Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Live Shopping is an integral part of the “social commerce” phenomenon – a general term for ecommerce experiences within which customers don’t even have to leave social media platforms to buy items – but other tech companies like Meta, as well as TikTok, have struggled with it in the US and Europe so far. Please fill in your email.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The company claims it will start production at the plant in July of 2022. Faraday Future--like many other companies aiming at the electric car market--has yet to deliver production vehicles to customers. The company said the plant includes electrical and plumbing, and it hopes to begin installation of production and assembly equipment.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The Clean Power Alliance (CPA) is a group which is working with local cities in the Southern California area to allow them to switch customers to renewable energy, ahead of the slower schedule of local utilities.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2021

In all, the new $500 million round likely sets the stage for a public offering later this year or before the end of 2022 if market conditions hold. Rowe Price, Dragoneer Investment Group, and ICONIQ Growth.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Los Angeles-based Fisker has started taking reservations for its newly announced Ocean SUV, saying that $250--taken online, or through either an iOS or Android app--will reserve a vehicle for interested customers. According to Fisker, the $379/month "FLEXEE" payment is due after subscriptions for its vehicles commence in 2022.

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socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2021

Acording to the companies, Support.com will continue to provide customer and technical support solutions delivered by home-based employees, with Support.com becoming a wholly owne subsidiary of Greenidge. Support.com went public back in 2004, and was one of Southern California's earlier venture-backed IPO successes.

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Steve Reich

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

But I heard a banker say it at the 2022 FedFis Roundup. Josh made a number of unique and sometimes controversial points: Community bankers know banking and customers. FinTechs know technology and fundraising, not customers. FinTechs bring bankers new customers at zero cost. Good customers? What made it so exciting?

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 2, 2022

Among its fastest-growing challengers is Cider, which, like Shein, relies on China’s responsive clothing manufacturers to sell affordable, trend-led pieces to customers around the world. In the first half of 2022, it recorded 2 million downloads in the U.S., Its success naturally spawns imitators and challengers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Great marketing is required to generate revenue and grow every business, especially new businesses which have no brand recognition nor loyal customer base. Yet, as a business consultant, I still find many of you business leaders relying primarily on your technology, word-of-mouth , or location to attract necessary customers.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

— Alex Cohen (@anothercohen) June 18, 2022. — Molly White (@molly0xFFF) June 16, 2022. Crypto lending protocol Celsius isn’t fire burning, but it did freeze all customer withdrawals this past weekend , citing concerns about its own liquidity amid “extreme market conditions.” How much worse will things get?

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Tech.Co

JUNE 3, 2022

With it, customers can quickly use contactless payment, giving consumers an easier shopping experience while helping sellers use the Square system with even less friction. Square is teaming up with Apple to enable the ‘Tap to Pay' iPhone functionality within the Square Point of Sale app. Should Your Business Get Tap to Pay?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2022

As a mentor to many business professionals and owners, and aspiring entrepreneurs, I find a wealth of innovative ideas, but often less insight on what it really takes to transform ideas into an income stream that can excite new customers into long-term business success. Test your innovation with at least a hundred customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

You may feel good when that first burst of customers arrives, but don’t assume that “ word of mouth ” and those early adopters will grow your business to match your dreams of success. In these days of global competition via multiple channels, you need continuous marketing to find more customers. They won’t find you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2022

Unfortunately, in this new age of rapid market change and harder-to-satisfy customers, you can’t assume that what worked yesterday will work tomorrow. Innovative product and process solutions are only temporary, as they quickly become a commodity in the minds of customers and competitors. Believing you have a magic approach to growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

While these investors, and early customers, will always argue that they found you, I’m convinced that there is no substitute for aggressive networking on your part. Ability to relate aspirations to customer needs. You need to show insights to real customers and their needs, that get beyond your passions and projections.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. A target market is the group of customers that the startup plans to attract through marketing and sales their product or service. Target market. Sales/Marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2022

Today more than ever, the evidence is clear that business people need to find and communicate a purpose that goes beyond making a profit, in order to ensure customer engagement, as well as your own, and drive results in the marketplace. As you grow, so will your team and customers. Driven to reduce personal hardship and suffering.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

According to Tim Cook at Apple, there are over 34 million registered developers in 2022. The ideal business model is to establish a direct-to-consumer service that enables you to bill the customer directly. Just getting an app accepted into the Store won’t get it found and downloaded by your targeted customers.

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2022

Starting today, customers using the Stripe payments system to buy their items at a retailer will have Affirm's “Adaptive Checkout” feature available to them. For purchases between $50 and $30,000, any eligible customer will be able to split their costs over multiple payment installments on either biweekly or monthly schedules.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2022

You may focus only on Facebook, and missing customers who expect to see you on Instagram and YouTube. Get interactive with online users and customer feedback. Publishing your content is positive, but responding to customers online multiplies your impact. Sponsor customer events for visibility and giveaways.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 28, 2022

We've scoured the startup scene to find out which budding businesses have made big waves in 2022 — and whose growth is showing no signs of slowing down. Wander's apex came in 2022, however. In October the company launched Altas , an initiative that gives Wander customers the opportunity to invest in the homes they book.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2022

If you aren’t yet adapting to the market and your customers, you are falling behind. I define business agility for my consulting clients as the ability to change your business rapidly to meet customer and environmental changes, with minimal organizational disruption and cost. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 2/18/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

They helped create over 5 million new businesses in 2022, a forty percent increase over the previous year. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Early customer feedback will position your solution, and help you make pivots before critical time and money are lost. The cost of social media done well is low.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2022

Instead of sizing up new opportunities and actively courting every new customer, you start worrying about cutting costs, repeatable processes , and overtaking known competitors. As a consultant, I hate to see you lose that startup focus on innovation, change, and customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 3/2/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Even with advantages that independent startups can never hope to match, including brand recognition, customers, financial capital, and distribution, I don’t often see the entrepreneurial passion for innovation, agility, and team perseverance exhibited by new startups. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/24/2022.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

A survey among customers who were registered with five different shared e-scooter apps in Norway in the fall of 2021 found that in all circumstances except for night rides, e-scooters most often replace walking. kilometers in July 2022 and 2.53 ” These results aren’t limited to Paris. kilometers in November.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

GrubMarket , which provides software and services that help link up and manage relationships between food suppliers and their customers — which can include wholesalers and other distributors, markets and supermarkets, delivery startups, restaurants, and consumers — has picked up $120 million in a Series E round of funding. .”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2022

If your business today is healthcare, it may be time to look for opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and digital data management, rather than just more unhealthy customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 7/7/2022 You can bet some startups are already out there looking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

by Donna Cutting, who is a globally-recognized guru on employee culture and optimizing customer service. In my experience, a healthy team is a prerequisite for a thriving business, innovation to meet market needs, and high customer loyalty. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 4/1/2022. Emotional stability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2022

Balance of passion with reality and customer feedback. A strong vision and deep insight may get your business off the ground, but long-term success requires constant data analysis, metrics, and attention to your customer feedback. The competition will improve, the market will change, and your customers will demand more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Providing business leadership is a challenge under the best of circumstances, but it is especially difficult in times of market and customer crises. For most of the others, it was a crisis where business leaders were challenged like never before to rethink their business model, redefine their organizations, and reconnect with customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The result is fewer and fewer new ideas are volunteered by prospective leaders and key team members, and the business suffers from poor customer satisfaction or loss of market share. Input from outside experts and real customers is always a credibility booster. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/7/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2022

In particular, new generations of customers, including millennials, are often looking for something really innovative, as the fashion industry has found out many times. Initiate a regular program of customer experiments. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 7/13/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2022

Winning business owners really listen and act on feedback from customers and advisors. Technology, competitors, and customers are changing every day, so the “ tried and trusted ” ways you do things need to be reviewed and updated regularly. Don’t be totally driven by a key customer. Listening to customers also helps.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As part of the latter deal, Amazon employees and cloud customers will get early access to the technology. However, its dataset was cut off in 2022 and it can't connect to the internet, so it struggles to give accurate answers relating to events that happened after that point in time. What is Claude AI? chatbot) developed by Anthropic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It’s important to remember that your passion for a new idea needs to be supported by market research and customer feedback , before you will get the credibility and support you expect to work at this stage. Timing is important, and communication with your customer set is critical. Galvanizing: rally a team and customers for action.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2022

Be sure to encompass all your constituents, especially including customers. Whole Foods , for example, has built their business with a commitment to natural and organic foods, and have a culture of loyal employees and customers, resulting in 500 stores worldwide. Commit to delivering a positive customer experience.

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