socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based Fullscreen announced plans to launch its own, subscription video-on-demand service on Wednesday, with plans to show both its own original and third party content. Details on the release date and pricing have not been announced. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Services Content Los Angeles 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? You’re a small fish. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years.

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Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 9 million registered developers in 2014. Here are some ways we both recommend to beat the odds and thrive in today’s app ecosystem: Sell a digital service through your app.

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Startup Platform Pricing Netflix 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2015

Most aspiring entrepreneurs understand that you can’t build a business if you won’t commit to delivering a product or service, but many are hesitant or refuse to commit to any financial forecasts. External investors will demand a financial forecast, but it’s equally valuable to you, even if bootstrapping.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Startup Pricing Sales 102

Tech Coast Venture Network

OCTOBER 25, 2010

But it has proven something of a challenge to understand exactly what its impact will be for individual businesses — especially in light of the fact that many of its provisions won't take effect until 2014 or later, and could even change between now and their effective dates. It depends on the size of the company.

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Slides Startup Study Resource 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

For the VPN industry specifically, we will see a lot of new providers as the barrier to entry is extremely low, and demand is high. However, before these dreams become a reality, what price will the online consumer expect to continue pay for private carrier service as our online dependence increases?

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Commerce Mobile Technical Review Google 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Amazon recently announced that it would be adding 100,000 temporary workers to help deal with its projected holiday crush, a 25% increase over its 80,000 seasonal hires in 2014. Can the online retail community at large expect the same? Selectionists” shop by brand and indulge their interests in personal electronics and experiences (e.g.,

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Commerce Sales Pricing Study 40