TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Get this newsletter in your inbox every Thursday by subscribing on TechCrunch’s newsletter page. Without the promise of riches or with reduced interest in blockchain-based exclusivity, where will consumer demand go? In tradfi, investors can specialize based on products (e.g. crash redux. industrials, retail, real estate).

Newsletter 278

Newsletter Platform Capital Marketing 278

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

From a marketing marketing perspective, that allows filmmakers to quickly and easily promote their films through social media and build a fan base, and incentivize fans to support their films by offering access to exclusive content, livestream video chats, and production updates, as an example. Why is this important to filmmakers?

Hollywood 256

Hollywood CTO Hire Social Media Platform 256

Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

With more employees and network-intensive activities, businesses must stay ahead of their bandwidth needs or risk bottlenecking their employees and reducing staff productivity. . One major challenge for an enterprise is finding a way to upgrade its infrastructure efficiently to quickly ramp up to meet new network demands.

Networking 88

Networking Services Design Demand 88

socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

We caught up with co-founder and CEO Joey Flores to learn more about the service, plus hear more about the new on-demand service and the challenges it is trying to help musicians and labels deal with in the age of Internet streaming. Can you talk about what the new product is about? What is Earbits?

Demand 166

Demand Startup Platform Sites 166

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. It usually implies an opportunity to win big, like a lottery, or experience something sensational, like an incredible video or free product.

Marketing 107

Marketing Invest SEM Startup 107

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2014

We have around 350 products all aimed at kids of all kinds of ages. We have an impulse activity line, combined with a party line as well, and the products developed by P.S. XO. We are moving towards creating a really exciting space, which is why we have partnered with Moonfrye to provide technology development to our core product line.

Commerce 138

Commerce Mobile Startup Product 138

Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2022

For example, a smaller business with $10-20,000 in monthly revenue will only need to spend a monthly $25 on FinMark's product, while a business that makes over $1 million will be spending $2,500 a month on FinMark. Jeenie is looking to fix this problem by supplying language interpreters on demand. And now we've gotten used to it.

Startup 203

Startup Invest FAQ Examples 203

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

The store allows in-page transactions, and never redirects them to another site, keeping them captive and leveraging impulse buys. We've got a suite of on-demand, manufacturing tools which means they never have to spend money upfront. We have some minimum price points for every product they might want to sell. for a shirt.

Van Nuys 191

Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Startup Web 191

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2019

Equally often, I see startups who are on the road to implementing an idea, but haven’t figured out what problem it solves – the business plan waxes on eloquently for 20 pages about how great this product and technology is, but never gets around to defining the problem (investors call this the “solution looking for a problem” syndrome).

Startup 80

Startup Ideas Competition Demand 80

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The size of the document should be based on your style, but 10-20 pages or slides are usually more than adequate to outline even a complex business. Although the major crowd funding sites today, including Kickstarter and Indiegogo , don’t technically require a business plan, they do demand essentially the same information in a project format.

Technical Review 126

Technical Review Writing Entrepreneur Slides 126

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Then there are the additional challenges of balancing the demands of family and friends. Multiple pages of work items won’t get done anyway. Regular non-work breaks, like a trip to the gym, or time with family will be ultimately more productive than slugging it out all night on a given problem. Take a break to recharge.

Tips 86

Tips Startup Entrepreneur Mentor 86

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. He told me that there were a core group of inner Digg users who could control what got on the front page.

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Yet you can never forget the seasonal business cash flow and activity demands that are approaching, so to be prepared – you need to start the planning now. The continuing rise in the price of fuel, combined with the ongoing evidence of global warming, has highlighted the need for alternative energy sources, and green products.

Startup 86

Startup Tips Venture Capital Demand 86

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there. Make the product or service come alive. Writing down key parameters will force you solidify the specifics, and mentally commit to them.

Ideas 94

Ideas Slides Technical Review Patents 94

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

This was certainly the case when I invested in a small YouTube video production company called Maker Studios that recently sold to Disney for just shy of $1 billion. The first product tests for gluten and is especially targeted at people with Celiac’s disease which affects 1% of the population meaning millions of people.

Funding 362

Funding Technical Review Ideas Startup 362

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

There''s a huge demand for a limited supply of employees, in particularly, there a large demand for product developers, and there''s a shortage of experienced people. If you look at the career sites and pages out there right now, they look like they were built a decade ago. Among those is accessibility of the product.

Design 174

Design Sites Cornerstone OnDemand Startup 174

Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

A recent Wall Street Journal article that raised the possibility of Biogen as the target of another huge pharma buyout cited the lack of productivity as a major driver of M&A in the pharmaceutical industry. With a limited supply of new firms coming into the business, venture’s ability to expand to meet demand is inherently constrained.

Product 40

Product Journal Venture Capital Demand 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. It usually implies an opportunity to win big, like a lottery, or experience something sensational, like an incredible video or free product.

Marketing 67

Marketing SEM Startup Blogging 67

Eric Greenspan

MAY 29, 2010

There are many signs to look for when receiving candid feedback from your customers, here’s a few examples of things Make It Work customers say and what we are doing about it: Customer (from a Delight Survey email): Why don’t you offer billing as an option, rather than require payment on demand at the end of the appointment?

Social Media 214

Social Media Customer Custom Media 214

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

They are the classic case of the Innovator’s Dilemma because they fundamentally can’t innovate on their product and can’t lower costs or their business craters. And it’s easy to run circles around them as our product differentiation shows. Growing our Product Lines. It worked perfectly. This was painful.

Startup 150

Startup Pricing Marketing Product 150

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

We create a page which starts at first rumor, and engages and supports those projects. Tobi Bauckhage: Technology is disrupting the movie industry on many different levels, from funding, production means, distribution, and marketing. They are used to producing great product and putting it out, and having people come.

Startup 164

Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2017

Equally often, I see startups who are on the road to implementing an idea, but haven’t figured out what problem it solves – the business plan waxes on eloquently for 20 pages about how great this product and technology is, but never gets around to defining the problem (investors call this the “solution looking for a problem” syndrome).

Ideas 55

Ideas Startup Competition Demand 55

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2013

The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. It usually implies an opportunity to win big, like a lottery, or experience something sensational, like an incredible video or free product.

Marketing 99

Marketing Entrepreneur Startup SEM 99

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2013

Equally often, I see startups who are on the road to implementing an idea, but haven’t figured out what problem it solves – the business plan waxes on eloquently for 20 pages about how great this product and technology is, but never gets around to defining the problem (investors call this the “solution looking for a problem” syndrome).

Ideas 99

Ideas Startup Competition Demand 99

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. This team is talented.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Then there are the additional challenges of balancing the demands of family and friends. Multiple pages of work items won’t get done anyway. Regular non-work breaks, like a trip to the gym, or time with family will be ultimately more productive than slugging it out all night on a given problem. Take a break to recharge.

Tips 107

Tips Entrepreneur Startup Mentor 107

socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

Our clients are retail, technology, consumer product goods, and other companies who are trying to address challenges with a very complex, digital marketing mix they face every day. As you might imagine, I started as a brand manager in the consumer product goods market. We''re growing and scaling to meet the demands of the market.

Marketing 196

Marketing Pasadena Platform Email 196

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Then there are the additional challenges of balancing the demands of family and friends. Multiple pages of work items won’t get done anyway. Regular non-work breaks, like a trip to the gym, or time with family will be ultimately more productive than slugging it out all night on a given problem. Take a break to recharge.

Startup 59

Startup Entrepreneur Tips Mentor 59

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2012

Equally often, I see startups who are on the road to implementing an idea, but haven’t figured out what problem it solves – the business plan waxes on eloquently for 20 pages about how great this product and technology is, but never gets around to defining the problem (investors call this the “solution looking for a problem” syndrome).

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Ideas Competition Startup 102

InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2011

Messenger : Jason Lehmbeck , Co-Founder and CEO of DataPop , former VP of Emerging Ad Products at Overture Services and Yahoo! The catalyst was that we saw the demand and it was confirmed by some of the leading advertisers in the marketplace. It takes more time because you’ve got more constituents that you have to get on the same page.

Yahoo 210

Yahoo Startup Advertising Summary 210

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

I spoke this past week at the LeWeb conference in London, which was a superbly well run event with a very quality production team. They are also driving down the margins they make and are offering products that are initially lower functionality than their competitors. I described that phenomenon in this post.

Marketing 361

Marketing Course Pricing Networking 361

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We give a huge Thank You to the following sponsors: Demand Media is a leading online media company that informs, entertains and connects millions of people every day. Founded in 2006, Demand Media is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with offices in Bellevue, WA, Austin, TX, New York, NY and London, UK. Want to Sponsor? to 11:00 p.m.

Technical Review 58

Technical Review Software Review Santa Monica Tech Coast Angels 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2012

The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. It usually implies an opportunity to win big, like a lottery, or experience something sensational, like an incredible video or free product.

Marketing 95

Marketing Startup SEM Blogging 95

InfoChachkie

MARCH 9, 2016

The best advice in Guy Kawasaki’s The Art Of The Start is on page 9, where he states, “Get Going.” Rather than shutting down shop, the student simply moved his operation down the hall and continued to satisfy the brisk student demand for the consolidated notes. Once the Ball Starts Bouncing, You Never Know Where It Will Stop.

Startup 100

Startup Ideas Santa Barbara Entrepreneur 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2016

According to most experts , business traction is evidence that somebody really wants your product. It’s business momentum, independent of whether you have a product delivered, proven the business model, or significantly penetrated the opportunity. Show evidence of growing and unsatisfied customer demand.

Metrics 57

Metrics Funding Startup Customer 57

InfoChachkie

MARCH 7, 2016

The best advice in Guy Kawasaki’s The Art Of The Start is on page 9, where he states, “Get Going.” Rather than shutting down shop, the student simply moved his operation down the hall and continued to satisfy the brisk student demand for the consolidated notes. Once the Ball Starts Bouncing, You Never Know Where It Will Stop.

Startup 100

Startup Ideas Santa Barbara Entrepreneur 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Then there are the additional challenges of balancing the demands of family and friends. Multiple pages of work items won’t get done anyway. Regular non-work breaks, like a trip to the gym, or time with family will be ultimately more productive than slugging it out all night on a given problem. Take a break to recharge.

Tips 101

Tips Entrepreneur Startup Mentor 101