TechEmpower
JULY 31, 2023
One way to approach that last question is to use this simple model: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) How will your business reach prospects? These two questions/answers can help define the early proof points for your company. This isn’t a simple, first-cut acquisition pipeline! How will you convert them?
InfoChachkie
OCTOBER 13, 2009
Not only will such a venture generate significant wealth in the near-term, it will also help a new generation of young people establish and develop vital entrepreneurial skills that will serve them well as they ascend to the height of their chosen careers, in the footsteps of Buffet, King, Wayne, Disney, Truman and Gretzky. * Alternatives.
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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.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Companies like GeoCities & Tripod built tools that let you publish web pages that could be discoverable by others. After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today.
socalTECH
JULY 25, 2012
That popularity helped drive Instagram's recent acquisition by Facebook for $1 billion. Since my background is in environmental sciences, as well, I couldn't help noticing all of the things that hadn't been addressed properly. We think we're opening up another channel to help companies monetize.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
David has a unique perspective on the Southern California technology environment, having been the COO of PayPal before its acquisition by EBay, and having had the full Silicon Valley experience. You could just sit and add people to your own family tree program, but people hadn't applied Web 2.0-style, How did Yammer come about?
SoCal CTO
MARCH 22, 2007
to help bloggers and blog readers with comments. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Ive not found that much use for LinkedIn to help my blogging, but Im starting to think about this. Maybe this meme will help. Im not sure which of these make sense in what case. event I did last fall.
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