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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)

Software By Rob

Indeed, I did buy my latest startup, but the deal was done from a spare bedroom of my suburban home in Fresno, California for less than most people pay for a new car. This acquisition is a long story, but if you have a few minutes let me tell you the best parts. The site was once great; marketed by a high-end NYC PR firm.

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Helen Mohsenzadeh Answers What Is Business Development?

The Startup Magazine

At its essence, it’s all about creating opportunities and cultivating relationships that will help you increase revenue streams, reach new customers, or expand into different markets for your Topanga, California business. Another strategy is product development, which involves creating new offerings to satisfy customer needs.

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Future-Proofing Your Startup’s Compliance

The Startup Magazine

The trick is to use predictive analytics to identify threats. For instance, you should assess what risk lies in a merger and acquisition decision. While you might have the tools to prevent today’s threat, you might not necessarily be ready for future threats. Luckily, compliance data tends to be rich in business intelligence.

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Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Startup Marketing Ideas - Eric David Greenspan

SoCal CTO

He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). Then I check and manage our Google Adwords campaign and check our analytics/stats. Our new customer acquisition has grown and our costs have plummeted. A negative customer acquisition cost!

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: VCs Are Not Always Right

ReadWriteStart

Today James Hickey from San Diego, California, pitched Parallel6 , a company that does social media marketing services for brands and also has a white label mobile app that can be customized and branded for their clients' mobile and social marketing needs. Statisco Economic Analytics. You can register here.

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Stories of Opportunity from the First Round Capital Key Hire Wire – COO, VP of Business Development, Online Marketing Director

This is going to be BIG.

VP of Business Development, DNAnexus - Palo Alto, California In the not too distant future, everything will be determined by your DNA--your job, what retro 50's decor you'll buy, how tightly you'll slick back your hair, whether or not you can date Uma Thurman.

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Finding The High Converting PPC Keywords That Are Right Under Your Nose

ConversionXL

Dig into your analytics and ask: How do different sections of your site perform? Exercise: Review your geographic reports within analytics, segment your reports by traffic source/ medium and review the conversion rates. 7pm Eastern is the highest spike for New York (1900 hours), and 7pm Pacific is the highest spike for California.

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