The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
With over three decades of experience in private equity investments, acquisitions and mergers, Mark Hauser has developed a keen ability to recognize trends and do his due diligence. In tandem with these efforts toward organic growth, they will also explore opportunities for inorganic growth through acquisitions.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? Sam’s enthusiasm was infectious and his plans were bold.
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Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Sam did all this analysis before even deciding to build V1 of his software and before we put serious money behind him launching.
ConversionXL
JULY 3, 2020
was selected due to its ranking for evergreen queries, such as “things to do in Canada.” Paywalls, by default, are a barrier to organic acquisition—they stop some users from accessing some content. The travel section on Independent.ie We saw no significant decrease in average ranking. Currently, Independent.ie is still #1 on Google.ie
Austin Startup
OCTOBER 15, 2017
Can he attract paying subscribers in competition with the Washington Post ? However, that is wishful thinking if your customer decision makers have budgets for percentage payments and software buying is handled by a different group and a different procurement process. What is your Customer Acquisition Cost?
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 2, 2008
Its the same with acquisitions. Your natural tendency when an investor says yes will be to relax and go back to writing code. No one wants to buy you till someone else wants to buy you, and then everyone wants to buy you. The key to closing deals is never to stop pursuing alternatives. Take a look and let me know what you think.
Pascal's View
AUGUST 12, 2009
I liked the Friday, August 7 Wall Street Journal editorial, Washington vs. Silicon Valley , but it does not go far enough. It boggles the mind that Washington would enact new policies sure to prolong this (IPO) drought and strike at the heart of American innovation.” from the WSJ editorial).
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