socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd catch up with two of the co-founders of Marina Del Rey-based Telesign (www.telesign.com), Ryan Disraeli and Stacy Stubblefield. We were really focused on customer acquisition. Telesign--which now has over 300 employees-- recently was acquired by BICS in a deal worth $230M.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2014

They made a number of significant acquisitions in that space, My co-founders, Sammer and Chris, worked together at Internet Brands. Internet Brands is a very entrepreneurial place. We would make an acquisition, and very soon after an acquisition we''d have a team of people from the company we had acquired reporting into our group.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Curious to learn more, I followed up with some additional questions, which I captured in the following interview. That sounds like an incredibly entrepreneurial thing to do, irrespective of a company’s size. During the past 15-years, Citrix grew via acquisition, which resulted in the company having lease obligations all over the world.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

8 ) Although you wrote an excellent business book ( The Map Of Innovation ) that is consistently well received by my UCSB entrepreneurial students, I know you are not a huge fan of most business books. You can fool me on an interview, but two months from now we’ll know.’. 3) Why the hell are you at it again? from the Wharton School.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

It’s a relatively small entrepreneurial community, and Greg has a great reputation. Greathouse: I know it’s difficult to estimate, but how much further along do you think you would be from a customer acquisition and revenue generating standpoint if you had taken in a few million in investment dollars? Semick: Agreed.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 31, 2009

For today's interview, we thought we'd catch up with Hamet Watt , who was most recently founder of NextMedium , and is now an EIR at True Ventures (www.trueventures.com). Hamet Watt: I really enjoy having one foot in the VC camp, and one in the entrepreneurial camp. Back to NextMedium, how did that acquisition come about?

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

One way to grab some cash and learn valuable entrepreneurial skills along the way is to launch mini-ventures or Venturettes. Two Wharton students needed new suits for the dreaded MBA interview season. This enterprise netted the entrepreneurial student a nice fistful of bills before each test. Fashion Show. It’s Called Business.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. Although you might get lucky and identify an entrepreneurial star, be wary. Basically, everything is free.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

We caught up with Navid --one of a number of executives to have recently departed Buy.com after its acquisition a couple of years ago by Rakuten--to hear more about his new startup. It's hard to determine when a person who looks good on paper and at an interview, is actually someone who can execute on the job. Describe what Recmnd.me

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2012 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. 24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica. Mike is actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion. If you want to hear a ton of other stories like this please watch this special interview with Bill.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

These would-be entrepreneurs are best classified as Wantrepreneurs, as discussed in Entrepreneurial Enterviewing. No matter whom you may take after in your family, perform a self-assessment and determine to what extent you exhibit the following entrepreneurial personality traits and characteristics: • Sincerity. Impatience. Influencer.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

I review these tenets with my entrepreneurial students at UC Santa Barbara at the beginning of each quarter to reinforce many of the key topics we will cover in the following weeks. I’d rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person.”. In cases like that, we say, ‘Let’s be simpleminded. Let’s do it.’”.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

My 1,000th Post on This Blog - Tim Berry's Blog - Planning Startups Stories , July 21, 2010 HTML5 video markup, compatibility and playback - Niall Kennedy's Weblog , February 8, 2010 Your Product Needs a Soul - ArcticStartup , February 12, 2010 Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem - This is going to be BIG.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 1, 2010

They are also told that they must be at the office by 9:00 for their first interview. Candidates who stand around and wait for the never-appearing car are approached by a clandestine observer and are told that the “interview” is over and asked to go home. . The logic of this process is obvious. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition. Good ideas, great people and access to capital are key to any thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem. Deaf or blind?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Our interview this morning is with David Sacks, CEO of Geni.com, an online family tree and social networking site, as well as Yammer, the instant messaging startup spun out of Geni.com at TechCrunch50. It's because we had a very entrepreneurial company culture. What was it about PayPal that encouraged such an entrepreneurial culture?

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2009

In terms of sectors, it's going to be Internet, Consumer Internet, Software-as-a-Service--though in that area, not enterprise as a Salesforce, but along the lines of business productivity tools and customer acquisition--and also digital media. Tags: capital venture startup interview ventures baroda peter.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

How do you manage your entrepreneurial desire to explore new opportunities while ensuring proper focus on your initial, core market ? constantly looking and interviewing.”. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. from the Wharton School.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Mike continues to be actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

I reached out to the company and Mr. Kutay graciously shared his multi-decade entrepreneurial journey with me. How has this reality impacted your customer acquisition strategies? Interview' My research led me to Wildland Adventures, one of the pioneering companies in the ecotravel space. Share and Enjoy.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

You can hear many other amazing stories in this 1:1 interview ). This method was perfected by Gil Elbaz and his team at Applied Semantics in LA and in what some have called “ the most important acquisition ever made by Google ” they acquired the company for $102 million before Google had even IPO’d.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

We had our fourth anniversary in May, and we passed out checks from the Helixis acquisition to our LPs, which was a pleasant delight. Marc Averitt: In terms of entrepreneurial advice, I'd say that more market research is not necessarily the end all and be all. Interesting. So what's going on with the fund nowadays?

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In a recent interview, Goldenberg stated that the online apparel market was a “bigger than $100 billion” business and that his company and others like it were poised to “take market share from traditional retailers”. Sorry, that does not qualify as a tech entrepreneurial endeavor. Share on Google+. Share on LinkedIn. Howard Marks.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Get Our Best Interviews. Idea Mensch. Subscribe to RSS.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

This interview was an exciting one for me. We discuss user acquisition, scaling issues, and get a great glimpse (and receive some invaluable lessons) into the challenges and inspiration behind Plug.DJ’s rocketship growth. Alex’s entrepreneurial pathway developed organically. From the Beginning.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Startup Success: Entrepreneurial Women Share the Team-Building Secret. A one-on-one interview with a prominent Transmedia Producer Judging by the significant response t. Entrepreneurism / Monetization interview, producer, transmedia. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization acquisition, entrepreneur, internet. . Start it up!

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. But, this opportunity was hard to ignore, that entrepreneurial itch came back… Ah, why not scratch it? Since we were hiring and interviewing a lot, needing privacy, we setup shop in the exterior offices. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0:

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