Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

That means it solves a real problem for real customers who are ready and able to spend real money. The number of current potential customers is large and growing. They are usually thinking only of costs required to get “in business,” rather than the total costs of marketing, scaling up, and going international.

Platform 118

Platform Snapchat Startup Course 118

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Thin Line--formed in partnership with LA's Wavemaker Partners--is hoping to take advantage of the growth in the clean technology market to find startups able to tapping into those now established markets, without the huge investment requirements of those first wave of clean technology companies. Markets were not yet built out.

Invest 113

Invest Capital Venture Capital Idealab 113

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Grants can be used at the discretion of the business owner – from marketing to onboarding and beyond, but winners need to use the funds as they pledged to in their application. Since 2006, NASE has handed out almost $1,000,000 through the program. Fortunately, the program doesn't require a lengthy application.

Technical Review 194

Technical Review Software Review Startup Competition 194

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Even the New York Stock Exchange did one with the acquisition of Archipelago Holdings via a "double dummy" merger way back in 2006 in a $10 billion deal to create the NYSE Group. You may no longer have the option of investing all earnings into growth, or servicing your special corporate cause. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

Funding 104

Funding Summary Entrepreneur Acquisition 104

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

So that we’re speaking the same language I would define “exclusive” as a period in which your company is prohibited from doing business with certain customers or business partners, which is why many incorrectly assume this is necessarily bad. I need to give credit for the topic to PR Malloy who Tweeted me this question.

Outsource Development 150

Outsource Development Startup Customer Custom 150

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

They have seen one side of a market where many of us have seen the ebb and flow multiple times. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. I spoke about a lot of things during the keynote.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 The last couple of years has also seen the huge initial success of Ycombinator, the Lean Startup and many other product driven approaches to going to market. I care about the thought that you’ve given to the customer problem.

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

get the attention of the market they choose. Having a great idea in the wrong place won’t get you the funding you need, the experienced domain experts you want, or the pilot market results you need for survival. Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. It’s just the first of many.

Startup 97

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Even the New York Stock Exchange did one with the acquisition of Archipelago Holdings via a "double dummy" merger way back in 2006 in a $10 billion deal to create the NYSE Group. You may no longer have the option of investing all earnings into growth, or servicing your special corporate cause. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

Summary 121

Summary Startup Entrepreneur Funding 121

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

Kurt DelBene, president, Office Division for Microsoft in a statement said ; “The acquisition of PPI allows us to draw on our complementary strengths, and we’re excited to accelerate this market evolution”. The PPI screens too have a huge market potential.

Screening 66

Screening Conference Acquisition Blogging 66

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. What does the market look like for IPO’s and is this likely to improve? Allows customers to select potential inventory through Be the Buyer program.

Venture Capital 242

Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2019

That means it solves a real problem for real customers who are ready and able to spend real money. The number of current potential customers is large and growing. They are usually thinking only of costs required to get “in business,” rather than the total costs of marketing, scaling up, and going international.

Snapchat 74

Snapchat Startup Course Yahoo 74

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

I’m not going to cover in this post the obvious post-show marketing tasks such as following up on all those business cards you grabbed, communicating with all those people who registered at your site and leveraging your new found fame to score venture capital. Make sure you focus on what matters – your customers.

Startup 310

Startup Press Venture Capital Journal 310

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

But any entrepreneurs raising capital should keep in mind that this opening of the markets could possibly be temporary. This should not be confused with raising too much money as many companies did in 2006-08. Why did the VC markets freeze so quickly? Market downturn – We all know that investors move in herds.

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Venture Capital Startup Invest Funding 263

SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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Venture Capital Invest CTO Coach Southern California 150

Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

After raising $30 million, San Diego-based Certona said it is moving to accelerate its product development, expand its sales and marketing team, and improve its client services as an e-commerce technology vendor. The differentiator is going to be customer experience.”. It wasn’t about raising multiple rounds and burning jet fuel.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Commerce San Diego Web 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

get the attention of the market they choose. Having a great idea in the wrong place won’t get you the funding you need, the experienced domain experts you want, or the pilot market results you need for survival. Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. It’s just the first of many.

Startup 109

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Once you’ve been around for a few years, attracted some great people, landed real, paying customers and raised venture capital you’ve likely got a talented team around you. As things got bigger we hired a head of European sales and a head of European marketing. You’re suddenly free to focus your energies elsewhere.

Venture Capital 319

Venture Capital Startup Sales Customer 319

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

get the attention of the market they choose. Having a great idea in the wrong place won’t get you the funding you need, the experienced domain experts you want, or the pilot market results you need for survival. Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. It’s just the first of many.

Sites 59

Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

We started in 2006, with an in-venue trial at the Alamo Bowl, where we gave out prizes and coupons. Jose daVeiga: In 2006, we started developing the concept, consisting of a PA announcement and a Jumbotrom image. We filed for a patent in 2000, but in 2001, when we filed for the final patent, the market tanked. READ MORE>>.

Patents 179

Patents CarsDirect Sites Pomona 179

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

get the attention of the market they choose. Having a great idea in the wrong place won’t get you the funding you need, the experienced domain experts you want, or the pilot market results you need for survival. Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. It’s just the first of many.

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Founded in London in 2006, the Hub is a global network of social enterprises with each individual chapter acting as a gathering place for innovation, technology, creativity, and positive change. Marketing: SteelHouse. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2018

Even the New York Stock Exchange did one with the acquisition of Archipelago Holdings via a "double dummy" merger way back in 2006 in a $10 billion deal to create the NYSE Group. You may no longer have the option of investing all earnings into growth, or servicing your special corporate cause. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

Summary 79

Summary Startup Entrepreneur Funding 79

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2013

That means it solves a real problem for real customers who are ready and able to spend real money. The number of current potential customers is large and growing. They are usually thinking only of costs required to get “in business,” rather than the total costs of marketing, scaling up, and going international.

Startup 96

Startup Course Yahoo Funding 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2017

That means it solves a real problem for real customers who are ready and able to spend real money. The number of current potential customers is large and growing. They are usually thinking only of costs required to get “in business,” rather than the total costs of marketing, scaling up, and going international.

Snapchat 55

Snapchat Startup Course Yahoo 55

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

It was started at the University of Southern California in 2006-2007. What''s drove your decision to take this to market as a stand alone company? Our current customers and users had a very high desire to make it available, and so we developed the company to deliver the product. There''s no such thing as 100 percent security.

Research 100

Research Patents USC Software 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

These companies have built a leadership position in the market they serve, and they meet a mission critical need of their customer base. His targeted marketing efforts really helped us find funds that invest in vehicles like ours, and we were able to raise our fund without a placement agent.

Acquisition 168

Acquisition Software Review Technical Review Equity 168

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2015

Even the New York Stock Exchange did one with the acquisition of Archipelago Holdings via a "double dummy" merger in 2006 in a $10 billion deal to create the NYSE Group. You may no longer have the option of investing all earnings into growth, or servicing your special corporate cause. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

Funding 102

Funding Summary Startup Entrepreneur 102

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 3, 2014

Back in 2006, the city set out to build a municipal Wi-Fi network for its citizens. But a severe lack of interest from customers prompted the city’s original communications partner to pull away from the project. Even San Francisco, the hottest of tech cities, is struggling to make its investment in Wi-Fi along Market Street worthwhile.

Riverside 91

Riverside Technical Review Los Angeles Networking 91

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. It included one firm who I asked not to call Salesforce.com as a reference (they were our largest pilot customer) and in their kindness they called Marc Benioff (the CEO) and asked his opinion.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2014

Even the New York Stock Exchange did one with the acquisition of Archipelago Holdings via a "double dummy" merger in 2006 in a $10 billion deal to create the NYSE Group. You may no longer have the option of investing all earnings into growth, or servicing your special corporate cause. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

Funding 98

Funding Startup Entrepreneur Summary 98

Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

First Data of Santa Barbara has offered to extend below market rates to current accredited businesses like yours – again, just like they did for your BBB. He told me this was a service the BBB provided to its customers since they saved so much money on the same service. This amounts to more than $4000.00 Shocking, right? Please advise.

Santa Barbara 265

Santa Barbara Technical Advisors Email Technical Review 265

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

So it is a combination of markets and people. The contextual ad market was attractive. ESPN, Forbes, AOL were customers. Since 2006 they have added offices outside of Boston including Menlo Park, Europe, and China. Richard coincidentally cites Mike Yavondite’s Qiigo as an example; Mike was a guest on TWIVC later that day.

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2011

That means it solves a real problem for real customers who are ready and able to spend real money. The number of current potential customers is large and growing. They are usually thinking only of costs required to get “in business,” rather than the total costs of marketing, scaling up, and going international.

Startup 97

Startup Course Yahoo Invest 97

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

It seems like you have a huge amount of penetration in the market  nearly every conference call we are on now comes through your service. We get between 150,000 to 160,000 customers a month. 2006, however, was hotter than a biscuit. We have historically gotten customers one-at-a-time from our website. How is that?

Conference 100

Conference Startup Services Networking 100

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

LendingClub helped to pioneer the model, saying in November 2012 that it had surpassed $1 billion in loans issued since 2006, when it was founded. Nevertheless, Gilbert said most customers still want to talk to a loan officer and have a consultative discussion. We know what’s it’s like to be in an economic downturn,” he said.

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San Diego Help Software Review Funding 40