socalTECH

JULY 14, 2010

Los Angeles-based Catchpoint Systems , the web monitoring startup headed by former DoubleClick exec Mehdi Daoudi, has released a new beta of a real-user monitoring tool. The firm did not release pricing on the new tool. Daoudi was previously in charge of web monitoring at DoubleClick, before its acquisition by Google.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In one of the biggest acquisitions out of Southern California's technology startup industry in recent years, Los Angeles-based Honey Science Corporation , which develops a savings discovery and price tracking tool, has been acquired by PayPal , in a deal worth approximately $4 billion. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Commerce Acquisition .Net 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Los Angeles-based ZendyHealth (www.zendyhealth.com) thinks it has figured out a way to help both patients and doctors by helping connect patients to doctors and specific procedures, with upfront pricing. It's an on-demand, name your own price service. There's a complete lack of pricing transparency.

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Pricing Startup Demand Platform 100

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

There are lots of ways to define how to market well, including the four P’s of marketing (1): product, price, promotion and place. Higher demand results in higher prices – if there is limited supply. Existing customers have low acquisition costs, addressing the “D” in the equation. More we are taught in marketing classes.

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Marketing Demand Class Pricing 156

socalTECH

MAY 28, 2019

San Diego-based Cibus , a developer of gene editing tools being aimed at use in plant breeding, has pulled its IPO paperwork, saying in a filing that it has decided "not to proceed with the initial public offering of its securities at this time." Cibus had set an estimated initial pricing range of $14.00 READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 13, 2016

There are many factors to consider when your company is ready to embark upon an acquisition. Setting the Price. Setting the price of your business for a buyout will take some careful analysis of various data. Employees who are fully trained and already doing good work are going to be weary any time an acquisition is happening.

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Acquisition Pricing Statistics Tips 40

Berkonomics

JULY 31, 2014

There are lots of ways to define how to market well, including the four P’s of marketing (1): product, price, promotion and place. Higher demand results in higher prices – if there is limited supply. Marketing should provide a pool of ready to listen customers, no matter what the price or complexity of the product.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2013

Pricing on the new tool was not announced. The firm said the mobile products come thanks to its August 2012 acquisition of mobile ad measurement startup Mobile Ad Spy. WhatRunsWhere is headed by Max Teitelbaum. READ MORE>>.

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Advertising San Diego Mobile Pricing 138

socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2010

The price of two of Demand Media's acquisitions, Pluck , and The Daily Plate , have both been made public with the firm's IPO filing Friday evening. for Pluck, a developer of social media tools, and paid $5.0M Financial terms of those acquisitions had not been announced by the firm previously. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Media Social Media Acquisition 140

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2013

The firm said that publishers can use the tool to figure out what is the most valuable content on their websites. Pricing on the new product was not announced. The new product comes thanks to the acquisition last fall of JumpTime. OpenX said it can the use that information to help improve advertising revenues.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Everbridge , a developer of emergency notification tools which was founded and still has major operations in both Glendale and Pasadena, has had an IPO, raising $90M for the company and marking another major, SoCal linked technology startup exit in what has been a busy year for deals. per share, after pricing at $12.00 and $13.00

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? In the case of MakeSpace we had huge initial successes in New York City as Rahul led the scaling of our drivers, our trucks and our warehouses and we figured out the right price points to beat the local competition. How profitable is my product or service?

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

If there are conflicts within the team, or differing views of the strategy, or evidence of missing processes and tools, the investment process will likely be terminated. A smart investor will take an independent final reading in the market on barriers to entry, active competition, demographics, and price sensitivity.

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Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 118

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

Of course, nothing is totally free, and I have heard the horror stories of relatively small companies finding thirty or more employees spending most of their time scanning and using social media for promotions, or engaging high-priced consultants who never seem to be able to show any real return for all of their efforts.

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Social Media Media Tool Startup 99

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

RedBeacon went on to sell to HomeDepot in what was considered a very successful acquisition on all sides. But Ethan had left by the time of the acquisition. ” When merchants sign up MyTime then helps them with marketing activities through marketing automation tools they’ve build across SEM, social, and email.

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CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The board of directors of San Diego-based Illumina , the life sciences tools and analysis systems firm, said last night that it has rejected the unsolicited offer from Roche. Illumina also called the timing of the offer "blatantly opportunistic", saying a drop in its stock price recently was "temporary" due to a softness in research funding.

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San Diego Pricing Research Tool 124

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

We let restaurants set pricing based on demand, and then if you're hungry looking for a place to eat, we match you up with a restaurant offering a great deal. So, we can help them fill that table by allowing them to adjust their pricing. We can give them the same tools, so they're excited about that. What is Foodme all about?

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Idealab Pasadena Pasadena Angels Demand 217

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2012

Few people in the technology world are unfamiliar with the huge rise in the popularity of the photo sharing service Instagram, which was topped off by a $1 billion acquisition of that company by Facebook just a few weeks ago. We make the process easy to do, and provide powerful tools for the experience. It hasn't been an issue at all.

Startup 153

Startup Pricing Sites Acquisition 153

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

If there are conflicts within the team, or differing views of the strategy, or evidence of missing processes and tools, the investment process will likely be terminated. 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

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

The new features launched include business tools for reporting, file management, discussions and first-of-its-kind functionality for managing deals on an iPad. Jackson added, “Their pricing and technology are hold-overs from the 1990s—it goes to show how they have been shielded from competition for too long. iOS Compatibility.

Mobile 91

Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 23, 2013

There are a lot of valuation companies out there, so I know many entrepreneurs are tempted to just shop around until they find the lowest price, but this is a mistake. If the valuation firm made certain assumptions or didn’t address certain things in certain ways, this could slow down the acquisition and/or have a negative economic result.

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Company Companies Startup Acquisition 102

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

The importance of the conference is that it assembles most of the top privately held early-to-mid-stage technology companies in the country (and some globally) as well as most VC’s, growth equity funds and corporate development departments from large industry players looking at technology acquisitions. 1 party = low price.

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Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

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. It’s your job as a leader to be the model high performer, quantify the team view with metrics, and expand awareness to the best outside competition and new tools.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Layoffs Social Media Metrics 124

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

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

“the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __. In the ecommerce arena I see some great companies spending heavily on customer acquisition. __. faux·men·tum.

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Startup Marketing Customer Custom 150

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2012

We partnered with the world's largest distributors, Ingram Micro and others, to provide great services, prices, and products to consumers. We have traditionally have focused on a product centric approach, where a consumer comes to our site to help find the lowest prices on a product easier. That is growing nicely.

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Sites Commerce Pricing Product 210

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?” of course there are MUCH more sophisticated financial tools than either of these, but PEG is a short-hand many people use]. Investors value growth.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

One of the fastest growing startups in Southern California in recent years was Hautelook, which went from just an ideas to a huge, $270M acquisition by Nordstrom only X years later. Hautelook disintermediated the off-price part of the segment. It's the relationship between price and quality. What is value?

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Southern California Startup Customer Custom 200

Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

At the gathering, Biden took verbal shots at scofflaw cancer researchers and at drug prices, while the FDA said it would take a shot at restructuring the way it evaluates oncology products. Gilead Sciences has been a target of drug-price criticism for its hepatitis C treatments, but it dialed back the price of its new one.

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Buzzfeed News Pricing IBM 59

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

What all those places share is they lack the social tools and technology that you would expect in a place like Facebook. Having built those tools, we know people don't just want to read content about a company, or see what other people have to say, they'd like to ask questions, and some really enjoy being experts.

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Social Network Startup Networking Content 239

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2012

We recently made a strategic decisions to take the multi-domain and multi-product line approach, and are now looking to build new or buy existing content businesses or productivity tools, so that we can provide the widest selection of value to small businesses online. Jason Nazar: I'm fine with that, actually.

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Southern California Startup Content Sites 229

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Some rules about stock options and phantom stock: [Email readers, continue here…] The real insight here is that stock options or phantom stock are the tools of early-stage businesses used to attract great talent when there is not enough cash to pay market rates. a share, then options must be priced at that amount.

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Equity Class Pricing Sales 156

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 19, 2015

Small businesses that struggle to compete with larger rivals on the basis of price can realize significant advantages by using BPM software. This will increase profitability and fight off competitors who compete by cutting their prices. Social Media Automation Tools. Social Media Automation Tools. CRM Platforms.

Competition 40

Competition Technology Social Media Tips 40

SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Some very interesting graphics including this heat map: Very cool visualization tool! Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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Venture Capital Invest CTO Coach Southern California 150

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. Ultimately, your overall customer acquisition costs should calculated as an average of a variety of marketing channels. Thus, include these unattributed customers in your overall calculation of customer acquisition costs. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

I think the biggest problem Monster, HotJobs, and CareerBuilder face right now is that they are charging premium prices for what is an increasingly commoditized product. Social recruiting’ is currently a valuable tool for mid-level through senior positions or for positions requiring a specialized skill set. from the Wharton School.

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MyLife CitySearch Web Technical Review 160