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

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The Post's article says that Fisker is "two years late" in reaching the market, pointed at the firm's decision this week to delay until 2013 its production of a moderately priced family sedan, and pointed out issues with meeting energy-efficiency standards with its Karma. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2018

We started in October of 2013, and last year, in December, we closed our Series B with Sequoia Capital with $21M. Everyone was on the phone, fighting with drivers over price and things like their availability. It's designed to meet their needs, so it quickly got traction, without a lot of marketing dollars.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 9, 2018

A booming American economy coupled with failing infrastructure and a low-margin business reluctant to adopt new technologies have put stress on domestic logistics companies in the $900 billion market for U.S. ” It hasn’t been a straight road for Traff and his co-founder Gregory Price. trucking services.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

When convertible debt first started being introduced as a “faster, cheaper way to get startups funded” they didn’t have pricing built into them. ” And some seed stage investors told me, “I prefer not to fight over price now. They’ll get priced soon enough by a VC.” Enter “the cap.”

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. It pains me to see the typical (and predictable) responses on Twitter, “VCs want prices to drop!” ” “Sure, prices are dropping.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2014

Some provide subscription based services offering designer shoes or low-cost razors, but is there a market for closeout or clearance products? From it’s inception in April 2013 until December 2013, the company generated $2.1 Clearance.co and team are providing that there is. In Less Than A Year.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 16, 2017

Finding potential customers continues to be a huge challenge not only for established marketing and sales teams but also for startup executives and solo entrepreneurs. A study in 2013 showed that 61 percent of marketers found it hard to generate high-quality leads. Pricing: Valet – up to 1000 leads/month, $49.

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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. NASDAQ: AGTC ), AveXis (NASDAQ: AVXS ) and others have all gone public since 2013. Audentes is entering the public markets without any human clinical data as of yet.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2013

Scott Morrow is an Internet and startup veteran, having run such companies as Oversee.net and ThisNext, and headed up product marketing for IAC/Citysearch. When I first came on board, we were not very sophisticated with our search engine marketing. We grew our SEM and improved our ROI. DE, Italy, and have similar plans with Asia.

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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. The market for AMD treatments has exploded the past several years.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

” “But if I don’t I won’t be able to recruit the best people in the market. Well, if you choose the price, I choose the terms.” In November of 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures coined the term “ Unicorn Club ” as it relates to billion-dollar startup companies. Why is your market broken?

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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.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 11, 2014

Starting with the submission of the idea all the way through to the manufacture and marketing, everything Quirky develops is touched by thousands of minds from its 947,000-strong community of inventors. Ten percent of all gross revenues from a product are then divided among any community member who played a part in bringing it to market.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2013

million in cash for SeatMe and up to approximately 263,000 shares of its Class A common stock, for a total purchase price of approximately $12.7 We target a large, underserved market of restaurant and nightlife establishments, and we’re excited about the opportunity to significantly extend our market reach,” Kvamme added.

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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.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Headed by the computational neuroscientist Eugene Izhikevich, the company maintained a low profile at Qualcomm’s San Diego headquarters until 2013, when Brain Corp. two years ago as vice president of marketing and product development. As an independent startup backed by the corporate venture arm of Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ), Brain Corp.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

He jumped into some portfolio company exercises to help with pricing strategies, budget templates, M&A support, marketing function reviews, etc and started to show us how valuable he was to entrepreneurs. In 2013 we launched many firsts to reinvent our firm. And we had to then build out new marketing materials and a website.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2013

The entire platform is controlled by the restaurant, allowing for instantaneous changes such as menu additions, delivery areas or pricing modifications. Additional marketing support is available for email lists, promotions and custom collateral.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. CreatorUp was launched online in Beta in January of 2013 and our startup team is based in Los Angeles. When was it launched and where? Who are its founders? What inspired you?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

It’s a market, after all. In 2013 it is expected to be around $35 billion. Compare the state of play in 2013 versus 15 years ago. Compare the state of play in 2013 versus 15 years ago. 2013 = $25 billion of which Apples stage is more than $8 billion at > 90% gross margin. And others will emerge.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 27, 2013

Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of April 17th, 2013. CallFire provides Voice and SMS Solutions to over 40,000 customers including political groups, non-profits, insurance agents, small business owners, and marketers. join us in proving there’s more than one place in California to create great technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Traction is evidence that your product or service has started that “hockey- stick” adoption rate which implies a large market, a valid business model, and sustainable growth. Market penetration. Marty Zwilling First published on Young Entrepreneur on 02/18/2013. First of all, a definition. Customer acquisition cost.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Launched in beta July last year in Oakland, San Francisco, Dealflicks is a price line for movie tickets and gives movie tickets and concessions for up to 60% off to help theaters get butts in their seats. Loves to follow financial market, huge Boston celtics fan. What are you 2013 plans? Worked with Sean almost 10 years ago.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Before a business plan has any validity, some work is required to validate that your technology works, a real market exists, and your assumptions for cost and price are reasonable. Market research techniques for trying to predict the market’s response to a new venture can be costly and are often unreliable.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2012

We’re excited to announce TechZulu is officially partnering with New Media Expo (formerly BlogWorld) to create a Startup Launchpad at their next event taking place January 6-8, 2013 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Conference Center in Las Vegas. What does this mean for you ? See you in Vegas!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. Other popular tools are available at low cost, with built-in e-commerce capabilities (pay via PayPal or credit card), including this Top Ten list for 2013 , or fall back to the old standby DreamWeaver by Adobe. Open an account with PayPal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2016

They believe that the benefits of sharing data are very much worth the price of providing access to their data. Continuing incidences of personal identity theft , as well major personal data breaches , including Heartland Payment System (2008), Target (2013), and Anthem (2015) still weigh heavily on their decision process.

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Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

After a year in which Biogen’s share price has fallen by more than a third and one of its top drug prospects failed, Scangos, who has led the company since 2010, has announced plans to step down. In May, Biogen even announced plans to spin off its hemophilia business —which includes two marketed drugs for the blood disease—into a new company.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Last year alone, online holiday sales rose 15% over 2013 figures, including increases of 32% on Thanksgiving, 26% on Black Friday, and 17% on Cyber Monday. That includes e-commerce retailers, which continue to claim a growing slice of overall retail sales. travel and entertainment). Cater To Interest.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

Celgene paid Acetylon $100 million in 2013 for an option to buy the company outright, but the deal recently expired without an acquisition, leaving Acetylon to chart a new course. And Pfizer’s is already on the market, and generated $514 million in the last quarter alone. In the U.S.,

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

So assume that in 2012 the company would do $20 million in sales and $2 million in profits (10%) and 2013 they would do sales of $25 million and $4 million in profit (16% net margin) and then slow growth in 2014 to $30 million and $6 million in profit (20% profit). In a down market IP can become a huge differentiator.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

The conversation moves into Zeroblock’s upcoming plans to implement trading API’s, a robust front-end interface for trading, as well as goals to create a standardized protocol in connecting different exchanges (thereby leveling out bitcoin prices across the board). The ultimate plan? Be the Bloomberg of Bitcoin.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

In a short, densley packed timeline, our panel of industry experts discussed the fine line topics of wearables technology, bitcoin, SaaS, cloud, mobile gaming, and social markets. Of course, when you’re talking about enabling/emerging technologies, as Brock Pierce puts it, “Market timing is critical to success.”

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

As we know, long gone are the days of experiencing SXSW Interactive with just 9,000 other tech entrepreneurs and business brights – with 30,000 registrants in 2013 and the final numbers for 2014 still in the works. Erin Korogosky – Beckon , Performance management for marketing companies.

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