Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 14, 2012

A company it bought in May. The company will also close a third of its offices worldwide. Google will however feel the layoffs. Motorola Mobility with its more than 17,000 patents and the 2004 RAZR in 2004 and the Droid and RAZR MAXX successes at acquisition was not a loss to Google.

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Layoffs Google Mobile Patents 63

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The anonymous tipster said that an interim management team is now seeing to sell the company after a severe layoff by its investors. Marina Del Rey-based Cooking.com is looking for a buyer, and has recently laid off at least sixteen staff, according to a reader tip.

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Marina Del Rey Layoffs Commerce Tips 133

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

According to an email from Craig, the company decided to close down the BettterWorks perk platform, and will not longer be active after next Thursday. Craig said that the shutdown came as a result of not being able to sustain a large enough market, relative ot the high cost of customer acquisition.

Santa Monica 275

Santa Monica Redpoint Email Activity 275

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

There are only two types of companies -those which have achieved positive cash flow and those which have not. While it is easy to divide all companies into just these two groups, this simplification ignores whether management has made a conscious, strategic choice about their growth. By John Huston.

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Layoffs Sales Acquisition Startup 120

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

I recently got a phone call from an entrepreneur whom I respect and who runs a company that I hope will do great things one day. He had pitched me in the past and I told him that for a variety of reasons his company was too early stage for me but that I would happily keep track of their progress. Leave them wanting more.

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Venture Capital Press News Startup 291