Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. Economies of scale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. Economies of scale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

By utilizing economies of scale, location, and common design, you may be able to provide a better solution faster for a lower cost. They know you and your brand, so this should minimize your customer acquisition cost for the new product. New products or services to existing customers. Offer your business as a franchise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

By utilizing economies of scale, location, and common design, you may be able to provide a better solution faster for a lower cost. They know you and your brand, so this should minimize your customer acquisition cost for the new product. New products or services to existing customers. Offer your business as a franchise.

Entrepreneur 250

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 25, 2012

Perhaps most importantly, you don’t need to set up a merchant account (which is virtually impossible for startups to do), and there are no additional monthly fees or set-up costs. Great for conference calls on the go - just don’t leave it running when you’re not using it (its a battery and bandwidth hog).

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 25, 2012

Perhaps most importantly, you don’t need to set up a merchant account (which is virtually impossible for startups to do), and there are no additional monthly fees or set-up costs. Great for conference calls on the go - just don’t leave it running when you’re not using it (its a battery and bandwidth hog).

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Diego Basch

JUNE 21, 2012

Because they will keep 20% equity each at the time of the acquisition, that means $6M each before taxes and vesting. This has an added advantage: GooBook employees know how acquisitions work at GooBook, and can help short-circuit the process. They like their jobs and they don’t want to be fired over a stupid acquisition.

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Venture Chronicles

APRIL 20, 2014

When you combine inbound marketing with account-based scoring, you get a very potent combination of predictable opportunity funnel that also benefits from lower customer acquisition costs.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 25, 2012

Perhaps most importantly, you don’t need to set up a merchant account (which is virtually impossible for startups to do), and there are no additional monthly fees or set-up costs. Great for conference calls on the go – just don’t leave it running when you’re not using it (its a battery and bandwidth hog).

Entrepreneur 60

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

OCTOBER 27, 2011

different screen sizes, different OS platforms, less memory, less bandwidth & speed, etc.) Don’t waste your customer acquisition costs. However, there are major challenges for developing games for mobile devices. The major ones are working with the limitations of a mobile device (e.g., touch, GPS, etc.).

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Moreover, the to-do list grows exponentially over time and many executives do not have the bandwidth to address significant responsibilities. Bringing in external resources can be a cost-and-time efficient way to complete a value stream map and put a company in a powerful position to move forward forcefully. Outsourcing.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

(Facebook’s ~$20 billion acquisition of WhatsApp, a 5-year-old startup that had $10 million in revenue, made no sense until you realized that Facebook was paying to acquire 300 million new users.). In the 20th century learning the best practices of a startup CEO was limited by your coffee bandwidth. 2. Information is everywhere.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 17, 2013

When I am sitting at my desktop at work with the browser open and high-speed bandwidth at my fingertips and want to program my DVR, I pick up my iPhone. Lastly, lower mobile bandwidth (versus the desktop) increases the consumer benefit of pre-cashed content and UI. Customer acquisition techniques are shifting.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

For instance, many a BDC CEO has initiated a consultant to study cost cutting issues before announcing a significant layoff. Unlike employee training costs, which can typically be spread over years of service, the relative return from training a consultant is modest and pricey. link] Chris Puttick. All Rights Reserved. startupcto

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

I use a more restrictive definition: A growth team is a product tech team that’s focused on acquisition instead of core product features. I’ve found that one engineer isn’t quite enough bandwidth to keep up with a full-time designer and growth manager. year growth program will cost you just short of a million dollars.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 15, 2006

It is about cheaper bandwidth, cheaper hardware, free software, and better tools. Let’s not forget that all of those tiny acquisitions of small startups is about bringing on the best talent possible. Sure, the next-generation web is cheap. In other words, you get much more done with much less than in years past.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 17, 2011

For a company laser-focussed on accelerating the number of active users, it might be actually worth having high cancellation rates if it meant an even higher acquisition rate. Sure they gave us a little money, but surely it’s negated by the time-cost of messing with them over tech support and processing cancellations and refunds.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Cloud Gaming wanted to take advantage of cloud computing power and improvements in bandwidth/connectivity to enable gamers to play multi player games on their mobile, PC or Television without the need for physical games copies, or consoles. And what does it mean for the future of Cloud Gaming from here on? The premise of Cloud Gaming.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2016

But in my experience as a startup advisor, too many entrepreneurs get stuck there, and always find excuses for not really exploring mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and alliance alternatives. Excuses for not thinking outside the box usually include limited personal bandwidth, not enough cash, and fear of the unknown.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 8, 2020

Even if the blockchain that powers Bitcoin lacks the bandwidth to handle the required transaction volume, and even if the world wasn’t ready 11 years ago for non-governmental e-money to go mainstream, the potential was always there. Another example is the recent acquisition of the popular Taringa!

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

But more broadly than just that,the direct costs of launching a startup have obviously plummeted which makes being a founder more accessible than historically. And for non-founder employees, as the broader employment markets even for college grads has gotten softer, the opportunity costs of a joining a risky startup have never been lower.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

A 354 percent increase in abuse-related issues like spamming, followed by a 245 percent increase in legal costs dealing people trying to game the system.&# at 10:09 am I think support and other ancillary costs are key here. at 6:04 pm The cost of support for free things is the big problem. Where was this info when I needed it?

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 22, 2011

Compute Actual Cost Per Acquisition Post-Facto Including Micro-Conversions. Today when we measure our Cost Per Acquisition (CPA) for our campaigns (Search, Email, Affiliate, whatever), we just think of the macro-conversion and, perhaps worse, we think only of that session / visit. Let's go. I know that is confusing.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2020

We have an acquisition arm and Congress is probably going to give us acquisition authority this year. On the left is the Pentagon with highly connected data centers with high bandwidth. And for students of economics, you see the cost curve. And we own the AI autonomous weapon systems ethics and policy for the DOD.

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

A decent 3D printer costs around $1000 and companies could turn consumer products, cases and pallets (shoes, shampoo, toothbrushes) into ‘ computers ‘ for cents on the dollar through technology such as RFID. It’s another case of the infrastructure and bandwidth catching up to desire. So what happened?

Technical Review 48

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

A decent 3D printer costs around $1000 and companies could turn consumer products, cases and pallets (shoes, shampoo, toothbrushes) into ‘ computers ‘ for cents on the dollar through technology such as RFID. It’s another case of the infrastructure and bandwidth catching up to desire. So what happened?

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Australia Aggregator 48

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Our solutions provide peace of mind, improve quality of life and save costs to users and service providers. Free roaming technology – unique roaming solution which eliminates roaming costs in more than 150 countries. Allot Communications. 4G/LTE and WiMax networks and provide full cell awareness. BoomeRing Communication. IXI Mobile. -

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