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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

Both Sides of the Table

The idea was right but the timing was early and required a pivot into being a software company. He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. Tell us more about Highland Capital (14:30 – 16:30).

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Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

SoCal CTO

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. Good stuff. Posted byTony Karrer at 6:58 AM 1 comments: Jon Miller said.

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Interview with John Tomich, Onestop Internet

socalTECH

We had the chance to talk with co-founder John Tomich about the funding and the firm, which operates e-commerce sites for fashion brands and others. Third, is we provide customer care and phone support for orders; the fourth is the software technology, the platform that powers everything. in a Series A venture round.

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Kevin Federline Search Engine

SoCal CTO

talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. Take a look at other sites: [link] But the overall idea is to provide branded search in order to get merchandise from your artist, star, etc. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. But not doing basic research makes no sense. Market Structure.

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Interview with Dan Yomtobian, Scour

socalTECH

Users can vote for relevancy of results, and over time, the non-relevant information or SEO moves down below the line. We're about to do some marketing, but the hard part really isn't going to be getting people to visit the site, it's to get them to stick. We don't have any outside investors, venture capital, or private equity.

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