YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

billion acquisition of Sweden-based software company Mojang, the developer behind the popular building game ““Minecraft”, which has sold over 100 million copies since its release in 2009, illustrates the degree to which Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s long-term vision for Microsoft is taking root at that company. Microsoft’s $2.5

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

billion is attributed to the pending Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard Besides Activision Blizzard, the big deals included Take-Two’s purchase of Zynga, Sony’s acquisition of Bungie, and the ESL and FaceIt acquisition by Savvy Games Group Mobile was the most active segment with 47 deals. The rise of Blockchain gaming.

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Forecast IP Mobile Acquisition 190

Genuine VC

MARCH 26, 2012

Over the past decade, VCs have been lamenting about the poor state of the IPO markets and that the number of real potential acquirers for consumer internet startups has dwindled down to a handful, if that. That optimism, even, can extend beyond the IPO markets to M&A as well. Overall, a much more positive picture than the late 2000’s.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. billion acquisition of Weta Digital, Peter Jackson’s VFX company, gives Unity capabilities in creating hyper realistic virtual environments using RT3D (real-time 3D) technology. Here we go! Epic Games.

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IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

Steve Blank

JANUARY 5, 2023

Original Problem Statement: How might we implement a ubiquitous secure global access to the internet in order to help circumvent censorship in authoritarian regimes? Final Problem Statement: How can we create an open, free Internet and maintain effective lines of communication in Taiwan in preparation for a potential invasion?

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Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Technology China 353

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2016

It seemed as though venture capitalists were throwing money at any Internet idea they could find – no business plan required. Our idea was to build a dial-up Internet service to compete with AOL, MindSpring and EarthLink. We had no experience in running an Internet filtering software business, but this didn’t concern us.

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Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 188

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. are still the primary method for finding information on the Internet. But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force.

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Internet Social Bookmarking Social Media Startup 241

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

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2020

That definition is nearly 30 years old, and hadn’t evolved with the pace of technology changes, from mainframe computers to the Internet to the cloud, and much more. is any liability incurred in the development, acquisition, use, and retirement of technology — i.e. hardware and software systems, or the skills set needed to support them.

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Technical Review Small Business Software Review Security 246

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups. Startup exits in the next three years will include IPO’s as well as acquisitions. The payoff: in this bubble, a startup can actively “engineer for an acquisition.”

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Berkonomics

JUNE 25, 2020

But businesses that expose their story to tens of millions of potential customers through the Internet need additional tools. Some of these are also applicable to non-Internet businesses. CACR (Customer Acquisition Cost Ratio). The lower the ratio, the more successful the customer acquisition campaign.

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Internet CPA Acquisition Revenue 62

Haystack

JUNE 25, 2018

What does a massive telco do to follow up an $85B acquisition of Time Warner? exits like that of GitHub to Microsoft make the big waves, acquisitions like that of AT&T buying AppNexus can feel, relatively speaking, small — but that would be a mistake to perceive it that way. Spend about $1.6-$2.0B on AppNexus, of course.

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Acquisition Mobile Networking Internet 79

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Yet, even though our team had experience with several previous successful acquisitions, after the initial rush of excitement, the hard reality of bringing together two separate entities set in. Integrating an acquisition is difficult in the best of circumstances and can often fail to meet stakeholders’ expectations.

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Acquisition Azure Cloud Partner 100

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

From connecting to loved ones on the internet to online shopping, technology has swiftly evolved to make our lives easier. Lesser spending for customer acquisition. People love convenience. So, it’s not surprising that many businesses can be started online today that advocate for convenience, such as subscriptions.

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United States eCommerce Business Model Technical Review 68

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Generally speaking, there are two ways (and only two ways) to scale a business to hit that $100 million threshold: Your business has a high Life Time Value (LTV) per user, giving you the freedom to spend a significant amount of money in customer acquisition. High LTV can usually be found in transactional or subscription businesses.

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Churn Rate Viral Acquisition Cofounder 168

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Almost instantly, via the Internet or on their smartphone in the store, they can find the lowest price alternative or their favorite features, without waiting for push marketing or listening to your best sales person. This is a key moment where your customer acquisition costs go way down, and your profits go way up.

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Customer Social Media Acquisition Internet 365

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. The monetization engine of the Internet that powers the most profitable business perhaps in history was invented and perfected in Los Angeles and is what you now know as Google Ad Words.

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Seattle 376

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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Internet Caching Aggregator Audio 153

Up and Running

MAY 10, 2021

Internet of Things (IoT). In the age of the internet, even clothes are getting “smart.” What is your customer acquisition cost? According to Statista , the market size for AR and VR technology will rise close to 300 billion U.S. dollars by 2024. Does this number tell anything to you about app development? Smart clothes.

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Artificial Inteligence Developer Development Team Review Mobile 150

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

David Cancel – Co-founder/CEO of Driftt (Co-founder/CEO of Performable at the time he first joined our group of advisors, after which he became HubSpot’s Chief Product Officer following an acquisition of Performable). Mike Baker – CEO of DataXu. Brian Shin – Founder/CEO of Visible Measures.

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Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur Due Diligence 120

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

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. Today they released the first Startup Genome Report — a 67 page in-depth analysis on what makes early-stage Internet startups successful.

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Technical Cofounder Early Stage Startup Silicon Valley 333

YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

This also applies in acquisition conversations. Obviously, strategic acquisitions have additional considerations and motivations, but most acquirers will not venture too far from industry norms in revenue multiples and the ultimate enterprise value.

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Cofounder Burn Rate Technical Cofounder Seed Capital 118

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. Nest Labs – $3.2 billion, 2014. DoubleClick – $3.1 billion, 2007. YouTube – $1.7 billion, 2006. Waze – $966 million, 2013. AdMob – $750 million, 2009.

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Acquisition IPO Mobile Internet 103

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

David Cancel – Co-founder/CEO of Driftt (Co-founder/CEO of Performable at the time he first joined our group of advisors, after which he became HubSpot’s Chief Product Officer following and acquisition of Performable.). Mike Baker – Co-Founder/CEO of DataXu. Brian Shin – Founder/CEO of Visible Measures.

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Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur Cofounder 113

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A sales funnel focuses on the marketing campaign and purchasing process that leads to the acquisition of new and repeat clients. If your business involves graphic design , for example, demonstrate to a potential client the difference between a website created using free images downloaded from the internet and having bespoke images made.

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Sales Audience Social Media Email 152

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Hosted software deployment typically means the software vendor provides or manages the server infrastructure and operating system/database and the users access the enterprise software via the Internet. Examining your IT infrastructure and capabilities, along with your security requirements are important factors to consider here.

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Software Review Software Database Hosting 104

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2022

The way to start is with a sample financial model, available from many sources on the Internet, such as over 200 downloadable free from the Corporate Finance Institute website. What if your customer acquisition cost assumptions have to change?

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Conversion Ratio Startup Business Model eCommerce 368

Agile VC

MAY 13, 2013

If you think back to the monster consumer software and internet companies that’ve been built in the last 2-3 decades, it’s actually far more likely they were fast and/or particularly innovative followers rather than first movers. We sometimes think of being a fast follower in pejorative terms.

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Cloud B2B Software Review Technical Review 205

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

We will cover them in more depth below: Acquisition. Acquisition: The acquisition is often known as a “merger and acquisition.” An acquisition or merger does not have to happen on a big scale. Buying and Selling a Business acquisition exit strategy family business Family Succession IPO merger'

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

David Cancel – Co-founder/CEO of Driftt (Co-founder/CEO of Performable at the time he first joined our group of advisors, after which he became HubSpot’s Chief Product Officer following and acquisition of Performable.). internet sectors that we focus on here at NextView? Mike Baker – Co-Founder/CEO of DataXu. the folks ?listed

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 16, 2012

Mergers and acquisitions have a notoriously high failure rate and as a result investors knocked a couple of percent off Cisco’s share price yesterday following the announcement of their $5bn acquisition of NDS Group. This is the money quote: Many acquisitions fail.

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Acquisition Merger Social Network Revenue 104

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

They should also invest in marketing and user acquisition to increase the network effect. Israeli startup Wix , the Internet’s most popular website builder, is an excellent example of a company that exhibits outstanding leadership.

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Founder Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation 88

Hearpreneur

JULY 17, 2020

Smart or Self Driving Cars, IoT Devices, Smart Homes, Medical chip implants, Bots, and Robots to assist you; in short, everything will be connected to the internet and cloud. One such industry is the Network Marketing, which entirely depends on customer acquisition. The future is the Internet of Things (IoT). 6- Sensors.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review Affiliate 124

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 8, 2013

Cincinnati, Ohio-based startup accelerator the Brandery is currently accepting applications for its 2013 edition of its four-month acceleration program for brand-driven consumer Internet startups. “We’re looking forward to accelerating strong founding teams and disruptive ideas,” he adds.

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Ohio United States Angel Groups Technical Review 165

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2020

Today the Internet is the best example of a new sales and delivery channel that has transformed many businesses, and killed others. Use outside investment and acquisition to expand your scope. They were successful with business computers and technology, but didn’t see the change. Expand into key new sales and delivery channels.

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Customer Institutional Investors Channel Acquisition 359

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 21, 2014

In the last two weeks there’s been a flurry of articles about the implications of a 25% decline in the public market value of a bunch of Internet stocks. We probably had about $150m committed and were running around trying to get to $300m for what we had positioned as a dedicated Internet VC fund.

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Stock Internet SEC Italy 140

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

It’s been over a decade since Westin left Singapore’s shores; the hotel chain sold off its two properties – The Westin Stamford and The Westin Plaza – to Swissôtel and Raffles Hotel in 2002, after the brand’s own acquisition by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in 1998.

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