SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Sometimes I make a blog entry. Our new customer acquisition has grown and our costs have plummeted. We are actually getting paid now to obtain customers, so our customer acquisition costs are now negative. A negative customer acquisition cost! I’m going to be using that as an example for a long time!

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TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

One way to approach that last question is to use this simple model: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) How will your business reach prospects? Look at different customer acquisition channels, how they are converting, and the expected lifetime value of customers acquired through those channels. Please write us at blog@techempower.com !

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socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2014

near real-time automated intelligence gathering systems that scour public and private data sources like websites, blogs, social media and email to unearth information businesses can use for competitive advantage. The funding was led by serial entreprenur Yuri Pikover, as well as $1M from crowdfunding. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. Great stuff. Jason looks at the issues around "sunk cost." Good stuff from Jason.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It’s the biggest podcast industry acquisition ever, and Spotify isn’t done. Here’s what the podcast acquisitions mean for Spotify, for the entire podcast industry, and for all the tiny underdog podcasters out there. That’s because the acquisitions make Spotify a publisher, as well as platform.

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socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2016

Costa Mesa-based Connectifier , the recruiting tools developer led by John Jersin, said Monday that it will be making some significant changes to its tool, after its acquisition by LinkedIn in February.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Many have seen the acquisition as an attempt to fight back against Shopify's rampant growth during the coronavirus pandemic. The Amazon/Selz Acquisition. Martin Rushe, the CEO and founder of Selz wrote a blog post announcing the deal. Amazon's acquisition of Selz doesn't represent a dramatic change to its business model.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

According to Jason Calacanis , in a blog post, $75M to $150M. In a list of 10 acquisitions he suggested Yahoo make "on day one", Calacanis--not one to shy from self promotion--said that Yahoo could acquire Mahalo for $75M to $150M, with a chance of closing a deal at greater than 50%. How much is Santa Monica-based Mahalo worth?

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2014

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. deathandtaxes spinmedia content blog magazine merger acquisition music news entertainment' Los Angeles-based SpinMedia said today that it has acquired Death and Taxes , an online magazine focused on indie music news, pop culture, politics, and entertainment. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2012

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is building out its travel vertical today, saying that it has acquired The Frugal Travel Guy , an online travel blog. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Ingersoll apparently founded the site after retiring as a mortgage banker and starting to travel the world with his wife.

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socalTECH

JULY 2, 2013

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. addtoany lockerz merger acquisition social sharing blogging ucsd diego student' Diven said that he has acquired AddToAny back from Lockerz, which had acquired the company back in July of 2011. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Customer Acquisition. Those two things together would lower your acquisition costs nearly in half to $6.11. Ironically, there are times where it may actually pay to INCREASE your customer acquisition costs. Measuring customer acquisition is clearly not enough because not all customers stick around. lowering $1.50

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2009

No financial details of the acquisition were announced. Tags: modernmom demand media mothers merger acquisition brooke burke celebrity mommy blog. The site said that Lolita Carrico, the original founder of Modern Mom, will continue to work with the team on the site; Carrico originally founded the site in 2001. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2011

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Weddingbee is an online blog focused on the wedding industry, brides, and wedding planning, and was launched in 2006. Los Angeles-based Internet Brands said Monday that it has acquired two web sites aimed at women, Weddingbee.com , and JustMommies.com from Pasadena-based eHarmony.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

I tell people that they need to blog about their industry to drive customers and not blog to their egos to drive their peer group to their blogs. It’s why some companies are testing whether building applications on KIK might lead to better customers acquisition.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In a blog post , Brisco said that the firm decided to become a private firm again, because it would be a "good deal" for shareholders, and also said it could become "even more focused" on long-term growth. Tags: internet brands growth merger acquisition private. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 19, 2013

Twitter and Blogs. Not all Twitter acquisitions leave a warm fuzzy feeling. Posterous is offering digital downloads of blog content for bloggers to transfer over to another service until then. Posterous is offering digital downloads of blog content for bloggers to transfer over to another service until then.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2009

A patent lawsuit against educational software provider Blackboard , which was spawned by the acquisition of Sherman Oaks-based NTI Group last year, has been settled, according to Texas-based TechRadium. TechRadium also has a similar lawsuit pending against micro blogging site Twitter.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The companies said that debt and equity for the acquisition came from Third Point LLC, and that Reed Elsevier was advised by Evercore Partners. Penske acquired Variety from parent firm Reed Business Information, which is part of Reed Elsevier.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

If you get a moment, as a favor to John for having produced such wonderful notes I’d be grateful if you would check out his most excellent startup blog The X Factor. I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer. Thank you, John.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. And of course the big question is whether Salesforce.com can out innovate these startups (especially after their acquisition of InStranet ). Expect great things from Assistly. Blogging has gone through many iterations. 2.2mm in Series A. It sucked. It still does.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

This is at least the second time Jones has benefited from an AOL acquisition; his own startup, Userplane, was acquired by AOL in 2006. It has been a very acquisitive day for AOL, which announced--in addition to buying Thing Labs--that it has acquired tech blog network TechCrunch, and video content syndication firm 5min Media.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

In another post I’ll talk about how PR has changed dramatically in the past 10 years or you can just read Brian Solis’s blog or buy his book on the subject. Most notably you need to understand Earned Media and how blogging, public speaking and social media play an important role in the new PR landscape.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2010

Chris Gorog , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Napster , said Wednesday in a blog post that he is leaving the firm. The move comes 16 months after the acquisition of Napster by Best Buy. According to Gorog, he will turn the reins of CEO over to Christopher Allen, who will serve as General Manager.

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socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2010

Tags: content publishing gadget blog acquisition merger bgr.com mail mail.com.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2014

They made a number of significant acquisitions in that space, My co-founders, Sammer and Chris, worked together at Internet Brands. We would make an acquisition, and very soon after an acquisition we''d have a team of people from the company we had acquired reporting into our group. We have complementary skill sets.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

We covered the following and much more: - FourSquare ( rumors of both an $80m pre money or a $100 million acquisition ). My blog and what it’s done for my deal flow. - I’d embed the video but it doesn’t seem to allow you to do this so here’s the link the This Week in Startups, Inaugural show. and much more.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

Ben Casnocha: The Blog , April 15, 2010 Everyone I spoke with loved the idea.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

What are some of the top things you've published online, e.g., blog posts? I’d love to get your thoughts at some point about writing for these publications vs. on your own blog. Vince: In addition to my management writing I’ve interview many CEOs and innovators.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2018

Since I know not everybody reads Twitter I thought I’d collect them here in a blog post. Payback periods on customer acquisition way more important to you in the near-term. The other day I posted some advice on Twitter that I just did free-formed from thoughts going through my head from recent conversations.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

I will talk about these strategies in my next blog post. It is the world’s best customer acquisition for video consumers to get them to come to your O&O where you can make your $25 CPMs. Building direct customer relationships with viewers (who want to tune into your channels). ” Don’t. Except for 2 things: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. 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.

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Xconomy

MARCH 25, 2019

billion acquisition of San Diego’s Receptos. Celgene said Monday it has again sent the FDA an application for approval of ozanimod, an experimental multiple sclerosis drug it added to its pipeline in 2015 as part of its $7.2 The FDA’s response then came in the form of a “refusal to file” letter.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2011

5) Twitter’s recent $40M acquisition of TweetDeck is an interesting development. TweetDeck is a very natural acquisition, it certainly brings talent that knows how to build Twitter applications. If you follow the tech blogs, that’s a very vocal community, but it is a tiny community.

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socalTECH

MAY 3, 2016

Two, Los Angeles area investors--venture investment firm Greycroft Pratners , and angel investor Paige Craig --are among the investors seeing an exit today, as Adobe said acquired blog commenting tools maker LiveFyre. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Journal or Blog – Writing about your experiences will force you to be contemplative and thoughtful. Journal or Blog – Writing about your experiences will force you to be contemplative and thoughtful. It will also allow you to refer back to past experiences without risking an erroneous decision based on a false memory.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Purpose of an MVP and Defining the Right MVP I've really not talked as much about this in my blog even though its hugely important.

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