socalTECH

MAY 10, 2011

Google's new "Music Beta by Google" is only available to a limited number of customers, however, will allow users to store up to 20,000 songs "in the cloud", streaming those tunes to Android phones or PCs. com--has been around since 2005. MP3Tunes--one of the many companies founded by Michael Robertson, who was founder of MP3.com--has

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Xconomy

MARCH 16, 2017

The company has advanced its specialized solid-state laser technology for customers in both the defense industry and commercial sector. But San Diego’s Daylight Solutions has managed to openly thrive in two very different markets.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2009

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial spaceflight operation run by Elon Musk, reported today that it has named Marv Vander Weg to Vice President of its EELV Customer Office, which appears to be a new office targeted at the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. government's EELV (Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle) program. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Los Angeles-based Oversee.net is in the midst of a major scandal today, as the firm revealed to customers that its SnapNames unit was the victim of a shill bidding scheme by a former employee. Industry publications are reporting that the former employee is now facing criminal charges for the shill bidding scheme.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

He is credited with pioneering the Lean Startup Movement in 2005 via the publication of his bestselling, Four Steps To The Epiphany. The Lean Startup approach dictates that successful customer development is an iterative process. Eric (Ries) was a student in one of the very earliest customer development classes at Berkley.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The firm’s portfolio includes Detroit’s direct-to-consumer plant startup Bloomscape , Chicago-based Paro , which provides a network of on-demand finance professionals, DC’s custom framing business Framebridge , Milwaukee-based monthly wine club Bright Cellars and New York insurtech company Policygenius.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The lawsuit had been filed shortly after the firms announced a rebate program for customers last year. The shill bidding had apparently gone on since March of 2005, well before Oversee.net bought SnapNames. The two said that the settlement terms and amounts are identical to the amounts offered to bidders in the rebate offer last year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2022

million, born 2005-2024, yet to be defined Generation X (Generation Me) – 64.9 First, a quick summary of the major U.S. demographic generations out there today, ranked from large to small: Generation Y (Millennials) – 82.9 million, born 1985-2004, biggest business opportunity Baby Boomers (no other name) – 70.7

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2017

We focus on digital transformation and customer experience. When you start doing that, you create an offering that can be purchased by more customers, and that becomes easier to maintain for us. It's about the customer life cycle, and taking a single view of your customer. What is LifeRay?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

I still drive the same car I bought for cash in 2005. Work on budgets, submit RFPs, answer customers support calls, work the bug-tracking software, and trying to meet the next sprint release schedule. Your 2am coding session is more important than their 2am cocktails on the redeye back from Japan where they have no customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I first met Ethan in 2005. And because I wanted Ethan to be able to attract a great team, build & iterate a product, test it with initial customers and refine his strategy before having to take the wrappers off of his company. I was preparing to move back to the US from London after 11 years abroad. So there you have it.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2009

The firm said it shipped more than 70 million PhotoStamps to customers since 2005. The firm had been operating in an extension of a USPS market test since May of last year, which expired over the weekend, on May 16th.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 10, 2014

When I bought house, this was a non-issue as the value had increased a tremendous percentage from when I bought back it in 2005. Creator of mind blowing customer experiences. I of course paid only the negative amortization amount of $8,000 per month tacking the difference back on to the principal each month. Ferocious entrepreneur.

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Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, US Government agencies suffered 1108 data breaches between 2005 and 2018 1. A dedicated Internet access service is best suited to government agencies and business customers with 20 or more employees, or for situations where uninterrupted uptime is essential. Switched Ethernet service.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

So that we’re speaking the same language I would define “exclusive” as a period in which your company is prohibited from doing business with certain customers or business partners, which is why many incorrectly assume this is necessarily bad. Why Exclusivity Matters to Your Customers or Business Development Partners.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Those technologies allow us to scale and offer a superior product for customers. Who are your core customers? Those are the three active areas, and we have several customers and have made lots of headway there. Why do these customers choose you rather than build their own systemsin particular, the carriers?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. 4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development? 37:45 Let’s talk about the dichotomy between customer development and Y Combinator? I remember this lesson well. Steve, thanks so much for joining us today!

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Startup Ideas Education Class 350

socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2018

Access control, as a whole, hasn't evolved over forty years, and we're bringing technology like the mobile cloud and software in the cloud, to create really disruptive innovation to how businesses respond to customers. In 2000, James and I started KnowledgeBase, which we sold in 2005. We then started Edgecast in 2006.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2011

Central Desktop was founded in 2005 to provide an easy-to-use, SaaS collaboration solution to the SMB market. Also, we should have segmented our customers sooner and narrowed our market segment (earlier)." "The first three years, we spent all of our time on the phone with our customers, even when we were a two-person company.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. Instead of making a few dollars per sale and hoping for thousands of sales, you sell to only a few customers, and charge much higher rates.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

For today's profile, we decided to talk with Taher Scherzay , Founder of FavRav (www.FavRav.com), a Los Angeles-based firm which has created a Facebook application to help small businesses find customers through social media, and also allow consumers to better tap the referral network of their friends. A lot of it was around stability.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2011

If you try to use daily deals or directors, or even handouts of fliers for marketing, that only brings customers when you're already busy. What we have done, instead, is figure out when business is slow, and use that as a parameters to create campaigns on their behalf, to drive customers into their stores. The third, is distribution.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2011

You decide how much you want to invest in your employees and then you give your employees the control to build a custom perk package for themselves. 4) What lessons from launching the Lincoln Group in Baghdad in 2005 are transferable to today’s LA startup scene? Every day, let’s learn from our customers, and I did that in Iraq.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2015

We have an entire generation of startup founders who don’t have muscle memory from getting their burn rates back into shape from 2008/09 or 2001-2005. Some companies have to go first. Others will follow. But many of us have been there. It’s not fun. But it’s necessary.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2015

It''s really designed as an easy to use product, to maximize the likelihood of customer success with the 3D printer. It would be a shame to invest lots of time and money in a product, and not have it attractive to customer. Without customers, no designer wants to participate. Steve Schell: The MOD-t is consumer oriented.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

With all the complexity of the IT environment, how do you convince customers to add one more piece into this puzzle? I started a company back in 2005, a very traditional kind of startup, where we had found angel money and had gone through traditional funding. Tim O'Neal: There are many compelling elements.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

Elizabeth Amini: I actually ran into him in 2005, when he was a keynote speaker at a conference. Back to the website, describe who the demographics are of your customers? You mentioned earlier that the customers you are targeting tend to be pretty busy-- what's your strategy to get those customers to sign up and stay?

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 7, 2013

Over the course of 2004 and 2005, we actually merged Be Free and Commission Junction together. . They also had a segment of customers that we hadn't been successful with - (I was there) to really learn. When we get in front of customers, it's about having that conviction. Arrogant Greg's Quick Demise. Commission Junction.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

He turned me down for a job in 2005. Customer support – After my pre-breakfast meeting I had my actual breakfast meeting. But it’s mostly customer service. But what kind of business person would I be if I allocated 100% of my time to customer service and zero to marketing? I get tons of.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

After a year in the market, MakeSpace was growing rapidly and our biggest issue was CAC (customer acquisition costs) relative to payback period (when we get our marketing investment back) and relative to LTV (lifetime value). But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. Our centralization is their achilles heel.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. You are particularly vulnerable if: You have revenue concentration (few customers each providing a large total of percentage of your revenue).

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 31, 2011

1) Give Your Customers (And The Media) What They Want. He used this term so often that it eventually became the title of his 2005 book on business advice. Thus, the Virgin brand has come to represent a maverick company that strives to deliver maximum value to its customers by pursuing creative and disruptive business models.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2013

Arjan Schutte: The consumer segment we care about is the underbanked, nontraditional customers. Arjan Schutte: I''ve been investing in this space since 2005, and consistently, fifty percent of our dealflow is from California. Tell us about Core Capital and the types of investments you make? You''d be surprised how big this is.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Prior to TripAdvisor, Erik spent over four years at eBay, where he held a variety of positions, including leadership of eBay’s premium features business, which grew during his tenure from $124 million in revenue in 2002 to $410 million in 2005, significantly outpacing overall eBay revenue and listings growth. Custom ad deals and partnerships.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Or again here in Consumer Affairs dating back to 2005. My research reveals that this known scam artist company has been duping customers for some time. Many of these complaints stem from the charges individuals found on their credit card statements.&# Background. I was home visiting my father in Sacramento.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2009

If you are a premium customer, we charge for the calls. The premium customer can buy that premium service in denominations of $25, $50, $100, or $200 dollars. Dialpad was acquired by Yahoo in 2005, and became the voice engine for Yahoo's VoIP services. It's 5 cents per call. John Nahm: Freemium has been working spectacularly.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

One of Southern California's successful, serial entrepreneurs is Winston Damarillo , who founded Gluecode, which he sold to IBM in 2005. It enables customers to not worry so much about security in cloud computing, because they can put it behind a firewall, and a way to very efficiently leverage their existing resources better.

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