socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

According to Digital Map Products, it has appointed Dave Cozzens to its board, to help guide the company around strategic growth and positioning. Cozzens was most recently CEO of Telogis, which he led from startup to acquisition by Verizon in August of 2016.

Product 133

Product Guide Equity Acquisition 133

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.

Company 133

Company Companies Southern California Acquisition 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Purch , the online publishing company which owns Tom's Guide, Space.com, TopTenReviews, LAPTOP, and a number of other online properties, has acquired mobile shopping app developer ShopSavvy. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Culver City 100

Culver City Mobile Guide Acquisition 100

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2015

Purch , the online publishing company with offices in Culver City that owns Tom's Guide, TopTenReviews, Laptop, and other online publications, has raised $135M in a Series C funding round. The company--until recently known as Tech Media Network--said the funding goes towards strategic acquisitions. READ MORE>>.

Culver City 100

Culver City Guide Equity Media 100

socalTECH

JULY 2, 2013

Los Angeles-based Bestofmedia Group , the publisher behind the Tom''s Hardware, Tom''s Guide, and Tom''s IT Pro online publications, has been acquired by Tech Media Network. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. bestofmedia group merger acquisition publishing content techmedianetwork tech media network toms harware'

Media 170

Media Networking Guide Acquisition 170

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Los Angeles-based OVGuide , the online video guide site backed by Baroda Ventures, said today that it has acquired Live Matrix , a provider of an online guide to live events on the web. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. OVGuide said the acquisition was an all-stock deal. READ MORE>>.

Guide 145

Guide Acquisition Content Web 145

socalTECH

JULY 17, 2013

The new push is part of a rebirth for Business.com--which is now based in Carlsbad--after its acquisition by San Diego-based online business marketing firm Resource Nation. business businesscom guide content marketing online jmiequity resourcenation' The new company is backed by JMI Equity. READ MORE>>.

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Content Guide San Diego Resource 124

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The company's online portals are used by homebuilders to give buyers information on paint colors, community information, new homeowner orientation guides, and more. the two said today. READ MORE>>.

Guide 100

Guide Web Software Development Acquisition 100

socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2016

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Purch is the publisher of such sites as Top Ten Reviews, Tom's Guide, Tom's Hardware, Live Science, and many others. Purch said the deal would help it expand into the SMB market. Business.com was headed by Tony Uphoff.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Incubator Guide Equity 100

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2011

Los Angeles-based Clicker.com , the provider of a guide to online video, has been acquired by CBS Interactive , the firms said Friday. The acquisition is a quick one for Clicker, which only launched public access to its site in November of 2009. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Redpoint Guide Acquisition Los Angeles 140

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. He has helped many companies with this problem, and as an advisor to startups, I see the same common themes leading to growth slowdowns.

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Startup Pricing Cloud Computing Customer 106

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Irvine-based Local Corporation , the publisher of online business guides and directories, as well as operator of the Spreebird.com daily deals site, said today that it has launched a new rich media ad platform. READ MORE>>.

Media 124

Media Guide Platform Acquisition 124

socalTECH

JULY 14, 2010

The firm said the order came for customized GPS modules which will be used for military missile guidance, secure radio communications, and guided munitions. The firm said the technology used in the modules came as a result of its acquisition of White Electronic Designs Corporation in May. READ MORE>>.

Guide 140

Guide Design Acquisition Report 140

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Culver City-based Bestofmedia Group, publisher of gadget and electronics blog site Tom's Guide, has acquired Computing.net, a provider of high tech information and technical support. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Bestofmedia, Computing.Net is now part of Tom's Guide.

Culver City 100

Culver City Technical Support Guide High Tech 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here.

Technical Review 143

Technical Review Customer Custom Entrepreneur 143

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

If you measure success by exits, the Ring acquisition by Amazon and Cylance acquisition by Blackberry, each for $1 billion, were among the biggest stories of 2018. Given SVBs market position, that is great news. But its even better news for the regional SoCal innovation ecosystem. The answer is profit.

Southern California 133

Southern California SoCal Culver City Venture Capital 133

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. He has helped many companies with this problem, and as an advisor to startups, I see the same common themes leading to growth slowdowns.

Pricing 123

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 123

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Startup Survival Guide: Beating the 800lb Gorillas. Hitchhikers Guide to Hypermonetizing the "3rd Wave". Entrepreneurism / Monetization acquisition, entrepreneur, internet. . Successful People-Based Acquisition: Buying People, Not Code. How do you retain startup employees long after an acquisition?

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2013

Acquisition of note: Nexsan Acquired For $120M, by Imation. It's a new year and it's time to get back to work. Independa ($5M, San Diego, software for senior independence). AwarePoint ($4M, San Diego, real time patient location systems). Surf Air ($2.6M, Los Angeles, subscription aircraft service). TapIt Media acquired for $23M by Phunware.

Southern California 168

Southern California Technical Review SoCal San Diego 168

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Auto Parts, AutoMD.com helps customers understand what is ailing their vehicles and guides them to solutions to those problems. According to U.S. AutoMD is based in San Jose. Auto Parts said it will enhance the AutoMD.com site and build out the technology for the site.

Carson 124

Carson Guide Sites Web 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2012

BetterWorks--headed by prolific angel investor Paige Craig--apparently was not able to sustain a large enough market, relative to its high costs of customer acquisition. The Complete Guide To Southern California Accelerators and. Incubators, Part I - In February, we put together a guide to the list of (then. As 2012 turned.

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Southern California Thousand Oaks Incubator SpaceX 211

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 14, 2011

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

Guide 145

Guide Santa Barbara Entrepreneur Course 145

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 14, 2011

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

Guide 145

Guide Santa Barbara Entrepreneur Course 145

Xconomy

JULY 19, 2019

The combined company, which will operate in San Diego under the Carlsmed name, aims to create a platform that will use imaging recognition technology, 3D printing, and other tools to allow virtual surgery to be performed preoperatively to guide surgical workflow, including the development of patient-specific implants.

San Diego 67

San Diego Company Companies Startup 67

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The grants can be used up to the business owner's discretion, but common uses include land acquisition, renovation, project planning, construction, and more. Read on to find a financing option that suits you, whatever your business's specialism, needs, and financial profile, or jump to a specific funding type below.

Technical Review 194

Technical Review Software Review Startup Competition 194

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Then I guide the group to focus upon column three, ignoring the obvious gain our company would make in liquidity (cash) to shareholders. This could be our intellectual property, our geographic reach, our superior product, our management team, or perhaps our dominant position. Final, quick completion of the exercise.

Resource 120

Resource Sales Guide Email 120

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

That your projections are ridiculous (see below); we'll guide you later however. That your valuation expectations are laughable (again, we'll guide you lower.); Why wreck your passion. Unrealistic projections only make you look bad, uninformed and show bad judgment. Better to under promise and over deliver.

Invest 113

Invest Guide Competition Pricing 113

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. He has helped many companies with this problem, and as an advisor to startups, I see the same common themes leading to growth slow-downs.

Startup 116

Startup Pricing Cloud Computing Customer 116

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here.

Startup 98

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. He has helped many companies with this problem, and as an advisor to startups, I see the same common themes leading to growth slow-downs.

Pricing 105

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 105

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2011

Irvine-based Local.com , the online publisher of local business guides and advertising sites, has acquired San Juan Capistrano-based Screamin' Daily Deals , the local daily deals site. The deal was worth $12.5M in cash, stock, and debt, with possible earnout of an additional $20M, based on future financial performance. in 2010.

Guide 100

Guide Advertising Sites Marketing 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Monahan will be in charge of managing Science’s social customer acquisition companies like EverySignal and Madrigold. At the moment, Monahan is a mentor at 500 Startups, where he guides early stage companies in social media marketing. LA-based Science Inc.,

Social Media 82

Social Media Media Marketing Startup 82

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The acquisitions are meant to make the firm’s marketing platform better. Adam Blitzer, Pardot co-founder and chief operating officer said Pardot has been growing to to be the leading provider of marketing automation for clients in the small business and mid-market and the acquisition will help even achieve their goal faster.

Platform 56

Platform Marketing Social Media Web 56

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. He has helped many companies with this problem, and as an advisor to startups, I see the same common themes leading to growth slowdowns.

Pricing 52

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 52

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The REACH event will bring together some of gaming’s most influential thinkers, creators, and developers who will guide us through their vision of the next evolution of gaming. He also leads mergers and acquisitions and ran the acquisitions of SGN, MindJolt and HallPass Media.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 94

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments. You mentioned that you've been growing the company recently, and made a recent acquisition? We've been expanding the company aggressively.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

A Beginner's Guide to Investors How to Speak the Language of Venture Capital " In Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Startup Founder , I mentioned that before you build your Minimum Viable Product (MVP), you need to be really clear on your purpose. What The Heck Does “Traction” Really Mean To A VC?

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Metrics Venture Capital News Product 264