socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2014

If you''re a brand or retailer, needing to get online, there are a lot of things to deal with to run your e-commerce business smoothly--everything from your e-commerce site itself, to taking photos of your products, packing and shipping, to digital marketing. For those who haven''t heard of OneStop Internet, tell us about the business?

Commerce 203

Commerce Venture Capital Internet Brands Startup 203

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2018

One of those companies is Los Angeles-based Love Goodly (www.lovegoodly.com) co-founders Justine Lassoff and Katie Bogue Miller , who sat down and told us about their company, focused on cruelty-free, non-toxic beauty and skincare products. Justine Lassoff: I have a background in e-commerce, and we're both experienced entrepreneurs.

Startup 157

Startup Commerce Los Angeles Product 157

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The purchase was first reported by Geekwire, which cited a separate report from Reuters that the deal is valued at about $1 billion. That would make Amazon’s purchase of Ring the third largest in the Seattle e-commerce giant’s history. The two biggest acquisitions were Whole Foods last year and Zappos in 2009, according to Statista.)

Santa Monica 62

Santa Monica Commerce Report Acquisition 62

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

I’m not talking here about a small pivot. I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price.

Pricing 123

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 123

TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

Upgrade’s e-commerce marketplace has two sides: one that enables consumers to choose a vetted stylist and have their wig colored or customized based on their desired look. A hairstylist can help a woman feel better about themselves. The company, which raised $1.7 Remember Mary J. Blige’s hair at the Super Bowl ? “I

Tool 179

Tool Customer Custom Marketing 179

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Every aspiring entrepreneur I know is talking about the fact that there are over 2,000 billionaires in the world today, and how their innovative idea could make them one of the next ones. Use open-source e-commerce and website software, including web-chat software and PayPal, rather than building expensive customized solutions.

Outsource Development 154

Outsource Development Social Media Software Review Customer 154

socalTECH

JULY 30, 2010

decrease in automotive e-commerce revenues, related to continued weakness in demand from automotive dealerships. The total brings the amount spent on acquisitions in the first half of the year to $16.2M The firm had not previously disclosed financial information about its various acquisitions in the quarter. READ MORE>>.

Internet Brands 160

Internet Brands .Net Acquisition Web 160

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Is your cell phone the secret to fixing e-commerce''s problem with abandoned shopping carts? We spoke with CEO and founder Jack Bicer --just back from DEMO--to learn more about the app and why he thinks the company has the solution to e-commerce shopping cart abandonment. Explain what your service/app is all about?

Startup 214

Startup Symantec Commerce Software 214

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

He saw that the cost of acquisition for many, many different businesses were going through the roof, week after week. We saw that they were hitting the inflection point, where they were spending more than they were receiving from customer acquisition. If you think about it, that makes perfect sense. So where is the product now?

Dollar Shave Club 113

Dollar Shave Club Artificial Inteligence Customer Custom 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2016

(www.science-inc.com), the startup �studio� led by former MySpace CEO and technology veteran Mike Jones , just saw its third acquisition out of its portfolio this year�the acquisition of FameBit by Google/Youtube. What made these three companies successful acquisitions out of all your companies?

Dollar Shave Club 100

Dollar Shave Club Entrepreneur Startup Google 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2011

San Diego-basd Miva Merchant , the provider of e-commerce software, said this morning that it has acquired MerchantTutorials.com , a website featuring videos about Miva's own e-commerce software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Miva Merchant said it acquired the site from founder and owner Chuck Lasker.

Sites 162

Sites Commerce San Diego Software 162

TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Last week, I wrote about an alternative to venture capital called revenue-based financing and before that, I jotted down some notes on one of VCs’ favorite spaces: cannabis tech. Before I tell you about a few other up-and-coming beverage makers, I must beg the question: Does the beverage industry need disrupting? Fundraising.

Startup 223

Startup Venture Capital Newsletter Tips 223

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Every entrepreneur starts by accepting the reality that you have a rare mindset of joy of discovery, with an intense curiosity about how certain things or people work, or why a new technology hasn’t yet been accepted. He saw the potential of e-commerce, and drove Amazon to success. The shift – break away from dreaming to action.

Entrepreneur 139

Entrepreneur Help Incubator Startup 139

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

When people talk today about buying food, alongside traditional grocery stores and other physical food markets, they increasingly talk about grocery delivery companies, restaurant delivery platforms, meal kit services and more that make or provide food to people by way of apps. ” I don’t doubt that he means it.

Technical Review 343

Technical Review Startup Marketing San Diego 343

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Every lifestyle entrepreneur starts their business to be their own boss and follow their passion, so they don’t even think about having investors, a board of directors, or going public. Of course, that doesn’t dilute the owner’s equity, but it may well limit you to organic growth, versus international rollouts and acquisition options.

Entrepreneur 148

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Course 148

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

When people talk about “online food delivery” services, chances are that they’ll think of the Uber Eats, Instacarts and Getirs of this world. “We are still the first mover in this space,” Xu said when I asked him in an interview about rivals. “I am focused on the food supply chain,” Xu said.

Startup 249

Startup Platform Software Los Angeles 249

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2018

Qualcomm finally ended its almost two-year bid to acquire Dutch semiconductor maker NXP for as much as $44 billion last night, after it didn’t receive word from Chinese regulators about whether the deal, which was subject to global regulations, would gain approval. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

San Diego 57

San Diego Commerce Web Blogging 57

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

“the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __. But can sensible management team even do anything about it? __. faux·men·tum. fōˈmen(t)əm,fəˈmen(t)əm/. We live in heady times.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Customer Custom 150

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

What most excites you about the technology industry here today? We're also excited about the areas around artificial intelligence for certain verticals. If you think about all the things you need for autonomous vehicles, it's all here in LA. There are some big opportunities around autonomous vehicles I'm really excited about.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

What''s interesting about ad-tech, is that with the exception of AdaptTV and AOL, there''s not a lot of large buyers out there for ad-tech companies. How about mergers and acquisitions? David Siemer: That''s something we''ve spent a lot of time talking about at our last summit. We don''t worry about that anymore.

Southern California 124

Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

We caught up with EcoMom CEO Jody Sherman , to learn more about the company. What EcoMom is all about? We're also aggregating lots of information about products, not just from companies, but also from our own point of view and experts, as well as parents who are our customers, in addition to bloggers from all over the Internet.

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2020

While it was a good year for our merger and acquisition practice in the SaaS and fintech space, our most exciting news is in our merchant banking sector where we invest in and advise growth companies often for several years. First, business is ultimately about peoplethe strengths and flaws of being human.

Capital 100

Capital SoCal Southern California SaaS 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

I hear it right after people have decided to come by for a few days to “check out what all the fuss is about.” We don’t seem to get credit as a community for SpaceX or recognition as one of the fastest growing communities for commerce: Honest Company & JustFab. These are industries ripe to succeed in LA & NYC.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I’m not talking here about a small pivot. I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price.

Startup 116

Startup Pricing Cloud Computing Customer 116

Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

After raising $30 million, San Diego-based Certona said it is moving to accelerate its product development, expand its sales and marketing team, and improve its client services as an e-commerce technology vendor. We’ve been fairly capital-efficient in this fast-growth e-commerce space,” Sheik said. “It It also is a burgeoning sector.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Commerce San Diego Web 40

InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2011

It became clear that the people with scale are famous people, so we set about building a network of influential people so when a marketer says, ‘I am looking to reach moms on Twitter’, we can match them with a couple of dozen celebrities and say ‘All of these women reach moms on Twitter.’”. I have been monetizing social media for six years.

Social Media 252

Social Media Platform Media Networking 252

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

That popularity helped drive Instagram's recent acquisition by Facebook for $1 billion. We spoke with founder Edward Park about how his new service allows Instagram users to buy and sell T-shirts from the service, and how he sees the service being a key piece of empowering creative users. What is Insteegram about?

Startup 174

Startup Commerce Web 2.0 Screening 174

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We spent the first 45 minutes or so talking about industry trends (in this order): The history and background of True Ventures, one of my favorite early-stage VC’s (and the one with whom Om is a venture partner). Paul talked about Neuhaus Partners, a 65 million Euro fund with the remit to invest in German-speaking countries.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

I’m not talking here about a small pivot. I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price.

Pricing 105

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 105

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

We sat down with Scott Morrow President of Curatemedia, to hear more about the firm's strategy and the thinking behind the acquisition and new investment in the firm. It's been awhile since we did an in-depth profile on ThisNext, tell us a bit about your new business strategy? What verticals are you thinking about?

Content 165

Content Demand Sites Media 165

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

I’m not talking here about a small pivot. I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price.

Pricing 52

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 52

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2015

Tell us about your new fund? We'll do about eight to ten deals a year, which will enable our four full time managing directors to have the time to work with our entrepreneurs, and help them hit milestones and attract follow-on funding. The liquidity in Fund I has really just been about the maturity of the portfolio.

Southern California 100

Southern California Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based MeUndies , debuted its subscription, e-commerce service for underwear and other basics. We caught up with Jonathan Shokrian and Barak Diskin, the founders of MeUndies, to hear more about what they're up to: What is MeUndies? If you think about it, we're all experts by default on wearing underwear.

Commerce 201

Commerce Startup Design Los Angeles 201

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2012

We caught up with Neel Grover , CEO and President of the firm, to hear a bit more about life and changes under Rakuten. WE want you to discover what you're looking for, but also to explore and learn about new products, technology, and industries. At the time of the acquisition, we had 150 employees. Neel Grover: It's been great.

Sites 210

Sites Commerce Pricing Product 210

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

I was pretty skeptical about the firm at first, but then I started talking with folks and getting to know the team, and saw how much revenue they were driving, and decided to make the leap. We were quite surprised to learn about the extent of your operations here. Our whole product and technology team is about 500 people.

Technical Review 211

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

Xconomy

AUGUST 30, 2016

billion acquisition ( disclosed last November ) by the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. million and now has about 30 employees, according to a spokeswoman for the company. An existing investor, Los Angeles-based Aspiration Growth, joined in the round, along with unnamed investors.

San Diego 52

San Diego Los Angeles Mobile Equity 52

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

We caught up with CEO Ian Miller to learn about the company and its NoSQL database, and its roots here in applications built for companies like Yahoo and CBS. That means there are limits to how much it can scale, and deal with the kind of applications people need today for web applications, e-commerce applications, and cloud applications.

Startup 198

Startup Yahoo Software Education 198