socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

How about mergers and acquisitions? I think that the market was, however, hotter two years ago, when companies were buying more aggressively, and there was lots of pent-up demand. What advice would you give to startups who are thinking about being acquired? That''s why the IPO markets coming back is so critical. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2016

Thus, a pro rata investor’s advice is not self-serving, as their dilution will be the same as Founders and other stockholders, irrespective of the valuation. Shortly thereafter, the company received an acquisition offer which would have put over $15 million into the Founder’s pocket.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

This approach ensures that the investors’ advice regarding future funding events is not self-serving. Shortly thereafter, the company received an acquisition offer which would have put over $15 million into the Founder’s pocket. UnVCs do not demand that entrepreneurs pursue such winner-take-all strategies.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

In light of the recent success, we sat down with Marc Averitt and Sharon Stevenson to talk about the recent exit, where they are with their fund nowadays, and what advice they have for entrepreneurs. We had our fourth anniversary in May, and we passed out checks from the Helixis acquisition to our LPs, which was a pleasant delight.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs. If I could close with some advice for startups and boards …. How profitable is my product or service? We recently added Richard Mumby to our leadership team. Startups are like families.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

But today I want to give you advice on how to decrease your odds of failure in a startup. Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. You may still fail but at least you’ll have less chance of failing for the wrong reasons.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. Do you have any words of caution or advice for entrepreneurs who attempt to “Get Their Band Back Together”? “In At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?” They hired a biz dev team to work on deals where their product could be embedded in other people’s products as a way to increase customer demand.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

This approach ensures that the investors’ advice regarding future funding events is not self-serving. Shortly thereafter, the company received an acquisition offer which would have put over $15 million into the Founder’s pocket. UnVCs do not demand that entrepreneurs pursue such winner-take-all strategies.

Entrepreneur 140

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. 6 startups = 1 IPO, 2 acquisitions, 1 failure, millions in venture capital $, hundreds of employees in cities worldwide and the building of my latest venture, the Rubicon Project - one of the fastest growing advertising companies in history. Zondigo, Inc.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Mr. Alinsky incited his followers to demand something for nothing. Mr. Alinsky would demand that I cut slices from my pie and give them to people who did not make an effort to create a pie of their own. Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. As described in Venture Debt , sophisticated investors generally say “No” to the Million Dollar Question, as they typically demand a higher return than can be obtained by selling a company in its early stages.

Entrepreneur 124

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

They demanded that we send them our entire customer list and that we issue a letter to all of our customers indicating that they were not to use our product in violation of the BDC’s licensing terms. Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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LATechDigest

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Cornerstone on Demand brought together the area’s best & brightest for its fourth annual LA Tech Summit , once again hosted at the Fairmont. LA Tech has arrived. CornerstoneInc CEO @amiller29 #latechsummit pic.twitter.com/woEOuVKKzW. — LATech Digest (@LATechDigest) October 25, 2016.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2010

Many collectors, whose primary goal was to complete their collections, were content to have an Excellent or even a Very Good card, which ensured broader demand for lesser grade cards. The advent of investors and grading services drove up the demand for near-perfect cards while suppressing the value of all other cards.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion. They would launch quickly and test whether or not there is any demand. And when I say this I don’t mean they funded billion dollar companies – they literally created them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

I honestly believe I learned more by rising up the ranks and becoming the president of my fraternity than I did in the class room reading about supply & demand curves in economics. She’s protecting them from the most intellectually demanding activities. I’ll write that post one day – it is a very interesting story.

CTO Hire 363

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Creativity in our business lives – The average tech startup these days spends time talking with colleagues & investors about a multitude of things: customer acquisition, viral adoption, raising capital, hiring / firing employees, product features, technology trends, marketing / branding, and on and on. So I thought I would.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Rather than shutting down shop, the student simply moved the operations down the hall and continued satisfy the brisk student demand for the consolidated notes. Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. the smartass entrepreneur replied, “It’s called business. Last I checked, this was a business school.”

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. It did not have the same success as Google’s acquisition and MySpace sold Photobucket 2 years later to a relatively unknown Seattle-based startup called Ontela for a reportedly $60 million.

Social Network 318

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. 6 startups = 1 IPO, 2 acquisitions, 1 failure, millions in venture capital $, hundreds of employees in cities worldwide and the building of my latest venture, the Rubicon Project - one of the fastest growing advertising companies in history. Zondigo, Inc.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

After starting three companies, I've found that some widely accepted advice lead me to failure while. Bootstrapping advice, entrepreneur, startups. . The buzz words of SXSW Interactive 2010: cloud computing, social, on-demand, sharing, collaboration, Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, monetization, Startup. .

Guide 69

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

However, due to demand from his readership, Baum was forced to write him back into the adventure series. Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. When he was here, he built for us this beautiful Emerald City…&#. Even Baum’s readers loved the Wizard. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

"Entrepreneurs love being around other entrepreneurs, and thats driving demand toward the beach," says Mr. Miller. Plus, people like to live near where they work, and the tech companies are there.". Silicon Valley buyers shop differently from other wealthy L.A. clients, brokers say. You will receive in your inbox. Manage Email Preferences.

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