Berkonomics

APRIL 14, 2012

There is a natural fear of giving too much information to investors after the initial investment is received. Shareholders may vote on other issues during the year by written consent, including acquisitions, stock issuances, changes to the articles of incorporation and bylaws, and more.

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Class Report Competition .Net 202

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

Last year was quite a year for IPOs, largely influenced by the significant rise in the number of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) who went public, despite almost uniformly negative returns. Thus, there is tremendous pressure to increase current earnings, and little appetite for strategic investments.

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Startup Report IBM IBM 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2023

Investors invest in people, more than ideas. Investors want to hear a quantified problem, a simple solution description, opportunity size, competition, traction, team qualifications, how much money you need, and what equity you are willing to give. Grab investor attention in the first couple of minutes.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Sample Ideas Customer 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

Start by reviewing current statistics, like the recent Social Media Marketing Benchmark Report 2022 , to learn which social media sites are most popular, which features drive the most impact today, and how other social media marketers have maximized their efforts and seen the greatest ROI. Measuring is all about return-on-investment (ROI).

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Social Media Framework Media Metrics 135

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2020

Investors invest in people, more than ideas. Investors want to hear a quantified problem, a simple solution description, opportunity size, competition, traction, team qualifications, how much money you need, and what equity you are willing to give. Grab investor attention in the first couple of minutes.

Entrepreneur 127

Entrepreneur Sample Ideas Customer 127

Xconomy

AUGUST 11, 2017

The FDA reported that generic drug approvals are set to hit a record ; the agency under Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has moved this summer to increase generic competition and lower the nation’s high drug prices. Meanwhile, drug-price hawks can sharpen their talons on a report this week from The New York Times and ProPublica.

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Pricing News Report Competition 52

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

None should be considered competitive mutually exclusive to any other. According to a recent social media industry report , 92 percent said that social media is important to their businesses, and more than half report it helped them improve sales. Social media as a marketing tool is here to stay, and is now widely accepted.

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Media Marketing Social Media Resource 59

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2014

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. According to a recent Dow Jones VentureSource report, the average time to liquidity of an equity investment in a startup is now about five years.

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Equity Venture Capital Invest Pricing 99

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Venture Capital funds: the different between “closed funds&# (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and “evergreen funds&# which re-invest profits back into the fund. An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. DST invested $180mm last fall.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Middle Market Investment Banking. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. www.pitchtheangels.com) Join Tech Coast Angels members and other start up investors at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies.

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Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

None should be considered competitive mutually exclusive to any other. Every business should look at its cost of customer acquisition (COCA) and return on investment (ROI) twice a year and after each campaign. How integrated is your marketing, and how carefully are you measuring your marketing investment?

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Marketing Resource 108

Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

A recent Silicon Valley Bank report noted that large corporations have dramatically increased pre-clinical acquisitions in the last three years under the pressure of limited supply and competition from IPOs. Yet despite relative plenty in the bio-venture community, pharma suffers from a shortage of drug candidates.

Product 40

Product Journal Venture Capital Demand 40

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

Speaking of the new investment, CapLinked CEO Eric M. Jackson said, “We’re using the proceeds from our financing round to invest in our technology, build new features, and increase sales and support.”. Jackson funding Google Inflection Ventures Investing Lee Essener' Over $3M Raised. million in the Series A round.

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Draper Google Software Engineering Invest 68

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2013

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. According to a recent Dow Jones VentureSource report, the average time to liquidity of an equity investment in a startup is now about five years.

Startup 97

Startup Equity Entrepreneur Venture Capital 97

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. As a starting point you have to realize that investment firms (which a VC is) have management needs.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Platform Startup Resource 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2015

Investors invest in people, more than ideas. Investors want to hear a quantified problem, a simple solution description, opportunity size, competition, traction, team qualifications, how much money you need, and what equity you are willing to give. Grab investor attention in the first couple of minutes.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Sample Ideas Customer 106

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

For Customer Acquisition and Loyalty. Ed Braswell, CEO, edo says this is necessary as, “Payments and advertising are colliding; to stay competitive firms are searching for solutions to drive customer acquisition, loyalty and return on marketing investment.”. Which edo is helping them achieve.

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Advertising Media Networking Capital 64

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less). We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior. They tend to have many more investments than a concentrated VC and thus can’t cover all their bets as easily.

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Startup Company Companies .Net 383

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We''re able to track everything we''re doing, and report back on it. We have been smart about how to make investments in our business, and when we jump into a new category or vertical. Obviously, there were situations when we first started our organization, when we were focused on customer acquisition for the mortgage lending vertical.

Startup 239

Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

Until recently it was headquartered 2 blocks from our offices in Santa Monica so we literally saw it emerge under our feet and we proudly invested in the last 3 rounds of financing. How could Bird really be worth the reported $2 billion valuation that I read about in this press? having raised $300 million?—?less

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Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2016

Investors invest in people, more than ideas. Investors want to hear a quantified problem, a simple solution description, opportunity size, competition, traction, team qualifications, how much money you need, and what equity you are willing to give. Grab investor attention in the first couple of minutes.

Startup 57

Startup Entrepreneur Sample Ideas 57

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

But wait, aren’t you the guy who invested in Ad.ly, the in-stream advertising company? Two things : 1) when I invested in Ad.ly I think Twitter made a minor gaffe by announcing their Blackberry app and their acquisition of Atebits (Tweetie) before the Chirp conference. Think about the creative tension.

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Acquisition Develop Development Conference 287

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Hands-on management of these teammates is a worthwhile investment, as they have the ability to eventually enhance their productivity to a high-performing level. Farm Team – These individuals are entrepreneurial lieutenants who have the raw talent to become part of the Core Team, but lack the necessary maturity and experience.

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Statistics Press Product Startup 212

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

A cybersecurity report by Ponemon Institute, in association with Keeper Security, found that in the 12 months leading up to June 2016, 55 percent of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) experienced a cyber attack, while 50 percent encountered data breaches involving customer and employee information.

Startup 40

Startup Framework Statistics Customer 40

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. We both made personal investments in the company. Metrics related to customer acquisition, lifetime value and churn.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

I''ve grown from driving part of the technology within the company, to driving all of the product development side, and also picking up product management and business development, around traffic acquisition and third party products. We were quite surprised to learn about the extent of your operations here. How big is YP?

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

I''ve grown from driving part of the technology within the company, to driving all of the product development side, and also picking up product management and business development, around traffic acquisition and third party products. We were quite surprised to learn about the extent of your operations here. How big is YP.com?

Technical Review 211

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

So that continues to be a core area of focus for us, and has grown significantly over the last few years, an in which we've continued to invest. It's gone from document acquisition, to document exploitation. Since our financials have been so attractive, there's no stress on them, and it's been an easy investment to support.

Software Review 145

Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

Frank Addante

DECEMBER 22, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes.

Startup 40

Startup Competition Venture Capital Advertising 40

Frank Addante

MARCH 12, 2007

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup .Net Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. Outwit the competition. ► October (1) New Video! Be scrappy.

Company 40

Company Companies Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes.

Startup 40

Startup Ideas Venture Capital Competition 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The most recent report to weigh in on the troubles of the industry was produced by the esteemed Kauffman Foundation. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Frank Addante

JULY 30, 2007

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. Do we invest more capital into the business to grow it faster?

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Advertising 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. because they are so focused on being better than their competition.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

AUGUST 27, 2007

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Web 2.0 40

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. What if there was another competitive cash register on the market?

Google 40

Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40