socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2014

As part of the deal--which makes Conde Nast the majority owner of the company--Lucky will launch a new e-commerce store featuring merchandise from brand featured in every issue of the fashion magazine. beachmint lucky conde nast publisher fashion shopping brand ecommerce merger acquisition' READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Commerce Acquisition Los Angeles 147

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2010

Reports this morning say that news magazine Newsweek apparently is being sold to Dr. Sidney Harman, the founder of Southern California's Harman International , which now owns the Harmon/Kardon, Infinity, JBL, and other audio equipment brands. for Newsweek, in exchange for assuming the magazine's substantial financial liabilities.

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JULY 21, 2011

Corbis did not disclose financial details of the acquisition. Splash News is known for its celebrity, candid photos -- a staple of gossip magazines and publications, and television shows like TMZ and E! News Network. READ MORE>>.

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News Acquisition Los Angeles Networking 147

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

Pressrun is used by publishers to create and publish tablet magazines, newspapers, catalogs, and other publications. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Quark, which was acquired by Platinum Equity in August of 2011, said it has acquired Mobile IQ , the maker of the Pressrun cloud based, mobile publishing tool.

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Equity Mobile Tool Acquisition 140

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APRIL 8, 2013

The firm said its new Revenue Intelligence service--aimed at online publishers such as newspaper chains and national magazines--helps publishers understand the link between their content, audience, and advertisements. The new product comes thanks to the acquisition last fall of JumpTime. Pricing on the new product was not announced.

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OpenX Content Services Advertising 159

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2012

Los Angeles-based digital media and entertainment publisher BUZZMEDIA announced this morning that it has acquired venerable SPIN Media , the publisher of Spin Magazine, the 25 year old brand known for its coverage of music and culture. Financial terms of the buy were not announced by the companies.

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Buzznet News Entertainment Media 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2015

The filing is very surprising, given that the company was named to both the Deloitte Fast 500 in 2014, nationally, last year for its growth rate, and was also Inc Magazine's number one fastest growing company in 2014 , with 2013 revenues of $195.6M. Fuhu is reportedly in a deal to be acquired by Mattel for $9.5M as a part of that filing.

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El Segundo News Report Technology 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

He was about to be featured in a major US news magazine as one of their “hot&# picks. We plan to continue to use PR as an ongoing part of our customer acquisition strategy.&#. He started the call by telling me he had exciting news. I think my response surprised him, “Really? Is that why you called?

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Venture Capital Press News Startup 291

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JUNE 23, 2009

DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com was founded by Nikki Finke, a former Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, and New York Magazine writer and reporter. Tags: mail.com mail media merger acquisition deadlinehollywooddaily blog content email. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, we investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. And the most logical one seemed to be “eyeballs” or number of unique users finding their way to the site or registering for the service.

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Metrics Sites Advertising Web 207

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Since its acquisition in July of 2008 by The Guardian, and departure of founder Rafat Ali, ContentNext has continued to operate out of Santa Monica, and runs paidContent.org, mocoNews, contentSutra, and paidContent:UK. The firm is backed by Quadrangle Capital Partners. ContentNext. www.contentnext.com).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

For example, if you're selling a travel magazine, you could add a free travel video when someone buys a subscription. You're now targeting people who want the travel magazine and those that want the specific video you are giving away. They may have the finances you need and are ready to invest in a business area they know.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The companies said that debt and equity for the acquisition came from Third Point LLC, and that Reed Elsevier was advised by Evercore Partners. Penske acquired Variety from parent firm Reed Business Information, which is part of Reed Elsevier.

Media 150

Media News Entertainment Hollywood 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

For example, if you're selling a travel magazine, you could add a free travel video when someone buys a subscription. You're now targeting people who want the travel magazine and those that want the specific video you are giving away. They may have the finances you need and are ready to invest in a business area they know.

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Startup Examples Custom Customer 90

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The huge importance of this is that when you have a high-level of loyal customers you get repeat purchases that are significantly more profitable because you’re not spending new acquisition dollars acquiring them. companies that have to spend too heavily on customer acquisition). Get Physical!

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 27, 2016

Machine Shop Ventures was featured in WIRED Magazine for its groundbreaking new model. Prior to joining CrossCut, Joe spent several years with Intuit where he held a variety of operating roles focused on accelerating the growth of Intuit’s global SaaS offerings through strategic partnerships, investments and acquisitions.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Our largest investment was a partnership with Norman Lear's Act III Communications, we did a series of acquisition in the movie theater space. We did our research, and there are around 4,000 B-to-B print magazines out there, so a thousand sites around a niche focus seems plausible, and is a no-brainer. at that time.

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Startup Content Advertising Sites 162

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2013

CapLinked’s online platform helps companies manage and close complex business transactions such as asset sales, financings, and mergers & acquisitions. Series A Round. The Los Angeles based firm in November secured Series A financing from FF Angel, Siemer Ventures, 500 Startups, and Peter Thiel among others.

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Yammer Journal Networking Software 72

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.

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Platform Marketing Social Media Web 56

InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2011

We quintupled our sales per sales person and reduced our acquisition costs by 80% during that (boot camp) period.”. 2) Congratulations on Entrepreneur magazine recently naming BetterWorks a “ Brilliant Company.” In that way, the people who made it feel they really achieved something.

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Summary Tips Sales Entrepreneur 246

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).

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Press Startup Writing Training 319

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 14, 2011

They purchase lottery tickets, frequent casinos, and buy magazines from Publishers Clearing House in the hopes of “instantly becoming a multi-millionaire!”. Unfortunately, too many adults retain this immature concept of seeking their fortunes. Lighting The Match. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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Guide Santa Barbara Entrepreneur Course 145

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 14, 2011

They purchase lottery tickets, frequent casinos, and buy magazines from Publishers Clearing House in the hopes of “instantly becoming a multi-millionaire!”. Unfortunately, too many adults retain this immature concept of seeking their fortunes. Lighting The Match. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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Guide Santa Barbara Entrepreneur Course 145

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

The transaction is considered the largest public acquisition in Bitcoin history with both companies exhibiting impressive growth numbers since their respective beginnings. Dan, now named as Product Manager for the Blockchain acquired Zeroblock apps, tells the audience about life after acquisition. Bitcoin’s PR War.

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

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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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Truecar 376

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 24, 2010

In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine rated What’s Going On #6 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. Fortunately for music fans, Marvin Gaye’s prior commercial success was sufficient to thwart Mr. Gordy’s capricious veto and the initial version of What’s Going On was ultimately released. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

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Ideas Resource Technical Review Startup 187

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The Economist magazine did a study in the late 90’s on the ROI of an MBA (maybe somebody can help me surface it?). It fuels our bonus payments, our quarterly earnings, our growth rate, our value at acquisition time. Sales is the lifeblood of every organization. It’s how we move products.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

We represented Google in the acquisition of YouTube. Then, we got written up by Time Magazine as one of the Top 50 sites of 2010. I ended up taking a real job at Credit Suisse as an investment banker, where I spent time studying and finding hot new Internet companies that were in Silicon Valley at the time.

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Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2014

Then they read about you in the American Airlines magazine or Wired or Recode and they think to themselves, “we should really reach out to that company.” Customer Acquisition - I left customer acquisition for last intentionally. ” You get the call. You’re happy. Business is going well. Ironic, of course.

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Press Course Google Writing 415

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Sizhao “Zao” Yang – COO and Co-founder at BetterWorks.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

magazine , acquiring a new customer costs about five to nine times more than it does to sell to an existing one, and on average, current customers spend 67 percent more than new ones. Marketing-driven customer acquisition. Word-of-mouth driven customer acquisition. According to Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2013

magazine , acquiring a new customer costs about five to nine times more than it does to sell to an existing one, and on average, current customers spend 67% more than new ones. Marketing-driven customer acquisition. Word-of-mouth driven customer acquisition. According to Inc. Customer upsell, selling more to existing customers.

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Custom Customer Satisfaction Social Media 97

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

magazine and the LA Business Journal. Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

B2B Demand Generation on Auto-Pilot – Metadata analyzes your inbound signups and automates b2b user acquisition by targeting new look-alike prospects. Joel worked with Steve Jobs on special projects at Apple and invented the cheapest prosthetic knee on the market, one of the top 50 inventions of 2009 as ranked by Time magazine.

Startup 40

Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I had finally appeared on the front cover of a magazine (TornadoInsider – then the top European VC magazine) but I felt so fat in the picture I never sent it to anybody. Except that after the acquisition Salesforce.com required that I commute more than an hour each way from Palo Alto to San Francisco.

Entrepreneur 308

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Conference 308

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Pedro Galván, Software Guru magazine. Entrepreneurism / Monetization acquisition, entrepreneur, internet. . Successful People-Based Acquisition: Buying People, Not Code. How do you retain startup employees long after an acquisition? Funding / VC acquisition, merger, start up. . A Look at Latam Media Startups.

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69