InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

A recurring entrepreneurial challenge is to determine the optimal price of a new product, especially absent a directly competitive alternative. Yet, the value of your solution will vary by customer, based on the utility each derives from your product. Anecdotally, it seems that SaaS products often behave as Giffen goods.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2023

In addition, the best companies compare the negative and positive cash flows over a period of time to determine the net present value (NPV) of planned future marketing spending. Are you evaluating your marketing returns today with the same discipline as your product returns? Marty Zwilling

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2010

Irvine-based semiconductor maker Broadcom reported its second quarter 2010 results Tuesday, saying that it had record second quarter revenues and earnings, driven by strong product demand from its Broadband and Mobile & Wireless segments. The firm said it anticipates "increasing demand" for communications products in Q3.

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Mobile .Net Demand Report 145

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2020

In addition, the best companies compare the negative and positive cash flows over a period of time to determine the net present value (NPV) of planned future marketing spending. Are you evaluating your marketing returns today with the same discipline as your product returns? Marty Zwilling.

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Marketing Invest Demand Metrics 174

socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2015

San Juan Capistrano-based Allegro Opthalmics , a developer of treatments for eye diseases such as wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), reported this morning that it has raised $20M in a strategic investment from Hanmi Pharmaceutical. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 28, 2010

San Diego-based Entropic Communications , a publicly held developer of semiconductors used in home entertainment and consumer electronics products, reported today that it had an increase of 56 percent in its second quarter net revenues, compared with last year. The firm said it earned $3.1M it saw in the first quarter of 2010.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2012

The firm reported a net loss of $11.1M Kythera's products are used for fat reduction. Morgan, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Leerink Swann, and Lazard Capital Markets. Kythera is venture backed by Versant Ventures, ARCH Ventures, Prospect Venture Partners, JAFCO, Fidelity, among others. on license income of $12.98M in 2011.

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Calabasas .Net Report Marketing 124

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2012

Irvine-based Broadcom has been granted a permanent injunction against Costa Mesa-based Emulex , in a patent infringement suit, covering a number of Emulex's Fibre Channel switch products, the two firms separately reported this morning. According to Broadcom, certain products of Emulex have been found to infringe upon U.S.

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Patents .Net Report Product 133

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2010

San Diego-based Advanced Telemetry , a developer of smart energy management systems for the residential and light commercial market, reported Tuesday that it has been selected for the ZENERGY House, a demonstration net-zero-energy remodeling project in Studio City. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2009

San Diego-based Entropic Communications reported its results yesterday, saying that its net revenues fell to $24.1M, a drop of 18 percent from the fourth quarter of 2008, when it had revenues of $29.5M, and a 43% drop from the first quarter of 2008, when it reported $42.0M. The firm had a net loss of $8.7M. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

JULY 7, 2016

As of the end of 2015, Pernix reported a headcount of 274. The remaining neurology and pain sales staff will operate under the same management, a streamlining move that the company hopes will help the company better target the key physicians who prescribe the company’s products. Last year, Pernix reported a $148.3

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2009

Aliso Viejo-based QLogic , which makes host bus adapters and switches for the storage area networking market, reported its first quarter results Tuesday, saying that its net revenues dropped from $168.4M The firm saw a steep drop in revenue from its host products business, reporting only $88.3M last year in Q1 to $122.8M

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2009

Los Angeles-based Stamps.com reported its results Thursday, saying that the firm had net income of $1.0M The company saw a steep drop in its revenues from its personalized photo product, PhotoStamps, which was down 31% to $2.0M on revenues of nearly $20.2M in Q2, essentially flat year to year compared with $1.3M in sales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Al Gore, by just talking about it, still seems to be leading the way in monetization, having amassed an estimated net worth reported recently as around $300 million. It’s also time to make more products recyclable, by designing them as a natural loop from creation to reuse. Reduce waste from new production automation.

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Artificial Inteligence Resource Examples Startup 79

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked, Cloud-based enterprise platform for deal management and investor reporting, Wednesday announced a new suite of enterprise features in a move to take transactions mobile. The new features launched include business tools for reporting, file management, discussions and first-of-its-kind functionality for managing deals on an iPad.

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Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. If you want to run marketing campaigns you need to know who influences whom and in which product categories and geographies. Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66 Net income was around $1.4 AppDynamics.

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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.

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Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2015

In addition, the best companies compare the negative and positive cash flows over a period of time to determine the net present value (NPV) of planned future marketing spending. Are you evaluating your marketing returns today with the same discipline as your product returns? Marty Zwilling.

Metrics 101

Metrics Marketing Demand Paramount 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2018

In addition, the best companies compare the negative and positive cash flows over a period of time to determine the net present value (NPV) of planned future marketing spending. Are you evaluating your marketing returns today with the same discipline as your product returns? Marty Zwilling.

Metrics 57

Metrics Demand Marketing Paramount 57

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

If you're a startup business owner, how do you get to the next step, and build your first product? That's the idea behind a new startup, Fundable , headed by serial entrepreneur Wil Schroter , which allows you to use rewards -- product, company schwag, an even equity -- as a tool to get your startup to the next stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

The most common failures are solutions looking for a problem, lack of a defined market, and giving away the product. The value proposition must clearly define the target customer, the customer’s problem and pain, your unique solution, and the net benefit of this solution from the customer's perspective. Production. Distribution.

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Sales Custom Customer Outsource 97

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Production costs have fallen more than 90%. My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). You can’t change media consumption patterns easily. The future of the Internet is video. Distribution costs have, too. Danny and Ynon in a way will switch roles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2014

I agree with the seven survival challenges from Michael Fertik, in an old Harvard Business Review article , for executives making the transition: Empire-building skills are counter-productive. Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses. Never cover your a$$. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

Even more disappointing are other statistics that show most websites that do exist have a very low “conversion rate,” or ratio of visitors to the site versus ones who meet your goal of buying a product or signing up for a newsletter. Find your niche and highlight how your product meets the customer’s exact need, and is the best in the world.

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SEO Tips Newsletter Statistics 53

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

The most common failures are solutions looking for a problem, lack of a defined market, and giving away the product. The value proposition must clearly define the target customer, the customer’s problem and pain, your unique solution, and the net benefit of this solution from the customer's perspective. Production. Distribution.

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Sales Customer Custom Outsource 98

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

We’ve all become so used to having Microsoft in our lives that we’ve started to take their products and services for granted. Since then, Microsoft has come out with product after product, always improving and innovating – and you can keep counting on it to keep doing so. came out in 1985. 2. 1.0, NT, 98, ME, Vista, XP, 7.

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Writing Training Email .Net 88

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

To be effective at sales you need to really understand the business of the person who will buy your product. She went to work running sales for Jason Calacanis at Silicon Alley Reporter (mid 90′s). “There are so many places you can go on the Net where you can find your community. “The Internet saved my life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2014

A November 2014 report by Kiplinger asserts that economic momentum is back on track. This approach will help you diversify and broaden your business’s product lines and services. This was led by a modest increase in the net percent of owners who plan to increase capital spending and more who expect higher sales in the next few months.

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Study Entrepreneur .Net Guide 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2013

I agree with the seven survival challenges from Michael Fertik, in an old Harvard Business Review article , for executives making the transition: Empire-building skills are counter-productive. Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses. Never cover your a$$.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Training Technical Review 105

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2011

I agree with the seven survival issues summarized by Michael Fertik, in an old Harvard Business Review article , for executives making the transition: Empire-building skills are counter-productive. Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses. Never cover your a$$.

Startup 105

Startup Company Companies Training 105

Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

Below we’ll outline how to squeeze those last drops of talent out of your own social circles, how to incentivize current employees to lure in potential candidates in their networks, and how to entice “superconnectors” to recruit through their own far-reaching nets. Tap Into Your Network. Tap Into Superconnectors’ Networks.

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Networking Startup Software Review Conference 83

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

In one year of Airbnb Tracy netted more than $28,000. Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. So her wedding story had a happy ending.

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Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

Randy Churchill and his team at PricewaterhouseCoopers meticulously prepare a quarterly report detailing the venture landscape, called Shaking The Money Tree. Other than shortening the investor’s quarterly commute to your Board meetings, the net benefits of relocating for many startups are illusory, as I describe HERE.

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Venture Capital Funding Capital Technical Review 233

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2012

If we do have a report that a post is not their own, we have a two strike policy. It's been a net win. We're really focused on our own community, and product execution for buyers. We're totally focused on taking this product to market, and creating something that delights every single photographer on the site.

Startup 153

Startup Pricing Sites Acquisition 153

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

The value proposition is a short statement that clearly communicates the target customer, the customer’s problem and the pain that it causes, the unique solution that addresses this problem, and the net benefit of this solution (value derived versus relative cost) from the customer's perspective.

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Funding Startup Entrepreneur Invest 106

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2013

It’s easy to forget that your new office rent asks for first, last, and security; new utilities require an escrow account; and new vendors want immediate payment for the first couple of months, before they offer the normal net 30 terms. The Kauffman Foundation reports that late payments are among the biggest challenges facing startups.

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Startup Sales Layoffs Slides 114

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Once we did that, it was just a matter of integrating that into a product. 1,500 can net a lot of people great tech, but for a pair of AR glasses does not seem so appealing. We’ve been actually working on the actual ORA-1 itself for about a year-and-a-half now.

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