socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2012

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Wittlebee (www.wittlebee.com) announced the acquisition of its own, clothing company--Cottonseed Clothing Company--as it continues to build out its subscription, children's clothing service. Every box is custom, and you can update that as much as you want as your kid grows. How did it come about?

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2020

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The company said the tower is strategically located close to the center of town and in close proximity to Eastern Oregon University, and that it currently has a "top-tier wireless carrier" as a tenant on the site, with space for additional customers. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 7, 2009

SEO for Startups and Negative Customer Acquisition Costs ) and, of course, the product itself. Normally the product is defined as a web site. Most founders are fairly passionate about the features and functions of the web site, iPhone application, Facebook application, or whatever web application represents the product.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2018

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Paywire develops software which integrates payment processing with third party systems, web sites, hardware, SAP systems, and processors. payscout is led by CEO and co-founder Cleveeland Brown.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Ownership.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Online job and career sites still seem to be in another decade, when it comes to both design--and user friendliness. Can a startup gain a foothold in the competitive market by designing the right UX and user experience to make a job and career site for everyone? Los Angeles-based Workpop (www.workpop.com) thinks so.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2019

Financial details of the two acquisition were not announced, although the company said the financial impact of those acquisition is not expected to be material to the publicly held company.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

AT&T , which has been seriously ramping up operations in Los Angeles pending its acquisition of Time Warner, says it has launched a new website to try to help people locate family members and friends in Puerto Rico. have been trying to contact them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Ownership.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Nazar said that Docstoc''s vision is to be the ultimate destination and resource site for small businesses as part of Intuit. documents business acquisition merger intuit docstoc' READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Offering one more social media site (over 200 already exist on Wikipedia) probably won’t work. I suggest looking for painful problems to solve, rather than “easier to use” or “nice to have” solutions, for customers with money. Collaborate with customers to tune your solution. Your solution must have value for every customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Others schedule exhaustive training sessions for everyone on the team, including showcase customers, to make sure that everyone paints a consistent picture. The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

Los Angeles-based online sports site WePlay has been acquired by online amateur sports team management provider TeamSnap , TeamSnap announced this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. million customers. weplay teamsnap merger acquisition sports team management saas community' READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As noted in Pour and Stir Part I , the key to the successful execution of this strategy is managing the following equation: The cost to acquire a customer < lifetime value of a customer. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. Unattributed – There is no such thing as organic customers.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

In what is a huge blow to Silicon Beach, Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the software-and-technology-meets-employee-perks startup run by Paige Craig, told its users today that it is sunsetting its site on May 31st. BetterWorks--and Paige Craig--have been one of the companies driving the growth in Santa Monica's Silicon Beach.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Los Angeles-based Represent , a social commerce startup which helps influencers and celebrities sell T-shirts and merchandise to their fans, has been acquired by custom T-shirt site CustomInk. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced, however, reports place the acquisition at around $100M.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2017

According to j2 Global it will use the acquisition to grow its customer base, access new markets, and expand its product lineup. Los Angeles-based j2 Global , the provider of Internet services and digital media publisher, has acquired four more cloud companies, the company said on Monday. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

the operator of online real estate sites Move.com and Realtor.com, said today that it has acquired Threewide Corp. Move--which has major operations in Westlake Village--said the acquisition will allow it to deliver greater value to its customers. Move, Inc. , The deal was worth $13M in cash. ListHub syndicates 2.4 READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 3, 2011

In the spirit of the “land grab” mentality of the day, we emphasized usage of our screen sharing technology with no thought applied to how we would convert such users into paying customers. After some healthy wrangling with the “The BuddyHelp Should Be Free” folks, we eventually made a slight modification to the site, as shown below.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2013

Los Angeles-based fashion sites JustFab and ShoeDazzle said Wednesday that the two are in a definitive agreement to merger bringing together two of LA''s most watched fashion and subscription e-commerce sites. justfab shoedazzle merger acquisition fashion ecommerce subscription' READ MORE>>.

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Commerce Sites Acquisition Los Angeles 159

socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2010

According to the firm, the new product provides Web presence management to its customers, helping customers to drive their online search discovery, manage their reputation, and also manage social media marketing. The firm said the product is a result of its acquisition of SMB:Live back in February. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

Others schedule exhaustive training sessions for everyone on the team, including showcase customers, to make sure that everyone paints a consistent picture. The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team.

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Xconomy

APRIL 29, 2019

Now, 14 years and multiple other acquisitions of North America-based companies later, the company has moved its San Diego employees—many of them staff gained through those various deals—into a new, custom-built R&D center. The site is one of three the company has worldwide: Its other research centers.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Well, apparently, AT&T is no longer offering up Beats Music subscription to its new customers, according to Macrumors. The launch of Beats Music came in February, however, the relationship looks to have been shortened by the acquisition of Beats Music by Apple in May. READ MORE>>'

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socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Break Media , the online operator of a network of sites focused on men, announced Friday morning that it has launched a new division focused on CPA, performance marketing. Break Media said that Apogee Media Network will focus on customer acquisition, email marketing, and social media for advertisers, on a CPA-basis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. Being close to your customers, your vendors, or even your competitors can make all the difference. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state. Finding talent and financing isn’t the only hurdle to overcome on the road to startup success.

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Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2010

Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to PacketExchange, the acquisition will merge both companies' customer base and operations. Mzima Networks owns its own, private optical long-haul network used for providing private Ethernet connections for major Internet sites and other companies.

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Networking Chief Technology Officer Acquisition Los Angeles 140

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

According to the company, the three will offer up businesses with "comprehensive consumer acquisition strategies" for acquiring new customers. The deal will link xAd's local advertising network for mobile sites, which will drive usage of Punchcard's loyalty applications.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Through its platform publishers can make between 15% to 20% of gross compared with 5% on an affiliate marketing site. We founded StackCommerce nearly a decade ago to reimagine affiliate commerce for publishers by enabling them to own the customer data and user experience top to bottom.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

Stacy Stubblefield: We do two factor authentication, which basically means we send text messages with the codes you get when you log into a web site or even when you're just registering for a website. What enabled you to get that first customer on board? We were really focused on customer acquisition.

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Marina Del Rey Software Review Startup Incubator 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2011

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, however, TrueCar said that DealerTrack will receive an equity interest in TrueCar as part of the deal. TrueCar operates an online information site providing actual automotive sale data to both customers and dealers. a subsidiary of DealerTrack Holdings. READ MORE>>.

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Truecar Santa Barbara Santa Monica Pricing 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

4 times / 100 means if a customer uses your app frequently (say 10-20 times / day) then they are crashing nearly every day. Customer Acquisition. At the highest level you’ll obviously want to track how many customers your adding every month (and for some businesses that have hit scale this is measured on a daily basis).

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2011

Last week, Los Angeles-based Bevvy (www.bevvy.com) launched on online site aimed at deals and offers for nightlife and nightclubs. Niall Donnelly: Bevvy is a private reservation site. What we're doing with our reservation system, is we're able to drive customers at non-peak times, which is what venues, bars, and nightclubs need.

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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. Pick the ones that fit your desired outcome.

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Social Media Framework Media Metrics 135

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Pasadena-based Foodme (www.foodme.com) is one of the first, external startups funded out of Idealab's New Venture Group, and is looking to help connect restaurants with customers using a CPA model. We don't cannibalize their existing customers base. John Delacruz: Right now, people come to our web site and tell us what they want.

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Idealab Pasadena Pasadena Angels Demand 217

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Auto Parts, a online retailer of aftermarket auto parts and accessories, announced today that it has acquired the assets of AutoMD.com, an online auto diagnosis and repair web site. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Auto Parts said it will enhance the AutoMD.com site and build out the technology for the site.

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Carson Guide Sites Web 124

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2012

There are more than 10,000 people in Japan, and they're the third largest site behind Amazon and eBay, doing over 15 billion, with a 14 billon market cap in Japan. Neel Grover: We've been transforming the site and experience quite a bit. At the time of the acquisition, we had 150 employees. We've also hired a lot.

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Sites Commerce Pricing Product 210