Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2014

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market-research data. Peruse company reports from your business domain. Conduct your own customized market research.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2022

Founded in 2014, Glossier is widely touted as one of the earliest breakout successes of the DTC model, and raised its Series E last July at a $1.8 E-commerce sales typically account for 80% of Glossier’s revenue, the Business of Fashion reported last July. . It may not be as glamorous as D2C, but beauty tech is big money.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Calabasas-based Ixia has received a slight reprieve from delisting and requirements to meet NASDAQ stock market requirements for filings. The company said late Wednesday that the NASDAQ Stock Market has granted an extension from September 12th to November 13th for the company to become current in its filings.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The study's authors said that "Unicorns" in a country or region signals the creation of new wealth, embodies radical innovation, and the potential for disruptive market change. The school said the study companies as a unicorn if they exceeded a value of $1 billion during any month between January 2014 and the end of 2015.

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2014

Calabasas-based network testing equipent and software developer Ixia reported late Wednesday that it has received yet another warning from the NASDAQ Stock Market, related to its late filing of its quarterly report for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2014

DataDirect Networks , the data storage systems developer which has significant operations in Chatsworth, reports that it is opening up a new technology center in Paris. The company said the move will help enhance its European technology innovation. Financial details of that performance were not released.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2015

Los Angeles-based SOA Software , which develops software used by enterprises to manage internal APIs and interfaces between software, said today that it saw 90 percent growth in 2014 over 2013. Last year, the company reported 52% growth, again without specific financials. Actual financials were not announced by the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Jim should know, since he is the president Ignite Social Media , of one of the best known social media marketing agencies. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2012

Rumors have been swirling around Agoura Hills-based THQ since this weekend, when a gaming industry analyst, Peter Skerritt, reported that the videogame maker was either looking for a buyer or shutting down its videogame development efforts, cancelling its 2014 lineup. as part of an "ongoing review" of its business. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2015

The IPO is being underwritten by BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank Securities, Citigroup, BMO Capital Markets, Piper Jaffray, Wells Fargo Securities, and Roth Capital Partners. Vizio reported net income of $44.9M billion in net sales for 2014. Vizio reported net income of $44.9M billion in net sales for 2014.

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Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

The center commissioned the report to help quantify the economic impact of the cybersecurity industry in San Diego, and to assess how employers view their prospects for growth and needs for future hiring. That was up 19 percent from the 2014 study, which had 102 cybersecurity firms with 3,550 workers. That represents a 9.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2022

As an advisor to entrepreneurs and a technologist, I’m happy to report that the tide may be turning, and we are experiencing a new era of opportunity for entrepreneurs, and a new appreciation of the power of the digital world. In his classic book, “ Digital Context 2.0: In his classic book, “ Digital Context 2.0: Norton, Ph.D.,

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Xconomy

MARCH 28, 2019

billion in new capital Thursday as the company completed an IPO that set its market capitalization at $24.3 billion, The New York Times reported. Lyft’s pricey showing rivals Alibaba’s 2014 IPO as one of the largest deal sizes ever among US IPOs, according to. Lyft sold 30.8 Lyft sold 30.8 The company was valued at $15.1

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Technology Council

JANUARY 2, 2013

Dave Key and Technology Council of Southern California Virtually everyone agrees the SaaS market is growing incredibly quickly; Gartner predicted cloud growth would be 21% in 2011. CAGR through 2014. Forester predicts SaaS will account for 26% of the package software market by 2016, while Deloitte forecasts that only [.].

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Has it begun to mature or is it just better marketed than in was say 5 years ago? Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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Technology Council

JANUARY 2, 2013

Dave Key and Technology Council of Southern California Virtually everyone agrees the SaaS market is growing incredibly quickly; Gartner predicted cloud growth would be 21% in 2011. CAGR through 2014. Forester predicts SaaS will account for 26% of the package software market by 2016, while Deloitte forecasts that only […].

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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2014

Attention Marketers - The Medium Has Changed, So Should The Message. As Facebook''s mobile ad revenue attests, marketers are stepping up their "phone based" spending. Unfortunately, many of these professionals are doing so with a desktop mindset more akin to 2004 than 2014. But Why Now?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

The company is ServiceTitan, and its market… is air conditioners. That’s likely due to a continually expanding toolkit that now boasts a customer relationship management system, efficient dispatching and routing, invoice management, mobile applications for field professionals and marketing analytics and reporting tools.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2020

As an advisor to entrepreneurs and a technologist, I’m happy to report that the tide may be turning, and we are experiencing a new era of opportunity for entrepreneurs, and a new appreciation of the power of the digital world. In his classic book, “ Digital Context 2.0: In his classic book, “ Digital Context 2.0: Norton, Ph.D.,

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2018

That at least gets sponsors and advertisers out of the potentially messy situations that can come from working with spokespeople whose actions can’t be controlled by software — or an ingenious marketing team. However, lying to reporters may not be the best way to continue trying to achieve it.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The speaks to the continued confidence in the venture capital markets and as I had predicted some time ago the VC markets right now are a great place to invest – especially relative to other places to put one’s money. We also promoted Jordan Hudson to principal in 2014 and have encouraged him to begin looking at deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. We’re going to start aggressively spend money on marketing our product. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , 2014 was a strong year with IPOs actually outperforming other indices by 10 percent. Yet they see warning lights flashing, based on a still fragile global economy, and volatile markets ahead. Violent market swings usually hit public companies first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2015

For financial reasons alone, an IPO is a statistically rare phenomenon, happening just 275 times in 2014 , out of almost 500,000 startups. Extensive government reporting and compliance rules. Private companies are largely exempt from these reporting requirements. Doubling or more of overhead expenses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2014

In the first quarter of 2014, the U.S. IPO market showed more activity than any other first quarter since 2000, with 64 companies raising $10.6 With 103 new filings during the quarter, the rest of 2014 is on track to keep up this record pace. Market volatility usually hits public companies first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2015

Creating a successful startup is all about marketing these days, no matter how compelling your solution. According to Urban Dictionary , hype is “a clever marketing strategy where a product is advertised as the thing everyone must have, to the point where people begin to feel they need to consume it.” Peak of inflated expectations.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01 billion active mobile users monthly as of March 31, 2014, while Twitter has 255 million active users.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. Yet credible reports on current trends tell us just the opposite. Marketing and sales to Gen-Y customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/24/2014.

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socalTECH

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? Michael Greenberg: My co-founder, Emad Hasan, led the business marketing operations at Facebook. We spoke with Retina's CEO, Michael Greenberg , to learn more. What's next for you?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2014

A November 2014 report by Kiplinger asserts that economic momentum is back on track. Add New Revenue Streams and More Aggressive Marketing: At the same time, most small businesses plan to spend more on digital marketing in the year ahead, and pursuing new revenue streams is seen as a top priority for transforming bottom line profits.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 25, 2014

2014 marked the 20th anniversary of Amazon''s founding. It is not unusual for a growing business to completely retool its reporting structure several times before reaching maturity. Not satisfied with conquering the online retail world, Amazon then productized access to its infrastructure, ushering in the era of the public cloud.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2014

How big is this market? Nanxi Liu: In 2010, an industry report came out that predicted that digital signage was going to be a $4 billion market in 2014. Our fifth co-founder, Navdep, was a high school classmate with David. We''ve now grown to thirty five people in our LA headquarters. It''s actually $14 billion already.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Four of the companies here were founded in 2014, another three were started in 2015, and two—CureMatch and Lymber—debuted earlier this year. million in a Series D round of investment capital, according to founder and chairman Tony Farwell. With the benefit of all their insights, I winnowed the list to 12.

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Xconomy

JUNE 27, 2016

Regulus reported that a second serious case of jaundice, or a yellowing of the skin and eyes, in a Phase 1 study of RG-101. Regulus said it would report the trial results at future scientific meetings, but investors don’t seem interested in waiting patiently. apiece, in post-market trading on Monday. in November 2014.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In 2014, for the first time ever, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which administers the federal Medicare insurance program, published data showing how much Medicare reimbursement individual providers received. The market for AMD treatments has exploded the past several years. billion) in 2014.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2015

The expenditures reported by the Pentagon have seen continual increases in budgets to protect against cyber warfare attacks. In 2014, the budget grew to $4.7 A single targeted attack could bring down the stock market, upend the banking establishment or render a critical company or agency incapable of functioning in an effective way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2014

Just like you don’t have to be a financial guru to recognize a good CFO, or a marketing genius to hire a VP of marketing, you can find the right technical partner or team member by using the right evaluation and hiring steps, including the following: Engage a technical advisor to assist with recruiting and early interviews.

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