Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

Meet the 11 startups for 2017: Ambidio. ReplyYes is a frictionless e-commerce over mobile messaging experience: customers simply reply “YES” to buy the product and have it delivered. ProductionPro pulls scripts, research, designs, and continuity together to empower creative decision-making.

Artificial Inteligence 109

Artificial Inteligence Startup Entertainment Press 109

Tech.Co

AUGUST 27, 2017

Here are five trends startups are considering for their operations in 2017. Marketing is one of the likeliest areas that will gain tremendously from the impact of this technology. With the improvements in display resolution, marketers have the opportunity to create more compelling content for customers.

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Technical Review Startup Mobile Software Review 70

TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2019

Now the five-year-old firm, with newly found significant capital in the bank , is attempting to replicate its success in international markets. On Tuesday, Haptik announced it has acqui-hired Convrg, a Los Angeles-based startup that develops chatbots, to serve customers in North America. 60% of all software is bought in the U.S.,

Los Angeles 209

Los Angeles Angel Startup Google 209

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2017

Every business I know is intimately familiar with outbound marketing, or pushing your message out to customers through email, newspaper, and television advertising. Only a few really understand the process and value of inbound marketing, for pulling customers to your brand. Don’t just monitor – engage customers.

Marketing 76

Marketing Social Media Content Media 76

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Innovation in marketing is perhaps more important than product innovation. Yet in the business plans I see, the marketing content and budget are smaller than ever.

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Marketing Demand Startup Customer 82

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The concept is similar to Toyota’s e-Palette vehicle, which can theoretically be customized to serve as a retail shop, restaurant or shuttle for people. Canoo started as Evelozcity in 2017 by two former Faraday Future executives Stefan Krause and Ulrich Kranz. ”

Startup 310

Startup Develop Development Platform 310

socalTECH

JUNE 12, 2019

Los Angeles-based Triton Digital , a provider of advertising services and technology for the online radio streaming, digital audio and podcasting markets, has acquired Omny Studio , a developer of a podcast and on-demand audio publishing platform. Financial terms of the acquisition were not annoucned. READ MORE>>.

Advertising 124

Advertising Entertainment Demand Acquisition 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2017

With the advent of the Internet, social media, and instant communication via texting, customer expectations for service, as part of their entire customer experience, have changed. They expect you to be there, to know their history as a customer, and to treat them with priority and respect.

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Customer Custom Services Social Media 57

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

In an age of ever increasing marketing spend to attract customers, how do you make sure you aren't spending more acquiring a company than they are worth? Los Angeles-based Retina is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to figure out customer lifetime value (CLV) for such businesses as Dollar Shave Club.

Dollar Shave Club 113

Dollar Shave Club Artificial Inteligence Customer Custom 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2022

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Jim should know, since he is the president of Ignite Social Media , one of the best known social media marketing agencies.

Social Media 140

Social Media Media Snapchat Platform 140

TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

retail stores will open in Los Angeles, New York City and two locations in San Francisco later this year — the latest milestone for the automaker as it gets closer to bringing its all-electric vehicle to market. The 2021 Polestar 2 is the first EV to come out of Polestar since it was recast as an electric performance brand in 2017.

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Los Angeles Pricing Angel Customer 147

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

I pointed out that the storage market in the US alone is ~$30 billion / year and there is no dominant provider — the largest player has < 10% market share. So how did a company that provides storage grow so fast (we’ll exit 2017 with 10’s of millions in recurring revenue), why is it so defensible and is it really a tech startup?

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Technical Review Funding Software Review Artificial Inteligence 268

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Saturday, October 14, 2017 -- Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Cybersecurity. The Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum will be devoted to identifying entrepreneurial opportunities for providing tools to combat cyber threats. Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Stan Stahl, president of Citadel Information Group and SecureTheVillage. See [link] (more)

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CalTech Entrepreneur Tool Customer 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 6, 2017

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 -- Funding your Innovation. This course is about selling your innovation to investors, grant proposal reviewers, potential strategic partners, and to your intended customers. Do you need to build better market traction? Are your target customers not buying-in? Santa Ana District SBDC.

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Funding Course Customer Custom 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Test new things and keep testing in your market for things that work. Count the number of new projects, time and resources required to implement, and measure the return in revenue, customer satisfaction, or cost savings. Create a non-online memorable customer experience. Look for growth in emerging global market geographies.

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Customer Custom Technical Review Summary 52

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

In my role as a mentor to entrepreneurs and an angel investor, I find that too many are stuck in this myth that a good pitch, and good marketing content, should consist of more product features, and more hype on customer benefits. Customers buy from people they trust, respect, and admire. We need more than facts to convince.

Marketing 69

Marketing Startup Social Media Guide 69

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2018

Santa Monica-based sales and marketing customer relationship management (CRM) tools developer Nimble is further integrating its tools with partner Microsoft, and its Office 365 software, as well as Google's G Suite, with a new business dashboarding tool. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica Tool Sales Google 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

There is nothing more pure than building a product, putting it out in the world and seeing paying customers using your product and in some cases loving it. As companies get this initial customer feedback on their product they start to have to ask harder questions about unit economics: How much does it cost us to acquire a new customer?

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Given the competition coming into the market, it’s no wonder that Wrench is raising additional capital to expand its footprint into new markets. Wrench raised $4 million in its first round of financing, which TechCrunch covered back in 2017. The company also said it intends to use the financing to make some key hires.

Demand 100

Demand Services Los Angeles Mobile 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Analytics will soon drive nearly all business decisions for any company that wants to remain relevant to its customers. Crowdsource: putting your audience to work beyond customers.

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Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 126

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Things have already plunged so quickly at the signal of a recession that insiders fear a lengthy bear market could hit crypto far more brutally than expected — tearing tokens to lows far below the highs of the 2017 bull run. Crypto markets were down pretty bad last week (though admittedly, it’s only been downhill since then).

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Newsletter Platform Capital Marketing 278

Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

From its start in 2015, the number of registered users has “suddenly” climbed from 45 million in 2017 to a reported 300 million by the end of 2020. In today’s world of social marketing, it takes someone knowledgeable if not expert in understanding how to use available resources in promotion and marketing. Third: cost.

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Sites Product Social Network Press 156

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

Canoo began life as EVelozcity back in 2017. Now, Canoo is rounding out its executive team and pushing forward with plans to bring prototype vehicles to market by the end of the year. It’s a quick ramp for a company that only two years ago was struggling to extricate itself from the morass that was Faraday Future. operations.

Outsource Development 191

Outsource Development Startup Outsource San Diego 191

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Since its 2017 inception, SpotOn has been focused on providing software and payments technology to SMBs with an emphasis on restaurants and retail businesses. But in Appetize it saw a company that was complementary both in its go-to-market and tech stacks, and a “natural fit.”.

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Technical Review Software Review Invest Acquisition 296

StartUp Beat

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

While the glory days of TV and radio ads have come and gone, digital media influencer marketing is gaining momentum. In 2017, these sorts of collaborations between big brands and influencers are only to increase.”. But, running a successful influencer marketing campaign is not easy.

Social Media 40

Social Media Software Review Media Marketing 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2019

In terms of artist side, the reason they use us is an alternative to radio promotion and marketing. It's a vehicle for marketing new releases, no pun intended. For example, they might want to see what version of a song to put on an EP or not, or which songs they might want to put additional marketing behind on other platforms.

Startup 113

Startup Advertising Marketing Platform 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

It’s clear things have changed for good and the need for managing remote communities of employees, customers and partners has become ever more important. In marketing materials founders often refer to their customer base as a “community”, but there’s a huge gap between having customers and creating a community.

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Software Startup Tool Platform 234

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 30, 2021

The company, founded by ex-Google engineers and colleagues behind the unrequited Bookbot , was formed to develop market-ready tech in self-driving, AI-powered robotics and delivery operations in 2019, but the team has kept operations under wraps until now. With this announcement, Cartken officially comes out of stealth mode.

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Google Technology Artificial Inteligence Chief Technology Officer 189

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2019

In terms of artist side, the reason they use us is an alternative to radio promotion and marketing. It's a vehicle for marketing new releases, no pun intended. For example, they might want to see what version of a song to put on an EP or not, or which songs they might want to put additional marketing behind on other platforms.

Startup 100

Startup Advertising Marketing Platform 100

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

The company is ServiceTitan, and its market… is air conditioners. Both programmers, the two reconnected after doing stints as custom developers during and after college, and then when they were developing tools for their families’ businesses as residential contractors in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale.

Glendale 271

Glendale Los Angeles Startup Technical Review 271

Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2020

With a community forum, along with its aims to offer easily accessible and readable annual reports (you can view reports for 2017, 2018 and 2019 on its site), Monzo champions transparency. Monzo was included in our 10 Innovative UK-Based Tech Startups Making Moves in 2017. 24/7 human customer service. million users.

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Summary Startup Report Sites 114

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 25, 2022

Based out of Los Angeles, Starship initially made its name, back in 2017, running pilots with delivery companies in the U.S. The addressable market for campuses that would likely use Starship’s services is around 400-500, he said, “but grocery is billions of dollars. It has now made more than 2.5

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Invest Technology Startup Los Angeles 233

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 21, 2019

During the summer of 2017, the rumor of a popup store in LA generated a crowd of 500. In-store customers are limited to purchasing one unit of each product. Some online customers utilize bots, at about $100 per use, to ensure they will have a legitimate shot at fulfilling at least part of their wish list.

Demand 160

Demand Pricing Product Equity 160

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Yet I find that few of today’s workers realize that succeeding as a freelancer requires a whole new focus on “marketing” yourself. As you know, things can change quickly, as businesses try to survive and adapt to an evolving market, so it’s better to be prepared than caught off guard. Walk away from a bad role or customer.

Startup 98

Startup Outsource Development Competition Social Media 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Jim should know, since he is the president of Ignite Social Media , one of the best known social media marketing agencies.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Snapchat Platform 95

Xconomy

APRIL 10, 2017

The five-year-old startup, which had 35 employees five months ago when it was named as a 2017 Xconomy San Diego company to watch , now has 50 employees. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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San Diego Social Media Media Startup 52

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based AvantStay has been around since 2017 and had only raised $25 million in the last four years. “Customers are starting to meet the demand from an experience perspective in rental homes,” he said. “Customers are starting to meet the demand from an experience perspective in rental homes,” he said.

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Platform Invest Los Angeles Funding 139