Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

For example, mobile now has become the formidable new communication channel, posting a year-over-year growth rate of 47 percent in 2014, according to WBR Digital Research. I still see too many websites that look like they have had no updates or blogs in months or even years. Blogs must provide value to customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

Early in a services business there is usually no profits as the company reinvests in hiring people to grow, but by $20 million in sales the company should at least be pulling in 10% profits (if not more) depending on how much is reinvested. Even tech blogs know this. You own the IP you create. It’s pure irony.

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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). billion by 2014. In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd. Calls are changing but not dying. There are 2.9

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 24, 2016

After being what I assume is the subject of one or more of Seth David’s emotionally charged blog posts, I’ve decided it’s time to respond. This blog post is for information purposes only and my only intention is to move forward. I saw an opportunity here to help him and knew that I could bring significant value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Other popular tools are available at low cost, with built-in e-commerce capabilities (pay via credit card), including this Top Ten list for 2014. The menu should include a link to your blog, separately set up on Blogger, Wordpress, or TypePad – all free. Or, fall back to the old standby DreamWeaver by Adobe. Life is more fun that way.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

First it was street-style photography, then came the launch of her popular fashion blog WeWoreWhat. A company like Moe will help legitimize the industry,” Bernstein tells TechCrunch. “I Danielle Bernstein is just 27 years old, but she’s been running her own business for 10 years. We are in phase three of the influencer economy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5 There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Use internal collaboration platforms, then extend to online customers through your website, blogs, and social media.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Sales of both drugs, ivacaftor (Kalydeco) and the combo pill ivacaftor-lumacaftor (Orkambi), reached almost $1 billion in 2015 and are growing. Vertex began as a bootstrapped startup in 1989 and was on its way to being a profitable enterprise that helped thousands of patients with a devastating disease. Yet it wasn’t a fatal blow.

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Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

Merck also saw some expected fruits of its 2014 big-ticket acquisition of Cubist Pharmaceuticals wither away this week, as the Supreme Court wouldn’t reverse a decision that shaved years off the patent life of the top-selling antibiotic daptomyicin (Cubicin). —When Merck (NYSE: MRK ) bought Cubist Pharmaceuticals for $9.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2013

According to earlier studies from Forbes Insights , many entrepreneurs not only feel the lessons learned during the past few years have helped them survive, but the recession also exposed flaws in their business strategies that were previously not apparent, and they could fix. Add new revenue streams, and more aggressive marketing.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Buddytruck even has the issue of unloading solved as the drivers are contracted to help customers both load and unload their hauls. AJ: Buddytruk has been active and accepting pickups in Los Angeles since August 1, 2014. AJ: When you get connected with a Buddytruk driver, you get the help of that driver and their truck.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Cho, a former sales manager for Nikon Instruments and Vala Sciences, founded Echo Labs in 2014. He told the audience Revolve sales had generated $1.8 Founder Winston Chen said the test would enable suppliers to avoid costly recalls, and help U.S. million in nine months. billion in medical expenses annually.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

I am grateful to Mike Krenn, the venture group’s president, for his help on this project. Four of the companies here were founded in 2014, another three were started in 2015, and two—CureMatch and Lymber—debuted earlier this year. I widened my net this year. With the benefit of all their insights, I winnowed the list to 12.

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Xconomy

JUNE 30, 2016

Inside our bodies, our cells move around, communicate, form new tissue, and heal wounds with the help of proteins called integrins. But when disease occurs, integrins get the wrong cues and do damage—they might help tumors grow, or promote inflammation or scarring inside the body.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

That’s what drew me to them as I hopped on board for PR/marketing, and a little bit of sales and operations.” With service and hardware out of the way, the team could step on the gas to get more sales and raise awareness. A lot of people like that and it’s helped us spread awareness through word of month.

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Xconomy

JUNE 24, 2016

. —IBM’s Watson Health group said that a commercial product could arrive in 2017 that uses machine learning to digest patient scans, medical records, and other information to help doctors with care decisions. Biostage cut ties with the surgeon in 2014. The company sells orthopedic devices used in surgeries on children.

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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. The company became a Wall Street darling when it raised $1 billion-plus through its 2014 IPO, and now claims to have deployed roughly $19 billion in loans since inception.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

Sixty eight percent spent less than $1 million on mobile developments in 2014. RetailNext data shows that sales over the 2015 Thanksgiving weekend were down by 4.7 With Apple Pay , users can pay within an app by holding their mobile device to the point of sale system and placing their fingerprint to the phone’s sensor.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 22, 2016

The developer also provides rent-free space for a second EvoNexus incubator in University City (about a mile or so from UC San Diego) and a third EvoNexus incubator near UC Irvine that opened at the end of 2014. The tech community has helped us evolve as a company here,” Turner said. 101 West Broadway tower in downtown San Diego.

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Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

. —In other news from the moonshot day, Biden warned researchers in academia and industry that they would risk losing federal funding if they didn’t follow the law and report their clinical trial results to the public ClinicalTrials.gov database… IBM said it would deploy its Watson systems to help the U.S.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 5, 2016

Then came the rumor mill: Companies may or may not be approaching Biogen about a sale, and Biogen may or may not be fielding offers. His Chatham Therapeutics was acquired by Baxter International in 2014. As a result, Biogen will buy the rights to nusinersen and prepare to ask regulators for marketing approval.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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