Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2014

No mention about the Xbox One’s new price points or even Xbox Live. Sony believes they achieved that and the only way to improve upon the brand is the hardware and the online services they provide. The post E3 2014 Press Conference Overview & Our Grade For Each appeared first on TechZulu. Nintendo’s Press Conference.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

They’re also a controversial part of the national debate over high drug prices, and their increased use has put ophthalmologists in the crosshairs of insurers, the federal government, and the press. billion) in 2014. Drugs that treat a form of vision loss known as age related macular degeneration aren’t just big business.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2014

Some provide subscription based services offering designer shoes or low-cost razors, but is there a market for closeout or clearance products? Our ability to acquire and convert users into paying customers combined with our understanding of customer service is a winning recipe for success.” Clearance.co In Less Than A Year.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 20, 2014

How much will social media fame cost you in 2014? If you buy in bulk, the price of 1,000 Twitter followers is about $1.75. Just as tools exist to quickly and cheaply create counterfeit minions, inexpensive services also exist which make it easy to ferret truth from fiction. At $6,800, it is probably cheaper than you thought.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

We both agree that the later-stage valuations are being driven up to a point that feels irrationally priced [he uses b-round SaaS valuations as an example and I am willing to be even more broad based]. Scott spoke about the a16z ethos to put more of the fees investors pay into “services” rather than partner pockets.

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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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socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2016

We caught up with co-founders Julie Campistron and Jamie Price on the startup. Photo: Jamie Price on left, Julie Campistron on right). Jamie Price: The app originated when I was at a nonprofit back in 2000. In January of 2014, we launched the app, Stop, Breathe, and Think, and just attained incredible grassroots success.

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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. For additional value, I suggest the use of a spreadsheet such as Excel as a financial model, with a few variables, like price and volume.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

Date: Thursday, June 26, 2014. In addition to working at Indiegogo, Kate is the co-founder and CMO of The Can Van, the world’s first mobile beer canning service made to bring reasonably priced and environmentally friendly packaging options to California breweries. Including wearables, gaming, smartphones, home and the car.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 13, 2015

When CNET released their list of the “ Best Wearables of 2014 ,” all nine of these gadgets are worn on the wrist, every single one of them, like that is the only part of our bodies available for wearable technology. But with a price tag of $1,500.00 (as of December 2014), I think I’ll hold off on this for now. 3-D gaming.

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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. On the other hand, exits at lower prices are easier with these providers of capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Should they focus on increasing revenues and profitability, or entice more and more users with free services to increase their valuation. The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/1/2014.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

In light of a less than savory PR landscape, I saw this event to be an important call to attention to the developements towards the Bitcoin industry for 2014, as well as geographically important gathering of minds and enthusiasts in the space. A snapshot of some of the projects mentioned: International remittance services.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

He jumped into some portfolio company exercises to help with pricing strategies, budget templates, M&A support, marketing function reviews, etc and started to show us how valuable he was to entrepreneurs. And we’ve begun relaunching our “platform services” for entrepreneurs.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

billion by 2014. The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. People don’t want to speak to customer service reps. I don’t want to speak to customer service reps!! Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). There are 2.9 Not so fast.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2014

If 10 percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from angel and venture capital investors. You need to find just enough information to quantify the real need out there for your product or service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business If you have a unique product or service, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. Now the price is closer to $100 if you are willing to do the work yourself. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. Start simple.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2014

A November 2014 report by Kiplinger asserts that economic momentum is back on track. This approach will help you diversify and broaden your business’s product lines and services. Recent drops in gas prices are now extending to diesel and even home heating oil. economy toward a self-sustaining and continuing economic expansion.

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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). The drug has a list price of $69,350 per patient, per year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2014

Don’t wait for competitors to force the need for better products, lower prices and better customer service. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 12/05/2014. In business, this means fostering a mindset of creativity, risk-taking and continuous improvement. Allocates adequate resources to overcome constraints.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

This year’s TZ #startupforecast (Jan 28, 2014) was no exception. 2014 looks to be the year of emerging technologies (wearables, bitcoin, etc.) Even with Google, the creators might not even realize what the hidden potentials are for their products and services. Projection for 2014? Summary of Topics.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 8, 2014

” It’s a compelling thought – especially when you consider the alternative: 2 year contracts, overage charges, hours of dealing with customer service reps. The initial company, Roam Mobility Service came to market in January 2012. But they wanted to build more services around this idea.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

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? In 2016, the price of mobile data will remain relatively stable. We expect that consumers and businesses will acquire more data for the same price (i.e.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

The startup plans to use the capital infusion to refine its prototype security software as a service, and to conduct a pilot project to show that its technology works with medical devices, Kijewski said. Jude’s stock price. MedCrypt is focused on preventing the sort of thing that happened to St. Mike Kijewski.

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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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Xconomy

JULY 18, 2016

Based on these data, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against screening for prostate cancer. Despite winning FDA approval in August 2014, uptake of Cologuard has lagged behind its scientific promise. PSA testing rates plummeted.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Parlor is the first app to allow freelance stylists, barbers and makeup artists to set their own prices, manage their schedules and build their clientele by bringing their services directly to your home or any location you choose. Sold it in 2014. Categories: mobile consumer, on-demand, chat. Best of REACH NeXT: Parlor.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

They can help you with pricing. It is one of the primary reasons Sam was able to accomplish so much in 2014 because he could focus his time on what really mattered. I have seen many companies who without a great CFO have squandered a great product or service. They can show the projections on what this does to burn rate.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Premium window treatments and home decor basics at an accessible price. Premium window treatments and home decor basics at an accessible price. A bundle of software services for SMBs to manage their inventory, accounting, manufacturing, and purchasing. AngelList: [link]. Founders: Trisha Roy. From: Menlo Park, CA. Fulfil.IO.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these. Prices have gone up dramatically on this beachfront strip. Venices median home price in the first eight months of 2012 broke the $1 million barrier, rising to $1,012,000 from $899,000 in the first eight months of 2011. County: 0.9%.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

When Jamie told us he was going to build “Doorbot” (the name prior to Ring) and he explained to us that it was a video security doorbell sold at mass-market prices to bring security to homes that have never been able to afford them?—?we we were sold on the concept immediately. He really thought about helping middle-income families.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2014

The value is tied to infrastructure outside your control, such as a pervasive network of fuel stations, trained service facilities and new government regulations. Investors expect proof that your invention can be manufactured in volume and can justify a sales price at least double the cost to a large customer set that has money to spend.

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