Tech Zulu Event

JULY 14, 2014

Drawing from the UK Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) experience, US Senator Chris Coons will talk about the version of the Research & Development tax credit bill he sponsored on August 8 in New York City. All engaged parties indulge in progressive research and development, which is the pillar of economic prosperity.

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socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2019

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE , the nonprofit which runs competitions to encourage the development of new technology to solve some of the world's problems, has put its efforts behind forest health, saying it has put together an outline of potential breakthroughs required for healthier forest ecosystems. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

As an investor, I always listen carefully to what an entrepreneur says, and does not say, about competition. Every business area has competition and every customer has alternatives, so a smart entrepreneur needs to acknowledge these as a positive in defining a big market, and position the features of a new solution in this context.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies. The post HipTraveler | Taking Startup Competitions by Storm appeared first on TechZulu.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Last week, the University of Southern California 's Viterbi School of Engineering announced that it had established a new, business plan competition, the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition ([link] specifically aimed at students in the engineering school. Why a business plan competition, and why in engineering school?

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2020

Acording to the group--which normally runs competitions to spur development in technology--says the new group is open to the world's innovators, clinicians, researchers, data scientists, institutions, and experts, to help push breakthroughs, research, tap into a network of supports and partners, and more.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. But often the result of a Founder hiring a developer or lead developer or even a VP engineering is a gap created between the founders and the developers. What technology research is required?

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2019

Los Angeles-based startup Trellis Research , which is developing decision making tools and maintains a database of California court records, said on Wednesday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round. Source of the funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE , which runs a number of prize-based competitions for developing technology, has named eighteen teams for its $2 million, Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE , including two local teams. The groups will go on to submit their technology to affordably and accurately measure ocean acidification.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 19, 2015

Computers and the Internet have now brought in a new era that relies on data to make profitable business decisions in the competitive environment. Below is a full explanation of how small businesses can leverage technology to earn a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Cloud Services. CRM Platforms. Images via Shutterstock.

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2015

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) says it will be running the final competition for $3.5M The robots in the competition are humanoid-like (think Robby the Robot), and intended to assist humans in things like earthquakes and tsunamis, and was launched as a response to the 2011 tsunami in Japan.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

The Grand Challenge series brings together companies developing new transportation or airspace management technologies, the Agency said. Getting the agreements signed are the first step in a multi-stage process that will culminate in the challenge’s official competition in 2022. It is designed to allow U.S. AirMap, Inc.,

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. A Biden presidency doesn’t need a Green New Deal to make progress on climate change. ” Climate resiliency .

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In reality, their effectiveness is usually more related to how well they develop their work relationships with peers and business leaders. More importantly, we all need to develop the right relationships, and actively avoid those types that are not right for the business, or not right for our career at a particular point in time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2017

The ready-aim-fire traditional approach works best in more mature markets, where your strategy is to add features and value to competitive products, or address an underserved new segment of the marketplace. These are the environments where you really need extended planning to ensure proper positioning before launching the product.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 3, 2021

An estimate of the number of customers, of the amount of traffic to your website, of the numbers of products sold or hours spent in development – there are thousands of areas where a number sounds better when it is larger. Sometimes it seems to you to be just an unimportant little stretch of the facts.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2010

The X PRIZE Foundation has detailed the plans for a new competition to develop technology to clean up crude oil, on the heels of the environmental disaster caused by BP's oil spill in the Gulf. Tags: xprize foundation spill environment clean cleantech competition. The foundation said Thursday that it is launching a new, $1.4M

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Cyber & nuclear threats, disruptive innovation, and increasing competition for market share will continue to reshape how members view their memberships. This means organizations will require new and different external research to understand what tools they must provide in order to help their members make progress.

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Berkonomics

JULY 18, 2019

Every business has an intellectual foundation where the CEO’s knowledge and vision create a barrier to entry that deflects some or much of the potential competition. Or we do so with brilliant research and development, highly trained sales forces, large advertising campaigns, or secret processes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2023

Development schedule and checkpoints. A product plan must include the timeline and milestones involved in product research and development. Opportunity segmentation and competitive environment. List key competitors and alternatives, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantages, such as patents and trademarks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

With these, you apply common tools, such as field research, user groups, questionnaires and interviews. Keep users engaged throughout design and development. Results show that when users are engaged throughout the development process, a number of key system requirements are identified that would otherwise be entirely missed.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 1, 2019

From experience and from information about the competition, a coach creates a playbook that contains detailed plans for actions or plays that the entire team must know without question and execute without pause in order to win games and advance toward the playoffs. The coach creates a playbook from experience and research.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2020

In reality, their effectiveness is usually more related to how well they develop their work relationships with peers and business leaders. More importantly, we all need to develop the right relationships, and actively avoid those types that are not right for the business, or not right for our career at a particular point in time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Keyword research and budget forecasting. PPC experts charge you to research, analyze, and estimate hit ratios, to optimize your success and set a campaign spending budget for you. The display side is called pay per action (PPA) or pay per lead (PPL). Popular keywords have higher costs. Campaign setup and ad copy writing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2022

Current research is conclusive that self-esteem is linked to our sense of competence in the areas that are important to us. Identify and redirect unhealthy competition and comparisons. Competition sabotages teamwork and leaves feelings of isolation and alienation. Make you the base, not others.

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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. In my experience, competition is the biggest challenge here. I recommend that you start online to find data sources.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 26, 2010

Competition. And the reality is that if you have no competition it will likely be perceived as a negative, not positive. And the reality is that if you have no competition it will likely be perceived as a negative, not positive. Here’s some thoughts on the competition slide and also how to talk about it: Competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2023

Every entrepreneur needs to adopt a more rigorous process, like this eight-step formula developed and tested by Thomas Edison and many others to accelerate the production of big breakthrough ideas: Select a specific challenge and focus on solving it. Research the subject to learn from the work of others. Marty Zwilling

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Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer. And fifth: Competitive risk. . Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The first electric bulb was actually invented by Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, who demonstrated the concept, but gave up trying to develop a practical product after only three attempts. She is a former Fortune 50 executive and innovation thought leader who developed her own actionable system to overcome obstacles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2020

With these, you apply common tools, such as field research, user groups, questionnaires and interviews. Keep users engaged throughout design and development. Results show that when users are engaged throughout the development process, a number of key system requirements are identified that would otherwise be entirely missed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

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. Health, life, and other insurance at group rates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Solution development undefined or incomplete. They are not interested in research and development, or funding at the idea stage. Being first to market is not a strong competitive argument for startups, since larger existing players can easily overrun this position. Surprises during due diligence.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 26, 2017

I rarely attend startup pitch competitions anymore. I took the bait and decided to check out the “Startup Battle,” part of the latest International Conference on Predictive Applications and APIs , held at Microsoft’s New England Research and Development Center. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Perhaps because of their focus on building a large portfolio, or their competitiveness, these angels sometimes accept valuations that cause later friction while moving to VCs, or even other angel groups. VCs tend to carry their partners much longer, in hopes of a big public offering (IPO) that could produce a windfall. Marty Zwilling.

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