socalTECH
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
I then moved to CitySearch, IAC, and then eveentually moved to The Search Agency with David Hughes. That includes the head of data science, technology, the head of marketing, the head of membership, and sales. What is Dentistry.com? So, that's my story. It's been through years and years of building relationships.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 12, 2013
Greg was the CMO at HauteLook from the early days all the way through growing the business to 12 million registered users and far in excess of $200 million in annual sales. .” I always felt the same. In 2011 the company was sold to Nordstrom for $270 million in a deal that has been widely seen as a success for both buyer and seller.
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Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 17, 2010
We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. I like to repeat the mantra, “necessity is the mother of all invention,&# meaning that because investors have this expectation you find entrepreneurs that focus on nearer term monetization.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 16, 2012
I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. .
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FEBRUARY 15, 2011
We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.
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