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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

Since selling Matt has gone on to become one of the smartest angels I have seen operate. He is very hands-on and helpful – especially for any company looking into customer acquisition. o CPM model gave him control over the information in the acquisition cycle so he focused on that. - He told them it was now or never.

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Self-Driving Vehicles: The Future Always Takes Longer to Arrive (Part 1)

Agile VC

GM’s acquisition of Cruise Automation for $1 billion about 3 months ago has been a sort of Sputnik moment for self-driving cars. The newest one is a power-operated accelerator pedal…” Period brochure for 1958 Imperial “Auto Pilot” (cruise control). DARPA’s Robotic Cars to Today.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. Founding Date: 2004. paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS). 2010 Operating Income: $16 million.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did. The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. And some companies didn’t even have to go public to get liquid. So what’s left?

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

While it was still a college-focused SNS, Facebook of course launched in 2004 and there were plenty of other examples of social networking already… Friendster (2002), LinkedIn (2003), MySpace (2003), Orkut (2004). It is more remarkable for a large, well-known company that’s an actual operating business like Yahoo!

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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

My company won the ROI of The Year award from The Banker magazine in 2004, something I was very proud of. Local businesses in Singapore report up to 5x increase in repeat business , up to 7x increase in fan acquisition rates and 10x increase in word of mouth. All they need is a fan page, which they inevitably already have.

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Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Optimization

ConversionXL

A key performance indicator (KPI) is a quantifiable activity used to measure how a key aspect of your business is operating or how much volume it’s receiving. 3) Customer Acquisition Cost. Your budgetary number for how much you spend to acquire a customer is known as the “ customer acquisition cost ” (CAC). It’s hard.

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