Eric Friedman

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Why Shipping Is Important When Building Shipping defines software engineering in a magical way that is challenging to understand. Examples of this are the 30+ people that Craigslist employs, a platform accessed by millions, if not billions, of internet users every day. When executed correctly, it’s admirable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

It seems like everyone has an Internet startup these days. In addition, every business has operating costs, like customer acquisition, fulfillment, inventory, and customer service. You have to be found and favored by search engines. Search engines. are still the primary method for finding information on the Internet.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

Perhaps the most misused terms I see these days from entrepreneurs involve CAC (customer acquisition costs) and LTV (life time value) and a lack of understanding these critical components is driving many companies to premature failure. CAC is often measured incorrectly and doesn’t often doesn’t capture the true costs of acquisition.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. VC’s engineered financial transactions, working with entrepreneurs to brand, hype and take public un profitable companies with grand promises of the future. Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups. Carpe Diem.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2021

The engineers can produce various models in a matter of seconds. Internet of Things (IoT). In the age of the internet, even clothes are getting “smart.” What is your customer acquisition cost? Simply because the consumers love it. Suppose you want to design a room. dollars by 2024. Take a look at some of the stats.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

Max entered Stanford in the fall of 2010 as a freshman, took as many of the engineering entrepreneurship classes as he could and independent study with me. (He They went to work gathering deep knowledege of what makes successful Internet startups. Max and his partners interviewed and analyzed over 650 early-stage Internet startups.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

They should also invest in marketing and user acquisition to increase the network effect. The company has built a team of world-class engineers who are passionate about solving complex security challenges, and this team has been instrumental in Checkmarx’s success.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Pivotal Tracker – Engineering planning, tracking, task assignments (+mobile). Mixpanel – Reporting on fine-grain, “in-app” events such as “user clicked on this button” Pingdom – External monitoring of our applications, “Can folks on the Internet see our applications correctly right now?”

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Research shows that over 42% of internet users worldwide now use ad blockers to reduce how much advertising they see. While there’s nothing you can do about there being too many ads on the internet, ad irrelevance, intrusiveness, and size are all elements to consider. Ad blockers. They just want to consume it. Take The Economist.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Understanding Research Engine Optimization And Its Impact on SEO with Shama Hyder written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Shama Hyder. Search engines are still here, they're evolving and so forth.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 28, 2020

Compass.co, a benchmarking and research service, analyzed 3,200 internet startups and found that 74 percent “fail due to premature scaling.” These lost startups land higher valuations, have larger teams, outsource more product development and spend more money on customer acquisition than their peers. Honestly, we don’t know.”?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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Agile VC

JUNE 24, 2013

I’ve been doing some thinking about the future of cars and the impact of the internet. I started jotting this down about a month ago but Google’s acquisition of Waze was a good prompt to finish off this post. But to me infotainment is really just a small part of the internet connected car story.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

The two most ambitious projects were ThereNow and IQ Engines. Still, I think that to succeed they really need to focus on vertical niches where they can differentiate and have more focus on content quality and user acquisition. I wrote about how to give demos in a previous post. I for one will be routing for them, though.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. I wanted several of the software engineers to join me at our next startup but their employment was tied to BuildOnline. They wanted to employ our entire team post acquisition. I hope that didn’t have a stature of limitation!

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Up and Running

JUNE 12, 2019

Social media, for one, has potential as a digital tool that more than one-third of internet users turn to when they want to learn more about a product or service. Search Engine Optimization (SEO). That sort of exposure requires search engine optimization, or SEO. Think of it as a digital classified ad with prime placement.

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Marketing Social Media SEO Entrepreneur 109

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

He tells us: If you’re starting a new internet company, its important to know who your audience is, and to make sure that you don’t let your own experience and that of other Time Poor people guide you wrong. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Today, building Internet businesses, or businesses that are primarily marketed through the Internet, is viable for entrepreneurs all over the world. The bulk of our discussion today was around scaling and customer acquisition strategies. It is no longer Silicon Valley's exclusive domain. CustomerDiscovery. Discuss.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I have seen this criticism at various places where this recap is syndicated on a weekly basis, as well as in certain random forums on the internet. To interest investors, the pricing model and customer acquisition strategy would need to be scalable. However, 1M/1M is a development economics project.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Startup Early Stage 114

The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2012

For that, he turned to a previous relationship he had with Apple’s Senior Vice President Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue. Or its software engineering team could be the target, if Apple was impressed by their work. And, even before his relationship with the board soured, he was looking for a way to sell the company.

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Media Startup 161

Haystack

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Internet security has always been a favorite of technology VCs, but I personally suspect the idea of security will broaden as the Internet itself grows beyond phones, tablets, and other connected devices — as we see now in the news with our social graphs, artificial intelligence, crypto, and other emergent technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Large corporations and conglomerates, the engines of growth and vitality in the twentieth century, have lost their edge and their image. Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. The cost of entrepreneur entry is at an all-time low. Marty Zwilling.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2020

Rising customer acquisition costs—especially on ad platforms—have also put weaker brands with lower conversion rates out of business. LimeSpot is an AI personalization recommendation engine. Only the best are surviving, thus perpetuating a rise in conversion rates. You don’t even have to worry about the fraud cases—they handle them.

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eCommerce Sales Software Review Development Team Review 110

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 15, 2012

My goal is to get them excited about creating an amazing digital acquisition strategy that delivers noteworthy experiences through their owned digital platforms, and which ultimately delivers bigger profits (usually offline, but online as well). How do consumers access the Internet? #2. How do consumers access the Internet?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2014

We graduate more engineers in our greater region than anywhere else in the US. We have top 25 engineering schools than anywhere else, too. We have a large number of highly talented engineers and entrepreneurs now developing companies in our local market. Buying local teams with talented engineering groups. Maker Studios.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think everybody heard about this acquisition. They bought distribution and engineering talent. On the founder’s side it’s about taking money off of the table and / or having strategic reserves for big acquisitions. You go onto the Internet and can control what people hear on terrestrial radio.

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

SEO, or search engine optimization, makes your website and its content more visible to search engines. The closer you are to the top of the search engine results page (SERP), the more likely it is that searchers will click onto your site. Customer acquisition cost (CAC): Tow much it costs to acquire a new customer.

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SEO eCommerce Analytics Software Review 80

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

We are also one of the stickiest sites on the internet. Our team includes 12 top-notch engineers from NVidia, Microsoft, Stanford, Berkeley and Cornell. On top of that throw in a bunch of web servers and SQL databases, cross-platform 3D graphics code and a highly scalable physics engine and you get the idea.

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San Francisco CTO Hire Developer EC2 92

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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