TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The company’s mobile application lets users take a photo of any bill and then its artificial intelligence-powered “bill-understanding technology” makes sure it gets paid (after a user has provided payment details, of course). Our cost of customer acquisition is very low relative to a lot of fintechs,” he said.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2019

Google, of course, is interested in bringing these workloads to its cloud and it has made a concerted effort to bring the Hollywood studios to its Cloud Platform. That includes the launch of its Los Angeles cloud region last year, as well as its acquisition of the Zync cloud renderer back in 2014.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 16, 2022

For larger or later stage companies, it could be to increase market share through acquisitions with the attendant elimination of competition or increase in a company’s reach. Have you stated a goal for others to follow? Yes, if you are a bad leader of people, you will lose human resources and frustrate your attempt to reach to goal.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2014

EmpoweredU''s flagship customer has been UCLA, letting around 1,000 UCLA faculty and students access course materials on their mobile phones and tablets. qualcomm empoweredu mobile learning education school technology merger acquisition ucla' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

According to the company, video2brain provides German-, French-, Spanish- and English-language courses covering many of the same categories as lynda.com. The acquisition comes less than a month after a huge, $103M funding round for lynda.com, the first institutional capital into the company.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 24, 2022

With the help of Niantic’s recent 8th Wall acquisition , these features will also be available in mobile web browsers. Of course, GPS shows you where you are and what’s around you, but VPS adds another layer, showing you user-generated experiences designed to enhance your real-world experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2014

Of course it’s a universal lesson and one that I’m doomed to learn over and over. What about when an acquisition takes place? He told me, “Of course you’re right on facts. And of course when push came to shove I did the right thing and caved. What should the right return be in this case?

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

So, when do we know which course to take? Well, even though that acquisition is still playing itself out on the field of battle, it appears quite clear that the new parent has directed its new subsidiary to abandon the lower end of the market and focus upon the larger sales, corporate customers, and major brands. Refuse to engage?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Of course you want your customer to come back, but the best ones also become your evangelists in bringing their friends to you, and broadcasting their positive experiences to the world through social media. This is a key moment where your customer acquisition costs go way down, and your profits go way up.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Chegg said the acquisition will add to Chegg's textbook rental and course planning services. Pasadena-based Cramster , the online homework help site started by Aaron Hawkey, Robert Angarita and Kaveh Golabi, has been acquired by Chegg , Chegg announced today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

At minimum, you need to get an exit advisor to keep you on course. The best sale or acquisition is a gradual one, where the acquirer gets to know you through formal and informal relationships. The win-win startup acquisitions and successful transitions to public companies are led by the entrepreneur, rather than happen passively.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2023

Let market response dictate a later split, merger, or acquisition. Of course, it’s important to start with a bounded agreement which clearly lays out expectations and areas that are off-limits. Longer term, when ready, it may be time for merger or acquisition. Willing to learn from each other.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

Perhaps the most misused terms I see these days from entrepreneurs involve CAC (customer acquisition costs) and LTV (life time value) and a lack of understanding these critical components is driving many companies to premature failure. CAC is often measured incorrectly and doesn’t often doesn’t capture the true costs of acquisition.

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Metrics Startup SaaS Course 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Of course you now book when you want and even choose your restaurant based on availability at the time / day you want and you can book on your mobile phone at 2am or 8pm. and of course I use "we" loosely as the hard work of course was the entire MyTime team sans me]. As long as they didn’t lose the book or make a mistake.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. Most of us are still searching for the combination of monetization devices that work best for us.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

These are still the driving focus behind most marketing courses, and deserve to be so. Existing customers have low acquisition costs, addressing the “D” in the equation. There are lots of ways to define how to market well, including the four P’s of marketing (1): product, price, promotion and place.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Of course, even lifestyle entrepreneurs want to be happy, and want their business to be “successful.” 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. According to William R. Cobb and M. There is no free lunch for money.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. OpenX is venture backed by Accel Partners, Index Ventures and SAP Ventures; the firm recently said it is on course to hit $100M in revenues this year. LIftDNA's software works with ad servers to optimize the ads displayed from ad networks. READ MORE>>.

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OpenX Pasadena Course Acquisition 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2021

At minimum, you need to get an exit advisor to keep you on course. The best sale or acquisition is a gradual one, where the acquirer gets to know you through formal and informal relationships. The win-win startup acquisitions and successful transitions to public companies are led by the entrepreneur, rather than happen passively.

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Startup Entrepreneur Metrics Acquisition 173

Xconomy

JULY 13, 2017

But reading between the lines, the acquisition has Oliver Ratzesberger’s fingerprints all over it. A former analytic software executive at eBay and Sears Holdings, Ratzesberger was helping to chart Teradata’s course from the. When I talked with Ratzesberger early last year, he said Teradata was “heading full-steam into the cloud.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. There just aren’t enough angel investors and VCs to go around.

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Funding Summary Entrepreneur Acquisition 104

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Many of us learned about substitute products in undergrad economics courses. Of course branding is many things and this post doesn’t attempt a master class. We of course all instinctively know when we see a brand that is well established what it stands for?—?Warby Here are some ideas of what I believe matters.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] The best advice to anyone considering this course of action is to measure one’s ability to take the risk. Next week: The eighty percent acquisition rule… Can you take the risk? That ability varies with economic status, age, responsibility to family, and more.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] The best advice to anyone considering this course of action is to measure one’s ability to take the risk. Next week: The eighty percent acquisition rule… Can you take the risk? That ability varies with economic status, age, responsibility to family, and more.

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Startup Entrepreneur Course Email 120

Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2019

And most of us investors are frustrated by the lack of regular communication – unless of course – the company needs more money. Shareholders may vote on other issues during the year by written consent, including acquisitions, stock issuance, changes to the articles of incorporation and bylaws, and more. But don’t worry.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

Over the course of the first few months I saw a few people out on the street taking Birds and then a steady uptick in riders. Capital of course drives scale advantages and when you have “winner take most” markets it also has a way of scaring away some investors from investing in the 3–5th “me too” competitors. Are the scooters safe?

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Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2020

Let market response dictate a later split, merger, or acquisition. Of course, it’s important to start with a bounded agreement which clearly lays out expectations and areas that are off-limits. Longer term, when ready, it may be time for merger or acquisition. Willing to learn from each other.

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Startup Outsource Competition Acquisition 126

Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2017

TakeLessons also acquired Chicago-based Betterfly, which offered online vocational classes, DIY projects, and self-improvement courses like public speaking and personal life coaching. Now TakeLessons has completed another acquisition, buying Chromatik, a Santa Monica, CA-based provider of digital sheet music.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2020

Of course, it’s smart not to stray too far from your core competency for credibility and risk reduction. Use outside investment and acquisition to expand your scope. For example, Uber recently made the move into food delivery with UberEATS.

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Customer Custom Examples IBM 143

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Of course you want your customer to come back, but the best ones also become your evangelists in bringing their friends to you, and broadcasting their positive experiences to the world through social media. This is a key moment where your customer acquisition costs go way down, and your profits go way up.

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Customer Custom Startup Course 124

socalTECH

MAY 12, 2010

The firm--which offers self-driven, online employee training courses--also said that it has launched into private beta. Wells was CMO at Mint.com until its acquisition by Intuit in 2009; she has also served at Expedia as Senior Vice President of U.S. marketing, Charles Schwab, Intuit, and American Express.

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Santa Barbara Training SaaS Venture Capital 145

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2021

Of course, experiences and failures are the best teachers, but I find that learning from other people’s experiences is a much faster and less painful approach. You never have the time and resources for International expansion, acquisitions, venture capital investors, or going public. Conventional strategies don’t seem to work for you.

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Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Social Media 174

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. On Funding?—?Shots

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2020

Of course, most of you expect that raising money will be difficult, as well as staving off competitors, and handling that occasional toxic customer. You will never seem to have the time, skills, or resources you need for that key acquisition, global expansion, or new product offering.

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Entrepreneur Startup Course Examples 122

Berkonomics

JULY 31, 2014

These are still the driving focus behind most marketing courses, and deserve to be so. Existing customers have low acquisition costs, addressing the “D” in the equation. There are lots of ways to define how to market well, including the four P’s of marketing (1): product, price, promotion and place.

Marketing 201

Marketing Demand Pricing Customer 201

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2019

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. There just aren’t enough angel investors and VCs to go around.

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Summary Startup Entrepreneur Funding 121

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

Of course when you think about it it’s kind of obvious but when people make snap judgments about information they hear about companies or read about in the press they often don’t take the time to start to consider the details. The Nature of Revenue Matters Of course revenue alone won’t tell you enough.

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