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 -. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking? Its works great.

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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 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 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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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. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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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 -. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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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

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 -. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

That’s a bit like imagining Apple launching the 2007 iPhone and then not having 10-years of constant improvements to maintain its market leadership position. The more people that see your brand as the innovator the more “earned media” the company gets and the product becomes synonymous with the category. Brand matters.

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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 -. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Vince: I’m an author, speaker and management consultant with a special expertise in online media sales. My management book, Ignited, was released in 2007 and serves a guide and champion for middle managers. I also serve as CEO of a small media companies that profile “Tomorrow’s Most Exciting People Today”.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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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. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

That “survival mode” meant “that they later must spend far more than they saved in order to recover from their prolonged absence from the media landscape.”. “If Hyundai’s Assurance program, which debuted during the 2007–08 financial crisis, is a great example. ” So how do you figure out which tools you’ll need? are moot.”.

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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? . ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing.

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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. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The launch of the Xbox and Kinect, and the acquisitions of Skype and Yammer happened on his shift. It wasn’t that Microsoft didn’t have smart engineers working on search, media, mobile and cloud. If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. Yet a very smart CEO missed all of these.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The launch of the Xbox and Kinect, and the acquisitions of Skype and Yammer happened on his shift. It wasn’t that Microsoft didn’t have smart engineers working on search, media, mobile and cloud. If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. Yet a very smart CEO missed all of these.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

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. the people who buy companies) in Q2 of this year of technology & media companies.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

While poised with a limited number of transactions this year, the world of public Cloud Computing and SaaS companies has been marked by two events in the past few months: the acquisition of Omniture by Adobe and the high profile IPO of LogMeIn, a leading provider of PC remote access and support with a very interesting freemium model.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

The SaaS growth recovery does not seem to take a "V" shape 2) Sales productivity is ramping up: bottom was hit in the first half of 2009 However, the sales and productivity of the group, measured by the median "Customer Acquisition Cost ratio" or "CAC ratio", seems to be recovering more steeply. ► 2007. (10). Happy New Year 2008!

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. Even with the turmoil in the capital markets in the second half of 2007, it was another record year for merger and acquisition activity.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Instead of crying in their beers about it, Cotter and Tom Ball at Austin Ventures decided what to do next and came up with Small Ponds, which later became Whale Shark Media and then RetailMeNot (named after its largest digital property). the business was the same and through acquisitions it became to be worth $1.33

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Brandanew

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Since its inception in 2007, the platform helps designers display their projects, new comers with advice on – yarn, needles, and patterns. This one requires no introduction after their $1 billion cash acquisition by Unilever. 6 Brands That’ve Created Business Value Via Niche Social Communities.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. About 1/3 of all China’s Venture Capital investment is made in Beijing and the majority of those investments are in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector I’ll describe shortly. Closed for You, Open For Us.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

But does Larry hate cloud computing that much or is he hiding a potential future acquisition of Salesforce.com? ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. A funny video of Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle on Cloud Computing. ► 02/24 - 03/02. (1).

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BeyondVC

MAY 15, 2007

Congratulations to my friend Gary Vaynerchuk of the Wine Library for his acquisition of Cork’d (see Mashable and the Alarm Clock for coverage). The next step in this evolution of commerce will be social shopping or companies leveraging Citizen’s Media (blogs, podcasts, videocasts, tagging) to drive commerce.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Paul Graham When I moved to the east coast in 2007 I made it a goal to see Joel Spolsky and Paul Graham speak at some point. He spoke about risk (development, market, financial and execution), social media, how you must create content (most likely through a blog) to win in today’s “search&# economy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). How to investment banks help with the M&A (mergers & acquisitions) process? Founded in 2007 by Oxford Univ.

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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? 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. What role can Java play in a world of dynamic languages?

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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? 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. What role can Java play in a world of dynamic languages?

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

After the acquisition of SneakerLabs, he served as the Vice-President of Interactive Technologies for E.piphany. Direct Revenue, meaning no three-way business models and no advertising, media, or content. Manu Kumar is Founder and Chief Firestarter at K9 Ventures. New Technology or New Market, meaning no “me too” ideas.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. About 1/3 of all China’s Venture Capital investment is made in Beijing and the majority of those investments are in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector I’ll describe shortly. Closed for You, Open For Us.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

You know Robert talks about BabyCenter.com from Johnson and Johnson all the time and how they created this standalone media property that enables them to not only sell more of their stuff but to create more products and services that they never thought was possible. John Jantsch: Because social media marketing requires content.

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