TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Warren’s plan called for regulators to be appointed to oversee the unwinding of several acquisitions that were critical to the development of the core technology that make Alphabet’s Google and the social media giant Facebook so profitable… and Zappos. Srinivasan (@balajis) March 8, 2019. — Balaji S. ”

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Marty Zwilling.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 8, 2020

The 2020 Ford Escape plug-in hybrid — a first for the SUV — comes with an EPA-estimated 37 miles of all-electric driving range and 100 miles per gallon equivalent, stats that will put the redesigned model into competition with the new Toyota RAV4 Prime. The Toyota RAV4 Prime has an estimated 42-mile EV range and 94 MPGe. this summer. .

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He did note that in the four markets where the company has gone live since launching its business in January 2019 — San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire , and Sacramento — has yielded an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million in gross merchandise value (the total value of home sales transacted on its platform).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

We’ll just wait until companies that last raised in 2019 or 2020 come to market.” We could talk with customers, meet the entire management team, review financial plans, review customer purchasing cohorts, evaluate the competition, etc. In 2009 we could take a long time to review a deal. By 2021 we had to write a $3.5m

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

For the second year in a row 8 of the 10 companies selected for Techstars LA were local and we anticipate that trend continuing in 2019. And a host of interesting companies in last mile have cropped up to give the Amazon ecosystem some competition, like two companies from the last Techstars LA class - Shipsi and PRZM. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2019

I found some good guidance on this subject in a new book, “ The Leader You Want To Be ,” by Amy Jen Su, a managing partner in an executive coaching and leadership development firm. I get much more satisfaction, and can provide more realistic help, in steering you through specific pricing, organizational, or competitive challenges you face.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2019

In that process, we realized that those drones we were developing could be used for bad purposes by people out there. What were doing in 2019, is scaling the company. That really got me involved in drones, and got started developing our own drones, and eventually, create a company to sell those drones.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

As drivers we look out for them, as pedestrians we might be annoyed if they steer in our way but the riders themselves have developed better norms as happens in all forms of transportation. They also were exclusive to Bird so they gave the company a competitive advantage. They’re not new. They’re not novel. They’re invisible.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2019

They don’t get excited by early stage research, development, or marketing hype. Most startups need more money than they anticipated, to grow and expand their business, after development and rollout. For very competitive environments and disruptive products, you may want to limit your visibility before a high-profile rollout.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Fast forward to 2019, and Shopify now has over a million stores in the world, man of them direct-to-consumer stores. Dan LeBlanc: We spent about the first year and half after we were founded, really developing our product, which we launched at the start of Q1. At the same time, our first platform, Shopify, completely exploded.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Created in 2014 and acquired by Dentsu in 2019, MuteSix was recommended to TechCrunch by Rhoda Ullmann, VP Consumer at Sense, a Boston-based startup building a home energy monitor. They also have a very smart and efficient approach to creative development that was critical to helping us scale,” she wrote. The key takeaway?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Institutional venture capital dispensed in 2019 was down a bit from record highs the previous year, but up significantly over the last few years. Yet, it is important to remember that the most optimistic super angel is looking for a proven business model, rather than research and development, or just an idea. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2019

For example, Apple has been a master at this, developing products like the iPod and iPhone before customers even knew they needed them, creating Apple stores with a whole new shopping and support experience, and intuitive usage needing no manuals. Highlight your competitive value, not your technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2019

To me, that means treating your career more like a business than a job – with a continual and global focus on keeping up with competition, finding customers, preparing for changes ahead, and taking responsibility for your own finances. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/21/2019.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Develop and practice your business vision and story. These and other strengths may actually give you a competitive edge over your more extroverted constituents. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/20/2019. Many introverts are afraid to take the lead, knowing they have weaknesses.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2019

For today's interview, we talked with Gina Callari , the COO of RelayCars (www.relaycars.com), a unit of a larger company called EVOX Images, which has developed virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) software which lets consumers view and experience automobiles using things like Magic Leap and even just smartphone.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

seed and they are writing $1.25m of it you can expect them to require a board seat) The competitive landscape (If you have several sources of capital you can likely politely decline the board request or can grant them a seat but ask for it to be “common appointed” and those revokable if you need in the future).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2019

Image via Wikipedia The challenge for all of us in business is to improve competitiveness by improving employee productivity and reducing costs. Sometimes this means working on less defined tasks, raising their level of autonomy, or requiring the development of new skills. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 03/26/2019.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Do the research to find your best competitive advantage, and then highlight and live the differentiation. Use analytics to assess your efforts and your competition. These days, developing branding by gut feel alone is not effective. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 01/15/2019.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We slowly realized that Microsoft’s value went far beyond his technical contributions, due to his connections with key software developers and relationships with hardware manufacturers who could make the PC revolution universal. Very few businesses can grow organically fast enough to stay ahead of competition.

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Southern California Edison Blog

MAY 27, 2020

Having access to a dependable network with maximum uptime correlates directly with an organization’s ability to remain productive, innovative, and competitive. To prevent this, enterprises require strong network setups and access to the right expertise to promote network reliability. . Evaluate your current network setup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2019

Yet in today’s competitive and rapidly changing world, top notch sales and marketing skills are critical to the success of every business. You also have to deeply understand what sells to your customers, or you can’t properly lead the other key business areas of development, finance, and operations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Rather than punish them, it may pay you to nurture and manage their outside-the-box thinking, and capitalize on their innovations that help your customers and keep you ahead of the competition. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/07/2019. We all need the best efforts of both worlds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2019

Here is my interpretation of Snyder’s recommendations to develop your intuition, and get you to that balance of logical analysis and intuitive decision making: Isolate your inner critic from the rest of you. Even though I’m a technologist, I believe the most competitive and most innovative businesses will always be run by people, not robots.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Develop higher quality than just good enough. It’s time for designing and thinking outside the box, to offer a level of quality and performance customers can’t resist and the competition can’t beat. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/10/2019. There is no going back.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 26, 2016

Critics say Mylan has been emboldened by the recall of EpiPen’s only competition last fall. The deal also includes a $175 million deferred payment due in 2019 and $850 million in downstream payouts tied to regulatory and sales targets. Morgan party. The firm has since pledged to help close the gender gap among biotech leadership.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In the case of MakeSpace we had huge initial successes in New York City as Rahul led the scaling of our drivers, our trucks and our warehouses and we figured out the right price points to beat the local competition. We have been able to build deep customer insights on product, pricing, service, geography, competition, etc.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 28, 2016

—Two Vertex rivals touted early-stage data at the NACFC conference: Belgium-based Galapagos , which is developing its own triple combination regimen, and Netherlands-based ProQr Therapeutics (NASDAQ: PRQR ), which is advancing an RNA-based CF drug sprayed into the lungs. THIS WEEK IN DRUG PRICING…. billion last year.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

This biotech company developed Xplore-PATHO as a service to test samples for the presence of pathogens – everything from bacteria and DNA virus to parasites and fungus – in a single test. They have developed doctor-grade blood, saliva and urine tests approved by the FDA for over-the-counter purchase. Seek (Lehi, UT).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

Successful businesses require the best people to deliver your vision and services one step better than the competition. They see you as a role model for their own career development. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/15/2019. Potential team members and partners who excel are attracted to leaders and influencers.

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