socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Demand Media and Armstrong launched Livestrong.com in June of 2008. Tags: livestrong team radioshack lance armstrong bicycling cycling competition. The Livestrong.com site itself has five million users, the firm said. READ MORE>>.

Sites 140

Sites Report Santa Monica Demand 140

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. While these may be necessary for funding, they may not be sufficient to make your startup the great success embodied in your vision.

Education 151

Education Customer Custom Sales 151

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

I actually believe being public offers a long-term competitive advantage for the best run companies (and Darwin deals with those that aren’t meant to be special long-term). Of course you should read the book so I don’t bastardize his arguments but two (of the six) guiding principles come down to competition and science.

Competition 150

Competition Venture Capital Invest Organization 150

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 9, 2008

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 -- IT Futurist. Speculating on IT directions in the next decade as affected by technology, aging workforce, economics and global competition See [link] (more). Techbizconnection.

Competition 100

Competition Technology 100

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. Indiegogo has brought more than 800,000 ideas to fruition since 2008. While winning pitch competitions is great, it’s not the most important thing about Startup of the Year.

Startup 141

Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 141

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Brands book is based on the implementation of nine principles of innovation originally developed by Google way back in 2008 by Marissa Mayer. Failing well to Google means failing fast and failing cheap, all very positive attributes in today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive world. Instill a mission and purpose that matters.

Artificial Inteligence 165

Artificial Inteligence Google Startup Organization 165

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Thursday, October 2, 2008 -- San Diego Tech Coast Angels Second Annual Quick Pitch Competition. Announcing a unique opportunity for entrepreneurs to participate in the San Diego Tech Coast Angels Quick Pitch competition. Selected applicants will make a 2-minute quick pitch presentation to a blue ribbon panel of judges.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels San Diego Competition Entrepreneur 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 28, 2008

Thursday, December 4, 2008 -- LAdobe: Fireworks, Dreamweaver and Website Nightmares. Join the Los Angeles Adobe User Group's Adam Bell as he shows off new features in Fireworks CS4, Adobe's John Schuman on Dreamweaver CS4 and the finals of our first Website Nightmares competition. See [link] (more).

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Competition Los Angeles Angel 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Tuesday, November 4, 2008 -- Digital Video Expo. From digital cinematography to color correction, web video production and lighting for film, video and HD: The DV Expo conference program will deliver the strategies, tools, tricks and training you need to succeed in today's highly competitive digital video industry. See [link] (more).

Training 100

Training Conference Competition Web 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008 -- "Recession-proof Pricing Strategies for a Multi-platform World" Technology Council. Today's technology companies increasingly must deliver products on multiple platforms to satisfy customer demand and competitive pressures.

Pricing 100

Pricing Technology Council Framework Platform 100

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2016

However, if history is any lesson, downturns actually have created some of Southern California's most successful technology companies, whether through forcing those companies to swizzle their business models, by removing competition from the market, or even spurring customers to more readily adopt their products to save money.

Southern California 100

Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Technical Review SoCal 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 -- Clean and Green: Entrepreneurship and the Environment. New economic prospects are developing at the intersection of business and the environment from both CleanTech companies and more traditional enterprises that have harnessed sustainable concepts in order to gain a competitive advantage.

Enterprise Forum 100

Enterprise Forum Competition Develop Development 100

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

There were no unicorns in sight on April 14th, 2008 when Kevin O'Connor, my Partner Jim Andelman and I met Twilio's Founder and CEO, Jeff Lawson. A true Internet Pioneer, by 2008, Kevin had already founded or co-founded two Unicorns in his own right, DoubleClick (sold to Google $3.1 billion) and ISS (sold to IBM $1.3 billion).

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 16, 2008

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 -- "Transformation at JPL: Leading and Organization Through Major Change" AeA/LA. The rules of the game are changing. How will your company adapt? Gain inspiration from a technology company that has been there and came out on top. See [link].

Organization 100

Organization AeA Competition Technology 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Brought in new CEO, Russ Reeder in 2008. Founded in 2009 in San Francisco by David Soloff (ex-Lead Architect of Rapt, which was sold to MSFT in 2008). Competition: Pingg, MyPunchbowl, TinyPrints , PaperlessPost. Competition: Apple iPhone App Store Genius. Founded in 1999 in Austin, Texas. Hello, Chair.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2019

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. While these may be necessary for funding, they may not be sufficient to make your startup the great success embodied in your vision.

Startup 97

Startup Education Custom Customer 97

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Only … ONLY … if there’s a sense of competition on the deal. The other thing I ask entrepreneurs to consider is what will happen to competition in a market. I tell entrepreneurs to mostly ignore the competition or at least not to overly obsess on them. How do you push valuation? Respectfully, of course.

Help 303

Help Startup Competition Framework 303

socalTECH

MAY 26, 2009

Last week's angel investment report by the Angel Capital Association reported that investments by angel investors dropped nine percent in 2008, with a hefty percentage of angel investors--40 percent--expecting this year will be a down year.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Invest Westlake Village 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. Or perhaps VCs like to carefully guard who has bankrolled them so as not to attract competition? That’s why the best firms tend to raise every three years.

Venture Capital 396

Venture Capital Funding Technical Review Startup 396

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2009

Fonality, which is a venture-backed developer of PBX software used for replacing corporate phony systems, is in the midst of its own version of an employee morale-booster: training for the "Fonality Fight Club" and a competition refereed by martial arts expert Chris Reilly, who regularly trains fighters for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Culver City 140

Culver City Startup Training Class 140

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). Public-company tech investors creates competition in late-stage financings and these investors can afford to be less price sensitive if they choose. We’re all socially connected (so great businesses spread faster).

Venture Capital 398

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Seed Funding 398

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2013

It highlights the story of how United Airlines in 2008 paid no attention to social media as Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world. Keep up with the competition. Ignoring what your competition does is sure to limit your business longevity.

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Startup Platform 108

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. while acknowledging that San Fran deals are often higher valuations due to increased competition amongst investors. Use competition to make sure you get a fair price.

Startup 336

Startup Pricing Technical Review Marketing 336

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

But there are also problems / risks: - the funding environment might change dramatically – there may never be a next round (see: March 2000, September 11, 2001 and September 2008). - there may be major competitive changes in the market that makes your next funding round hard (e.g.

Startup 319

Startup Venture Capital Capital Competition 319

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Portugal was hit hard by the global financial crash of 2008. The exceptional educational system offers business owners a pool of local talent with competitive prices, from developers to designers, and the added benefits of obtaining Portuguese residency and citizenship make it an ideal place to start building a business.

Startup 70

Startup Entrepreneur Education Capital 70

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

In 2008, the Federal government passed an act which said that school have to show the course and required books for those courses. Back to the service itself-- you've got lots of competition in the space, how are you going to get above that noise? Jonathan Simkin: Certainly, it is extremely competitive.

UCSD 185

UCSD Course Startup Sites 185

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Brands book is based on the implementation of nine principles of innovation originally developed by Google way back in 2008 by Marissa Mayer. Failing well to Google means failing fast and failing cheap, all very positive attributes in today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive world. Instill a mission and purpose that matters.

Artificial Inteligence 58

Artificial Inteligence Startup Google Organization 58

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Last week Wednesday Groupon world’s largest daily deal company launched its own payment system dubbed Groupon Payments , adding competition to the field Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and Square were already competing for market share. percent per swipe to beat the competition. Simplest and Lowest Cost Option.

Software Review 64

Software Review Email Competition Acquisition 64

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

That was probably around 2008 and 2009, and Intuit had lots of data centers. The competitive advantages of doing this are very exciting, and we get a powerful response from both audiences. I've worked for both large and small companies. They had probably 20 or 30.

Cloud Computing 133

Cloud Computing Resource Startup Software 133

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

There is lots of competition in this area for serving retirement homes. We were worried, if we took venture capital--and this was in 2008, before everything crashed--that if we had an investor too focused on the bottom line, the first time we hit a rough patch we'd be forced to push that 20 percent down.

Study 252

Study Startup Design Tips 252

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2012

The negative publicity generated by the billboards forced Pillsbury to tone down its aggressive competitive tactics and firmly positioned Ben & Jerry’s as the industry’s darling underdog. “Facebook, back then (2008), had a cookie that remembered your profile avatar. World’s Ugliest Facebook Profile.

Social Media 194

Social Media Media Tool Advertising 194

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2012

WePay was founded in 2008 by Bill Clerico and Rich Aberman and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded in 2008 but launched publicly in March 2010. The name came from the earliest iteration of our product, which helped groups of people pool money for shared expenses. When was it launched?

Startup 71

Startup Tool Capital Customer 71

AeA Los Angeles Council

APRIL 28, 2008

President on April 16th, with the hope of addressing our country’s competitive position in the world as it relates to Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM). Such action will allow for the fulfillment of the commitments made in your American Competitiveness Initiative and in the America COMPETES Act signed into law last summer.

AeA 40

AeA Education Competition Research 40

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

As an employee of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets from 1999-2003 and of the Indianapolis Pacers from 2003-2008, I learned first-hand from the likes of Rod Thorn, Byron Scott, Jason Kidd and Larry Bird about the importance of leading by example and keys to assembling a championship-caliber team. Any competition in LA? Events pay a listing fee.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I said, “It’s much easier now than it was in 2008/09.&# And time is the enemy of all deals so start sooner rather than later, as anybody who was planning to raise in October 2008 will tell you. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. Vultures will start circling looking for deals. That’s a fact.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2012

It highlights the story of how United Airlines in 2008 paid no attention to social media as Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world. Keep up with the competition. Ignoring what your competition does is sure to limit your business longevity. billion and that could be $5.2

Social Media 79

Social Media Media Marketing Platform 79

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. While these may be necessary for funding, they may not be sufficient to make your startup the great success embodied in your vision.

Capital 58

Capital Startup Education Customer 58