YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

Senior Open Championship in 2011 and for the 2012 BMW (Fedex playoff), as well as play with celebrities, politicians, and other professional athletes. While working at The Hawthorns Golf & Country Club in Fishers, Indiana, Zack qualified for and played in the 2012 and 2013 Indiana Open tournaments.

Las Vegas 113

Las Vegas Indiana Indianapolis Nevada 113

View from Seed

JUNE 13, 2019

I know some of the investors in Chewy prior to the PetSmart acquisition, but I am not a shareholder nor do I intend to purchase shares in the IPO. Average revenue per customer has steadily increased from $223/yr in 2012 to $334/yr in 2018. It’s core business is cashflow positive, excluding marketing spend for new customer acquisition.

Leadership 214

Leadership .Net Revenue Acquisition 214

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Venture Chronicles

MAY 16, 2012

Lars Dalgaard came to SAP through the Successfactors acquisition and in a very short period of time he has established himself as a disrupter as well as consolidator of power. Dalgaard presented an organizational model of applications around Customers, People, Money, and Suppliers. SAP knows databases.

Database 39

Database Technical Review Cloud Acquisition 39

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

July 18, 2012 by Chris Taylor. The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. .” The 10 Most Expensive Google Acquisitions. Google VP: Here’s How to Get Bought By Us. More Popular Galleries.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2012

In doing so, customer service began to take a backseat to customer acquisition. However, the overall economic growth experienced during 2012 has brought with it a shift in confidence among business owners, and in 2013, there will be a steady return to traditional, “old-fashioned” client service empowered with new digital tools.

United States 185

United States Social Media Mobile Technical Review 185

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Worklight is IBM’s 11th acquisition in Israel. Once the acquisition has been completed, Worklight’s operations will be merged with IBM’s software laboratory in Israel, which is headed by Dr. Daniel Yellin. IBM BUYS ISRAELI START-UP WORKLIGHT. ATX BUYS ISRAELI TRANSMISSIONS SOLUTIONS START-UP.

Flash 60

Flash Private Placement Los Angeles 60

Pascal's View

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Venture capitalists that have an inventory of acquisition-ready companies will do well.”. Recent reports reveal that mergers and acquisitions still account for over 90% of liquidity events for venture-backed companies in 2012, a lamentable condition that has plagued the US innovation ecosystem for close to a decade.

Acquisition 38

Acquisition Merger Covenant Liquidity Event 38

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

There’s a couple different forces I see at work: 1) Selling & Customer Acquisition - In the last 5 years, the biggest force in business software was the impact of the cloud as an infrastructure layer and product/service delivery mechanism. companies on user acquisition are increasingly being applied to SaaS companies.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

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. =. paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS). This was the large round to fund the acquisition of Sidestep.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

We’ve come a long way from switching this blog to WordPress in 2009, my systematic vetting of the business idea in 2009 (after needing it myself due to the success of this blog crashing my dedicated server every time I got on Hackernews), the “ coming soon ” pre-launch in April 2010, our Series A 3-minute pitch in 2011, our incredible CEO Heather Brunner (..)

Engineer 152

Engineer Revenue San Francisco Security 152

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, 2012. Wildfire – $450 million, 2012. Nest Labs – $3.2 billion, 2014. DoubleClick – $3.1 billion, 2007. YouTube – $1.7 billion, 2006.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition IPO Mobile Internet 103

Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

7- I was the victim of a horrible acquisition. I started my business because I was the victim of a horrible acquisition (can you name a good one?). In addition, this horrible acquisition took place while my wife and I were 3 months into our first pregnancy. Thanks to Omid Semino, Diamond Mansion ! #7- Photo Credit: ????Jay

Entrepreneur 139

Entrepreneur Technical Review Acquisition Software Review 139

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

We spent a year (2012-2013) building a merchant acquisition machine and all of the systems to support bookings, calendar integrations, location services, etc. And today it was listed in the Best Apps of the Week by Apple. The team has put in a huge effort to get to this day – and I hope they’re sleeping well tonight.

Development Team Review 324

Development Team Review Los Angeles San Francisco Mobile 324

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? A lot has changed. link] leehower.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Genuine VC

MARCH 26, 2012

Many of formerly rich acquirers like AOL and Yahoo have long since faded past their heyday, and their appetite for acquisitions has subsided along with it. And last week’s $200M OMGPOP acquisition by Zynga is the starting-gun fire for deals that aren’t just “acquihires,” but real meaningful ones.

Acquisition 128

Acquisition Internet IPO Venture Capital 128

The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 18, 2012

They note from the eMarketer chart inset right that US mobile ad spend is up 180% this year to $4.1bn and say that “after years and years of every year being proclaimed as the ‘year of mobile’ it finally happened in 2012”. The earlier eMarketer data is here and here.

Mobile 100

Mobile Acquisition Forecast IPO 100

Haystack

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

2/ Consolidating Hardware And Time – Another watch-enthusiast brand — Pebble — was unceremoniously folded into Fitbit after launching in 2012 to rabid fanfare. For Fitbit to even maintain that percentage in the face of the Apple freight train is remarkable.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Venture Capital Aggregator Mobile 100

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

3) Groupon’s Business is Like An ATM: Groupon is currently unprofitable on a GAAP basis thanks to acquisition related expenses in 2010 as well as ongoing marketing spend to acquire customers. If Groupon’s growth rate drops by 80% they’ll still be nearly tripling top line sales in 2012. Author howerl.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families. How profitable is my product or service?

Operations 286

Operations New York City Technical Review Startup 286

Agile VC

JUNE 13, 2019

I know some of the investors in Chewy prior to the PetSmart acquisition, but I am not a shareholder nor do I intend to purchase shares in the IPO. Average revenue per customer has steadily increased from $223/yr in 2012 to $334/yr in 2018. I’ll break down Chewy’s business based on their recent S-1 filing here.

Leadership 100

Leadership .Net Revenue Acquisition 100

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

8 Startup Founders Reveal Their #1 User Acquisition Tactic | Treehouse - [link]. 8 Startup Founders Reveal Their #1 User Acquisition Tactic | Treehouse - [link]. Best Free Textures of 2012 | Texturezine - [link]. Best Free Textures of 2012 | Texturezine - [link]. What Does It Take to Make Content All The Time?

Social Media 109

Social Media Small Business North America Design 109

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Voyager Labs (2012) – cognitive computing for understanding human behaviour. Beyond Verbal (2012) – understands people’s moods, attitudes and emotional characteristics (also known as personality) from their raw vocal intonations in real-time, as they speak. Raised $8M in series B in September 2016.

Artificial Inteligence 122

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

A 2012 study done by IBISWorld revealed that VDRs experienced a steady growth of about 17 percent annually as a result of technological advancements as well as the growth of global demand for these storage services. trillion between 2012 and 2017 respectively. Mergers and Acquisitions. percent between 2009 and 2014.

Software Review 100

Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Security 100

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

2012 Events. Acquisition. July 12, 2012 12:01 PM. Additionally, he’s looking for companies that have a long-term potential to be Microsoft partners or acquisitions. It was fiercely independent, and was, until its HP acquisition, one of the few PC makers still assembling computers in North America. what’s hot?

Detroit 69

Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

Genuine VC

MARCH 26, 2012

Many of formerly rich acquirers like AOL and Yahoo have long since faded past their heyday, and their appetite for acquisitions has subsided along with it. And last week’s $200M OMGPOP acquisition by Zynga is the starting-gun fire for deals that aren’t just “acquihires,” but real meaningful ones.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Internet IPO Venture Capital 100

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

March 13, 2012. only notified them of potential IP infringement two weeks ago on February 27, 2012 (as described in the lawsuit) and Facebook heard about it through the media rather than in private. Leader on Mar 5 2012. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

On November 28, 2012. November 29, 2012. November 29, 2012. November 29, 2012. November 29, 2012. Today, HealthTab announced the acquisition of Q&A site Avvo Health specifically to increase the number of doctors within its network, doubling it to 30,000. November 29, 2012. PandoDigest.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The consumerisation of enterprise was a big investment trend in 2011-2012. In this Techcrunch article written by Aaron Levie of Box, he refers to it as the rise of enterprise ‘to ys’, citing the acquisition of Yammer by Microsoft for $1.3 The rise of enterprise “toys” – Techcrunch, 2012.

B2B 167

B2B Sales Cycle Software Mobile 167

Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Why it mattered: It’s strange to me that Facebook was able to make an acquisition valued at $US 16 billion and still not capture the attention of antitrust regulation. Then, just like magic, they were able to do it a couple of years later, lolz… see 2012 above.

Technical Review 105

Technical Review China IPO Vesting 105

Haystack

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

It’s been a few years now since BlackBerry made phones, and this represents its largest purchase to date (by a factor of 3) since its 2015 acquisition of Good Technology. 1/ A Pre-Seed Reminder: According to Crunchbase, PlanGrid was founded and went through Y Combinator in 2012. AutoDesk Acquires PlanGrid For $875M.

Acquisition 62

Acquisition Artificial Inteligence Balance Sheet Cofounder 62

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Section 179 allows businesses to deduct the cost of qualifying businesses equipment placed in service in 2012 up to $125,000. Describe to the equipment lease financing provider how the equipment acquisition will benefit your business. In 2013, the deduction will drop significantly to just $25,000 unless Congress acts.

Technical Review 98

Technical Review Due Diligence Acquisition Startup 98

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 1, 2012

In its quarterly filing yesterday Facebook disclosed that it spent $24m on ‘talent focused acquisitions’ in the first half of 2012. Three of the four are mobile companies (which rises to five of the six acquisitions Facebook made in total in H1 2012 if you include the bigger deals Instagram and Face.com ).

San Francisco 110

San Francisco Hiring Liquidation Preference Aggregator 110

VC Cafe

JUNE 4, 2012

This month’s trend continues to be the acquisition of mature Israeli high tech companies by multinationals. Avaya, EMC and VMWare are following the footsteps of Facebook, eBay, Cisco and HP with Israeli acquisitions that become R&D centers. AGRITECH INVESTORS AND START-UPS GATHER AT AGRIVEST 2012. AVAYA ACQUIRES RADVISION.

San Francisco 90

San Francisco New Jersey Private Equity 90

The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2012

If true, and our sources are very well placed, the acquisition helps end a tumultuous period of Color’s existence. Color said that it had six patents pending at the time of its funding, including its ‘elastic’ social. graph and patents related to GPS location and battery saving.

Los Angeles 161

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Media Startup 161

VC Cafe

MAY 3, 2012

This month’s trend continues to be acquisitions of Israeli firms by large US corporates. Following the acquisition, the company will become part of Covidien’s oximetry and monitoring product line. Following the acquisition, the company will become part of Covidien’s oximetry and monitoring product line.

Denmark 96

Denmark Ireland Europe 96

Up and Running

JANUARY 2, 2013

Customer Acquisition : This is usually one of the most skipped sections of an investor pitch and a full business plan. Your financials should easily allow you to calculate your customer acquisition costs. This post was originally posted on the LivePlan blog on July 11, 2012. How will you reach your customers?

Hockey Stick 164

Hockey Stick Exit Strategy Technical Review Due Diligence 164