socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2010

Carlsbad-based Dot Hill Systems said today that it has completed its acquisition of Cloverleaf Communications , a developer of storage virtualization and management software. Tags: hill data storage merger acquisition cloverleaf virtualization communications. The deal was worth a total of $11.9M cloverleaf is based in Israel.

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Acquisition Software Review .Net Pricing 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

billion based on the closing price on Friday November 5, 2021, and the assumption of $3.4 billion of net debt. Viasat said the deal is comprised of $850.0 million in cash, approximately 46.36 million shares of Viasat common stock valued at $3.1

.Net 113

.Net Pricing Services Company 113

socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2021

The publicly traded company--which trades on the Nasdaq as OBLG--said it sold 4,000,000 sahres of its common stock at a purchase price of $3.10 Oblong said it intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes. in a registered direct offering, from both pre-existing and new institutional investors.

.Net 113

.Net Equity Los Angeles Pricing 113

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2022

In my experience, the top candidates will include the following: What if you have to cut your targeted price? Pricing is always a tricky issue. You need to quickly calculate the long-term impact on profitability of pricing and business model changes. What if your customer acquisition cost assumptions have to change?

Startup 147

Startup Pricing Sample Customer 147

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

the parent company of Snapchat , has set its estimated initial IPO pricing, saying this morning in a filing that it estimates its initial public offering price at betwen $14.00 Snap said it is planning to sell as many as 230,000,000 shares of its stock, which would net it around $3.68 Venice, California-based Snap Inc. ,

Snapchat 113

Snapchat Venice .Net Pricing 113

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month. I often see companies burning $100,000 per month (net) looking to raise $6-8 million.

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Startup Company Companies .Net 383

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2013

OpenX said the new Revenue Intelligence product uses algorithms to figure out the total value a page generates, based on a net present value calculation--taking into account page views and clicks, traffic, and more. Pricing on the new product was not announced. Pricing on the new product was not announced. READ MORE>>.

OpenX 159

OpenX Content Services Advertising 159

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2020

In my experience, the top candidates will include the following: What if you have to cut your targeted price? Pricing is always a tricky issue. You need to quickly calculate the long-term impact on profitability of pricing and business model changes. What if your customer acquisition cost assumptions have to change?

Startup 123

Startup Pricing Sample Customer 123

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2017

The company--which priced at $17.00 The early pop in its shares pushes the net worth of Eval Spiegel and Bobby Murphy to more than $5.0 Venice-based Snap Inc. had a huge debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Thursday, as it started trading as SNAP, surging above $25.00 per share in early morning trading--up more than 43%.

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Southern California Snapchat High Tech Venice 100

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

Who are the big winners after the IPO pricing of Venice, California-based Snap Inc. Obviously, co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy both have instantly been catapulted into the ranks of billionaires, with a net worth of $3.58 on Wednesday afternoon? billion each in SNAP's publicly traded stock. billion in stock.

Southern California 100

Southern California Venice .Net Mobile 100

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

Who are the big winners after the IPO pricing of Venice, California-based Snap Inc. Obviously, co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy both have instantly been catapulted into the ranks of billionaires, with a net worth of $3.58 on Wednesday afternoon? billion each in SNAP's publicly traded stock. billion in stock.

Southern California 100

Southern California Snapchat Venice .Net 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed.

Technical Review 143

Technical Review Customer Custom Entrepreneur 143

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

We’ve had two companies where we had to bridge finance them several times before they eventually IPO’d We had a portfolio company turn-down a $350 million acquisition because they wanted at least $400 million. You need shots on goal as not every one will go in the back of the net. That’s return, not exit price of the company.

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Funding Startup Writing Invest 294

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range. Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. High customer loyalty and high team passion.

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Organization Invest Customer Custom 173

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2015

Mindbody is selling 7,150,000 share of its stock in its IPO, which would net $123.3M for the company if its prices at the high range. Companies in the IPO process will set an IPO trading range around the same time as they are on their institutional road show, to test interest from investors, before the actual pricing of the IPO.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels .Net Pasadena 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range. Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. High customer loyalty and high team passion.

Organization 94

Organization Invest Customer Custom 94

Xconomy

JULY 7, 2016

Pernix Therapeutics is slashing its headcount by more than 20 percent as the specialty pharmaceutical company tries to move toward profitability after a streak of acquisitions. Those acquisitions helped Pernix reach $175.8 But filings also show the company’s net losses widening each year since 2012. million net loss.

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Sales San Diego .Net Report 40

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2012

Louis-based competitor, Viasystems Group , the two said this morning, in a deal worth $268M net of cash plus debt assumed. per share in cash for DDI's, or $282M, a 20 percent premium to the volume weighted average price of DDi over the last thee months. According to Viasystems Group, it will pay $13.00

.Net 124

.Net Pricing Services Acquisition 124

InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

Although this is a somewhat unusual real estate transaction, it reflects a surprisingly common scenario in the business world of mergers and acquisitions, with one important distinction. Even the eccentric King of Pop communicated the price he was willing to pay for Neverland. What is your price?”. My House Is Not For Sale.

Company 100

Company Companies Santa Barbara Pricing 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?” Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). ” If you’re not profitable you’re purely a cost center to them.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2015

In my experience, the top candidates will include the following: What if you have to cut your targeted price? Pricing is always a tricky issue. You need to quickly calculate the long-term impact on profitability of pricing and business model changes. What if your customer acquisition cost assumptions have to change?

Startup 103

Startup Pricing Sample Customer 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

Last year was quite a year for IPOs, largely influenced by the significant rise in the number of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) who went public, despite almost uniformly negative returns. Smart entrepreneurs are now starting to look at this option again, as well as the challenges of running a public company.

Startup 98

Startup Report IBM IBM 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed.

Startup 98

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 98

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2012

Few people in the technology world are unfamiliar with the huge rise in the popularity of the photo sharing service Instagram, which was topped off by a $1 billion acquisition of that company by Facebook just a few weeks ago. How does pricing on the photos work? To make it easy, we set the prices. It's been a net win.

Startup 153

Startup Pricing Sites Acquisition 153

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, Good ones don’t care about the granular details in a startup but they do care about how big the market is, what share you’ll get and what assumptions you make about pricing over time and other market factors. 66% Net Operating Margins?

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

Although this is a somewhat unusual real estate transaction, it reflects a surprisingly common scenario in the world of mergers and acquisitions, with one important distinction. Even the eccentric King of Pop communicated the price he was willing to pay. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale.

Company 160

Company Companies Pricing Santa Barbara 160

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer. A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor. The Answer Is?

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Acquisition Pricing .Net 124

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer. A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor. The Answer Is?

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Acquisition Pricing 124

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked also netted in new customers such as Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, and Equity Partners, NextView Ventures and crowd-funding service AI Verified which will take advantage of its iPad compatibility, bulk uploading, and reporting tools. How CapLinked Changes The Game.

Mobile 91

Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

This is not atypical for “middle men” who often take 15–30% of the value of the sale If you’re shaking your head and thinking, “duh” I promise you that even some of the most sophisticated people I know get off track on this issue of “gross revenue” versus “net revenue.” Not necessarily. The VC-backed businesses sometimes “blow up.”

Startup 227

Startup Venture Capital Sales Course 227

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 9, 2013

You might net $1 million and that would change your life. Now I just have a 3x higher exit price if I want to sell one day. Make sure the acquisition is still on target. If you don’t you may have to lay off staff in eight weeks. How can you process that? Even more difficult. You have an offer to sell your company.

News 405

News Venture Capital Yahoo .Net 405

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

At the time of acquisition, the press primarily asserted that Google bought Motorola to help protect Android’s legal intellectual property in court. ISP executives have publicly spoken about violating net neutrality. Violating net neutrality would be analogous to installing Internet toll roads. Google would be in peril.

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Google Web .Net Yahoo 92

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

If there happens to be a gas station along the way where you can fill up for a reasonable price, great. One way to combat reckless spending is to instill a sense of pride in your employees to never pay full price. Rather, you should be ashamed to pay full price. Encourage all of your employees to ask, “Is that your best price?”

Startup 221

Startup Pricing Entrepreneur Email 221

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur''s Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Customer 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2017

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed.

Startup 64

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 64

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a recent book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed.

Startup 118

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 118

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2020

Our interview today is with Greg Martin , co-founder of LiquidStock (www.liquidstock.com), an investment fund which offers up a way for employees of private companies to exercise their stock options before an IPO or acquisition. However, as companies have stayed private longr, I saw there was a trend happening.

Startup 113

Startup Paramount Invest Capital 113