Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? Earbits is a marketing platform for music related products built around interactive radio experiences. Well now is your chance to find out thanks to upStart.LA. 10th from 7pm to 9pm at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (SMCA).

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Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 64

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Leveraging the technology of X1, X1 Discovery said it provides a platform to collect, authenticate, search, review, and produce electronically stored information from social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. X1 Discovery said it will be releasing its software on October 18th, priced at $945 per seat annually.

Social Media 182

Social Media Media Idealab Software Review 182

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

According to a recent article on Thrinacia , there are now aver 600 crowdfunding platforms in existence, currently estimated to add more than $89 billion to the economy at a compound growth rate of 17% from 2019 to 2022. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. In the U.S.,

Entrepreneur 129

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Satisfaction Equity 129

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? Earbits is a marketing platform for music related products built around interactive radio experiences. Well now is your chance to find out thanks to upStart.LA. 10th from 7pm to 9pm at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (SMCA).

Incubator 40

Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

Investors showed an increased appetite for new stocks, with 18 percent of deals pricing above the marketed share price range. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit).

Entrepreneur 66

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Satisfaction 66

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Michael Jones: Earny, a bot that tracks purchases, files and redeems price protection/adjustment claims automatically for customers. Just a few weeks after Earny launched, Amazon ended their price adjustment policy. It's the app everyone needs but don't realize it, as there are millions of unclaimed dollars each year. READ MORE>>.

Dollar Shave Club 100

Dollar Shave Club Southern California Pricing News 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

According to recent statistics , there are already over 500 website crowdfunding platforms, such as Kickstarter , available; and over $5 billion was raised this way last year. These funders often offer convertible notes, rather than the traditional priced equity. Startup incubator seed funding. A seed-stage “super angel.”

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding 104

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2016

Designers go on to our platform, post a production projet, and contratosr and factories bid on those projects. Based on ratings, reviews, and price, designers are able to hire a factory or contractor from our platform. The third problem we solve, is pricing and payment. We help apparel designers connect with factories.

Software Review 100

Software Review Design Technical Review Platform 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

Dave Fink: Postie is a building a technology platform with a mission of making direct mail marketing behave as easily and dynamically as your favorite, programmatic channels. I understand both of you came out of Science Inc, the startup studio/incubator? Photo: Dave Fink on left, Jonathan Neddenriep on right. What is Postie?

CTO Hire 100

CTO Hire Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Marketing 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Total Raised: $21.4mm.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2013

ChowNow , the turnkey interactive food ordering platform, just raised $3 million in additional funding to launch new products and expand national operations. ChowNow came out of incubator LaunchPad LA. ChowNow is helping level the playing field for smaller restaurants through innovation.

GRP Partners 73

GRP Partners Email Incubator Platform 73

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

It runs our proprietary technology, and it's a platform that people can plug into. I had been seed investing and incubating businesses, and was sitting with a friend of mine, John Miller, who ran Caliburger, which is a 35 location burger chain, which is exporting the California lifestyle, much like In-N-Out does.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Capital Custom 113

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2013

I started a business with two others and we started buying and reselling ad inventory from wholesale prices to retail. To progress and be LA tech-focused, we started incubating ideas. First impression, a self-serve platform, and Blink, our ad serving technology, we both built in-house. How much did Engage:BDR grow?

Marketing 96

Marketing Startup Incubator Advertising 96

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

DreamHost has a successful track record of incubating technologies in-house and then releasing them to the broader market. Cloud Architecture – Most cloud projects are now built on OpenStack an open source virtualization platform.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. No platform is naïve enough to allow an outsider to grow enormously large in their ecosystem without an appropriate tax or benefit to them.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Sam Rogoway: We use YouTube as our hosting platform, for a variety of reasons. What we want to do is bring very good videos to businesses, at a very affordable price. How are you able to keep production values high even at a low price point? Where do those videos get distribute? Finally, what's the next big goal for the company?

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

Park’s platform allowed them to do so. Rather than figure it out and reverse engineer a price strategy, they simply asked their customers what they would be willing to pay for shipping. They took everyone’s response and averaged the price, which came to about $5. You would need a couple hundred runs to make a profit.”

Startup 98

Startup Custom Customer Pricing 98

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

For forever, the way things have been done, is manufacturers have sold their products at a wholesale price to distributors, distributors sell it to retail outlets, which then sell to consumers. But, if you look online, they charge the same, retail store prices because you can't undercut retailers if you're Calvin Klein. Why underwear?

Commerce 201

Commerce Startup Design Los Angeles 201

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

I then became and EIR at UC San Diego, and joined EvoNexus, the not-for-profit incubator run by the Irvine Company. We want to create some events, and other initiatives and platforms, that help introduce technologies to serial entrepreneurs who are hoping to commercialize technology and are looking for the next startup.

Southern California 170

Southern California Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 170

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

The conversation moves into Zeroblock’s upcoming plans to implement trading API’s, a robust front-end interface for trading, as well as goals to create a standardized protocol in connecting different exchanges (thereby leveling out bitcoin prices across the board). Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator.

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

a perks platform for small medium businesses. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Price: $15 (Early Bird). Sizhao “Zao&# Yang is currently the COO/co-founder at BetterWorks, Inc.,

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Price: $15 (Early Bird). Dinesh earned his B.S. in Computer Science and his MBA from UC Irvine. to 9:30 p.m.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Zong is obviously doing something right since they are now the preferred mobile payment platform for Facebook’s mobile credit offering but will compete against some serious guns – Boku has raised nearly $40 million from Benchmark, Index, DAG and Khosla Ventures – the A list of who’s who VCs. 15mm in Series A.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2015

Be careful how you price this. Coworking and incubator spaces are great sources as are lawyers and bankers. Know your individual competitors and be able to speak to their key strengths and weaknesses, the relative attractiveness of their platforms as well as the overall competitive landscape. Funding Vehicles. Convertible debt.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Equity Funding 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. Are you going to do all of this?

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment). Name Your Price: Influencing Customer's Purchasing Decisions. Understanding the effect of perceived discounts, multiple product levels, price anchoring, and other. Entrepreneurism / Monetization economics, human behaviour, pricing. . Build Something, Build Anything.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Price: $25 (Early Bird). Howard is currently the CEO of Gamzee, a social games company that makes game that play everywhere written in HTML5. Event Details. to 10:00 p.m.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84