socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2013

San Diego-based WhatRunsWhere said today that it has launched a brand new service, which helps advertisers track what ads competitors are running into mobile apps for the Android operating system. The firm said the mobile products come thanks to its August 2012 acquisition of mobile ad measurement startup Mobile Ad Spy.

Advertising 138

Advertising San Diego Mobile Pricing 138

socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based Maple Media (maplemedia.io) recently announced a big, $30M funding from Shamrock Capital, to assemble a collection of mobile applications in the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals. What was appealing to you about the mobile app area? What's the idea behind Maple Media?

Media 153

Media Mobile Startup Acquisition 153

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Warren’s plan called for regulators to be appointed to oversee the unwinding of several acquisitions that were critical to the development of the core technology that make Alphabet’s Google and the social media giant Facebook so profitable… and Zappos. — Balaji S.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Startup Chief Technology Officer Social Media 144

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

40% of all of YouTube is viewed on mobile devices and of high-quality content I believe it is between 60-70% based on my insider data. And given that Facebook and Twitter currently pay you zero for content marketing and Google SEM charges you for customer acquisition – what exactly are you b g about? Plan your business wisely. *.

SEM 150

SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

They have a mobile app and I felt like it crashed too much for my liking. All applications crash and this is especially true in the nascent mobile world where dealing with device types, OS’s & networks adds one hell of a configuration management problem. Customer Acquisition. On measurement. Is it 4/1,000? lowering $1.50

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2010

Google appeared as a competitor to YouMail back in March of 2009, when it launched Google Voice from its acquisition of GrandCentral Commmunications, but had been limiting access to the service to a small number of invite-only users.

Google 140

Google Tech Coast Angels Mobile Services 140

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

Plus, we have mobile optimized sites, and those are just scratching the surface now, there''s a huge amount of growth potential with mobile traffic available today. The world here is constantly changing -- particularly with shifts to mobile, Google algorithms, etc. - That''s one of the things we have going on with our platform.

Startup 239

Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, we investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. And the most logical one seemed to be “eyeballs” or number of unique users finding their way to the site or registering for the service.

Metrics 207

Metrics Sites Advertising Web 207

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

That's the fascinating story behind Los Angeles-based Earbits (www.earbits.com), which offers up a mobile music streaming service focused on discovering both new and talent. We caught up with co-founder Joey Flores on the story behind the company's brush with death, and its recent acquisition by You42, which was announced last week.

Software Review 100

Software Review Startup Metrics Content 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

They don’t realize that knocking competitors is assessed as a weakness and denying that you have any competition suggests there is no market for your solution. When comparing competition, don’t use fuzzy terms such as improved usability, faster, less expensive and more productive. Quantify your value over current market alternatives.

Capital 63

Capital Competition Case Study Patents 63

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

That's both voice and data, through a mobile application, and are also now looking to go into homes. We've got less infrastructure, and we're not having to pay hundreds of dollars for consumer acquisition. You earn 10Mb in free data for each person you connect to on the platform, which brings down our acquisition costs.

Startup 245

Startup IP Networking Encino 245

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

But the press (and I suspect many of the senior execs of these companies) don’t really explore the corrosive downside of these acquisition. If I don’t commit to millions of dollars of acquisitions I will … die? Get yourself in a big demo day competition. So I thought I would. I’ll tell you what is says.

Press 357

Press Startup Yahoo Venture Capital 357

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

It might just be Tradesy (www.tradesy.com), a brand new service which lets women sell their unwanted clothing via a mobile app or website--and even takes care of dealing with shipping and returns. I read everything online I could about customer acquisition, marketing, design, and coding, and every part of the business I could.

Startup 236

Startup Education Acquisition Funding 236

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. RedBeacon went on to sell to HomeDepot in what was considered a very successful acquisition on all sides. But Ethan had left by the time of the acquisition. RedBeacon was the 3rd winner (year 1: Yammer, year 2: Mint.com) – not bad company. Nice sweep!

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Essentially, we help them learn how to get more with less, and also how to consider new investments in things like social media, mobile marketing, or video. You mentioned that you've been growing the company recently, and made a recent acquisition? We also just made an acquisition of Jovian over the summer. READ MORE>>.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 21, 2011

I dropped in to check out the contest a few times during the competition and the environment was uplifting and exciting. Sparqlight – parts prebuilt before competition. Quick Web App Builder (QWAB) – parts prebuilt before competition. Welcome to the accelerated version of Startup Weekend. Teams: CoderTie.

Santa Monica 90

Santa Monica Startup PHP HTML 90

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Gyft, headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a digital gift card platform that simplifies managing our gift cards and Lingham promises that we are gonna ditch the plastic and use our mobile devices to store, send and redeem cards. The merchants can drive customer acquisition, increase shopper interaction and drive social engagement.

Mobile 70

Mobile Google Email Competition 70

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

See the Internet and now the mobile ecosystems are one, big competitive playground where globally some of the smartest minds are focused on how to make money by driving user growth better, faster and cheaper than others.

Technical Review 384

Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Of course it’s a competitive market so MCNs competing for top talent not only compete on rev share to talent but also to services that they provide talent. It is the world’s best customer acquisition for video consumers to get them to come to your O&O where you can make your $25 CPMs. Except for 2 things: 1.

Networking 366

Networking Media Content Customer 366

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ian talked to us about the rewards and challenges of being an entrepreneur, plus how important it is to manage lifetime value (LTV) of a customer versus customer acquisition cost (CAC) in making a successful company. (We The LTV versus CAC (Editor's note: life time value versus customer acquisition cost) would be so different.

Startup 113

Startup Equity Customer Custom 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Asher Hunt: Overnight is a mobile app for travelers to book same day, last minute stays, with local hosts. I was just starting out in mobile app development, and a friend of mine was just starting out as a VC at Greycroft. We became Amplify's first investment, and first exit, and went from concept to acquisition in eight months.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mobile Pricing 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Based both in Nashville, Tennesse and Chicago, edo provides personalized card-linked offers to consumers on their credit cards, debit cards and mobile devices. For Customer Acquisition and Loyalty. The platform also gives an insight into consumers spending behavior which traders use to increase their loyalty and acquire new clients.

Advertising 64

Advertising Media Networking Capital 64

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

The importance of the conference is that it assembles most of the top privately held early-to-mid-stage technology companies in the country (and some globally) as well as most VC’s, growth equity funds and corporate development departments from large industry players looking at technology acquisitions. This is often in the 5-7% range.

Venture Capital 242

Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

As people consume Twitter on mobile clients they are almost definitionally not doing so on Twitter.com. I think Twitter made a minor gaffe by announcing their Blackberry app and their acquisition of Atebits (Tweetie) before the Chirp conference. So how does this all relate to the upcoming Twitter Chirp conference next week?

Acquisition 287

Acquisition Develop Development Conference 287

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

. · Divshot, a tool for web designers and developers, won a national pitch competition and one of it’s founders Michael Bleigh created a popular open source library now included in Ruby on Rails. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates.

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition. Who do you view as your biggest competition? You’re right. Rincon Venture Partners and GRP Partners ).

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

There's real competition in this area. There are lots of transaction costs which occur both on acquisition of customers and on returns, and those costs are real, and must be considered in how we price the products. I'm crazy and relentless about figuring that out, and how to find it and mobilize the company around that.

Startup 124

Startup Pricing Platform Study 124

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

You can expect some strong competition, but it’s unlikely that there will be 5 great scooter companies. Between our on-board CPUs and your mobile phone companions we have an enormous amount of data on transportation routes, where riders want to pick up scooters in the morning and where they leave them in the evening.

Santa Monica 256

Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Reportedly, Softbank and Zynga have discussed jointly distributing games through Softbank’s mobile-phone service in Japan and other countries. FTC is considering an investigation into Apple’s anti-competitive practices. Potentially limits acquisition opportunities for independent ad networks. -DST invested $180mm last fall.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Frank Addante

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Why should the customer pick you over a competitive or do-it-yourself solution? You may have long acquisition cycles or a long and expensive market education path ahead of you. Here’s a hypothetical scenario: Product/Service: ABC Mobile Phone Carrier. Largest selection of business mobile devices.

Ideas 45

Ideas Mobile Sales Product 45

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

One of the fastest growing startups in Southern California in recent years was Hautelook, which went from just an ideas to a huge, $270M acquisition by Nordstrom only X years later. But, we can competitively position the same product, the same fashion, in the same context, at a significantly lower price.

Southern California 200

Southern California Startup Customer Custom 200

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Today’s startups are more mobile, hyper-connected, social, and globalized than ever – all of which have resulted in more complex data networks and more security risks. They foster customer trust, which is essential in driving growth and customer acquisition. A Good Cybersecurity Program Matters.

Startup 40

Startup Framework Statistics Customer 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

And when you finish the demo you can bring in the other important components such as competition, team, customer acquisition strategy, etc. Mobile app? Talk about the existing solutions, the market opportunity and the competition. It can orient you like a map so that when you look at product it is framed. Bijan is right.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2015

All of its is 100 percent on-demand, and all of our technicians have mobile devices. However, because we've been focused from day one on low cost, we're getting rewarded on Amazon's marketplace, because we're very competitive with the price we have. It's really about transparency and upfront pricing. What's the next step for you?

Services 100

Services ReachLocal Demand Startup 100

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. It''s interesting to look into the user behavior when you allow them to go out anonymously via mobile.

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. It''s interesting to look into the user behavior when you allow them to go out anonymously via mobile.

Technical Review 211

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Zeroblock , the highly successful mobile and web app was recently acquired by the world’s most popular Bitcoin site and online wallet, Blockchain.info. The transaction is considered the largest public acquisition in Bitcoin history with both companies exhibiting impressive growth numbers since their respective beginnings.

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104