TechEmpower
JULY 31, 2023
What does the business do? One way to approach that last question is to use this simple model: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) How will your business reach prospects? Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) How much money will your business generate from each converted customer? How does it meet customers’ needs?
Steve Blank
APRIL 23, 2014
More often than not the results of these acquisitions are disappointing. The goal is to get a corporate investment or an outright acquisition of the startup. VCs like acquisitions as much as IPOs because the acquiring companies often can rationalize paying large multiples over the current valuation of the startup.
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Steve Blank
OCTOBER 26, 2020
He also said, “The most important hire I made in my time at the JAIC was the chief technology officer, Nand Mulchandani.” In this class session Nand Mulchandani, JAIC CTO who just completed an extended stint as Acting Director, continued the discussion of AI and the role of the JAIC. That’s it. Lessons Learned.
SoCal CTO
MARCH 5, 2007
There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2017
— all great things when you are executing and scaling a known business model. If the founder was lucky, he got to stay as chairman or CTO. However, almost like clockwork, the inevitable next cycle of technology innovation would catch these now-public startups and their boards by surprise. Board Control.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. But Ethan had left by the time of the acquisition. Nice sweep!
SoCal CTO
MARCH 11, 2010
This aligns with understanding the the core business model: Get Users (= Acquisition, Referral) Drive Usage (= Activation, Retention) Make Money (= Monetize) (and Lifetime Value is a good one) Of course, that’s a big part of what the investor wants as well. Part of those questions are around Startup Metrics.
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