InfoChachkie

JANUARY 21, 2019

A Veblen good does not adhere to the traditional laws of price and demand. As shown in the accompanying graph, below a certain price, the price/demand dynamics are consistent with conventional products – higher prices result in a lower demand. Fashion companies usually ramp production, as demand increases.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. Way back in 2015, the Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Early crowdfunding successes have been undeniable.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I recently survey more than 150 VC friends from all stages and geographies what they thought about the market by asking “Which of the following statements best describes your mood heading into 2016?” In 2015 in the US there were $77 billion written into startup tech companies. Can Investors Spook the Market into Falling?

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

The job market, too, will feel a significant impact from cloud computing technology. He references CIO Bernard Golden’s argument, made in The IT Jobs Cloud Computing Will Create , that while some roles may disappear altogether, others will remain, but in much less demand. trillion mark annually, thanks to the new cloud systems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. Crowdfunding to gauge demand is not recommended, since failed campaigns don’t usually recover later.

Startup 151

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

To put it simply, Amazon is getting instant access to a market it used to operate in. ” However, the platform shuttered in 2015, just five years after its launch. That's not bad but it's miles off market leader Shopify which boasts millions of customers. But Amazon faces a serious problem: Consumer demand is changing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

The good news is that none of these need be mutually exclusive, according to recent studies of market trends. By demand, entrepreneurs are crisis managers, and can be busy reacting 24 hours a day to urgent short-term issues. Don’t let day-to-day demands take the reins and drag you off course.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2015

With the 2015 holiday shopping season now upon us, it’s “go time” for retailers across the country — an opportunity to put their carefully crafted holiday plans into action and deliver on their bottom-line expectations. Plus, holiday e-commerce sales are widely expected to continue rising in 2015. Focus On The Consumer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. Crowdfunding to gauge demand is not recommended, since failed campaigns don’t usually recover later.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2015

Building a new business requires good leadership to develop the market, attract customers, motivate the team and conquer the unknowns. Knowing your limits, and not taking on tasks that you can’t deliver on or are not priorities, is the only way to survive in a modern business world that demands your attention 24 hours a day.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based CurbStand (www.curbstand.com) is hoping to change that, by offering up a mobile app which connects you with the company''s network of CurbStand valet parking companies, which offers on-demand retrieval of your car, mobil payments, and on the valet parking operator side--lots of business analytics tools and reporting.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2017

After about six or seven years of that, in 2015, in the larger WeMo space at CES, we demonstrated something we had been working on. It was really clear that we had tapped into a demand that was not really outspoken. Ryan Kim: We had started to develop this technology awhile ago, while we were developing the WeMo platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2015

Even though initial stock has no value or market, it is extremely valuable in dividing entity ownership between multiple co-founders, commensurate with their investment, contribution and role. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 5/8/2015. Facilitate an upgrade of founder’s common to founder’s preferred.

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Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

The billionaire SpaceX chief certainly knows how to build an AI company, having co-founded ChatGPT owner OpenAI back in 2015, only to sell his stake three years due to a perceived conflict of interest with his electric vehicle company Tesla. Corp” in Nevada, according to business records seen by the Financial Times.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Barry Lieberman: My backgruond is about 35 years in technology, business development, and sales and marketing. I built my own company around marketing services, and have been around business development, marketing, custom service, and sales, and also on the consumer side of technology, a little bit a mix of the two.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2016

Social networking continues to be a superior force in marketing, especially Facebook. billion in 2015 alone. Costs for advertising on Facebook are increasing, due to high demand, and their profits continue to soar. Top 3 Important Facebook Marketing Trends to Watch and Emulate. That was $15.5 Get the Most for Your Money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2015

If you are like most entrepreneurs I know, there just aren’t enough hours in a day to get all your own work done, as well as run the many one-hour meetings each team member seems to demand for decisions and mentoring. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 4/17/2015.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2016

Unfortunately, the coming market correction will reverberate to all stages of venture investing. Ultimately, a startup’s value is based on what the market will pay. You Team Is Not Fungible – Investors should invest your team, not the market sector you are pursuing. Find A Partner Not A Banker.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2016

From an insider perspective, 37 percent of CFOs now see the required target as a significant innovation every one-to-three years, according to the results of a 2015 IMA innovation survey. Today they demand it or walk to competitors, who are not far away. Recognize that customers care about the whole experience.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

If you were a big company like Proctor & Gamble, for instance, you'd have a whole side of your business with IT, for your sales, marketing, and financial folks. However, in the last ten years-- especially with the power grid--regulatory agencies have started to demand that those systems be able to be monitored for compliance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2023

Way back in 2015, the Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Your options for funding just increased, or at least you have a new way to get some real market feedback on the demand for your solution. In fact, the latest figures show that crowdfunding globally is expected to grow from USD 1.41 billion to USD 3.62

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Equity Platform Entrepreneur Statistics 80

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Anne Fulton: I'm actually a Kiwi, a New Zealander, and all of our product and marketing is done out of New Zealand. I think we're seeing our growth finally is starting to be exponential, while back in 2015 and 2016 we found we needed to have some patience. How is it your first customer was in Australia? versus New Zealand?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2015

There's a massive market, and there is no end to the opportunities here to create efficiency and transform things for the better. The other thing which is very important, particularly anytime you are building a platform and marketplace, is to make sure you are creating efficiencies in the market, to benefit the other players in the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2015

Yet the 2015 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. All friendships bring increased demands for your time, and bring expectations and pressures during any changes in your life, or at work. Some people find that they have much in common in workplace duties and perspectives, but have nothing in common outside of work. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2016

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. In 2015, the new Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Early crowdfunding successes have been undeniable.

Equity 54

Equity Platform Entrepreneur Statistics 54

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

But for startups with limited resources and experience, I always recommend a soft launch or toe-in-the-water approach in a local market -- and scale up later. In addition, with today’s fast moving market, the whole environment can change in the year or more you are hiding out to get the solution and your total infrastructure built.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2015

For example, if a customer is being particularly obnoxious or demanding, would a great entrepreneur respectfully show him the door, or accommodate his demands, with the positive goal of satisfying every customer? Demands perfection from all. Marty Zwilling Published on IvyExec.com on 11/27/2015. Not a team player.

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Entrepreneur Startup Demand Customer 59

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Crowdfunding is the hot new vehicle for raising money to support your entrepreneurial efforts, with over 1,250 website platforms around the world to help you, according to a 2015 industry report. An advantage of professional investors is their validation of required amounts for marketing, inventory and staffing.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 11, 2018

In 2015, a worker in the San Francisco Bay Area earning $100,000 a year would need to put their entire post-tax salary into renting a three-bedroom apartment. Areas such as Oakland and San Francisco saw rent increases as high as 40 percent between 2015 and 2017. But, you’d be wrong, according to a new report out from LinkedIn.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

A C-corporation is more complex and expensive, and is recommended only if you expect to pitch to professional investors who demand preferred stock, or to more than 100 potential shareholders. If your strength is technology, find a co-founder who has a comparable strength in business, finance or marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Boy wearing Oculus Rift via Wikipedia As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. Making something awesome will cost more than you expect.

Startup 53

Startup Equity Entrepreneur Demand 53

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

In 2015 an additional 237 thousand joined the online community. As online viewership and behaviors grew in 2015 – the average U.S. In 2015, issues of online security and data privacy consumed headlines. One of the stars of 2015 was undoubtedly Slack. percent in 2016,and to be almost double 2015 levels by 2018.

Commerce 40

Commerce Mobile Technical Review Google 40

Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

The company raised $1 million last year, according to a 2015 regulatory filing. Blakely said he also intends to add sales and marketing resources to take advantage of increasing demand from businesses for Zingle’s messaging technology. Happy #TBT from our fearless Founder & CEO @fordblakely !

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Batch 15 is a group of scrappy start-ups that explores unusual markets, including postpartum care (Mahmee), underwater robots, airplane maintenance, and even crocheting. Fun Fact: Beeketing is named from Bi (beloved dog of Alice) and Marketing (our interest). Fun Fact: Preventing spreadsheet abuse since 2015 – one company at a time.

Startup 40

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

In 2015, the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals were held in Marrakesh, Morocco. Arguably, the Adelaide Convention Centre will not host an event as complex and demanding as IAC for a long time to come,” said Brett Biddington, former CEO of IAC 2017. “To Rapid City, South Dakota.

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