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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? There is nothing more pure than building a product, putting it out in the world and seeing paying customers using your product and in some cases loving it.

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Surveying SoCal's M&A Landscape, with David Siemer

socalTECH

How about mergers and acquisitions? For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny. That''s paramount to a great exit. acquisition merger exits interview capital venture banking investment siemer david' That''s why the IPO markets coming back is so critical. READ MORE>>.

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Next Gen CrowdInvesting | Chance Barnett (CEO) of Crowdfunder

Tech Zulu Event

Chance was recently featured on Fox News for comments on Facebook’s high profile acquisition of wearable VR company, Oculus, for an impressive $2B – and what that meant for early adopters who initially helped the company get off the ground by funding through Kickstarter. Faster capital flows with a lot of velocity.”

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