TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The merger is the first step of what’s a planned rollup strategy for PCH (also the nickname for the highway that runs along the California Coast), which aims to be the leading vertically integrated vice platform focusing on e-commerce, delivery logistics, and cross industry behavioral insights.

Company

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

They also were exclusive to Bird so they gave the company a competitive advantage. Turns Out There Are Competitive Moats There were some tech meme’s out there last year that scooter companies had no moats. But what is unique about Bird is that with each generation of scooter platform we launch our unit economics get better and better.

Santa Monica

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The challenge a lot of those businesses have, is likely have built their sites and are using a lot of different software-as-a-service platforms. Maybe they might be using a platform like Shopify to sell their products and power their website, and they might use Facebook for advertising, and maybe they're using paid search with Google.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2019

With the advent and popularity of crowdfunding platforms, including Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as a winning alternative for funding your new venture, I find that many aspiring entrepreneurs are confused about the need to ever seek a professional angel investor. Crowdfunding is not the best platform here.

Funding

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

For the second year in a row 8 of the 10 companies selected for Techstars LA were local and we anticipate that trend continuing in 2019. And a host of interesting companies in last mile have cropped up to give the Amazon ecosystem some competition, like two companies from the last Techstars LA class - Shipsi and PRZM.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2019

From meager beginnings selling books online back in 1994, Amazon is currently the largest e-commerce retailer and cloud computing platform in the world, and now dominates even the giant Walmart. A platform is a business model and capability that can be accessed and customized by external users. Do what Amazon is doing.

Commerce

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2019

To me, that means treating your career more like a business than a job – with a continual and global focus on keeping up with competition, finding customers, preparing for changes ahead, and taking responsibility for your own finances. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/21/2019.

Artificial Inteligence

socalTECH

JULY 17, 2019

We are across many platforms, and have a whole array of enterprise customers. It's a free app, and works in all of the stores, and is platform agnostic. 2019 is the last year the baby boomers will be the majority of new vehicle purchasers. Gina Callari: That's our competitive advantage.

Sales

Xconomy

JANUARY 10, 2019

Some of these platform companies, taken together, now have a shared nickname: “FAANG,” which. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Platform

Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

And even better still, it offers a great deal for the publications who participate in the program, offering a competitive 8% conversion rate and an impressive 10% commission on each sale (more than double Amazon’s 4.5% They’re a huge commerce platform, too, working with 60,000 publishers around the globe. commission).

Buzzfeed

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2019

Often the lowest level customer-facing team members have a better idea of trends and competitive alternatives in the marketplace. Deploying collaboration tools and platforms, such as Slack or Workplace by Facebook, are certainly a part of the solution but they are by no means the solution.

Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Even though Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were bitter rivals, they knew each other very well, and both realized the value of their software running across multiple platforms, and benefited from joint efforts to standardize on key protocols and interface elements. Very few businesses can grow organically fast enough to stay ahead of competition.

IBM

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

This statement leaves no confusion in the minds of investors, or customers, of what the company does and how it is different (and better) than the competition. Ideally the solution embodies intellectual property that you own, giving you a sustainable competitive advantage. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 01-22-2019.

.Net

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

DatavizVR is the world’s first big data analytics and visualization virtual and augmented reality platform. The unique part of this company is their Internet-of-Savings® platform that helps users multiply savings for big ticket items and create a shared experience. Love Intently (Austin, TX). Seek (Lehi, UT).

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