TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

If anything, the presence of a growth capital investment firm like Bond, which has not invested in companies operating in what some investors have considered to be frontier markets or technologies, speaks to the strength of the space industry as a whole. “These guys have built the world’s largest 3-D printer.”

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Only companies with cutting-edge concepts and crystal-clear market strategies stand a chance of surviving through their first year, let alone making a profit. As the clean energy market rises exponentially, Rerverion aims to solve some major challenges plaguing the sector by rethinking the way biogas is extracted. Source: wander.com.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

.” This historical look at Uber and its self-driving tech unit, Uber ATG, should be considered alongside more recent news, including that it’s in negotiations with investors, including the SoftBank Vision Fund, to secure an investment as large as $1 billion for its autonomous vehicles unit. billion investment in 2018.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Amazon has razor thin profits compared to their revenue but Bezos doesn't care he just wants growth and world domination and has a market cap of $763B. The biggest news was the continued bullish market now coming on ten years even though historical cycles show markets don't usually last more than 7-8 years. On Demand).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , the first half 2019 global IPO activity slowdown continued, following an unusually quiet Q1 2019 as ongoing geopolitical tensions and trade issues dampened IPO sentiment. Violent market swings usually hit public companies first.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

We were building about 300 to 400 products a year for other people, including tons of apps, for tons of startups, and were managing tens of millions of marketing spend for those clients every month. That's when it clicked for me, realizing that for some reason, everything online is on-demand. That's the idea that sparked Pluto TV.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2019

What were doing in 2019, is scaling the company. With the mass market, even though there are lots of different manufacturers and types of drones, its really similar to cell phone technology in that even though there are many different cell phone manufacturers, there are only a few that really dominate the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

Image via Pixabay After a frustrating meeting with a small business client recently who didn’t “have time” for social media, I was surprised to find evidence on the Internet that up to one quarter of small business owners are still hesitant to invest time, money, and effort into a social media strategy.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The company has stated that it plans to spend a total of $500 million on podcasting investments, meaning it still has a few hundred million to burn. Finally, podcasting is a growing market. Whether Spotify doubles down on its walled garden of audio or opts to invest in podcast ads, they’ll snag a big piece of a growing industry.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

In the startup world, one of the most difficult journeys to market is by companies who are taking basic scientific advances and technologies originally developed at universities, and taking them all the way to use in the commercial world. So explain where you are now with the taking your technology to market?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

What sized team can I afford in order to sell, market & provide service to these customers? But expanding beyond our core customers was going to take more effort than simply launching in new markets. and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs. How profitable is my product or service?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there. Prepare your marketing story for customers and investors. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/21/2019.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

“Marshmallow first began by providing car insurance cover for UK-based expats, a group who had historically been quoted insurance prices that were 51% higher than the market average. ” Sharper Startup Focuses Warrant Investment. After most lockdowns were lifted, demand for services like beauty treatments has skyrocketed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2019

Both good coaches and good businesses are strong enough to change course quickly as the needs change and the market changes. Thus a coaching culture is well worth the investment in time and effort. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 07/11/2019. A coaching culture thrives on agility and resilience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2019

Is your marketing focus product-centric or customer-centric ? Thus incremental investments are better spent figuring out ways to extract further value from sticky customers at any given point in time. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/19/2019. Believing customer retention rates remain constant over time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Treat employees like your most demanding customers. Very few organizations communicate internally with the same investment of thought and professionalism as when implementing their customer-obsessed strategies. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/13/2019. Complexity is the enemy of any new business model.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In 2019 market conditions often are such that founders retain control of the board through the A-round, usually in a 2–1 (common to investor) ratio but sometimes it’s 3–2 (common to investor). For starters, the incoming CEO will demand between 4–6% of the company so shareholders will immediately face dilution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2019

Uber and Airbnb managed to remain “under the radar” of the giants by snatching up excess demand until they had their own foothold in the market. Their view is that if it doesn’t work for millions of customers, it is a poor investment. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/22/2019.

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