Agile VC
MAY 13, 2013
Google (search… lots of predecessors). Google didn’t have to convince people that Internet search was needed… they just had to make it work better (via PageRank and subsequent innovations) and monetize it better (by copying GoTo/Overture with paid search advertising). Dropbox (cloud storage).
Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. What They Do: Travel search engine. paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS). Kayak Software Corporation.
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Agile VC
OCTOBER 27, 2011
There’s a couple different forces I see at work: 1) Selling & Customer Acquisition - In the last 5 years, the biggest force in business software was the impact of the cloud as an infrastructure layer and product/service delivery mechanism. companies on user acquisition are increasingly being applied to SaaS companies.
Agile VC
JUNE 5, 2011
How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. But if the proportion of buyers to subscribers is fairly high and doesn’t drop rapidly, the LTV presumably can sigificantly exceed acquisition costs.
Agile VC
MAY 21, 2012
On the consumer facing side, the number of companies doing multiple acquisitions of $100M+ was extremely short… Google, eBay/PayPal, Amazon, and Microsoft are at the top of the list. <$100M) acquisitions for several years now, but they’ve mainly been acquihires. IAC and Yahoo! Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized.
Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. A lot has changed. link] leehower.
Agile VC
MARCH 13, 2012
Patents and the threat of patent infringement lawsuits provide maximum leverage against a competitor when they’re in the middle of a strategic inflection point… a major financing, acquisition, or large product launch. property over the years, but certainly frequented not just search but also News, Yahoo! Mail, Sports, etc.
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