Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

But the press (and I suspect many of the senior execs of these companies) don’t really explore the corrosive downside of these acquisition. If I don’t commit to millions of dollars of acquisitions I will … die? So I thought I would. Chief Vesting Officers)? The Aqui-hire Business. Sarah Lacy did.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

In my opinion it’s the most natural fit and it would give Netflix a very strong presence in Los Angeles and in TV (obviously subject to getting the right writes from the studios). So it wouldn’t be a surprise to see price increases in Qwikster in the future. kids movies priced as a separate package). No time soon.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

It's very exciting to find these apps, and once we make those acquisition and changes, see if our expectations and projections are meeting up with what happens in reality, once we actually own the application. We have a huge acquisition pipeline. Why not just go and build your own apps? And they are all roller coasters, as you know.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

on the entrepreneur side of the table) when I raised at too high of a price. So don’t raise money at a cheap price, but don’t get too far ahead of yourself either. Pricing high also takes exit options off the table. But if you do this early (pre VC) then the price points are pretty low. This is wrong.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Brad and Jason have been exposing venture capitalists’ secrets since 2005, when they began writing a blog series on Term Sheets at AskTheVC. For instance, in a section describing the ramifications of a No-Shop clause, Matt writes, “Insist on spelling out key terms prior to a signed term sheet if it has a no-shop clause in it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

If the markets aren’t large then the company who managed its costs may be able to get a modest exit at a fair price and make the team wealthy precisely because they didn’t take on venture capital. The VC-backed businesses sometimes “blow up.” As is often the case — there are no obvious or right answers.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” Fast early growth in a market is often eroded when competition gets fierce and prices are forced down due to competition.

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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. 5) Allow Partners To Write Your Agreements. Thus, I will let my Big Dumb Company (BDC) partner write our agreement.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Yesterday, I was talking to a startup founder about their MVP and they said something that finally got me to write this post: "I have a few investors interested but they want to see a product."

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 6, 2020

A few high-profile acquisitions put Spotify into the running against Apple, while buzzy new startups like Luminary jumped into the pool as well. While a low quality option (or even a laptop's built-in mic) can often work surprisingly well, a mid-range microphone splits the difference between audio quality and price. iHeartRadio.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2015

Sales people (and website customer acquisition folks) all think in terms of funnels and yet non-sales professionals seldom do. It doesn’t matter if it’s recruiting, business development, shipping product, writing blog posts, networking … it’s all the same. Lots of people start, very few finish.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

This insight follows closely the conclusions from the previous declaration, that professional investors negotiate tough terms, from provisions of control over asset acquisition, eventual sale of the company, future investments, forced co-sale when others attempt to sell their shares and more.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

It also means that the publisher (person writing the status update) can share in the monetization. Or if they do they should do so without raising venture capital so that they can still be acquired for reasonable prices. I believe this is important because it means that Ad.ly So the ad appears wherever content is consumed.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

We spent a lot of time talking about what type of company we wanted to create, how many employees we’d eventually have, whether we would take funding, our lifestyle, and a dozen other things that had nothing to do with writing software. Metrics related to customer acquisition, lifetime value and churn.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. Market Size.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

And how do you think the next person who’s thinking about writing you a check going to feel about that sort of cavalier attitude with their money? They can fund a deal if necessary and valid at the time you present an acquisition target to them. How does your brother-in-law feel about that? No good investor wants that.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2016

If such write-downs only impacted the faux unicorns and their avaricious investors, there would be little need for alarm. The constant media coverage of the aberrant unicorn valuations has caused otherwise level-headed entrepreneurs to expect investors to participate at prices which are detached from their startups’ fundamentals.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior. I am simply saying that these sources of capital often have a harder time bridging you quickly or writing larger checks if / when you run out of cash and especially in hard times.

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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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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. 2) Imagine you are writing a Wall Street Journal article in five years describing how ZipRecruter became the dominant online job site. Build an elite team.

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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. 2) Imagine you are writing a Wall Street Journal article in five years describing how ZipRecruter became the dominant online job site. Build an elite team.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. Take us through your features?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. Do you really think Porter’s Five Forces is going to help you figure out what feature set to launch or how to price your product? It fuels our bonus payments, our quarterly earnings, our growth rate, our value at acquisition time. What about strategy?

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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. Many of the early winners sold for north of a half a billion dollars.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In the original version of his post, Andy writes. So I prefer to watch what works first and pay a higher price to get in when it’s proven.” This happens at acquisition time, too. They see how hard she does her job. ” This wrung true with me.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know. 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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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

By 2008, I was only a couple years away from the brain damage I suffered at CallWave, after the executive team turned down acquisition overtures from Google and Yahoo (I'll write about this colossal mistake in a future confessional article). Painful Past - We are all also victims of our past. Billion Dollar Consolation Prize?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Crowd Seats gets you in the crowd for your favorite games with ticket prices 50-90% off face value! We write and create our own content for the game. Price: $25 (Early Bird). Followed by a FREE cocktail and apps reception for all attendees. Crowd Seats is the only Group Buying/Daily Deals site for sports fans. Event Details.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

You can write this as a narrative in 3–5 key bullet points. There is limited way for board members to read them, digest them, compare them to the last board meeting, write up questions. This can include: Fund raising, product development choices, sales, marketing effectiveness, competition, business development, M&A … whatever.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Erin Chase – Favado , combining price comparisons with grocery shopping. Joergen Aaboe – Momentfeed , combining life foot traffic with reduced customer acquisition costs. Chris Cox – Invoc , inbound call analytics. Doug Krugman – Web Thrift Store , supporting charities through buying/selling online.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! I’ve been asked a few times recently, “Wow, these analytics you write about are great, but how does a startup begin to bite off the relevant parts? User acquisition via each method you use. Pricing and revenue? See the books I recommend to friends.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Many people will write the history on why Ring became an enormously successful company and why it became a real-world unicorn in a world when many startups are anointed that merely on paper. Jamie’s ethos led him to price at just $3 / user / camera / month at a time when traditional home security companies’ monthly fees were so unaffordable.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer. We will white label the system, and not only that, we’ll allow you to set your own pricing.” Lesson Learned From Rejecting Acquisition Offers. Thank you, John. We can do better.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

It was a pleasure to write them myself. He said it was better than the Yellow Pages because he would provide pricing transparency. IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion. All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself. m writing about how I became our technical co-founder. This post is an accusation.

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