Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Any reader of this blog for a period of time will know that I’ve been long YouTube for years. Content is a “hits driven business” and therefore you can only invest in platforms not media. Summary : YouTube as a customer acquisition tool to building great online businesses is unrivaled today. post-script.

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SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it has acquired CoveritLive , a developer of a live blogging platform used to provide real time commentary, reader polling, and questions and answers on live events. Financial terms of the acquisitoin were not disclosed. Demand Media was already a strategic investor in CoveritLive.

Demand 150

Demand Media Santa Monica Blogging 150

InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2011

5) Twitter’s recent $40M acquisition of TweetDeck is an interesting development. When a platform evolves, at some point the company that built the platform starts to slow down. TweetDeck is a very natural acquisition, it certainly brings talent that knows how to build Twitter applications.

Social Media 252

Social Media Platform Media Networking 252

Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Ligand Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday that its acquisition of U.K.-based Ligand (NASDAQ: LGND ) CEO John Higgins, in a prepared statement, said the acquisition added more “shots on goal” to the company’s portfolio. based biotech Vernalis has closed. Ligand doesn’t have the business model of a traditional biotech.

San Diego 63

San Diego .Net Acquisition Platform 63

Xconomy

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Cybereason’s security services will be incorporated into the Arm Pelion IoT platform , a suite of Web-based tools that help businesses manage Internet of Things devices, their connectivity, and the data they generate. Cambridge, U.K.-based

Services 85

Services Web Tool Platform 85

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Flatiron School – The Acquisition. Thanks to the recent acquisition of the New York-based coding bootcamp Flatiron School , the coworking company is now able to offer world-leading coding education to employees and members alike. Kids don’t get to enjoy all the educational fun at WeWork though.

Education 70

Education Acquisition Class Blogging 70

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support.

Social Media 62

Social Media Media Metrics SEO 62

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

I tell people that they need to blog about their industry to drive customers and not blog to their egos to drive their peer group to their blogs. It’s why some companies are testing whether building applications on KIK might lead to better customers acquisition.

Technical Review 384

Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2013

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support.

Social Media 102

Social Media Media Product Metrics 102

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. Knewton – “Online adaptive test prep and virtual classroom platform&# - I love the innovation that is coming from the test prep industry. Tumblr – “Microblogging platform&#. Blogging has gone through many iterations. Other deals.

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Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2017

San Diego-based TakeLessons set out nine years ago to create a Web-based platform that helped match music students with qualified instructors. Now TakeLessons has completed another acquisition, buying Chromatik, a Santa Monica, CA-based provider of digital sheet music. The company’s last VC round in early 2014 raised $7 million.

Venture Capital 59

Venture Capital San Diego Santa Monica Coach 59

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2012

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little though given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support.

Social Media 91

Social Media Media Metrics SEO 91

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

In addition they are a platform (the OS part) where they’re encouraging developers to build third party apps on their platform. ThereNow has build a platform (physical camera + software platform) to help remote coaches help improve teachers. Udemy is an online education platform similar to EduFire and others.

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Angel Technical Review Software Review Platform 254

Xconomy

JUNE 27, 2019

San Francisco-based Degreed is among the educational technology companies now classified as “learning experience platforms,’’ because they organize staff participation in skills development training and coordinate it with the goals of employers, who are their clients.

Training 82

Training Education Platform Course 82

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!].

Blogging 219

Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2012

Jobscience says on their blog that it was built on salesforce.com’s Force.com platform and gives social entreprises recruiting and talent management solutions. The Atomkeep acquisition makes it a step further into its goal as the firm says the employers believe in validated social information before taking up talent.

Social Network 61

Social Network Social Media Blogging Screening 61

socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

Joey Flores: Effectively, what we're trying to do at Earbits is build a marketing platform for record labels and brands, We're doing that by building a very engaging, streaming music service, with lots of direct-to-fan tools built on top of it. The new release gives the platform more on-demand features. What is Earbits?

Demand 166

Demand Startup Platform Sites 166

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!].

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

That business includes our main registrar platform, which supports 20,000 resellers around the world, and also includes such acquisition as we''ve done such as name.com, domain auctions with Namejet, and a bunch of other activities. We''re also partnering with companies like Donuts to provide a platform to host their registry.

Demand 231

Demand HTML Web Media 231

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Launched in July of 2006, Twitter was a platform that experienced consistent and steady growth for many years. They hit the coveted one million user milestone and within two years a billion tweets had been sent on the platform. In fact, Twitter was one of the first mobile social media platforms. The ROI was solid.

Platform 40

Platform Startup News Content 40

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Students at schools that subscribe use the platform for free. Founded in 2014 by CEO Adam Markowitz, Portfolium sells academic institutions access to what it calls its ePortfolio network, which, along with hosting student portfolios, also offers student assessments and job matching services.

Software 87

Software San Diego Startup Education 87

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. Anything requiring lead generation and/or customer acquisition I call Matt Coffin. We all want authorities who are smarter on specific topics than we are.

Guide 293

Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 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. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events.

Southern California 150

Southern California CTO Coach CTO Hire Social Media 150

Xconomy

JULY 19, 2019

The combined company, which will operate in San Diego under the Carlsmed name, aims to create a platform that will use imaging recognition technology, 3D printing, and other tools to allow virtual surgery to be performed preoperatively to guide surgical workflow, including the development of patient-specific implants.

San Diego 67

San Diego Company Companies Startup 67

Xconomy

JANUARY 24, 2017

If you do a Google search for AAPL, the stock ticker for Apple, the top search results are typically Yahoo Finance, Twitter, Google Finance—and StockTwits, a social media communications platform for Wall Street traders and active retail investors.

Social Media 28

Social Media San Diego Yahoo Google 28

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Because of that photography, I started a fashion and music blog, and moved to Los Angeles. I understood acquisitions, business, fashion, and how to unite business with passion. Before, I as in Dallas. Barack and I have lots of friends in the same circles, in photography and stylists. Why underwear?

Commerce 201

Commerce Startup Design Los Angeles 201

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. And did I really just try to drop an SAT word into my blog post? In reading the comments on Bijan’s blog and having discussed this so many times, I know some entrepreneurs only want to talk with VCs that think that Powerpoint causes leprosy. Mobile app? Bijan is right.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299

Xconomy

APRIL 12, 2017

Lymber, named as a 2017 Xconomy San Diego startup to watch , has developed a technology platform that enables mobile users to book openings in fitness and wellness classes. Lymber was barely a year old when Mindbody (NASDAQ: MB ) announced recently that it acquired the San Diego mobile app developer.

San Diego 75

San Diego Class Mobile Platform 75

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). iAd platform was formally launches in July 2010 as part of iOS 4. Potentially limits acquisition opportunities for independent ad networks. -Real-time search engine.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Xconomy

AUGUST 8, 2016

PTC completed its Vuforia purchase last November as part of a broader initiative to build a new platforms business through a series of acquisitions and organic investments., Prior to the acquisition, we focused primarily on computer vision. Jay Wright. Wright said. Computer vision gives devices the ability to “see” things.

San Diego 40

San Diego Mobile Examples .Net 40

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2013

As the end of the year approaches, it’s a good time for every startup to assess the metrics, technology, and platforms they’re using to manage the business. Cost of customer acquisition. Customer acquisition cost is calculated by dividing total acquisition expenses by total new customers over a given period.

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Metrics Technical Review Sales Customer 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

eQuibbly’s platform allows one to post a dispute online asking the other party in the dispute to respond. He says on his blog , “Once you hire an attorney, it’s extremely difficult to get away with paying anything less than a few thousand dollars for pre-trial procedures, even if it is for small claims court. Why eQuibbly.

Email 70

Email Social Network Blogging Venture Capital 70

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Following graduate school, he worked in Film Finance and Sales at CAA, Creative Development at Vuguru (Michael Eisner’s multi-platform studio), and Content Partnerships at Blip Networks. Mike’s work in sales, marketing, distribution, and business development is essential to customer acquisition, growth, and scalability.

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Salesforce added another digital commerce giant earlier this year with the acquisition of Burlington, MA-based Demandware in a deal valued at roughly $2.8 It also is a burgeoning sector.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Commerce San Diego Web 40

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

By then, it was obvious that the original thesis behind the acquisition by Scripps was just not there. We also had to secure the music rights and get musicians on the platform, so that they could benefit from the use of their music. Farhad Mohit: As you know, Bizrate spawned Shopzilla, which took us from 2000 to 2005.

Flipagram 100

Flipagram Social Network Networking Blogging 100

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

By then, it was obvious that the original thesis behind the acquisition by Scripps was just not there. We also had to secure the music rights and get musicians on the platform, so that they could benefit from the use of their music. Farhad Mohit: As you know, Bizrate spawned Shopzilla, which took us from 2000 to 2005.

Flipagram 100

Flipagram Social Network Networking Blogging 100

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Acquisition. blog comments powered by Disqus. Blog Software. Amid criticism, Uber’s CEO fights back: ‘On bad days, I look at our revenue graph’ channels. Editor’s picks. Featured stories. Cloud services. Cloud storage. Enterprise. Venture capital. Developers. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. Infographics.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57