SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 5, 2012

Friday, May 11, 2012 -- Entrepreneur Association Conference. 15 percent discount for SOCALTECH readers. 15 percent discount for SOCALTECH readers. Use promo code: SOCALTECH. See [link] (more)

Conference 113

Conference Entrepreneur SoCalTech UCLA 113

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

While the market isn't short of spritely, innovative entrepreneurs, harsh economic headwinds combined with a pullback in investor spending have made it harder than ever for budding businesses to break through. Source: runwayml.com In June, Runway raised $141 million in funding, nudging its market valuation to an envy-inducing $1.5

Startup 210

Startup Generative AI Newsletter Tool 210

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

Uber has faced strong, negative reactions from taxi and other transportation services, which have been lobbying and using local laws to lock the firm out of their local markets. Uber launched its services in Los Angeles in March of 2012, and followed with expansion into San Diego in June of 2012.

San Diego 170

San Diego Los Angeles Services Demand 170

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Tool Users - Startups often have a long gestation period in which the team is in discovery mode, defining the company's value proposition, target market, pricing, business model, etc. Unfortunately, the 2012 QS TopMBA.com Applicant Survey notes that, on average, MBAs expect to earn $153,000 upon graduation.

Entrepreneur 279

Entrepreneur Technical Review Case Study Class 279

Xconomy

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Prices for agricultural commodities such as corn, soy, and wheat are at their lowest levels in years, but investment in agricultural technology has never been better. The increase in dollars flowing to agtech comes despite commodity prices that are down 65 percent from their 2013 peak, the report says. They also queried 15 VC firms.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Pricing Invest Report 40

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families. How profitable is my product or service?

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Custom Customer 286

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 17, 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 -- Competitive Intelligence: 007 Market Intel. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to estimate market size, competitive market share, how many potential customers are there, and price points. Just who is doing what in the market? PDMA SoCal. It's Monday morning.

Competition 100

Competition Innocal Case Study SoCal 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

According to Groupon CEO Eric Lefkofsky the move is step to make Groupon a leading marketplace for online deals at best prices. “As The post Groupon Launches Groupon Reserve | Eats Into OpenTable’s Market appeared first on TechZulu. with more cities coming by year end. Up to 40 Percent Discounts on Reservation.

Marketing 61

Marketing Entertainment Los Angeles Tool 61

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

spends hundreds of millions of dollars on a media property, runs it for about seven years, and then decides to unload that same property for a fraction of the price it paid to a Southern California technology--not media--company. Does this sound familiar? Well, could be. How about IGN ? READ MORE>>.

News 159

News Southern California Sales Los Angeles 159

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

They’re also a controversial part of the national debate over high drug prices, and their increased use has put ophthalmologists in the crosshairs of insurers, the federal government, and the press. billion, or 7 percent, of all Medicare money in 2012, according to the New York Times.

Pricing 40

Pricing Press Services Report 40

Xconomy

JULY 20, 2016

draws closer, more gene therapy players are entering the public markets. If approved by the FDA, it would become the first ever marketed gene therapy in the U.S. Audentes is entering the public markets without any human clinical data as of yet. million in equity financing since its 2012 inception, and had $80.3

Pricing 40

Pricing Equity Marketing Tool 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

You fill out the short questionnaire, lawyers submit their price quotes, and they get hired. You put your project up, and shortly thereafter, you get price quotes from lawyers. It took a while to do market research, but we ended up starting an app for law. That happens in just a five minute process.

Help 240

Help Startup CTO Hire Pricing 240

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. The feedback was always universal, “that was the most helpful marketing meeting I’ve every had.”

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

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. We’re going to start aggressively spend money on marketing our product. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

Make It Work sold its services in pre-paid hours, at a discount from our pay-as-you-go pricing. Since 2008, the company has been forced to lower it’s prices, from $120/hour to $80/hour. The launch would be larger, broader and was to be supported by marketing to Costco members. In May of 2012, sales dropped drastically.

Capital 234

Capital Pricing Press Custom 234

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). But my specific point is that while everybody is busy telling you that “kids don’t use email” or “email is dead” I have actual data from portfolio company CEO’s showing the efficacy of email as a communication and marketing channel.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

But knowing the right people and knowing a market only works well for angel investors in bullish tech markets in which IPO’s happen quickly (97-99) or where larger companies are actively scooping up little tiny companies at sub $50 million valuations to drive innovation (05-08, 10-?). Obviously I agree. So where are we now?

Invest 284

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 284

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Has it begun to mature or is it just better marketed than in was say 5 years ago? Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

O’Neil said, “ScoreBig.com is the only business that offers consumers deep savings on tickets in a way that protects the brand of the property and the integrity of full-price sales.” He brings to ScoreBig.com the much needed expertise for marketing and growth. Problem Solved. ScoreBig.com , headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif.,

Ticketmaster 65

Ticketmaster Entertainment Pricing Class 65

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Scott Cannon: We started in 2012, when it was basically a couple of people on a telephone and the yellow pages. We bring value to those small guys who can't compete against a $60 million marketing budget. Really, we're the sales and marketing arm of those companies. Then there was haggling back and forth about price.

Startup 174

Startup Metrics Custom Customer 174

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The startup, which originally launched at TechCrunch Disrupt last fall, is giving away premium one year licenses worth $1,188 to 200 bloggers and website owners who act at their virtual marketing army. The fine print: Your blog/website must be at least three months old and have at least three posts published before February 14, 2012.

RSS 64

RSS Blogging Email Pricing 64

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We have 35 POPs all over the world, in every major market, and we have more than 6,000 customers today. We caught on with the right product, at the right time.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2011

Just yesterday, a new study “ The PNC Economic Outlook: Survey of Small & Middle-Market Business Owners ” was published. Add new revenue streams, and more aggressive marketing. At the same time, 62% plan to invest more in marketing and advertising, while 50% will invest in expansion and 46% will pursue new revenue streams.

Study 89

Study Startup Pricing Guide 89

InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

Make It Work sold its services in pre-paid hours, at a discount from our pay-as-you-go pricing. Since 2008, the company has been forced to lower it’s prices, from $120/hour to $80/hour. The launch would be larger, broader and was to be supported by marketing to Costco members. In May of 2012, sales dropped drastically.

RSS 170

RSS Technical Review Capital Email 170

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

But knowing the right people and knowing a market only works well for angel investors in bullish tech markets in which IPO’s happen quickly (97-99) or where larger companies are actively scooping up little tiny companies at sub $50 million valuations to drive innovation (05-08, 10-?). Obviously I agree. So where are we now?

Invest 152

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 152

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

DreamHost has a successful track record of incubating technologies in-house and then releasing them to the broader market. In 2012 the company rolled out Inktank, an innovative open source storage solution based on Ceph’s distributed file system, which was subsequently sold to Red Hat for $175 million.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The stock market reached a new all-time high in 2013, and is finally providing some liquidity relief to concerned investors and startups alike. Home prices are slowly coming back, and consumer spending reached a new high of almost $11 billion in May 2013. Otherwise, sales, marketing, and operational costs will kill you.

Startup 86

Startup Tips Venture Capital Demand 86

Eric Greenspan

MARCH 25, 2013

I had suppressed much of what happened prior to and after that day, June 25, 2012. Solid state, Apple stores, iPads, self healing operating systems and a very price conscious economy brought it to a screeching halt. I’m not certain it’s a profitable market however. But the business needed to die. I know this now.

USC 157

USC Case Study Study Email 157

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

My point was that Amazon continues to dominate the web services business because AWS continues to cut prices & margin in the same way a hypermarket does to control market share. And of course they are also focused on the US Hispanic market. I was trying to be more analytical than critical.

Invest 291

Invest Content Media Networking 291

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2013

The market for domain investors has been in the doldrums for the last few years, since the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN ) has rolled out top-level domains for every country, like.us Only one sold for 7 figures in 2012 (investing.com sold for $2.5 million), and the average is now down to below $5,000.

Startup 87

Startup Pricing Tips .Net 87

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

Yet I am amazed to see US Census Bureau data from 2012 that at least 50%, maybe up to 75%, of small businesses still have no presence at all. Viral marketing needs a website. But word-of-mouth and viral marketing doesn’t work without a web site. But word-of-mouth and viral marketing doesn’t work without a web site.

Web 99

Web Startup Sites Design 99

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

Kurt DelBene, president, Office Division for Microsoft in a statement said ; “The acquisition of PPI allows us to draw on our complementary strengths, and we’re excited to accelerate this market evolution”. The Windows 8 OS will be relayed to hardware manufacturers in August and will be ready for consumers in October 2012.

Screening 66

Screening Conference Acquisition Blogging 66

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 128 in 2012 (compared to 675 in 1996). On the other hand, if you are looking for major financing to expand manufacturing capacity, or need major marketing efforts to build your brand, an IPO may be the only way to get you there. After a record low of 39 U.S.

Startup 89

Startup Entrepreneur Report Summary 89

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. Daily deal” couponing continues to be a popular tool among consumers and marketers, and many major companies have implementing their own version of the trend. Getting Mobile-Ready.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Xconomy

JULY 18, 2016

Evoke Pharma is taking a hit in the markets after announcing a Phase 3 trial on a gastroinetestinal drug for diabetes patients failed to meet its goals. In early trading Monday, Evoke’s (NASDAQ: EVOK ) stock price was down 72 percent to $3.02 per share as of 11:30 a.m. in New York. Evoke didn’t reveal any further plans.

Study 40

Study Sites News Research 40

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Without users, business owners aren’t going to waste time promoting and marketing their content to your users. In order for local businesses to buy in, they need to a) reach a large percentage of their customer demographic, b) save them time on their existing marketing efforts, and c) not duplicate any of their existing efforts.

Sites 84

Sites Content Sales Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 21, 2013

” Launched in Los Angeles early 2012 by Sam Friedman and Alex Israel, ParkMe is a free app that helps users find the closest, cheapest parking nearby and displays real-time availability at select destinations, ParkMe now covers over 19 countries and on three continents but it was only available for iPad and iPhone and as a widget.

Help 88

Help Santa Monica San Diego Los Angeles 88