TechCrunch LA

MARCH 24, 2020

Volvo was acquired by Geely in 2010. Polestar will only sell its vehicles online and will offer customers subscriptions to the vehicle. It previously revealed plans to open “Polestar Spaces,” a showroom where customers can interact with the product and schedule test drives. COVID-19 has also affected Polestar’s timeline.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Unlike most university programs that are over architected and underfunded, the TMP evolved organically, based on the demands of its students and input from the local community. iCracked - Founded in 2010 by UCSB and Cal Poly-SLO graduates, iCracked is now the largest on-demand network for smartphone repair and trade-in.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

We started focusing on that, and at the time we were doing only phone verification, but then we started adding in data analytics because of customer demand, we added in some other things like straight messaging rather than pin codes. What enabled you to get that first customer on board? What were you doing before?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2013

To legally facilitate startups who want to give top priority to socially conscious solutions, seventeen states, starting with Maryland in 2010, have passed legislation allowing incorporation as a Benefit Corporation (B-Corp). Social responsibility opens the door to a broader customer base. Doing business is a human process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Recognizing this is as much about culture as about language, ensures an understanding of regional motivators, cultural taboos and local customs – so that your solutions are ideally designed and marketed to deliver value that has genuine local relevance. with demands for new products and services. Speak the customer’s language.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Recognizing this is as much about culture as about language, ensures an understanding of regional motivators, cultural taboos and local customs – so that your solutions are ideally designed and marketed to deliver value that has genuine local relevance. with demands for new products and services. Speak the customer’s language.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

We actually built that about a year and a half ago, and are bringing that back due to overwhelming demand. But, with the economy turning south in 2008, lots of those customers went out of business. In the meantime, Groupon came along, and our media customers started to lose advertising. We were crowd sourcing artists and design.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

Recognizing this is as much about culture as about language, ensures an understanding of regional motivators, cultural taboos and local customs – so that your solutions are ideally designed and marketed to deliver value that has genuine local relevance. with demands for new products and services. Speak the customer’s language.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA. first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season. Customers Include: Reuters, Associated Press, , Dow Jones, Ask.com , healthcare companies, and major investment banks and hedge funds.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Marketing is considered an art by many individuals because it requires keen insight in how to approach a product, service, or brand, and how to effectively deliver those things to customers. Overall, in today’s economy, businesses demand marketers think beyond the everyday ad and try to think outside the box for ad campaigns.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

UCB Economics 2010 summa cum laude. Theater owners love us because we bring them new customers without having to pay any setup fees, monthly fees, or monthly minimums. We charge our theater partners less and offer them more customization. We provide movie deals to our customers 24/7. Tell us more about yourself ?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Jon Ferrara was co-founder of Goldmine software, a huge customer relationship management (CRM) provider which he built into a $100M business in the PC age, and is now working on doing the same thing in the age of the cloud, with another CRM startup, Nimble (www.nimble.com). That allowed us to deliver a scalable solution for our customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

Recognizing this is as much about culture as about language, ensures an understanding of regional motivators, cultural taboos and local customs – so that your solutions are ideally designed and marketed to deliver value that has genuine local relevance. China’s middle class is expected to grow to some 650 million by 2010.

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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. You own the IP you create.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

How long has your software been available to customers? We did very well last year, and started very strong offering both an on-demand and an on-premise product. Tom Allanson: This year, we are really going to focus on verticals that customers have shown lots of interest and traction in. That's been helpful with growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2018

This is true of any buying process where a customer has to make a large investment decision on your software or when an investor must decide whether to give you $5 million. It conveyed urgency, it implored people to respect their own time as much as they respected customers’ time and it asked that people have the courage to face rejection.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

He references CIO Bernard Golden’s argument, made in The IT Jobs Cloud Computing Will Create , that while some roles may disappear altogether, others will remain, but in much less demand. In 2010, businesses trimmed management roles, lowering the ratio to the current 11 percent, Longwell said.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Here’s why that is important: when users are on your website you want to convert them to become paying customers. It’s true that the carrier then gets their huge slice for being the billing and payment engine but the idea is that you as a website more than make up for this in terms of customer conversion.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2011

Speaking of Minority Report , John Underkoffler, chief scientist at Oblong Industries (the original concept designers of the Minority Report interface system), was present to accept Oblong’s 2010 “ Immy &# award and to give light to the future of gestural interfaces and where Oblong will play their role.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. Peer-to-peer lending service; started on FaceBook; claim to own 79% of the US peer lending market in March 2010 with a whopping $8,664,750. They have done 3 startups in the customer support space and one that wasn’t. Enter P2P lending. LendingClub. 24.5mm in Series C.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. Demand Media is a leading online media company that informs, entertains and connects millions of people every day. Event Details: When: Wednesday, Sept 22nd, 2010 - 5:00 p.m. 22 @ 5:30pm PT.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification. CallFire’s business model focuses on providing complete application solutions to businesses, while its open API enables applications to be customized in virtually any fashion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

As your services gain demand, your time becomes more valuable and you can charge more. Ask satisfied customers to spread the word on yelp, tripadvisor, Angieslist, etc., Customer service is free. Out-do the big-shots and other competitors when it comes to customer service. Moonlighting can pay the bills.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Although some of the new workers are likely needed to fulfill the one-hour delivery demands of its new Prime Now service, Amazon obviously anticipates yet another strong holiday performance. Naturally, the stores that can best cater to these interests will have an inside track on gaining new and returning customers. Cater To Interest.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

On Demand). As an investor, managed personal investment fund, Chance Technologies (1995 to Present), served as an advisor to Accel Partners (2006 to Present), served as a partner at the Yucaipa Companies (1998 to 2000), and served as the Managing Director or the Mail Room Fund (2008 to 2010). Custom ad deals and partnerships.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. 1 2 3 next › last » February 2010 login or register to post comments Print Email Newsletters Browse current issue › Subscribe to Fast Company › Digg StumbleUpon Facebook Buzz Up!

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Even though their business model was tweaked a little while ago to give customers additional leniency, the business is still expecting to break $100 million in revenue this year, up from $25 million in 2010. Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. I worthy cause, with a tough customer, the DOD. Matt Coffin – LowerMyBills.com.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

We manage user login so businesses can focus on core product and engage customers faster. Fun Fact: The idea behind DataCulture started in 2010 when Gurudatt and Karthik connected on Twitter and spent a few hours talking about how data could change the world. On-Demand Lawn Care and Snow Plowing. Cirrus Identity. Quicklegal.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Put yourself in the shoes of your customers or users. ► October (1) New Video! Why do I need it now?"

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Stop Listening to Your Customers. A common assumption among startup entrepreneurs is that listening to potential customers is the best. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Customers, research, startups. . The most underrated asset of any business is its enthusiasts- those customers and clients who buy th.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! StrongMail’s software ensures reliable and timely delivery of their critical customer communications.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. They controlled distribution to the masses. then bought GeoCities for $3.6

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