Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

With the advent of social media and the pervasive move to smartphones, even customers who still prefer to purchase in brick-and-mortar stores have dramatically changed their shopping habits. If you refuse to play by their rules, they have the power to easily find alternatives, and actively pull other potential customers away.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

As we know, long gone are the days of experiencing SXSW Interactive with just 9,000 other tech entrepreneurs and business brights – with 30,000 registrants in 2013 and the final numbers for 2014 still in the works. Joergen Aaboe – Momentfeed , combining life foot traffic with reduced customer acquisition costs.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

TubeBuddy was founded in 2014. The companies said that TubeBuddy provides keyword research, thumbnail generation, A/B testing, bulk processing, and advanced analytics to its customers. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2014

Young entrepreneurs often are so excited by new technology or their latest invention that they forget to translate it into a value proposition that their customers or potential investors can understand. Customer data integrity and security. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/22/2014.

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JULY 16, 2018

Joybird (Stitch Industries) was founded in 2014 by Alex Del Toro, Andres Hinostroza, Joshua Stellin and Christopher Stormer, and manufactures mid-century modern upholstered furniture, which it sells online through its own brand. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Deka, a startup that manufactures Bluetooth headsets with interchangeable custom faceplate has launched a new Indiegogo campaign to raise $100,000. Custom 3D Printed Headsets. The campaign will help Deka create custom 3D printed headsets and launch a number of stylish designs and colors. January 2014 launch.

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MAY 10, 2017

Gardena, California-based Cover , which develops technology which uses algorithms and software to build custom, prefab buildings, including backyard studios, has raised $1.6M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by General Catalyst and Khosla Ventures, and also included Fifty Years, Hyperspeed Ventures, and angels.

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JULY 24, 2019

The company said the expansion means that Newegg customers can pay with Bitcoin across nearly all of the countries that it serves. Newegg has been working with BitPay since 2014.

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APRIL 29, 2014

Boingo said the system will be operational by August 29th, 2014, when the first game of the college football season launches. boingo wireless university houston direct cellular small cell wifi customer' The deal also includes in-stadium Wi-Fi for both operations and fans. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 3, 2014

Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce , which helps provide brands with online software and services for helping better connect with their customers and potential customers, said today that it is planning growth and hiring at a new headquarters in Agoura Hills. The company did not say how many people it hopes to hire at the new location.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2018

Postie uses a combination of online data collection and an on-demand print and mail technology to give its customers turnaround times on print orders in as little as 24 hours and what the company boasts is the equivalent of online ad-targeting. They aren’t the only ones. Postie has raised $3.5

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2018

“ The LA region will provide our media and entertainment customers with fast, scalable compute resources, so visual effects and animation studios can spend less time waiting on renders, and more time bringing their creative visions to life,” Google notes in its announcement today.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

What we’ve seen is a more exploratory customer than the industry recognizes, ready to try new form factors, products and categories. Saucey launched in 2014 and now operates across 22 markets including LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, New York City, Chicago, Washington, Dallas, Orlando, Tampa and Miami.

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MARCH 18, 2019

Los Angeles-based electric car startup Fisker announced a brand new vehicle today, a sub-$40,000 SUV, promising that it will start shipping to customers in the second half of 2021. That company, Fisker Automotive, went through $1.4 billion in investor and government money before going bankrupt.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

The company said that Chrome River PTY LTD will provide dedicated support and implementation services to its customers in the region, and also add new customers. The office is its second overseas; the company opened up an office in the UK in 2014. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. in Los Angeles. “That worldwide reach is very important,” Grignon said.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

Irvine-based customer service outsourcing provider Alorica said Wednesday afternoon that it has paid $275M for the agent services businesses of West Corporation. Alorica said that those businesses represented approximately $580M in revenues for West in 2014. Alorica said the combined companies will now have a projected $1.2

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

Gimbal's technology was used by brands, retailers, advertisers, venues, and out-of-home (OOH) networks to understand the movement of their customers. Gimbal was spun out of Qualcomm in 2014, and had started as a project within Qualcomm in 2010. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 18, 2015

NewEgg said that its Newegg Premier customers now allows up to four friends or family members to also gain the benefits of membership at the retailer, including free expedited shipping, free returns, a dedicated customer service line, and more.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

The two parts of LiveOps have been run separately since 2014. LiveOps Cloud develops cloud contact center and customer service software. LiveOps is based in Austin, Texas. Current LiveOps investor Presidio Partners also participated in the acquisition with Marlin Equity. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Helen Lee: Christina and I started the company back in 2014. We launched in December of 2014. We had our Joan of Arc moment in Decembre of 2014, and therefore called the company JOANY. Helen Lee: Since then, fast forward, we left Techstars with around 2,000 customers, and today have over 90,000. Where is the business now?

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Army and the Marines as customer, to provide IPTV and broadband Internet services at the two military branches'' bases worldwide. Both of the installations are slated to happen in 2014. Los Angeles-based Wi-Fi access point and wireless infrastructure provider Boingo has won both the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Under Hsieh’s leadership, Zappos revolutionized the apparel industry, and e-commerce in general, by being one of the first to prioritize customer satisfaction and service. To build trust in e-commerce with the greater public, his company came up with innovative ideas and fostered new customer behaviors.

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Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

(EDC), which conducted the study, to analyze how cybersecurity has changed since 2014, when the first cybersecurity industry analysis led to the creation of the Cyber Center of Excellence. That was up 19 percent from the 2014 study, which had 102 cybersecurity firms with 3,550 workers. billion in 2014. That represents a 9.5

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

And yet I learned that in 2013/2014, only 24% of companies had real growth. Apparently, the key to growth is the relationships that you may have with customers and suppliers. Why aren’t more companies capturing this kind of information to deliver a more personalized experience to their customers and/or prospects?

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Los Angeles-based Represent , a social commerce startup which helps influencers and celebrities sell T-shirts and merchandise to their fans, has been acquired by custom T-shirt site CustomInk. The startup was lauched in May of 2014, and was founded by Bryan Baum, Leo Seigal and Andrej Pancik, who had met as students at Oxford University.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Pitching app developers with a new way to convert app browsers into actual customers, AppOnboard has raised $15 million in a new round of funding, the company said. Zweig was one of the architects behind the success of AdColony, a startup which sold to Opera Software in 2014 for $350 million.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

percent increase in its revenues in the fourth quarter of 2014, which it attributed to new products, as well as better access to the large entertainment and lifestyle customers in Los Angeles. MGID said it saw a 21.7 The company also said it benefited from mainstream adoption of native ads. MGID moved to Los Angeles in July.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are leading the way in these trends, on both the customer and the employee side. In the U.S.,

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AUGUST 21, 2013

According to the companies, the combined company expects to have over $400M in total sales in 2014. The companies said the combined company will help them to expand its customer base in the United States, accelerate international and category expansion, and also gain "scale and operational synergies".

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

In 2014, we raised quite a bit of money from St. The company has grown about 200 percent since 2014, in terms of revenue. From a customer standpoint, though, it's pretty clear. So, from the customer side, it was much easier. They invested in 2014, and asked me to meet with Dallas Imbimbo, the CEO and Founder.

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JUNE 27, 2019

In an age of ever increasing marketing spend to attract customers, how do you make sure you aren't spending more acquiring a company than they are worth? Los Angeles-based Retina is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to figure out customer lifetime value (CLV) for such businesses as Dollar Shave Club. What is Retina Go?

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JANUARY 26, 2016

Persson apparently is selling Bentley furnishings from the house, original Shepard Fairey prints, a custom 40-piece chandelier, a signed Michael Jackson photo and an Hermes scarf as part of the sale, being conducted by an estate sale company. The sale will go to raise funds for a number of nonprofits. The sale ends January 31st.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

You’ve had a few difficult years outside of work – I feel confident 2014 is going to be a great one! I’m thankful for the team at DataSift who have put in more international flights than I think even John Kerry has and has resulting in tremendous growth in revenue, team members and customer success.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 25, 2013

In 2014, I will Think and Grow Rich. Creator of mind blowing customer experiences. I’ve also been very busy with my business ventures. 2013 was an interesting year. I woke up on Christmas morning in typical fashion and this happened: To the moon, Eric Greenspan. Ferocious and relentless entrepreneur. Soft hearted, strong willed.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Initially established as part of a collaboration with Microsoft back in 2014 when the company first began work on its Hololens, the media giant is spinning out the team as it explores the broader sale of certain assets.

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JANUARY 20, 2016

The company--which had just over 1,000 employees in 2014, and started with a mere 5 employees in 2011--says it now has five outsourcing centers in the Philippines. Santa Monica-based TaskUs , the outsourcing firm founded by Jaspar Weir and Bryce Maddock, said today that it has just passed up 5,000 employees.

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