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Wonderist Agency Acquires Merger Labs

YoungUpstarts

Eighteen months ago, San Diego-based MergerLabs was born out of CAPTARGET, a leader in private equity deal origination, owned and operated by Gabe Galvez. Galvez, a major player in private equity and investment banking, saw the need for marketing services geared toward these sectors.

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Helping Entrepreneurs Buy And Sell Their Agencies

Duct Tape Marketing

So, you know, I, I have kids that are in their thirties and I'm envisioning a purple dinosaur that I did a a lot of watching with, but I guess there's also Smith Barney, which is certainly in the finance space, but I'm sure you have and Barney. They may just do PPC or just do SEO or just do creative, but they're all over the, the country.

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Trada – from the beginning

VC Adventure

We price our seed rounds as equity investments, always lead or co-lead … and treat them the same way we would a $10m investment… when we make a seed investment, it gets everyone’s attention. If you’re a business or PPC agency spending $3k – $100k per month on search marketing, I’d encourage you to give them a try.

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Insight Into Operating A Successful Services Firm

YoungUpstarts

For example, if you are solely focused on bringing in sales through PPC, you may see neglect in other areas. Back in 2016, I created a blog that published content relating to finance, after months of getting no where, it took off. For example, marketing agencies use advanced tools and methods to boost client businesses.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project. We’re considering doing SEO and PPC as well as cold calling to generate leads. Offer equity to a programmer? Other sources of capital. Youre the man.