay, and the most recent “ Enough is Enough ” article by VC Fred Wilson, sparked by the Lodsys case.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

free weekly Infochachkie articles! Shortly thereafter, the company received an acquisition offer which would have put over $15 million into the Founder’s pocket. UnVCs do not demand that entrepreneurs pursue such winner-take-all strategies. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. Collapsing Startup Costs.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2010

free weekly Infochachkie articles! During the early 1980’s, the popular press discovered baseball card collecting and began to publish articles touting sports memorabilia as a great “investment”. The advent of investors and grading services drove up the demand for near-perfect cards while suppressing the value of all other cards.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” If there was strong market demand for their product then this investment might pay off handsomely. One of them is profitability.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

However, 18-34 year olds have been in high demand by marketers, TV advertisers, and consumer companies as an audience. We're not using the fast food model of content generation and generating thousands of articles a day of 200 words an article. They are getting more an dmore challenging to reach.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Thus, demand “Powered By” branding status to ensure that end-users will be exposed to your brand and alerted to the fact that your technology is a significant component of the BDC’s solution. Kiss of Death ConTraps.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

free weekly Infochachkie articles! Shortly thereafter, the company received an acquisition offer which would have put over $15 million into the Founder’s pocket. UnVCs do not demand that entrepreneurs pursue such winner-take-all strategies. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. Collapsing Startup Costs.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. And of course the big question is whether Salesforce.com can out innovate these startups (especially after their acquisition of InStranet ). Expect great things from Assistly. This is interesting because just 2 years ago many of these businesses were shut down by the SEC.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Thus, demand “Powered By” branding status to ensure that end-users will be exposed to your brand and alerted to the fact that your technology is a significant component of the BDC’s solution. Kiss of Death ConTraps.

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