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. Opportunity can come when least expected.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 1, 2013

You will recognize the value of these for any business, even if they have not been in common use in the past. CACR (Customer Acquisition Cost Ratio). The lower the ratio, the more successful the customer acquisition campaign. CPA (Cost per Acquisition). CHURN (% customer cancelling each month).

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 13, 2015

Dave’s note: John Huston is founder and past manager of the 300+ member Ohio TechAngel Funds and a past Chairman of both the Angel Capital Association and the Angel Resource Institute. . Ideally each target company has a history of consistently making acquisitions with deal terms you would accept. By John Huston.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Sales – Many publishers, including Grit, encouraged newspaper boys to create new routes and expand existing ones by aggressively selling subscriptions to non-subscribers. This pay-per-newspaper formula directly rewarded the children’s sales efforts and sparked a life-long entrepreneurial fire in generations of newspaper boys.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2010

We were happy to accommodate his request, as the money derived from the sale of the sets allowed us to purchase vintage cards via our weekly newspaper ads. Because our labor was essentially free, we undersold all the other dealers at the shows. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial metrics or even how to think about which ones are healthy. Customer acquisition cost.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Dave’s note: Our guest author this week is John Huston, founder of the 300+ member Ohio TechAngel Funds and a past Chairman of both the Angel Capital Association and the Angel Resource Institute. . So, rarely will this strategy or outcome enable investors to reap their target in a sale. By John Huston.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Yahoo has been an example of a company which expanded in all directions through 53 acquisitions, to the point where most customers were confused, and it was overtaken by Google as your main search engine. Obsessive sales – must meet revenue goals. Locked-in syndrome – do what worked in the past.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Past investors also included Y Combinator, where GrubMarket was part of the Winter 2015 cohort), and for some more context, GrubMarket last raised money in April 2019 , $28 million at a $228 million valuation, a source says. It has made some 15 acquisitions in the last two years, including Boston Organics and EJ Food Distributor this year.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

Winters explained that the driver for the new funding was technology and product development on the marketplace, marketing and stylist acquisition. The company makes money on the wig and hair sales and saw revenue triple over the past year. To date, Upgrade has raised $3 million.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 5, 2018

But since then its stock price has fallen significantly, dropping below $1 per share multiple times in the past two years, which nearly got the listing booted from the Nasdaq exchange. billion in sales in 2017—said Thursday it had had agreed to buy Senomyx for $1.50 Through a U.S. per share, or.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The Trade Desk is venture backed by IA Ventures, Founder Collective, Wellington Management, and Highwind, and is a major win for the City of Ventura, which has not been known in the past for its technology startups. billion; IPOs at MindBody, Appfolio, and CytomX Therapeutics; plus $100M exits for AnsibleWorks and Aurrion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2021

For example, if you have ever watched the Shark Tank show on TV, they always ask about the cost of customer acquisition. Thus investors are investing in you and your team, so you need to highlight the skills you have mastered, past accomplishments, and the connections you have established in your industry.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2012

We thought it would be insightful for our readerswho are usually looking to get acquired by other companieson what the thought process of those large companies making those acquisitions are. For a company like yours, what goes into your acquisition strategy and what thoughts went behind the Anue acquisition?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

THQ has been looking for a buyer for the company, as it has faced decreasing sales and losses over the past few quarters. THQ said that the financing may result in "significant and material" dilution to shareholders of the company. The firm said earlier this month that it had hired banker Centerview Partners to help shop the firm.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 13, 2016

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.

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Resource Competition Examples Customer 120

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

And as my Media Redef feed this past week reminded me Hispanics over-index for watching movies and they share their movie experiences 26% more than non-Hispanics. We’re growing our technology team because as I’ve outlined in the past the best online video companies are a perfect mix of technology and storytelling.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2021

I think if we, as Belkin, can find a way to help the communities where we are, where we are living, by helping students grow and helping them with the challenges they face, that's a natural thing with who we are and who we've become over the past 39 or so years. We have sales, marketing, PR, accounting, all in those facilities.

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Belkin Playa Del Rey El Segundo Education 113

InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2011

5) When I interviewed people at my past startups, I rejected them if they asked me about our dental plan, as true entrepreneurs don’t care about such pedestrian benefits. 3) I’ve heard some great stories about your weekend sales “boot camps.” We hired people who did not have outside sales experience. Passion is a hard piece to.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

MVF was founded in the UK by five friends in 2009, and has driven incredibly fast growth over the past 9 years. Our model evolved over time as the landscape changed, from ticket sales and sponsorships to online advertising, content marketing, and consulting. Today, I’m excited to announce that Tech.Co Most importantly, we like them.

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Media News Organization Content 175

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

For example, the concept of an online platform for social networking is a simple one, and has been attempted by thousands of entrepreneurs past and present. Business is not rocket science, and success comes from pursuing a basic set of action steps well past your comfort zone – with innovations and perseverance that exceed competitors.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

It's a bit of a sea-change to be able to get this information like this, as in the past that was a very manual process. The business model, is people use this to do better marketing and sales targeting when they sell their own products. That took quite a bit of investment in organic growth and acquisitions.

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Santa Barbara High Tech Outsource Development Startup 113

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

In speaking with Steve Bermudez, former senior executive at Citrix, I was surprised that he was able to make money on some of his leases, by baking into his agreements the ability for Citrix to share in the upside realized by its landlord upon a sale of the property. Greathouse: Agreed. Brilliant. .

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

I agree with YouTube (that they provide more (hosting, ad sales, etc.) It is the world’s best customer acquisition for video consumers to get them to come to your O&O where you can make your $25 CPMs. It’s a year old and predicts much of what happened over the past year. Except for 2 things: 1.

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Networking Media Content Customer 366

InfoChachkie

MAY 14, 2012

During my tenure at Expertcity (creator of GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting), one of my responsibilities was leading our online marketing, a role I retained until our eventual acquisition by Citrix. A leading online merchandiser doubled its conversions at a cost significantly lower per sale as compared to its historical baseline.

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Content Platform Paid Search OpenX 171

socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2011

To get some insight to how venture capitalists are viewing the market, and how mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs are affecting the business, we chatted with Dave Ryan , Managing Partner at the company. More recently, and to the point, we sold and closed on the acquisition of 3E by Verisk Analytics. Dave, thanks for the time today.

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Mission Ventures Acquisition San Diego Invest 140

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

A financial buyer will analyze your numbers, past and forecast, to the n’th degree, and calculate the price based upon the result, after carefully comparing your numbers with those of others in the same and similar industries. The price negotiated is not at all the critical factor in the emotional sale. And the emotional buyer.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

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. What was it that drove you past the $100M in revenues mark? In the past, marketers were buying leads in bulk. Tell us about what your business is nowadays?

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Media Advertising Startup Platform 162

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It’s different than working with a group like us that’s trying to optimize every small piece of the funnel, and being accountable for the entire funnel to drive as much sales or revenue. I oversee sales, marketing and partnerships, and my role is really trying to figure out which brands make most sense to partner with MuteSix.

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Commerce Content Marketing Startup 211

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

In addition to these utility roles, I also lead revenue generation: managing direct sales, business development and online sales. This arrangement proved very efficient, as I did not have to negotiate with a CFO when cutting sales deals nor did I have to rely on a lawyer to craft and approve contract language.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2011

5) Twitter’s recent $40M acquisition of TweetDeck is an interesting development. TweetDeck is a very natural acquisition, it certainly brings talent that knows how to build Twitter applications. What we have seen over the past year, running 25,000 endorsements, we want to get more into the post-click experience.

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Social Media Platform Media Networking 252

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. My House Is Not For Sale. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Company Companies Pricing Santa Barbara 160

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 4, 2016

It was a decade ago that I led the sale of Expertcity (creator of GoToMeeting) to Citrix. During the early 2000’s, my team grew the company to one of the largest SaaS businesses of its day, with sales of $70 million. Circa 2001, Yahoo publicly declared that they didn’t do cost per acquisition (CPA) deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

What I want to talk about today is one of the insider baseball discussions of our industry this past week: The odd fact of the $500 million financing round completed just before the company sold for a B. Your $200 million “small acquisition” is a cool 60% of all of their cash. I will weigh in with some thoughts soon.

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Venture Capital Pricing Social Network Acquisition 316

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. However, you are only paid for ads that generate sales.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. The startup was so nascent that the sale would have been considered a short-term gain for tax purposes, which would have significantly reduced the Founders’ proceeds, making their small fortune even smaller.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Acquisition Pricing .Net 124

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. The startup was so nascent that the sale would have been considered a short-term gain for tax purposes, which would have significantly reduced the Founders’ proceeds, making their small fortune even smaller.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Acquisition Pricing 124