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JANUARY 11, 2014

See the Internet and now the mobile ecosystems are one, big competitive playground where globally some of the smartest minds are focused on how to make money by driving user growth better, faster and cheaper than others. It’s why some companies are testing whether building applications on KIK might lead to better customers acquisition.

Technical Review 384

Technical Review Hockey Stick SEM Channel 384

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MARCH 5, 2010

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. Their product direction and demo increased 10x. Finally, it was a real pleasure to meet Manu Kumar of K9 Ventures.

San Francisco 254

San Francisco Technical Review Los Angeles Software Review 254

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

It’s the most profound book I’ve read on thinking about how the Internet is changing business. Incumbents can’t react. If you haven’t read his book please do yourself a favor and buy it. But for now feel free to read my short summary of the key principles.

Los Angeles 329

Los Angeles Revenue Retention Acquisition 329

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APRIL 5, 2010

They wanted to employ our entire team post acquisition. Recently — in the name of censoring pornography — China blocked access to Google and demanded that computers sold in China come supplied with an Internet nanny filter called Green Dam Youth Escort, starting July 1. In 2007 Salesforce.com wanted to buy Koral.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Canada Green South Carolina 282

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MARCH 11, 2014

They produced algorithms and systems that helped to personalize the Internet so that you have a unique experience when you visit individual websites. AOL committed to keeping the team in LA after the acquisition and in building a deeper technology team in town.

Los Angeles 318

Los Angeles Silicon Valley LP Warrant 318

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JUNE 20, 2014

I was an early and tireless advocate for the growth of the Internet video ecosystem and as virtually every article I wrote made clear I believe the 800-pound-gorilla is YouTube and will remain so for the foreseeable future. The Internet works best on Deflationary Economics. So Why MiTú? Why Double Down on YouTube.

South America 291

South America Mexico Colombia Vertical 291

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APRIL 14, 2012

“it’s smart to use an impending investment valuation to drive a higher acquisition valuation” I would like to amend her statement slightly to read, “it’s smart to use an impending investment valuation to drive an higher acquisition.” Christin goes on. A nice play if you can make it.”

Valuation 316

Valuation Balance Sheet Dilution Term Sheet 316

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JUNE 17, 2017

The first company represents a normal software company that sells its products directly (either via sales staff or directly off of the internet). On quick glance a person might lament the fact that Company A is “not profitable” or is being a typical Internet startup. The example chart is not actually atypical.

Stock Options 227

Stock Options Startup Dilution Venture Capital 227

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JULY 25, 2010

Anything requiring lead generation and/or customer acquisition I call Matt Coffin. We all want authorities who are smarter on specific topics than we are. So you need to find anchor tenants who have authority in your field and who are respected by other angel investors in order to maximize the benefits of social proof.

Silicon Valley 293

Silicon Valley Technical Review Southern California Angel Investor 293

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The huge importance of this is that when you have a high-level of loyal customers you get repeat purchases that are significantly more profitable because you’re not spending new acquisition dollars acquiring them. companies that have to spend too heavily on customer acquisition). Get Physical!

Curation 296

Curation Differentiation Los Angeles Channel 296

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JULY 10, 2010

The importance of the conference is that it assembles most of the top privately held early-to-mid-stage technology companies in the country (and some globally) as well as most VC’s, growth equity funds and corporate development departments from large industry players looking at technology acquisitions. This is often in the 5-7% range.

IPO 242

IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

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JULY 1, 2010

They raised around $350 million to try and sell cars direct over the Internet. Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. And it carries no inventory. Foursquare. -A Competitors: Gowalla.

San Francisco 248

San Francisco Venture Capital Analytics Government 248

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

If YouTube really cares about dominating the future of Internet video it should take less because at 45% it will only encourage video producers to seek alternate distribution and will make it easier for competitors to emerge. I agree with YouTube (that they provide more (hosting, ad sales, etc.) Except for 2 things: 1.

Networking 366

Networking Media Distribution Video 366

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

They had previously all worked together at a very successful company in the “telecoms meets Internet&# space, CallWave, which IPO’d 5 years ago or so. Internet consumption is obviously growing massively on mobile devices. This no doubt led to the acquisition of AdMob by Google and Quattro by Apple.

Advertising 284

Advertising Affiliate Las Vegas RSS 284

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet: AOL. It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. AOL was closed, the Internet was open. And then came AOL.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

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MARCH 11, 2010

Let me assume for this discussion it’s a garden variety 2010 IT or Internet business (as opposed to something requiring capital equipment or a life sciences project). They can fund a deal if necessary and valid at the time you present an acquisition target to them. It’s a tricky question with no clear answer. What to do?

Venture Capital 319

Venture Capital Startup Silicon Valley Warrant 319

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MAY 23, 2012

The numbers of potential buyers had decreased dramatically both because large companies were shedding jobs and because many past buyers simply lacked resources to make acquisitions. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

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MAY 4, 2015

It has become so synonymous with Internet companies that the French have invented a disdainful term including Amazon: “les GAFA,” which they refer to as Google-Apple-Facebook-Amazon to talk about American dominance of the Internet. It is a household name.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review San Diego Dallas Sacramento 150

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MARCH 11, 2011

Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. He took out an ad in the Yellow Pages (it was the early 80′s, pre Internet), which cost him $1,000 / month for a half-page ad. If it worked in the Yellow Pages, why not on the Internet? Cars Direct / Internet Brands.

Product 350

Product Tuvalu Dilution Incubator 350

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MARCH 1, 2011

Mike believed that search was an essential part of the Internet experience, and he guessed that it would evolve towards commercial search. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer. Mike believed that any valuable page was going to be monetizable on a cost-per-click basis in relation to every page on the Internet.

Semantic 302

Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

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JANUARY 3, 2016

The two most prominent – Internet Capital Group (ICG) and CMGi – raised the bar for others and every firm in the Valley seemed to have a new war for services. Platform services aren’t a new concept – in the late 90s a new breed of firms emerged who provided services that hadn’t typically been offered.

Portfolio 150

Portfolio PR Partner Early Stage 150

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MAY 13, 2010

and his personality type seemed to be as the guy who built a wonderful, warm and fuzzy culture of purple at this new-fangled Internet kinda company. In the same way that AOL dithered and allowed us to become the Internet darlings we, too, avoided the big, company changing decisions. and I only met Jerry once. We were innovating.

Entrepreneur 330

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley United States Technical Review 330

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MAY 25, 2013

33% of the world is on the Internet on average of 3.1 This happens at acquisition time, too. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. In 2013 it is expected to be around $35 billion. Compare the state of play in 2013 versus 15 years ago. hours / day. 2008 App ecosystem on iOS = $0. ” This wrung true with me.

LP 374

LP Later Stage IRR Term Sheet 374

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JANUARY 13, 2011

I would argue that this mostly consists of consumer Internet companies (although not exclusively) and it is predominantly early-stage people who are product gurus and have a mildly technical bend to them. I’m comfortable with introductions and then getting into the demo.&#. Powerpoint can be especially useful for platform businesses or B2B.

Early Stage 299

Early Stage Venture Capital B2B Sales 299

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MAY 4, 2010

It seems like M&A ebbs and flows through periods of rapid acquisition followed by years of divestitures. It was bought for around $470 million and sold for $187 million. That seems to be the case for lots of AOL / Yahoo! businesses. It’s weird to me that corporate memory can be so short. Read more: DST Press Release.

IPO 236

IPO .Net Venture Capital Strategic Investors 236

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APRIL 12, 2018

While many analysts have equated “IoT” (Internet of Things) with wearables, I have long believed that the true value would come more from using cameras, lasers, infrared and sensors to track what is happening in the physical world through the use of technology. When Jamie wanted to sign on Shaq as the company spokesperson it also cost money.

Security 247

Security Los Angeles Silicon Valley Video 247

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

But in my experience as an entrepreneur and now spending my time amongst investors I can generalize that almost all VC investments in early stage technology & Internet investments come down to just four key factors. So NEVER talk about early exits, quick flips, tuck-in acquisitions, previous interest shown by acquirers, etc.,

Early Stage 360

Early Stage Startup Venture Capital Seed Stage 360

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

They told me that we had a chance to build the next great Internet company. Make sure the acquisition is still on target. My secret is that I used music and running. When I first got my offer to sell to Salesforce everybody around me told me not to sell. Capture this moment – don’t let it pass. I would self talk.

San Francisco 405

San Francisco Term Sheet Flash .Net 405

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AUGUST 18, 2015

Or that marketing is simply about online customer acquisition. They offered 2,000 free hours of Internet (* to be used in the first month) and each CD looked like a laundry detergent ad. He was a marketing genius. We live in times where everybody thinks that you just need to build excellent products and people will use them.

Employee 150

Employee Startup Canada Hawaii 150

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JANUARY 31, 2010

Mine started this way … I started my first company in the “go-go years&# of the Internet: 1999. Except that after the acquisition Salesforce.com required that I commute more than an hour each way from Palo Alto to San Francisco. We were based in London. a few days before the wheels came off of the market).

Entrepreneur 308

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley San Diego Non-Compete 308

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JULY 10, 2011

And while DataSift is a provider of multiple real-time data feeds, I would like to be clear that Twitter is by far the most important and dominant of the real-time publicly available data that exists on the Internet today, which is why today’s bet for me is on the Twitter ecosystem. We didn’t have the resources to do it all.

Viral 307

Viral Las Vegas Syndicate Syndication 307