Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

Feature, not a company. Whether something is a feature or a company is clearly subjective. And sometimes features (say, Twitter) turn into companies. At minute eight I spoke about group messaging companies as “features, not companies.&# It’s a market commentary, not a company commentary.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 21, 2021

This one seems non-negotiable for many non-production-line workers and offers savings for both the company and employee if properly implemented and supervised. And there are some industries where tools such as stock options are considered mandatory for a company to be competitive. But back to the money issue….

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socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2021

San Diego-based Longboard Pharmaceuticals, which is developing medicines for neurological diseases, raised $80M in its IPO last week, selling 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $16.00 The company is now trading on the Nasdaq Global Market as LBPH.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Shares of Switchback II Corporation are off more than 14% in morning trading today, appearing to sell off sharply in the wake of news that the blank-check company’s merger with scooter company Bird has been approved by shareholders. Shares of the SPAC were off as far as 20% before recovering. Image Credits: TechCrunch/YCharts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2013

One of the toughest decisions for a startup is how to price their product or service. The alternatives range from giving it away for free, to pricing based on costs, to charging what the market will bear (premium pricing). In this more traditional product pricing model, the price is set at two to five times the product cost.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 22, 2019

Blueland’s cleaners — a bathroom cleaner, glass cleaner, and multi-purpose cleaner — are sold as tablets that customers add to the cleaning containers the company provides. That would have been a botox bar that would sell cosmetic treatments to folks who wanted treatments, but didn’t want to pay high prices for them.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 14, 2019

Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the Model Y on Thursday night at the Tesla Design Studio in Los Angeles. All of the variants are designed to have the same kind of performance as its smaller sibling. But that kind of performance comes at a higher price. The Model Y will come standard as a five seater.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Los Angeles-based online underwear, sleepwear, and loungewear brand MeUndies has scored a big, $40M funding round, the company announced on Monday, from private equity investor Provenance. The company says it has so far sold 16 million pairs of its underwear.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 19, 2019

.” So the goal at Huron is to create products that can stack up against “brands on the shelves at Bloomingdale’s, Neiman Marcus or Nordstrom,” but without the costs and price markup associated with a big department store. Consumers can buy Huron products individually, as part of a larger kit or via subscription.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2019

Though she was the de facto leader of the company, America of the last century was not ready to accept a female led company. Matson resigned and sold his shares to Ruth and Elliott less than two years after the company’s founding, due to health issues. In 1955, the company’s net work was $500,000 ($4.6 Ruth’s Second Act.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

The Los Angeles-based company partnered with NBA Top Shot NFT creator Dapper Labs to develop the storefront on Dapper’s Flow blockchain and debuted it to a group of invite-only beta users in December last year, TechCrunch reported at the time. ” Genies CEO and founder Akash Nigam. Image Credits: Genies.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2020

The company said its new product, Seek Scan, delivers accurate skin temperature measurements, automatically detecting faces, and alerts if someone is warmer than a customizable alarm temperature. Pricing on the new system were not announced. The company said its system can be set up in minutes, using just two tripods and a Windows PC.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 2, 2021

The company has already worked with names as diverse as the Golden State Warriors, the Dallas Cowboys, and pop sensation Billy Eilish on embedding its interactive tools into various live events and promotions. But what started in the gaming world quickly spun out as the company slashed prices to $500 per month for its services.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The Canoo designers have departed pretty radically from the traditional designs that other electric vehicle manufacturers have favored going with something that looks more like a VW Microbus than the sport utility vehicle that Byton is aiming for, or Tesla and Fisker’s sportscars and sedans or Rivian’s electric trucks.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2020

The company said its Visitor Thermal Screening System--which uses artificial intelligence for facial recognition and thermal screening, combined with a thermographic smart camera--is designed for use in offices, malls, stadiums, and elsewhere to quickly scan people who could be a risk of infection. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Fixed overhead for salaries, rent, equipment leases and more make up the majority of the “burn rate” (monthly expenses) for most companies. How about young or pre-revenue companies? We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic. The art of good management.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2019

The fast growing company--which was worth more than $3 billion in its last funding --said it has added a new product, Procore Invoice Management, which is designed to simplify the billing and invoice process for the construction industry. Pricing on the new product was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

The process for retailers and brands to liquidate excess inventory hasn’t changed very much, if at all, and while some retailers were able to build operational infrastructure to service the off-price channels, it continues to be a constant pain point. How e-commerce companies can brave the new retail environment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2019

Now customer support is called the “customer experience,” and everyone is expecting you to actually anticipate their personal needs, and totally delight them with all aspects of the shopping experience, price versus value, as well as help with any follow-on questions or problems. Company amazingly finds you based on your interests.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Culver City-based AfterNow , a design and development agency in the augmented reality area, is jumping into the product world with its own, augmented reality software tool, the company said on Wednesday. Pricing on the software was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2019

According to the company, its new Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Profanity Filter Service is aimed at combating offensive user generated content in real time, through automated, real-time filtering. Pricing on the new tool, which is now in limited beta, was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The company--which was founded by Jake Galler and Tyler Bushnell, son of Atari and Chuck E. The company also announced the Polycade 2600, a PC gaming console designed for the living room, Polycade eZpZ Controller, a SNES-styled classic controller, and Polycade Arcade Controller, bringing arcade style gaming to the couch.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The company says it will be opening up reservations for the new vehicle on November 27th. The company said it will officially reveal the vehicle on January 4th; the company claims the vehilcle features "recycled, vegan, and more innovative materials". Pricing on the new vehicle has not yet been announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Santa Monica-based BeachMint said Monday that it is expanding its product line via its JewelMint web site, with a new collection of jewelry from designer Richard Chai. beachmint ecommerce jewelmint designer jewelry richard chai' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

CrowdStrike , the developer of endpoint protection software and cybersecurity tools with a big presence in Orange County, is extending its software to Amazon Web Services, the company said today. The company said its software provides a single agent running on a node, which protects all of the containers running on that node.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2019

Pricing on the new software was not announced. According to Procore, the new software hleps people in the field install, validate, and track work by giving the ability to access 3D design models. Procore is one of the region's biggest "unicorn" companies, and was last valued at more than $3 billion in its most recently funding round.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

According to Nuvve, it has begun use the 5MWh lithium battery, originally designed to manage campus energy peaks, for bidding into wholesale energy markets.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

Key Functions with High Impact Generative AI is revolutionizing sales by enabling dynamic pricing and personalized customer interactions, boosting conversion rates and customer satisfaction. Focusing on generative AI applications in a select few corporate functions can contribute to a significant portion of the technology's overall impact.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing service of Amazon, has launched anew Los Angeles zone, which will give local customers and companies much faster access to the AWS cloud.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Perhaps it should come as no surprise that the cloud price wars have flared up once again. The cloud price wars (sometimes known as the “Race to Zero”) aren’t exactly a new phenomenon. For years, cloud competitors have sought to outdo the others by continually slashing prices on their cloud services.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2014

The company said it has shipped a 64GSPS ADC and DAC preliminary cores, which can be used for optical communications, radar and electronic warfare applications. Those designs can be integrated into systems-on-a-chip (SoC) designs by designers. Pricing on the cores was not announced.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

Having great company culture is no longer just an option. In fact, fantastic company culture is almost expected along with other traditional benefits. It has established what the company culture is, and fitting into that culture is the most important thing managers look for when hiring. What does that culture look like?

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

Having great company culture is no longer just an option. In fact, fantastic company culture is almost expected along with other traditional benefits. It has established what the company culture is, and fitting into that culture is the most important thing managers look for when hiring. What does that culture look like?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Smith Micro said the it issued 5,500 shares of a newly designated, Series B 10% convertible preferred stock at $1,000 per share in the funding. The company explained that the Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into the Company's Common Stock at a conversion price of $1.14 per share, or approximately 4,824,000 shares.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

This approach, popularly known as “ glocalization ,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 1, 2019

Damian Bradfield is the president, CMO and founding partner of WeTransfer , the company that designs tools for the creative process. The most important differentiation for tech companies to make is that gentrification doesn’t necessarily mean revitalization. Damian Bradfield. Contributor. Employee engagement and education.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

These are companies like the recent Y Combinator graduates Homestead and Rent the Backyard and United Dwelling, which has just raised $10 million in funding from investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners and Alpha Edison. ” Instead, Dietz and the architecture firm Modative collaborated on a new design for a pre-fabricated house.

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