SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Kevin Federline Search Engine Just saw a post - Sleep with a pop star, get your own branded search engine. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link].

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Its works great. And there was a big surprise. It includes traffic!

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Interesting Model for University President Saw a post by Paul Kedrosky pointing us to Graeme Thickins on How Stanford Does It. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it. Thanks Ben.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? 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.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 21, 2014

Following Google’s acquisition of Nest last week Venturebeat published the following list of Google’s top ten acquisitions by value: Motorola Mobility – $12.5 billion, 2007. AdMob – $750 million, 2009. Postini – $625 million, 2007. billion, 2012. Nest Labs – $3.2 billion, 2014. DoubleClick – $3.1

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Stanford Podcasts - eHarmony - Greg Waldorf I was just pointed to a set of great podcasts done by Stanford B-School and particularly, I just listed to the podcast by eHarmonys Greg Waldorf. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive I recently met with The Hive a new incubator in Orange County. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Where LinkedIn Works for Me Ive been a long time user of LinkedIn , but only recently have started getting the benefits I always expected. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

The sales productivity ratio (measured with the Customer Acquisition Cost or CAC ratio) are also fairly similar for the two groups (except for a small cap dip in Q4 09) and therefore do not explain the difference Why is scale so much rewarded by public markets? . ► 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10). ► 03/07 - 03/14. (1).

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

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. =. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008). paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS).

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 21, 2011

There’s also an interesting integration of acquisition TalkBin , a tool that makes it very easy for people send SMS messages to any registered business. Business owners are invited to claim their pages, create special offers and try out ad products such as Boost right from the city home page.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Hyundai’s Assurance program, which debuted during the 2007–08 financial crisis, is a great example. De Beers made such an investment, even though a brand campaign could only soften the decline in sales during the 2007–08 crisis: Ally faced a different challenge. recession in 2009.”. What does a thoughtful campaign look like?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

In 2007 Salesforce.com wanted to buy Koral. They wanted to employ our entire team post acquisition. He covered the topic again in June 2009 titled Invent, Invent, Invent. So BuildOnline kept the employees on their books and they did subcontracting work for our company, Koral. You can imagine the complexities. Crazy, huh?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade. The total number of M&A deals in the US this year is projected to be a paltry 225 transactions relative to more than 450 deals just 2 years ago, which was the norm between 2002-2007, varying only by around 3% per year.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

So, here is the first edition, including the recent Q4 2009 earnings and the updated 2010 forecast. However, despite healthy Q4 results (most companies were at or above plans) few have increased their 2010 guidance and the median moved only from 15% (same as 2009) to 17%. ► 2009. (9). ▼ 03/07 - 03/14. (1).

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Tuesday, November 10, 2009. The acquisition of Omniture by Adobe for $1.8B and the second SaaS public transaction in history behind the acquisition of Webex by Cisco in 2007 for $3.2B. On the IPO front, LogMeIn made the news, being one of the few tech IPO on the NASDAAQ in 2009. ▼ 2009. (9).

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www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

So what about Java, in light of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, and the complete win of the web over everything else? A 59% increase in bobs since January 2009? That is- if its in production, its “dead&#. When a commentator says Technology A is dead, they generally just mean its not an Apple or Google product.

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www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

So what about Java, in light of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, and the complete win of the web over everything else? A 59% increase in bobs since January 2009? That is- if its in production, its “dead&#. When a commentator says Technology A is dead, they generally just mean its not an Apple or Google product.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Thursday, October 08, 2009. But does Larry hate cloud computing that much or is he hiding a potential future acquisition of Salesforce.com? ▼ 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Laughing Out (c)Loud. It was taken at a Churchill Club event last month. Save the planet!

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 3, 2011

billion, a 25% increase in exits from 2009. That's a five-fold increase from the 8 IPOs that raised $903 million in 2009. M&A activity did drop off in the fourth quarter of the year, but overall it was ahead of 2009 as well, with 445 M&As raising $33.9 514 companies achieved liquidity in 2010, netting $39.3

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

The CEOs on the panel were (from left to right): Michael Simon, CEO/founder of LogMeIn (2009 IPO) . Gail Goodman, CEO Constant Contact (2007 IPO). Seven superhero CEOs gathered on Friday afternoon at the Mass TLC Unconference to discuss the challenges of scaling their young companies. Scott Griffith, CEO ZipCar (2010 IPO).

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 25, 2014

As detailed last week , since March 2009 the S&P index has almost tripled, while real estate prices are up 10.5% this year and are now approaching their 2007 highs. These concerns are mirrored in the recent price run-ups in both the stock and real estate markets. So, will it all inevitably come crashing down?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The table below from web2asia.com shows the number of users of online social networks as of 2009. More than 1,600 VC investments in TMT have been made since 2007, with a record high of 436 in 2011. there are almost no mergers or acquisitions in this market segment. Did I mention this is a huge market. In the U.S. Unlike the U.S.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 18, 2014

And for those that can still remember the 2008 talk of Doomsday and of the collapse of our financial system, it is heartening to note that the S&P is up an amazing 189% since its March 2009 nadir. Almost every day comes barely able to believe valuations on technology company financings, acquisitions, and public offerings.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 3, 2011

Lead generation in this content driven social model is still a metered blend of advertising, public relations and referrals, but social is the mechanism driving the discovery and the conversation surrounding this powerful form of lead acquisition.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

His latest book, “ Flip the Funnel: How to use existing customers to gain new ones ,” presents a powerful hypothesis that retention can become the new acquisition through the strategic incorporation and elevation of customer service, customer experience and customer initiated word-of-mouth, content creation and incentive-based referrals.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Founded in July 2007 by Mark Pincus , Michael Luxton, Eric Schiermeyer, Justin Waldron, Andrew Trader, and Steve Schoettler. Potentially limits acquisition opportunities for independent ad networks. DST invested $180mm last fall.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. This happens at acquisition time, too. But I became a VC in 2007 and wrote my first check in 2009 – 4.5 And reinventing itself. And some firms will go under. And others will emerge. That’s normal. It’s a market, after all. hours / day. .”

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