socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2017

Upthere is a provider of cloud-based photo, music, video, and document storage services, aimed at the consumer market. Financial details of the acquisition wer enot announced. Irvine-based storage products maker Western Digital , said on Monday that it has acquired Redwood City, California-based Upthere.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Explosive growth to an enterprise normally requires a scalable sales model, a well-documented process with incentives, training, and metrics for tracking and management. Of course, customer relationships, and penetration into new market segments are also critical elements. Isolate marketing from sales for maximum customer focus.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2014

LegalZoom had filed for an IPO in May of 2012, but delayed the IPO after poor market interest in July of 2012. legalzoom merger acquisition private equity legal documents' In an unfortunate timing, LegalZoom''s IPO filing had immediately preceded Facebook''s infamous IPO snafu in the May of 2012. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Irvine-based Cirrus Insight , which develops software for helping aid in sales followups, email marketing, and customer relationship management, has acquired Attach.io , a developer of real time document tracking software. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. was based in Knoxville, Tennessee. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2010

CapLinked's software helps entrepreneurs manage the information they give to their investors, including tracking milestones and documents, storing and exchanging documents, and handle to-do lists for building a business and managing funding efforts. The firm's CEO and co-founder is Eric M. READ MORE>>.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Equity Invest 243

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2015

GoDaddy , the parent firm of LA''s Media Temple , is aiming at pricing its IPO on March 31st, according to documents circulating to investors as part of its IPO process. Media Temple has been a part of GoDaddy''s push into the small business market, since its acquisition in 2013. and $19.00 READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. Make sure all business processes are documented and integrated. If everyone has a different view of reality, you have no reality. Take time to review and resolve any personnel distractions.

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Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 118

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2013

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Marlin Equity Partners announced this morning that it has acquired 6N Systems , a developer of financial and clinical software aimed at the long-term and post-acute care market. systems 6nsystems marlin equity partners merger acquisition long term care private venture capital' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2015

If all goes well, San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody will be Southern California's newest IPO on June 19th, according to documents being circulated to potential investors in the startup's IPO. billion acquisition of Carpinteria-based Lynda.com in April. billion acquisition of Carpinteria-based Lynda.com in April.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2018

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group said this morning that it has acquired Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Provation Medical , a developer of software for the healthcare documentation and coding market. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. 10) Rob, why does the world need RingRevenue? .

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2010

Chatsworth-based DataDirect Networks , a developer of data storage arrays for the high performance computing (HPC) market, appears to be in the midst of a possible acquisition deal, according to documents uncovered by PEhub. Tags: datadirect networks high performance computing storage data disk merger acquisition.

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Networking Chatsworth Acquisition Report 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. Make sure all business processes are documented and integrated. If everyone has a different view of reality, you have no reality. Take time to review and resolve any personnel distractions.

Technical Review 151

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 151

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2021

You don’t have enough control over your time, investors, the market, or your startup. You never have the time and resources for International expansion, acquisitions, venture capital investors, or going public. Each must be documented clearly and refined regularly. Conventional strategies don’t seem to work for you.

Entrepreneur 174

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Social Media 174

Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2019

Others worry that we will latch onto individual line items within financial data and engage in inquisitions regarding telephone bills, marketing costs and other tactical line items in detailed financial statements. Requirements created by investment documents. The minimum legal requirements. But don’t worry.

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Class Course Report Competition 120

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Every company has tons of contracts and legal documents, probably more than they want to acknowledge, ranging from customer agreements, to vendor agreements, employee documents, investor documents, corporate governance documents, leases, insurance, and on and on. Typically, these documents are a mess.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. I've been in product, product development, marketing, and management.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

Other common scenarios that we’ve seen: Scaling and new markets: Your company and product are established, and now you’re scaling or going after new markets. Keeping up with the competition: You’re a market leader in a fast-growing field. These are classic inflection points for a development team.

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Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review TechEmpower 260

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

Last year was quite a year for IPOs, largely influenced by the significant rise in the number of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) who went public, despite almost uniformly negative returns. Violent market swings usually hit public companies first. Public companies are always at risk for takeovers.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2012

Glendale-based online legal documents marketplace LegalZoom filed for an IPO Friday, saying that it is looking to raise up to $120M on the New York Stock Exchange as "LGZ". The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, William Blair, and Montgomery & Co.

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Legalzoom Glendale .Net Report 196

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

I actually really enjoyed many of the points Muhammad made about marketing in general and I found myself nodding through the entirety of the article except for it’s core premise. It’s about looking out for and catching the next major marketing wave before others have grokked it. I laughed as I did at much of his rant.

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Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 23, 2013

If the valuation firm made certain assumptions or didn’t address certain things in certain ways, this could slow down the acquisition and/or have a negative economic result. Whether you’re on your way to acquisition or on the hunt for talent and need to make a quick offer, when you need your valuation, you need it.

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Company Companies Startup Acquisition 102

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 8, 2009

In many cases, I can break it down into: Customer Acquisition Cost – how will you reach prospects, how will you convert them and how much will it cost to convert them Customer Lifetime Value – how much will you make off of each converted customer This very simple model works for a surprising number of business models.

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Metrics Startup Web 2.0 Slides 225

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

File an 83(b) election with the IRS within 30 days of founding the company, while the market value of your startup is essentially zero. Even though the initial stock has no value or market, it is imperative that you document the division of ownership immediately between co-founders commensurate with their investment, contribution, and role.

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Startup Outsource Development Entrepreneur News 84

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, The last couple of years has also seen the huge initial success of Ycombinator, the Lean Startup and many other product driven approaches to going to market. How will you go to market in a cost effective way to achieve similar margins as your competitors.

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Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Daily updates from the top and documented processes are critical. Ineffective and expensive marketing campaigns. The most cost-effective marketing approaches have changed; from catalogs to web sites, and from television commercials to social media. People with the wrong tools or no training.

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Outsource Development Outsource Metrics Technical Review 122

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

We covered the following and much more: - FourSquare ( rumors of both an $80m pre money or a $100 million acquisition ). Didn’t discuss much but I love the online document collaboration area that Box.net serves including players like Dropbox, Drop.io, DocStoc, Scribed and SlideShare. IPO market is back. and much more.

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Venture Capital Capital SEO Yahoo 232

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone On Demand , which recently filed for an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market as CSOD, has updated its IPO filings documents with the SEC. due to the change in the fair value of its preferred stock warrant liabilities.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Demand Santa Monica .Net 145

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

This acquisition resolved the surgical robotic IP landscape and allowed Intuitive to dominate the market. Even if your company is not acquired and you elect to access the public capital markets via an IPO, the above tenets remain valid. Your solution will likely evolve as you gain market feedback and validation.

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IP Patents Company Companies 256

Berkonomics

APRIL 14, 2012

Others worry that investors will latch onto individual line items within financial data and engage in inquisitions regarding telephone bills, marketing costs and other tactical line items in detailed financial statements. First, let’s cover the absolute minimum legal requirement a company has to provide to its investors.

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Class Report Competition .Net 202

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. Make sure all business processes are documented and integrated. If everyone has a different view of reality, you have no reality. Take time to review and resolve any personnel distractions.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur 108

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2011

LegalZoom [ profile ] Business: Online legal documents. Why: Rumored to be very profitable, waiting on market. Why: Founder and major investor Greg Waldorf recently stepped down; rumored to have left to avoid shares lockup in the case of an IPO. SpaceX [ profile ]. Business: Commercial spaceflight. Backers: Elon Musk, Founders Fund.

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Southern California Legalzoom eHarmony SoCal 171

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

Image via Pixabay As a mentor to many small business owners, I always caution them that you can never relax completely, just because your initial solution or product set appears to be getting traction, and the market buzz is positive. Document processes and metrics for economies of scale.

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Metrics Startup Training Customer 86

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth. Side Note : Upfront has hired Kerry Bennett as a member of our executive management team to run marketing – please follow her on Twitter here ].

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Venture Capital Platform Startup Resource 150

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2015

The process of getting those privileges is called credentialing, which involves sending over a whole bunch of documents, recording of where you went to med school, where you did your residency, what your board certifications are, and a dozen or so other documents. You also have to keep that all up todate on an going basis.

Startup 100

Startup Content Technical Review Product 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2015

You don’t have enough control over your time, investors, the market, or your startup. You never have the time and resources for International expansion, acquisitions, venture capital investors, or going public. Each must be documented clearly and refined regularly. Conventional strategies don’t seem to work for you.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Social Media 111

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 24, 2014

The short answer is that plans are living documents and should be constantly evolving. 1) Your market has changed. Whether due to technological, regulatory, or competitor driven factors, key market dynamics you envisioned when you came up with your idea, did your research and developed your business plan, no longer apply.

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