SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 -- Process of an Acquisition: Successfully Navigating from LOI to Closing. Once you've agreed on a price, the work is just beginning. People who are going through or anticipate going through an MandA event. See [link] (more).

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Pricing Sales Technology 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2020

You may offer a different application for an existing product, a new pricing model, or a new level of support. Here are some example strategies to pitch and practice: Adapt an existing product to a new use. Innovation doesn’t even require technology. Or find an entirely different application for an existing product.

Startup 129

Startup Artificial Inteligence Examples Google 129

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

I would argue that the shut-down of September 2009 was equally severe yet there are signs that this “VC Ice Age” has begun to thaw. Three reasons: There is a relative valuation between the price a VC pays and their expectations of what it will exit for in an IPO or trade sale. Short answer – yes. It’s a game of musical chairs.

Venture Capital 263

Venture Capital Startup Invest Funding 263

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

O’Neil said, “ScoreBig.com is the only business that offers consumers deep savings on tickets in a way that protects the brand of the property and the integrity of full-price sales.” Problem Solved. The post Former Madison Square Garden President Scott O’Neil Joins ScoreBig Advisory Board appeared first on TechZulu.

Ticketmaster 65

Ticketmaster Entertainment Pricing Class 65

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The site also helps maximize the value of items for sale with a proprietary pricing recommendation engine that reflects what buyers are likely to pay. Free and Easy Shipping: Shipping, packaging, and insurance are included in the price of every item on Tradesy.com. Tradesy Unique Features.

Pricing 71

Pricing Mobile Sales Sites 71

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

But they weren’t there in 2009 when you were up late nights shitting yourself whether you really were smart for pursuing this idea. Just like a sales person at the end of a quarter. I still have to get sales, operations, finance, HR & corp dev right to win. Every month it resets to zero and I start over. I did that?

Startup 391

Startup Blogging Venture Capital Writing 391

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

In a world where the economy only heads in one direction (read: 2009-2014) most investors & entrepreneurs forget to pay attention to gross burn. Gross margin (GM) is the amount of profit you make per sale of your product or service taking into account your total costs of selling that product or service.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Government customers abundantly waste both of these assets by negatively impacting a startup’s cash flows while causing it to spend unnecessary time participating in laborious approval processes and elongated sales cycles. This is nearly impossible to quickly determine when the sales process is rigidly defined by arbitrary rules.”

Startup 207

Startup Outsource Development Software Review Sales 207

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. Who are your competitors – how much do they charge?&#.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2013

There''s been a revolution in the last few years with the dropping price and increasing accessibility of 3D printers--those devices which let you print practically anything using just your own personal computer, 3D software, and a special printer. People liked it, but were suprised noe one was doing it themselves.

Startup 241

Startup Slides Orange County Design 241

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In the US alone there are 30 billion inbound sales calls every year. source: Harris Interactive IM Shopping Poll (August 2009)). Calls are changing but not dying. Home alarms.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2011

We really started operations towards the middle of 2009. You can help by donating, but you can also go to our site, and buy what we think is going to be the best prices in the world for both new and used stuff. Since November, we've been building that new store, and starting this month we'll be doing sell to zero sales.

Pricing 183

Pricing Help Startup Sites 183

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. As of near the end of September 2009, we’re up 46% since the March 9th nadir (yes, I need to find a way to use one of my SAT words ; – ).

Venture Capital 255

Venture Capital Marketing Startup Social Network 255

InfoChachkie

MAY 11, 2015

Government prospects abundantly waste both, by negatively impacting a startup’s cash flows while causing it to spend unnecessary time participating in laborious approval processes and elongated sales cycles. It is downright criminal to lose a hard-fought sale because of crony capitalism.

Startup 100

Startup Sales Customer Custom 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. There are more sales oriented tools like JigSaw that tech savvy people hate but sales savvy people love.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Maybe its because Im 66", but I think most clothes shopping really stinks and when was the last time that a sales person was actually helpful. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Clothes are very personal and its really a pain to find stuff thats going to look good on you.

MyShape 150

MyShape CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

I recently wrote about my views that startups rounds should be priced. Fred, who also wrote his views about convertible debt (significantly more succinctly than I) believes that the price of a single round should be the same for everybody. Since 2009 I have been counseling people to offer discounts to the first angel investors.

Pricing 294

Pricing Venture Capital Writing Equity 294

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 18, 2015

Grindr, which first launched in 2009, has exploded into the largest and most popular all-male location-based social network out there. All ticket sales are final. Be a host company (must provide food / drink to attendees), then email events@techzulu.com with TZTECHCRAWL as the subject. Contact us at sponsor@techzulu.com. No refunds.

Hollywood 40

Hollywood Startup Social Network Entrepreneur 40

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

Ed Park was one of the first 100k users of Instagram back in early 2009. 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. Now that’s awesome!

Startup 98

Startup Customer Custom Pricing 98

Xconomy

JULY 12, 2016

— 5D Robotics , founded in 2009 in Carlsbad, CA, (about 30 miles north of San Diego), has developed a device that integrates GPS, inertial guidance, optical positioning, and other technologies. SlantRange, a San Diego company founded almost three years ago, is a drone-related startup already generating sales.

San Diego 40

San Diego Seed Funding Guide Technology 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. Nothing was more heart warming than the photo of David Karp hugging Bijan Sabet after the sale to Yahoo! So I prefer to watch what works first and pay a higher price to get in when it’s proven.” And reinventing itself. And some firms will go under.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales. Imagine if, say, Autodesk had purchased it in 2009 for $100 million? This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. Maker Studios?—?sold

Venture Capital 363

Venture Capital Capital Funding Startup 363

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Example: if a VC is on their fourth $200 million fund that they just raised in 2009 then you might hear them talk about $800 million under management. For example, my firm, GRP Partners, has a $200 million fund that was closed in March 2009 and we have 4 investment partners. Why does vintage matter to you?

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Funding Invest GRP Partners 269

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

When convertible debt first started being introduced as a “faster, cheaper way to get startups funded” they didn’t have pricing built into them. ” And some seed stage investors told me, “I prefer not to fight over price now. They’ll get priced soon enough by a VC.” Enter “the cap.”

Startup 354

Startup Pricing Equity Venture Capital 354

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2010

We have been able to raise thousands of dollars very quickly with this program, by paying wholesale prices and giving a large % of the profit back to the sponsoring organization. Whether you are trying to close a sale, open a business, or overcome an obstacle in your life, PCMA will get you through anything!

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Sales 95

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Premium window treatments and home decor basics at an accessible price. Premium window treatments and home decor basics at an accessible price. A service that completes legal work in a few text messages at 60% off normal prices by cutting out fancy law firms and going directly to lawyers. Sales Huddle Group. LawTrades.

Startup 40

Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

Invoca had grown steadily and consistently since 2009 and by 2015 SaaS companies with scale had become hot – trading at a median of 7.3x forward sales with some as high as 12x sales. forward sales, we hinted at a range north of 5x but “we’d be flexible” and we meant it.

Funding 150

Funding Startup SaaS Venture Capital 150

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales. . In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. Name Your Price: Influencing Customer's Purchasing Decisions. Understanding the effect of perceived discounts, multiple product levels, price anchoring, and other.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

He was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist. Goodreads raised a Series A round of funding from True Ventures in the summer of 2009. He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). Dec 26, 2009). How it happens.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Whether it be product development, marketing, sales, negotiating or raising capital, I find myself trying harder to not get bogged down with unnecessary details.

Startup 40

Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

My partnership was pretty bearish and scratched our heads a bit at price tags. The following is a 2-week graph of the end-of-week price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) in Autumn 2008. Come 2009 we felt really bullish about the future for startups because the froth was gone and so, too, were wantrapreneurs. We did not.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Will Price , October 11, 2010 Georgians Should Vote No - Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby , October 28, 2010 Free Software for Managing a Lean Startup - Platforms and Networks , January 17, 2010 Purpose Driven Life - Journey of a Serial Entrepreneur , July 26, 2010 Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions?

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

The prices of angel deals have recently crept up, VCs have also gotten their checkbooks out again, frothy deals are happening and people are feeling bullish. The spending contraction is inevitable in a period of declining real prices of housing, high unemployment and tightening credit. We took $2.3

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298