Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

2) Groupon’s Far More International Than Most Realize : Most casual observers know that Groupon’s been buying similar daily deal businesses in other global regions (starting in May 2010), and doing some organic expansion internationally too. In Q1 2011 Groupon was acquiring new subscribers for $5.53

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2017

Some companies choose an IPO path, acquisition offers or a “recap” to bring in new investors to buy out earlier investors. Since 2012, the company has received the highest possible score on the Global Impact Investment Rating System assessment of social and environmental impact. What is your plan for capital and growth?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

They know you and your brand, so this should minimize your customer acquisition cost for the new product. Open more locations, expand online and globally. In addition to adding physical locations regionally and globally, the cost to provide an online Internet presence is now at an all-time low.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This method was perfected by Gil Elbaz and his team at Applied Semantics in LA and in what some have called “ the most important acquisition ever made by Google ” they acquired the company for $102 million before Google had even IPO’d. Deflationary Economics now favors us. Stuff you may not know about LA?

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2012

The Most Memorable Quotes (I Could Capture) From Startup School 2012 | The Art of Ass-Kicking – [link]. The economic logic behind tech and talent acquisitions – Chris Dixon – [link]. Gap Moves Away From Global AOR Agency Model | Advertising Age – [link]. Why Startups Need Marketing – [link].

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

To analyze what’s become of the OG Unicorns, it’s first worth noting that at the time of the 2013 post about 2/3rds of the 39 on the list had already been realized via IPO or $1B+ acquisitions. Most startups that hit this level did so via IPO or acquisition value. for $250M in 2016 by Hudson Bay, subsequently acq. What about today?

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Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 27, 2014

. When this 10s decade is over, we will look back and be amazed that a mere ten years prior, a few, absolutely massive financial institutions controlled the global banking industry. billion in credit last year, a 3x increase over 2012. Lending Club and Prosper are showing the promise of peer-to-peer lending, issuing $2.4

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

billion across 283 deals in the first three quarters of 2017, nearly three times that of in 2012. Mergers and acquisitions with tech giants and corporates. Instead of expanding further, this group might be considered by corporates for mergers and acquisitions. Drives development in technology.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Do you see the benefits of entering into a partnership in order to reap the numerous benefits without having to make large investments, such as in acquisitions? Are you or your company going into strategic partnerships with other people or companies? and in 2014 chosen as one of the “40 under 40” European young leaders.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

and today Bazaarvoice has a broad Conversations platform, network solutions (like Bazaarvoice Connections), analytics (Bazaarvoice Intelligence), and now advertising for the network with the acquisition of Longboard Media. So here we go with the thirteenth lesson from The Entrepreneur’s Essentials. We paid Jacob in stock only.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

The sales productivity ratio (measured with the Customer Acquisition Cost or CAC ratio) are also fairly similar for the two groups (except for a small cap dip in Q4 09) and therefore do not explain the difference Why is scale so much rewarded by public markets? (1). ► 2012. (1). Global warming: a plague for humanity?

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gigaom.com

JULY 10, 2012

9, 2012, 3:50pm PT. Lingo licenses Watson’s core speech technology for its language servers (though that relationship will likely end after the Nuance acquisition closes), and Research in Motion’s QNX is working with Watson’s API to develop a conceptual connected car assistant. Monday, July 9 2012. Tuesday, July 10 2012.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Not only does Zhongguancun have Chinese startups, but global technology companies (Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Oracle, BEA, Alcatel Lucent, Google) all have offices here or elsewhere in Beijing. As vibrant as the China venture business has been, 2012 was a different story. Closed for You, Open For Us.

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The Next Web

JUNE 15, 2015

According to Airbnb’s Growth Product Manager Rebecca Rosenfelt, the CPA result of these tactics was 5X better than other strategies such as Facebook acquisition costs. Read Next: How to take your startup global on a shoestring budget. Image credit: Shutterstock.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012. It seems learning to code has become a theme in 2012, and the demand is being met by Code Year and others. Three major acquisitions in as many months in this space confirm it is). Disrupt NY 2012. Disrupt SF 2012. © 2012 AOL Inc. Disrupt NYC. guest author. Upcoming Events.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

While poised with a limited number of transactions this year, the world of public Cloud Computing and SaaS companies has been marked by two events in the past few months: the acquisition of Omniture by Adobe and the high profile IPO of LogMeIn, a leading provider of PC remote access and support with a very interesting freemium model.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

The SaaS growth recovery does not seem to take a "V" shape 2) Sales productivity is ramping up: bottom was hit in the first half of 2009 However, the sales and productivity of the group, measured by the median "Customer Acquisition Cost ratio" or "CAC ratio", seems to be recovering more steeply. ► 2012. (1). Global Warning!

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 19, 2018

As a successful young entrepreneur (he’s only 30! ), Harrison Rogers is Founder and CEO of HJR Global, a private equity company that has increased at least 200% every year for the past 4 years. HJR Global is a family of small businesses founded by Harrison that span industries including education, real estate, security systems, and more.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Ernst and Young’s latest quarterly Global Technology M&A Update found that the number of announced deals is pretty much flat year on year and compared with the last quarter, but the average value of those deals fell sharply to $185m. That’s 43% down on Q3 2011 and 12% down on Q2 2012.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

On the heels of seeing the 10% influencer base increase the referrals process yielded, the team at Intellifluence pushed to create a brand-to-brand referral program as well, intent on creating user acquisition flywheels wherever possible. On a personal level, I was able to overcome the anxiety that comes with managing remote teams.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Not only does Zhongguancun have Chinese startups, but global technology companies (Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Oracle, BEA, Alcatel Lucent, Google) all have offices here or elsewhere in Beijing. As vibrant as the China venture business has been, 2012 was a different story. Closed for You, Open For Us.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 168

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2017

In 2012 she was announced as one of the Young Global Leaders by World Economic Forum and later that year named to be the chairwoman of the non-profit organisation Global Dignity. Founder and CEO of Tradeconductor Soulaima Gourani is a lecturer, corporate advisor, and author.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

But does Larry hate cloud computing that much or is he hiding a potential future acquisition of Salesforce.com? ► 2012. (1). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Global Warning! A funny video of Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle on Cloud Computing. It was taken at a Churchill Club event last month. Online Gaming.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2016

billion smartphone users in 2012. billion, and by 2017, nearly half of global mobile users are likely to own a smartphone. Marketers should also be looking at acquisition (visits, unique visitors, pageviews), behavior (pages per visit, time on site, bounce rate), and revenue (if you’re eCommerce). This number increased by 27.1%

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Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2018

acquisition of Jet.com in August 2016 transformed the company beyond the addition of the Jet platform. Jet.com founder Marc Lore ascended to CEO of Walmart’s US e-commerce operations, and since joining has taken the company on an e-commerce/apparel acquisition spree. POTENTIAL ACQUISITION TARGETS. Walmart’s $3.3B

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

On July 17, Ultimate Software, a $10B HR software gorilla, announced the acquisition of Peopledoc for $300m - the largest software exit in France since the acquisition of Neolane by Adobe in 2013. Sometimes companies get to the point of acquisition in a straight line; most of the time, however, they don’t. A much bigger market.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

MiTú, based out of Los Angeles, was founded in 2012 by three veterans from the Hispanic media world: Beatriz Acevedo ( recently named on the 25 most important digital media players on The Hollywood Reporter !) , Doug Greiff and Roy Burstin. This was a marked change from the previous leadership of YouTube.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 27, 2014

Working as a team, we could share data and analytics about customer acquisition and fraud activity, we could grow our user base faster and less expensively, and we could create higher profit margins in a marketplace where a huge number of higher value transactions would be taking place on a consistent basis.

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Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

March 8, 2012. But even during the macroeconomic boom of 2004 to early 2008 (inflated by various credit bubbles – housing, sovereign debt, LBOs) tech IPOs were extremely rare and then the global economic crisis of late 2008 – 2010 only further dampened hopes for a recovery. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 30, 2013

Released: 2012. billion acquisition by SAP in 2011. This was by far the largest and most important acquisition in the history of the SaaS category. He also served as a member of the SAP Executive Board and the SAP Global Managing Board. You ain’t f **g with my clique. Jay-Z, Clique. popover_trigger]. Track: Clique.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

I also advised Antonio to defer his investor road show and even customer acquisition programs until this basic positioning exercise is in place. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). IDES Technologies.

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Austin Startup

MAY 22, 2012

SailPoint, the leading provider of governance-based identity management solutions, today announced it has continued to grow at a record pace, nearly doubling its bookings in Q1 of 2012 compared to the same time last year. SailPoint now counts eight Fortune 20 companies and a fifth of the Forbes Global 100 companies as customers.

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www.ere.net

JULY 15, 2012

The true challenge with FPI and/or Process Improvement initiatives as they relate to Recruiting and Talent Acquisition is the following: We get so focused on ‘Output’ that we forget about what really matters — ‘Outcome.’ May 31, 2012 at 7:13 pm. [.] © 2012 ERE Media, Inc. advertising.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Conference 2012. So, we chose a business concept, established the pain point, discussed the solution, identified monetization and customer acquisition strategies, and assessed market opportunity. Acquisition. Thursday, March 8, 2012, 6pm - 9pm. Iridescent LA & Global Do Gooders cordially invite you to a STEM in LA Mixer.

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Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 1, 2011

The launch of Apple’s iAd mobile advertising network and Google’s acquisition of AdMob have given mainstream credibility to mobile ads, making them a legitimate choice for mainstream marketers. Globally, too, the growth curve shows a significant arc. In the year ahead, brands will spend over $1 billion on mobile marketing in the U.S.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

My contact at Facebook assured me that this story wasn’t the only one of its kind, and that it was more common than you’d think in other offices they had globally. Acquisitions are happening more and more, while companies like PillPack, Actifio, CarGurus, OnShape, Acquia, Applause, and others continue to march forward.

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