Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

As a startup advisor, I see too many entrepreneurs get distracted by technology or their favorite cause, and then wonder why they can’t find an investor, attract customers, or build a long-term business. Customers now put big value on experience, social impact, empowerment, and feedback.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2019

Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan , which develops a suite of software aimed at helping home service businesses with such tasks as CRM, dispatching, marketing automation, and more, said it has integrated its tools with iManifold , a residential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning diagnostics tool.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Los Angeles-based Factual , the location data startup led by Gil Elbaz, said this week that it has launched a brand new set of tools, called Geopulse Insights and Geopulse Measurement. Accordign to Factual, the new tools help marketers understand customer behavior, and link real-world, customer behavior to their online marketing campaigns.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2021

Yet, as a business consultant, I often find minimal focus on improving employee engagement and assessing their customer-facing performance. For example, I commonly see metrics to keep track of revenue per employee, overtime, and absenteeism, but I don’t often see measures of overall customer satisfaction with individual employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2021

New generations of customers respond better to the “ participative ” approach, where they get to provide input via social media and the Internet. Some call it a move from always “ hunting ” for new customers in the wild, to “gardening” or nurturing loyalty and value from the ones you already have.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 26, 2017

The rest of the purchase price was concocted from a brew of zero coupon bonds (where the face value is many times the invested amount until the reduced cost bonds mature thirty years later), and borrowing using the target company’s accounts receivable and other assets as collateral for a loan to purchase the company. What power!

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2015

Shopatron said its new product, Local Product Search, helps customers find products from brands, offering up real time, local product inventory to those customers. The company says its new tool instead directly points consumers at available inventory of product. Pricing on the new product was not announced.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2013

In real life, you can just about bargain a price for anything you want to buy--a car, a house, even that new stereo from your local electronics store. Joe Marrapodi: GreenToe is a name your own price marketplace for products. It''s very similar to the Priceline.com model, where you name your price for a flight or hotel.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

If you are a millenial entering the workforce, what would you be most comfortable with -- a tool designed to work and look like a social network, or a tool built around an old fashioned corporate enterprise software UI? PromoJam debuted its brand new, self-service version of its social promotions tool today, PromoJam 2.0,

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Berkonomics

MAY 30, 2019

Using new tools in a social age. And the best way to do this is with the placement of a case study, a story told about and by a satisfied customer with something to say about how your product solved their problem or pain. That story can be in print or in multimedia form. And as a result, more money is flowing into story-telling.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2014

Retention Science , the developer of big data marketing and analytics tools, has rolled out a new product focused on online retailers. The new product helps group customers into specific market segments, by figuring out likelihood of conversion, predicted order value, and other elements derived through the company''s big data technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2014

I spend a lot of time with startups and thus hear many companies talk about their approach to sales and their interactions with customers. From these meetings you can really tell the leaders that care deeply about their customers and those the look down on them. You’d be very wrong. Contrast that with a VC conversation I had.

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socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Spencer Price to learn more about the company. Spencer Price: Halla is the only software company to dynamically profile human tastes so we can help people make better choices. Spencer Price: That's a fair question. The customer is really struggling to regain their lost humanity.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2016

Not sure if you're getting the best price on your new solar power system? The startup said it will "do what CarsDirect and TrueCar have done for the car industry" to the solar power industry, by letting users calculate their solar savings, create a customized solar setup, and get the "best possible price" on their solar power system.

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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. Post-sale, AI analyzes customer data to improve service and loyalty, making it a cornerstone of modern sales methodologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2019

Is your marketing focus product-centric or customer-centric ? With a wealth of products now available, customers look for the most memorable experience , not just the best product. These days, a fun shopping experience, or no-question returns, often tips the scales over extra product features or a lower price.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Venice, California-based SaneBox , the developer of email tools to help users better manage the flood of emails in their inbox, has rolled out a new product it says can help better figure out who in your company can make a warm intro to potential customers and partners. Pricing on the new tool was not announced.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 16, 2017

Finding potential customers continues to be a huge challenge not only for established marketing and sales teams but also for startup executives and solo entrepreneurs. It is not that there is a lack of lead generation tools, particularly for business-to-business (B2B) firms. Pricing: Valet – up to 1000 leads/month, $49.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 28, 2020

And despite the collapse in fossil fuel energy prices, Shao said that Amply’s value proposition still makes sense. “Raw electric energy is half the price on average as fossil fuels,” Shao said. The lowest price of extracting a barrel of oil right now is $20… and then you need to add processing and distilling.”

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2012

Aliso Viejo-based CitizenHawk , the venture backed developer of online brand protection services, said today that it has launched a tool to help companies find infringement of a company's logos and other trademarked images. The company said its tool even is able to detect a company's logo within a photograph or video. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

In his premier film appearance in the blaxploitation send-up “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka,” Chris Rock inadvertently addresses a key pricing challenge faced by most entrepreneurs. Watch this 93-second clip and see if you can identify the pricing pitfall addressed in this humorous snippet. How Much For A Rib?

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Tech.Co

MARCH 24, 2021

Getting your website noticed by local customers just got a whole lot easier for Wix users. The search engine powers an unmatched number of conversions, which makes it a vital tool for many businesses looking to reach as many new users as possible. See our full Wix Pricing guide for more on its costs. Considering Wix?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

El Segundo-based Image Metrics , a developer of computer vision and facial analysis and tracking tools, has rolled out a new platform for implementing augmented reality (AR), which it calls LUNAR. According to Image Metrics, the new tool is aimed at marketers, helping them to implement augmented reality (AR) effects for marketing initiatives.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Marketing is a science devised to help drive customers to your door. There are lots of ways to define how to market well, including the four P’s of marketing (1): product, price, promotion and place. Higher demand results in higher prices – if there is limited supply. C=Customers, and more customers.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 28, 2022

Start with a simple tool. There are tools to inform you when your company name or personal name is mentioned. Try a subscription with Brandyourself.com , where the monthly subscription is quite inexpensive and worth the price. Proactively link outward from your site. There is still a great place for traditional advertising.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2015

Pasadena-based X1 , which develops electronic discovery and search software, said Tuesday that it has launched a new, hosted version of its software for its customers. X1 said the new capability helps law firms with per-matter pricing; and reduces cost and gains economy of scale from using hosting from cloud providers. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

In today’s totally interconnected world with its abundance of information, choices, and marketing, how your customers buy has drastically changed. Whether you are an executive, an entrepreneur, a marketer, or a salesperson, it’s time to look beyond how you sell, and focus on how your customers buy.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2021

Rowe Price, Dragoneer Investment Group, and ICONIQ Growth. ServiceTitan now boasts more than 7,500 customers that employ more than 100,000 technicians and conduct nearly $20 billion worth of transactions providing services ranging from plumbing, air conditioning, electrical work, chimney, pest services and lawn care.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

As a startup advisor, I see too many entrepreneurs get distracted by technology or their favorite cause, and then wonder why they can’t find an investor, attract customers, or build a long-term business. Customers now put big value on experience, social impact, empowerment, and feedback.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 29, 2013

Fast forward two and a half years later and ProProfs is one of the leading online tools that lets the public and private sectors to create online quizzes, polls, surveys, flashcards, and classes with an extensive list of options. Simplicity and its comprehensive tools put ProProfs on another level.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

However, its unique-for-the-industry monthly subscription model has helped it maintain healthy profits from its loyal customer base in 2023. RunwayML Runway is an applied AI tool artists can use to create AI-generated media, like video, audio and text. Vibrant Planet's Land Tender tool. Organic milk formula product Bobbie.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Most business professionals I know have been conditioned to think of inflation as highly negative, driving up their costs, and reducing customer buying. I see it as an opportunity to find new ways to attract customers , make long-needed changes to improve productivity, and lower your own costs of doing business.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2014

According to the company, it has launched its Mobile Rich Media Ad Platform, a product which helps advertisers maximize their mobile ad dollars, with tools for ad authoring, a creative library, and analytics engine. Pricing on the new tool was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2019

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which provides cloud-based learning and talent management tools, has linked up with a sales training company, Sandler Training, on a new sales training subscription, the two said today. Pricing on the new subscription was not announced. Financial details of the partnership were not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2012

You hear a lot of talk these days about the importance of customer satisfaction, but customer loyalty is the real win. A satisfied customer is necessary, but not sufficient, to be a loyal customer who will come back repeatedly, refer their friends and family to you, and be faithful even when your price is not the lowest.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 3, 2022

should not be positioned as “cheap,” or your potential customers will question your message from the start and will be more critical of the delivered product than if offered as one or the other, but not both. And a disappointment based on missed delivery or completion is as great as one based upon trounced quality or price expectations.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2019

The startup is backed by Daimler AG, and offers up online pricing of services, online scheduling, and servicing of a vehicle at a customer's home, work, or at a shop. According to the startup, it does not rely on the "gig economy" for its workers--its mechanics have full time hours, and are equipped with company vehicles and tools.

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