InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

Although this is a somewhat unusual real estate transaction, it reflects a surprisingly common scenario in the business world of mergers and acquisitions, with one important distinction. Even the eccentric King of Pop communicated the price he was willing to pay for Neverland. What is your price?”. My House Is Not For Sale.

Company 100

Company Companies Santa Barbara Pricing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Many entrepreneurs never get past their first-stage focus on their innovative product, to scaling the business globally, organizing a structure to handle thousands of employees, and concentrating their focus “on the business” rather than working “in the business.” Utilize mergers and acquisitions to accelerate growth.

Startup 151

Startup Course Sales Entrepreneur 151

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? The best CEOs realize that they need to build organizations and hierarchy and delegate decision making while still holding their teams accountable. We built a strong brand in the city and acquired a ton of organic traffic. were more distributed.

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. What price are you willing and ready to pay for funding? Marty Zwilling.

Funding 104

Funding Summary Entrepreneur Acquisition 104

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

I recommend a trial run with an experiment or MVP (minimum viable product), at full price and cost, before the big bang launch, risking your investment money and a major time commitment. Mergers and acquisitions also require new skills. A growing team needs skilled managers and an HR organization.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Case Study Mentor Software Review 131

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. A smart investor will take an independent final reading in the market on barriers to entry, active competition, demographics, and price sensitivity.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 118

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Our research revealed a saturation level causing unprecedented challenges, starting with exorbitant housing prices and runaway operating costs that accelerate a startup’s “burn rate”—its monthly spending.

Southern California 224

Southern California Dollar Shave Club SoCal Develop 224

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

Although this is a somewhat unusual real estate transaction, it reflects a surprisingly common scenario in the world of mergers and acquisitions, with one important distinction. Even the eccentric King of Pop communicated the price he was willing to pay. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale.

Company 160

Company Companies Pricing Santa Barbara 160

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

In the short term you need customers to find you at any price, and in the longer term you need revenue, profit, and return loyalty. Every business team becomes inwardly- focused by default, comparing themselves only emotionally to others they know within the organization. Build and model a high-performance culture.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Layoffs Social Media Metrics 124

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2019

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. What price are you willing and ready to pay for funding? Marty Zwilling.

Summary 121

Summary Startup Entrepreneur Funding 121

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Competitors tend to focus on price and other variations to existing offerings. Implement a plan of regular strategic acquisitions. Unlike a total reliance on internal innovation and organic growth, growth through acquisition or merger is generally faster and can be self-sustaining as a process.

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Examples IP Acquisition Social Media 99

TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

The company raised more than $550 million after pricing at $17 per share a little over a week ago. The promotion of Ralston is an unsurprising choice for YC, an organization that employs roughly 60 people, many of whom have been affiliated with it in one way or another for years. Fundraising. Extra Crunch.

Startup 223

Startup Venture Capital Newsletter Tips 223

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

But where you need to be careful is in either “cutting side deals” with the execs such as huge CEO pricing discounts (unless that’s the agreed sales plan) or committing to features to win a deal. We CEOs like to be heroes and with the power to push through pricing or product we have unfair advantages over the normal process.

Startup 150

Startup Sales CTO Coach Course 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2021

Kearney , these go well beyond an organization getting rid of its "problem children:” Deconsolidate —shed non-core functions to focus on core competencies. Parent companies provide services or infrastructure to the spin-off at below-market prices or for an excessively long period of time. Grow in new dimensions from the parent company.

Company 125

Company Companies Startup Examples 125

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

Perhaps the most misused terms I see these days from entrepreneurs involve CAC (customer acquisition costs) and LTV (life time value) and a lack of understanding these critical components is driving many companies to premature failure. CAC is often measured incorrectly and doesn’t often doesn’t capture the true costs of acquisition.

Metrics 150

Metrics Startup SaaS Course 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. A smart investor will take an independent final reading in the market on barriers to entry, active competition, demographics, and price sensitivity.

Technical Review 151

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 151

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

We're really focused on the consumer getting the right car at the right price. There are lots of transaction costs which occur both on acquisition of customers and on returns, and those costs are real, and must be considered in how we price the products. The other part, is car subscriptions are very expensive.

Startup 124

Startup Pricing Platform Study 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

With the real data from that surge, you need to take a hard look at business model realities, cost of customer acquisition, inventory costs, and other key metrics. Control costs and adjust prices to maintain your margin. Organic growth takes time, and can only take you so far.

Metrics 86

Metrics Startup Training Customer 86

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2012

They do provide the right products at the right price to save all customers money (with good customer service), but they don’t try to find their most valuable customers, and nurture them to buy more or bring in friends. Customer centric means building loyal customers, like Apple appears to have done extremely well.

Customer 90

Customer Custom Startup Pricing 90

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. One of his biggest accomplishments there was championing the acquisition of StubHub. I made some reference calls.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2018

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. What price are you willing and ready to pay for funding? Marty Zwilling.

Summary 79

Summary Startup Entrepreneur Funding 79

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked , whose investors and founding team include early employees from PayPal, promise to end this mediocre by continuing to challenge the legacy virtual data room (VDR) services with its elegant product for coordinating on complex business deals such as asset sales, financings, and mergers & acquisitions.

Mobile 91

Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Here are factors to consider: Some element of organic growth is a good thing. The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. High customer loyalty and high team passion.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Organization Invest Customer 98

Xconomy

OCTOBER 7, 2016

PRICE FIGHTS. With some caveats, ICER recommended lower prices. —San Diego: Biotech firm Sirenas reeled in a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to extract chemicals from marine organisms that might treat neglected diseases. Territorial Acquisitions” by Joaquin Martinez via Creative Commons.

Technical Review 77

Technical Review Study Layoffs San Diego 77

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

If a consumer will pay a fixed price for a product or service then the battle over who gets the margin in any sale is between the person who merchandises a product and the person who manufactures it. companies that have to spend too heavily on customer acquisition). I also often tell people the simple hack is to watch Brain Games.

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Product Course Customer Custom 296

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2016

In my view, the pendulum is swinging back, with investors looking more for the traditional indications of business integrity, stability, and growth: Some element of organic growth is a good thing. The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. High customer loyalty and high team passion.

Startup 58

Startup Organization Invest Customer 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2015

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. What price are you willing and ready to pay for funding? Marty Zwilling.

Funding 102

Funding Summary Startup Entrepreneur 102

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2014

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. The only path to any return for equity investments is a liquidity event, like a merger or acquisition (M&A), or IPO.

Equity 99

Equity Venture Capital Invest Pricing 99

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

If there happens to be a gas station along the way where you can fill up for a reasonable price, great. This absurd statement caused me to realize that I had done a poor job of instilling a sense of frugality into our organization. Rather, you should be ashamed to pay full price. However, do not count on it.

Startup 221

Startup Pricing Entrepreneur Email 221

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2014

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. What price are you willing and ready to pay for funding? Marty Zwilling.

Funding 98

Funding Startup Entrepreneur Summary 98

SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

As Steve Blank likes to say: A Startup Is a Temporary Organization Designed to Search for A Repeatable and Scalable Business Model The unfortunate reality is - an MVP is not the above! Now that You've Got MVP, It's Time to Think About MVC You can't raise money on achieving an MVP. Investors demand more than that.

Metrics 264

Metrics Venture Capital News Product 264

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2013

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. The only path to any return for equity investments is a liquidity event, like a merger or acquisition (M&A), or IPO.

Startup 97

Startup Equity Entrepreneur Venture Capital 97

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Pricing your options: The price per share for option grants is also an important consideration. Pricing rules: If there is only one class of stock, the same as the founders, and the appraisal of the single class of shares yields, say $2.00 a share, then options must be priced at that amount.

Equity 156

Equity Class Pricing Sales 156

socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2017

They have really turned the screws on other retailers, which in turn impact brands and manufacturers through price pressure and convenience. Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods this year is just another very visible step in their expansion. But if we're talking 2018, I'll focus on the one that will impact the most of us: Amazon.

USC 113

USC Startup News Entrepreneur 113

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

as his "retail" price. David Beisel puts it another way: Being an early hire at a startup gives an individual the ability to make tremendous impact on an organization as it grows – and both the founders and those hires should know it. Let's run through an example. So subtract a third from 16.7% and we have 11.1%

Equity 391

Equity CTO Hire Startup Examples 391

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

My point was that Amazon continues to dominate the web services business because AWS continues to cut prices & margin in the same way a hypermarket does to control market share. And we’re growing our sales organization. Many people (including inside of YouTube) mistook this to mean that I was negative on YouTube itself.

Invest 291

Invest Content Media Networking 291

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. A smart investor will take an independent final reading in the market on barriers to entry, active competition, demographics, and price sensitivity.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur 108