Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

What You Can Learn From Public Markets It doesn’t really take a genius to realize that what happens in the public markets will filter back to the private markets because the ultimate exit of these companies is either an IPO or an acquisition (often by a public company whose valuation is fixed daily by the market).

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2019

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. 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.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Calabasas-based software developer Final Draft , which develops screenwriting software, has been acquired by Burbank-based Cast & Crew Entertainment Services. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Cast & Crew said the buy will help expand its suite of technology solutions.

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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. . ” . ”

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Calabasas-based Ixia , a developer of network testing tools, reported its fourth quarter and 2009 year end results Thursday, saying that it lost $31.3M income tax charge to write-down the value of U.S. Ixia is a developer of hardware and software used for testing high speed networks. in Q4 of 2009, on record revenues of $56.1M

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

It also means that the publisher (person writing the status update) can share in the monetization. I think Twitter made a minor gaffe by announcing their Blackberry app and their acquisition of Atebits (Tweetie) before the Chirp conference. I believe this is important because it means that Ad.ly This should be as public as possible.

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Xconomy

MAY 31, 2016

The new Microsoft Ventures will seek investments that fall outside the commercial deals that the company has done more frequently in the past, writes Nagraj Kashyap, corporate vice president of Microsoft Ventures, in a blog post announcing the new effort. That forms one end of the company’s spectrum of startup activities. Peggy Johnson.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). It’s a continual process. In a startup this is a mistake.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

What we're trying to positions ourselves as, and it might sound touchy-feely, is a friend to app developers and app owners who have mobile applications. Increasingly, it takes a lot of spending to build out an app, and then getting users for an app, whether that's through paid acquisition or another method.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

However, being that I started a tutoring agency when I was 18, Beverly Hills Academics, I was able to understand the logistics on how to operate hyper-locally from the beginning, so HeyTutor could spend money on developing a platform where we knew exactly what we were doing. In this industry, customer acquisition costs are super high.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Today I lead a small consultancy that helps advertising supported develop and scale the revenue producing sides of their businesses. Vince: In addition to my management writing I’ve interview many CEOs and innovators. I’d love to get your thoughts at some point about writing for these publications vs. on your own blog.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

Taylor returned home and dove into learning web development and design on his own. He ended up building a digital agency that did everything from custom apps and web development to branding and digital marketing. Everyone is learning from each other and the corporate partners are looking for acquisition, talent, [and more].”

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

CapLinked says the round of funding and new appointment are an advancement in their move to displace the legacy left by Virtual Data Room (VDR) with their intuitive new product for coordinating on complex business deals such as asset sales, financings, and mergers and acquisitions. 25 Years of Writing Code. and Schlumberger.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

In addition, a BDC may have developed derivative IP that on a standalone basis infringes on the startup’s IP. This acquisition resolved the surgical robotic IP landscape and allowed Intuitive to dominate the market. In such instances, acquiring the startup may be the shortest path to unmitigated IP ownership. Know Thou Prior Art.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Yesterday, I was talking to a startup founder about their MVP and they said something that finally got me to write this post: "I have a few investors interested but they want to see a product."

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

As an entrepreneur and startup investor, I have helped create companies which achieved two IPOs which collectively raised over $100 million, as well as two acquisitions which totaled $385 million. 5) Allow Partners To Write Your Agreements. Thus, I will let my Big Dumb Company (BDC) partner write our agreement. Fallacy: Yes.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2015

Sales people (and website customer acquisition folks) all think in terms of funnels and yet non-sales professionals seldom do. It doesn’t matter if it’s recruiting, business development, shipping product, writing blog posts, networking … it’s all the same. Lots of people start, very few finish.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

On the day after Intel announced its acquisition of San Diego machine learning startup Nervana Systems, investor Steve Jurvetson told me he was feeling a sense of satisfaction about a call he made three years ago, and how it has been playing out.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 6, 2020

A few high-profile acquisitions put Spotify into the running against Apple, while buzzy new startups like Luminary jumped into the pool as well. If you're looking for a free editing software, the choice is clear: Audacity , a volunteer-developed audio editing program that works on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and doesn't cost a penny.

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Frank Addante

DECEMBER 5, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Build a SWAT team 3.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Build a SWAT team 3.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Especially for their stage of development. I know the product intimately and it rocks.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. In 2007 Salesforce.com wanted to buy Koral.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We started looking at the landscape, and as I was getting my MBA at the time, ended up writing the business plan for ConsumerTrack. There''s lots of technology development behind what you do - can you talk about that? We do that methodically. Those bets have turned out pretty well for us.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

We spent a lot of time talking about what type of company we wanted to create, how many employees we’d eventually have, whether we would take funding, our lifestyle, and a dozen other things that had nothing to do with writing software. Metrics related to customer acquisition, lifetime value and churn.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. Developing O&O (owned & operated) businesses (outside of YouTube).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

In my opinion it’s the most natural fit and it would give Netflix a very strong presence in Los Angeles and in TV (obviously subject to getting the right writes from the studios). Frankly, I’m surprised Netflix doesn’t buy Hulu. So why on Earth should Netflix split into two businesses?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Not only do our business clients turn to us for lawsuits, but they also ask us to create efficient processes and develop their brands. You are writing about the essentials of business. I am planning right not to write a post about how startups often get SEO wrong. Any thoughts on my recent post Startup Metrics ? That's great.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2016

If such write-downs only impacted the faux unicorns and their avaricious investors, there would be little need for alarm. Shortly thereafter, the company received an acquisition offer which would have put over $15 million into the Founder’s pocket. Social Contracts Are The Foundation Of Successful Partnerships.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. Ultimately, your overall customer acquisition costs should calculated as an average of a variety of marketing channels. Thus, include these unattributed customers in your overall calculation of customer acquisition costs. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

We have never been in a hurry to make something happen more quickly than it was supposed to – there has been no reason to take on investors or enter new markets that we can’t develop on our own profits and initiative.”. 7) The book Summerhill School greatly impacted you as a child. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

We have never been in a hurry to make something happen more quickly than it was supposed to – there has been no reason to take on investors or enter new markets that we can’t develop on our own profits and initiative.”. 7) The book Summerhill School greatly impacted you as a child. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. 9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

At 25 years old, Richard saw an opening in the marketplace for a Canadian version of Bankrate (although, she would describe the development different at the time, but bankrate.com is the most comparable company) and went full throttle into building Ratehub.ca. She has not looked back. We don’t have that here.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2011

We've developed technology, originally developed at YLighting, which enables us to understand that if a customer comes to a website via marketing, and a cookie was deleted, then subsequently comes back and converts, we know what marketing happened before that cookie deletion. Because of that, we overinvested in technology.

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