Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2011

From attending the 2nd official Augmented Reality Event (2011) , the AR industry really seems to be getting some traction and moving itself beyond the buzz realm; into something a bit more substantial, seeing an ever-more increasing presence into consumer, commercial, and artistic realms. The winners of this one? Simply mind-blowing stuff!

Conference 69

Conference Startup Google Competition 69

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The deal is worth $6M in upfront payments, plus payments linked to revenue in 2010/2011, and 2011/2012. employs approximately 600, who provide wireless product development, software engineering, and product testing for Kyocera Wireless, and also develops custom handsets for Indian service providers.

Software Engineering 133

Software Engineering San Diego Competition Acquisition 133

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Competitors, seeing a successful development of a niche, flock into the competitive void with products or services built with a fresh view of the current environment. LivingSocial took in $583 million in capital in 2010 and 2011 with little left in time to show for the investment and tremendous dilution to the founders.

Pricing 120

Pricing Invest Email Competition 120

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

However, the founder recognized back in early 2011 that they wanted to take the platform to another level, and get DreamHosting in front of a much bigger audience, worldwide. I was hired back in the middle of 2011, and have now been ceo for about two and a half years. So, for us, competition is good.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

You’re unlikely to want to make this sort of investment with the product or the market not yet validated. 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. Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below.

Startup 336

Startup Pricing Technical Review Marketing 336

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

“This could also be due to changes in the competitive landscape … and there may be changes with First Round Capital itself,” says one investor. “Everybody thinks valuations are too high since 2011 and people are thinking there’s going to be a recession. — Dan Primack (@danprimack) January 29, 2020.

IBM 164

IBM IBM Venture Capital Invest 164

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

When you see evidence that there is this so called “product / market fit&# then you may be ready for larger amounts of capital. 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. They get the PR bump.

Help 303

Help Startup Competition Framework 303

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Rock Prodigy is Music Prodigy’s pioneer product and is a revolutionary interactive music app powered by patent-pending polyphonic pitch-recognition technology that allows musicians of all skill levels to use any instrument and provide instant performance feedback to accelerate learning.

Education 106

Education Startup Technology Patents 106

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2014

Jeff Overall: It all started back in 2011, when I was going to the University of Santa Barbara. How did you go from those prototypes to a real product and manufacturing? So, I started reaching out to the stores that were carrying GoPros, and as you might expect, all of the big companies were hesitant about the product.

Startup 196

Startup Van Nuys Patents Santa Barbara 196

InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

companies should… focus on building amazing products. If you have amazing products, the marketing of those products is trivial. If you have $hitty products, the marketing is impossible. Instead of focusing on marketing as an activity… integrate it into (your) products.”. Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group.

Marketing 233

Marketing Blogging Startup Venture Capital 233

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. Rinse & repeat. It takes options off of the table. You have a hunch.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2015

Both are required to stay competitive. Reward shorter hours of high productivity. Peer pressure keeps productivity standards high. Encourage people to work where and when they are most productive. Encourage people to work where and when they are most productive. Bring your own device to work (BYOD).

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Yammer Case Study Study 102

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

We're doing our development in El Monte, and we think we'll be operational by the beginning of next year, and full scale by the end of 2010, with product launch in 2011. That makes solar panels as a product not competitive at all, if you removed government subsidies. What are uses in smart fabric applications?

UCLA 159

UCLA Technical Review El Monte Startup 159

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

The buy puts ReachLocal squarely into the fast growing area of daily deals, but also potentially into competition with such companies as Groupon and LivingSocial. That really gave us all the capabilities we needed from a product and technology perspective. How quickly will you be building on what DealOn currently has running?

ReachLocal 249

ReachLocal Woodland Hills Acquisition Advertising 249

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. They have have raised $2-3 million, built a product that has some amount of market traction and got to annualized revenues of around $1 million. ” The Details.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

Both are required to stay competitive. Reward shorter hours of high productivity. Peer pressure keeps productivity standards high. Encourage people to work where and when they are most productive. Encourage people to work where and when they are most productive. Bring your own device to work (BYOD).

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Yammer 104

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

I personally come from DreamWorks, and was President of Production previous to taking the opportunity to come run M-GO. We saw that platform just before CES in 2011, and since it did about seventy percent of what we envisioned, we put the joint venture together. What''s the story behind M-GO? READ MORE>>.

Entertainment 197

Entertainment Netflix Marketing Content 197

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

We''ve now reached critical mass in content, and in Asia we''re number three in the amount of information on products and suppliers online. In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. That will be a great thing.

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Teens fueled that growth when in 2011 12% of teens reported using Twitter. Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products. If you can figure out why people care about your product, you’ll have success regardless of the platform du jour.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Marketing Platform 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

. · Divshot, a tool for web designers and developers, won a national pitch competition and one of it’s founders Michael Bleigh created a popular open source library now included in Ruby on Rails. The product integrates with Salesforce, Twitter, Zendesk and many other popular SaaS products.

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2013

This year at CES, we chatted with a few representatives of the WPC , (Wireless Power Consortium) manufacturers that are adding wireless charging capabilities to their products, to lean exactly how the tech works, when it’s coming to market and how long will we have to wait to use it. Currently there are both low and medium versions.

Competition 81

Competition Marketing Product Develop 81

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit. Any competition in LA? We haven’t identified any competition in LA, specifically. Have you raised any funding yet?

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

Jackson added that the firm was proud of its product, and even uses its own software to manage their capital raised from investors. Based in LA, and launched in 2011 by Eric M. Jackson said, “We’re using the proceeds from our financing round to invest in our technology, build new features, and increase sales and support.”.

Draper 68

Draper Google Software Engineering Invest 68

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. William Volk: One of our other real big hits is Bocce Ball, which was our first Playscreen title in January of 2011. Talk about your other titles?

Mobile 216

Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2012

A 2011 McKinsey Global report says Big Data is the next frontier for innovation,competition and productivity, this could be reason the seasoned investors and executives believe these are big data days. Big Data Shift. Strong Network, Operational Experience and Technical Background.

Technical Review 74

Technical Review Entrepreneur Oracle Software Review 74

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

We did some informal research toward the end of 2011 when the “pinning” phenomenon emerged because we found it very interesting. When we discussed the feedback we saw an opportunity to use our backgrounds in search and discovery to help us stand out from the competition. What inspired you to launch LoveIt? What is your business model?

Organization 90

Organization Content Tool Blogging 90

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. Competition: McAfee , Symantec. To be fair to Ben Horowitz – I think he thinks this as well. Go Boulder!

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights , which shows venture capital is back. This means build a plan that hits all the hot buttons; problem/solution, executive team, competition, business model, reasonable financial projections, and what’s in it for the investor. Overall, investors put $7.5 That represents a $1.5

Venture Capital 93

Venture Capital Startup Capital Seed Funding 93

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

The average user and consumer only consumes 5GB a month, and we think we can provide something massively competitive to both DSL and cable. The best part of our home product, is you can take out the issues of mobility and coverage issues that occur when you don't have 100 percent blanket coverage. That will expand over time.

Startup 245

Startup IP Networking Encino 245

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution. Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts. Exposure is another key ingredient. What will set your business apart?

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2012

The name came from the earliest iteration of our product, which helped groups of people pool money for shared expenses. Since then our product has shifted to serving individuals, small businesses, and non-profits. Rich oversees the company’s product and marketing effort. When was it launched? Have you had any challenges?

Startup 71

Startup Tool Capital Customer 71

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Also at Startup Night will be 25 diverse and innovative startups showcasing their latest products, competing for prizes including: $1K from LaunchKC , Business Extra Points from American Airlines , and a fast tracked spot to the Startup of the Year semifinals competition at Innovate Celebrate 2018.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Do your customers understand the need for your product, and has that been an issue? We're even seeing it become a significant competitive disadvantage for companies who have leaders who are not focused on using analytics to make their business decisions. Advertisers are known for their creative focus, not focus on analytics.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The Mimiboard beat ten other apps from Africa to be the best at the App demo competition held at the Nairobi Open Innovation Summit in May. For example, goods for sale – people add items that are for sale, their contact details, images of the product. There are also a few influencers in the Product lifecycle. Do users pay?

Advertising 91

Advertising Media News Content 91

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2014

In 2014, Sodexo committed $1 Billion to creating a more inclusive global supply chain for its hospitality products, forming partnerships between its local operations and small to medium sized businesses run by women in the developing world. Here are a few of the commitments announced: · Small Business, Big impact.

Training 71

Training Networking Funding Services 71

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2011

I think competition is great and you can learn a lot from your competitors. I try to network with the “competition&# as much as possible. In a few years he has convinced us that we NEED an Apple product. Your goals, new products, new direction? How do you deal with competitors? I guess to me Failure means to stop.

Networking 91

Networking Startup Entertainment Entrepreneur 91

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Component production – someone needs to manufacture all of those components. Data centers are a strategic layer of the value chain: data center efficiencies and deployments are some of Google’s key competitive advantages and trade secrets. So do batteries, cases, cameras, and many other components.

Google 92

Google Web .Net Yahoo 92