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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

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. I understand his frustration. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Starting an Online Casino

The Startup Magazine

The venture requires a massive financial investment due to the numerous expenses that include marketing, payment services, license acquisition alongside an early license fee. The launching of the site took happened in the year 2000, and since then, it continues to leave a mark in the people’s lives.

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For Startups, Timing Trends Really Does Matter - Except When It Doesn't

ReadWriteStart

However, in hindsight, and especially in light of all of the recent acquisitions of the aforementioned, I believe we had a core advantage to really plug into the “second wave” of social, which has the potential to be even more disruptive than the first. Some potential investors told us we were late to the party.

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For Startups, Timing Trends Really Does Matter - Except When It Doesn't

ReadWriteStart

However, in hindsight, and especially in light of all of the recent acquisitions of the aforementioned, I believe we had a core advantage to really plug into the “second wave” of social, which has the potential to be even more disruptive than the first. Some potential investors told us we were late to the party.

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How Do you Motivate Yourself and Stay Focused?

Both Sides of the Table

I know it’s not what it used to be, but news flash – it’s still a million dollars! But I had been down this road in 2000 and I saw how punishing markets could be when you didn’t sell and had an offer. Make sure the acquisition is still on target. How can you wake up every day and process that decision.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children). New funding will be applied toward user acquisition and to expand into new product categories (gourmet food, wine and new services). Founded in January 2000 in Oakland by Tim Westergren; new CFO, Steve Cakebread was previously CFO of Salesforce.com.

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How to create a profitable Freemium startup (spreadsheet model included!)

andrewchenblog.com

To become profitable using a freemium business model, this simple equation must hold true: Lifetime value > Cost per acquisition + Cost of service (paying & free) Said in plain english, the lifetime value of your paying customers needs to be greater than the cost it took to acquire them, plus, the cost servicing all users (free or paying).

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