InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

In many cases, agreements crafted by BDC lawyers resemble ConTraps rather than mutually beneficial contracts. This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. Such misrepresentations embarrass the BDC executives and confuse the market.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

San Diego-based pharmaceuticals contract manufacturer Althea Technologies said today that it has been acquired by Japanese company Ajinomoto Co. Althea Technologies provides biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing services. The two said the buy will give Ajinomoto entry into the contract development and manufacturing market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Based on my years of experience as a business executive and consultant, I am convinced that most companies gradually lose their ability to be creative as they mature, and over time are overcome by new competitors and market changes. Have each develop a personal transformation plan with your support.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2016

Inphi , the semiconductor developer which has a major part of its operation in Westlake Village, has sold off its Memory Interconnect Business unit to Rambus , the companies said this morning. Inphi said that the move will allow it to better focus on opportunities in the communications markets. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

In many cases, agreements crafted by BDC lawyers resemble ConTraps rather than mutually beneficial contracts. This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. Such misrepresentations embarrass the BDC executives and confuse the market.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Back in 2003 and 2004, we were focused on the international market, and started outsourcing to India and the Philippines for call center services. In terms of tactics, we went from 20-odd people at the company to just three people, myself and two developers. How did acquisition come about? READ MORE>>.

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Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Conventional hiring strategies usually follow a vanilla approach to talent acquisition. With contract players, you assume a project duration, with easy transition to new players for the next campaign. This team of specialist consultants is then easily tuned as your strategy evolves based on the market.

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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. So, I cam on board. What were you doing before this?

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

For children with a proclivity toward business, a newspaper route provided an invaluable opportunity to develop the following entrepreneurial skills: Punctuality – Newspapers had to be delivered on time, irrespective of the weather, the fact that Sunday papers can weigh several pounds each or the requirement to wake up at the crack of dawn.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

Steven Sesar: FreedomPop is all about bringing the freemium model to the wireless Internet market, and disrupting the telephone companies. Currently, users pay up front for data packages, and there are inefficiencies in that market. We've got less infrastructure, and we're not having to pay hundreds of dollars for consumer acquisition.

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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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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Solution – Identify the competencies that are critical to your startup's success and develop them internally. For instance, technology startups should maintain key development resources in-house, rather than relying exclusively on third-party, contract labor. side businesses and/or cross-ownership of related businesses.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

We were trying to acquire customers, and Darren and Stacy know I spent all of my time on customer acquisition, everything from cold calls and emails to sending things in the mail, going to conferences and walking around and trying to pitch people at their booth. We were really focused on customer acquisition. Ryan Disraeli: Yes.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

The third piece of our business, is we''ve developed the infrastructure, technology, and methodology to discover content, and put it into our own, salesforce like system, which allows our researchers to pick out videos, track down the content creators, and do all of the contracting through the system.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2014

It provided an industry-leading graphic development interface, but was not so strong on modeling and simulation. As a result, we shared in capturing a new high-end market, without major new marketing or development. Here is a summary of each: Complementary strengths allows extended market penetration.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2024

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing, a publisher of video games, announced this morning that it has acquired Budcat Creations, a video game developer based in Iowa City, Iowa. Budcat Creations develops Wii and Nintendo DS titles for the home video game market. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

This entry focuses on how you can minimize your cost per customer acquired by systematically establishing the infrastructure necessary to track the results obtained from a variety of online and offline marketing vehicles. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

At the time, when we were an agency, it was quite a crowded market. We started looking to see if we could use technology disrupt the agency business, for companies serving the performance marketing area, the cost-per-sale area. That part of the market is primarily driven by companies in what is referred to as lead generation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Conventional hiring strategies usually follow a vanilla approach to talent acquisition. With contract players, you assume a project duration, with easy transition to new players for the next campaign. This team of specialist consultants is then easily tuned as your strategy evolves based on the market.

Demand 92

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2016

Unfortunately, the coming market correction will reverberate to all stages of venture investing. Ultimately, a startup’s value is based on what the market will pay. Shortly thereafter, the company received an acquisition offer which would have put over $15 million into the Founder’s pocket. Find A Partner Not A Banker.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

My partner Greg Bettinelli is an avid sports fan who throughout his career has developed an expert understanding in online ticketing (at eBay has was a champion of the StubHub acquisition) and online marketing. Draft is a Fantasy Sports app designed for the mobile world and the busy lifestyle founded by Jeremy Levine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Conventional hiring strategies usually follow a vanilla approach to talent acquisition. With contract players, you assume a project duration, with easy transition to new players for the next campaign. This team of specialist consultants is then easily tuned as your strategy evolves based on the market.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?” As I like to say, “If you’re really on to an enormous idea then other people in the market are going to spot that and want to compete with you.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Recently, Santa Monica-based Geodelic (www.geodelic.com), the venture backed developer of location-based, mobile apps, has sharpened its focus to provide real-time offers, and has partnered with mobile operators like Verizon and Korean Telecom to offer up its services to those firm's customers. We think Ireland is a really interesting market.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

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Frank Addante

DECEMBER 5, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

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Outsource Development Develop Development Product 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

We had more than 700 resumes, short-listed 65, interviewed 16 in one-hour meetings had 6 full-day interviews including a presentation by the candidate on a selected market opportunity and we did 3 finalist dinners to test cultural fit. My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting. MBA fine, but not required.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

Most begin by doing the product development, marketing and sales alone, but struggle making the transition to hiring and coaching others, defining repeatable processes and focusing on future strategy. You need to nurture non-organic growth partnerships and acquisitions to maximize your valuation. It’s a big change.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

App developers are coming up with new ideas daily to make our lives easier. Your chores can be outsourced through Porter. That’s the only thing that is outsourced. We are totally bootstrapped, so I don’t have a lot of marketing dollars to spend. We haven’t had any capital to really test customer acquisition strategies.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

As an entrepreneur and startup investor, I have helped create companies which achieved two IPOs which collectively raised over $100 million, as well as two acquisitions which totaled $385 million. 4) Perform China Syndrome Market Analysis. Eleanor Roosevelt – US Diplomat & Wife of President Franklin Roosevelt.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

A number of international versions were developed soon after its initial release, but America has consistently remained the bastion of Monopoly’s popularity. Monopoly is a great training ground to develop cash management skills. Just like in Monopoly, if this contract is broken, the entrepreneur can be thrown in jail.

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Frank Addante

MARCH 26, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

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Frank Addante

MARCH 12, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup .Net Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

MAY 20, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Blogging Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

DECEMBER 22, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

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