Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2011

Each decision you make to commit resources affects the future value of the business to some degree. There are many reasons a company finds to make an acquisition. There are many reasons a company finds to make an acquisition. We must assume that you intend to sell the enterprise at some point in the future.

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TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

One way to approach that last question is to use this simple model: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) How will your business reach prospects? Look at different customer acquisition channels, how they are converting, and the expected lifetime value of customers acquired through those channels. What does the business do?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

As a business consultant and angel investor, I often ask for your own assessment of marketing ROI , or customer acquisition cost (CAC). In my experience, your biggest challenge will be to rationalize the disparate input from your sales and marketing organizations, who each want more resources and more credit for ROI.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Irvine-based Epicor said Monday that it is buying a maker of human resources software, SPECTRUM Human Resource Systems Corporation. Epicor said it is paying approximately $16M in cash for Spectrum, which is based in Denver, Colorado.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It’s the biggest podcast industry acquisition ever, and Spotify isn’t done. Here’s what the podcast acquisitions mean for Spotify, for the entire podcast industry, and for all the tiny underdog podcasters out there. That’s because the acquisitions make Spotify a publisher, as well as platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2021

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. M&A is “buying” resources for growth. External scanning for resources.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2009

Brea-based IMS Company , a manufacturer of in-flight portable entertainment players and related products, said Friday that it has acquired Flight Deck Resources, a provider of hardware for flight deck management on airplanes. According to IMS, Flight Deck Resources will become a new division, which will be known as IMS Flight Deck.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2021

Therapeutic Research Center, which is owned by Los Angeles-based private equity investor Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, says it has acquired NetCE, a Roseville-based provider of continuing education resources for the healthcare industry. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. NetCE (CE Resources Inc.)

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Berkonomics

JUNE 16, 2022

For larger or later stage companies, it could be to increase market share through acquisitions with the attendant elimination of competition or increase in a company’s reach. Yes, if you are a bad leader of people, you will lose human resources and frustrate your attempt to reach to goal. Have you stated a goal for others to follow?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. M&A is “buying” resources for growth. External scanning for resources.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 4, 2022

Employees, contractors, even investors want to know why they are asked to make use of their valuable resource to support your effort. One of my companies where I have an investment and am on the advisory board was in the midst of a sprint to close its acquisition by a larger company before the cash ran out and enterprise value plummeted.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2021

Los Angeles-based Faraday Future is now a publicly traded company, after a successful acquisition by a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Property Solutions Acquisiton Corp., the company said on Wednesday afternoon. Faraday Future will begin trading today under the ticker symbols FFIE and FFIE.WS.

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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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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based Centerfield, a marketing and customer acquisition company backed by private equity investor Platinum Equity, says it has acquired both Business.com and Savings.com. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition of Business.com is just the latest saga in the business and domain name; the.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Each decision you make to commit resources – your money or your use of corporate or personal time – affects the future value of your business. But each commitment of resources of any substantial size for acquisition of new products, talent, even new companies, changes the value of your enterprise perhaps to a great degree.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 17, 2023

Preparing for the game… If you have been following our recent insights, you’ll be up to speed knowing 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. Trust works both ways.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Well, even though that acquisition is still playing itself out on the field of battle, it appears quite clear that the new parent has directed its new subsidiary to abandon the lower end of the market and focus upon the larger sales, corporate customers, and major brands. How could you compete with the gorilla?

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socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2021

Los Angeles-based Cast & Crew, which develops payroll and human resources, accounting and financial, and workflow and productivity software for the entertainment industry, said yesterday that it has acquired LeBog Software, a developer of digital purchase order software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2013

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. BestVendor said thecurrent functionality of the BestVendor site will not be affected by the acquisition. docstoc bestvendor merger acquisition document small business resource jason nazar' BestVendor had been based in New York. BestVendor had been based in New York.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Online movie streaming service Netflix has stolen back an executive from Los Angeles-based Scopely, to head up its human resources and talent management efforts. Neal is a veteran of Netflix, having served Vice President Talent and Talent Acquisition at the company from 2006 until 2013; she later was VP of Talent at Coursera.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2017

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Willdan said it expects the acquisition to add $10M in revenues in 2018. The company develops software used by utility managers to evaluate, plan, and dispatch electricity resources. Integral Analytics was based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was founded in 2005. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2019

Financial details of the two acquisition were not announced, although the company said the financial impact of those acquisition is not expected to be material to the publicly held company.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Create, change, throw out, tweak or put more resources behind those efforts or campaigns that are working. Create metrics for customer acquisition, retention, conversion, reach, or anything that helps you to better understand the effects of your changes to the program. Attend trade show education sessions. But listen! Adapt (again)!

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Acuant is led by Yossi Zekri, President and CEO of the company, who said that the company now has "strategic resources to dramatically accelerate" the company's growth. Acuant was owned by Insight Venture Partners, Lightview Capital and Egis Capital Partners.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Evolv was venture backed by VantagePoint, GGV Capital, Khosla Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, and developed software-as-a-service aimed at the human resources and employee management market, which helps employers better match job applicants to positions. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2022

Trim your overhead and reduce spent resources. The resources may be money, public controversy, or management attention. Use acquisitions to complement organic growth. Smart companies use acquisitions to enhance momentum and accelerate revenue growth. Smart companies always have a few “experiments” in process.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

According to FastSpring, Accel-KKR has made a majority equity investment in the firm, to provide capital and resources for its technology and go-to-market initiatives. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. FastSpring was founded in 2005, and is led by CEO Chris Lueck.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

Google’s acquisition of Nest gives the the co-founders an early exit and resources to up their hardware game. Nest is not Google’s first hardware acquisition. Billion Nest Acquisition appeared first on TechZulu. Google EnergySense. ” Nest and Google are not new to each other.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. TeamSnap said it has acquired Weplay''s customers, technology, and online coaching resources and extensive video content as part of the buy. TeamSnap said it has acquired Weplay''s customers, technology, and online coaching resources and extensive video content as part of the buy.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Payne had been CEO and a member of the baord of directors of Eloqua from January 2007 until it acquisition by Oracle in 2013; he als ohad served at Qualys, iDefense, eSecurity, eGrail and MicroStrategy Incorporated. Cornerstone OnDemand is a developer of software-as-a-service tools for enterprise, human resources and human capital management.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2016

San Diego-based solar project developer EDF Renewable Energy said this morning that it has acquired groSolar (Global Resource Options, Inc.), Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. EDF said the acquisition will help diversify its customer base. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

MAY 27, 2021

They protect the company by overseeing the expenditure of company money for expansion, acquisitions, purchases of large assets, hiring of senior management and more. Often, a board meeting is entirely devoted to issues of growth, with members chiming in to help the CEO with marketing issues or customer acquisition.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Nazar said that Docstoc''s vision is to be the ultimate destination and resource site for small businesses as part of Intuit. documents business acquisition merger intuit docstoc' READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Our new customer acquisition has grown and our costs have plummeted. We are actually getting paid now to obtain customers, so our customer acquisition costs are now negative. A negative customer acquisition cost! I've made solid press contacts from it, found quality partners, supporters of events and many other resources.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2015

Maniar was most recently a venture capitalist at WPSChallenger, managing that fund''s venture investments in North America; he also had been at EQAL (before the startup''s acquisition by Everyday Health), and served at McKinsey and Company. Opp was previously Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Conversant. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2019

Snap said Andersen will take over Sweet's responsibilities, as Sweet shifts to focus on its global talent acquisition and management strategies and processes, human resource functions and "overall team experience". Sweet will continue to serve as Chief Accounting Officer until a replacement is named.

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