TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The company rebranded as Canoo in spring 2019 and debuted its first vehicle last September. Hyundai Motor Group is counting on this underlying architecture to help the company reduce the cost and complexity of production and allow for it to respond quickly to changing market demands and customer preferences. ”

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Past investors also included Y Combinator, where GrubMarket was part of the Winter 2015 cohort), and for some more context, GrubMarket last raised money in April 2019 , $28 million at a $228 million valuation, a source says. Its opportunity comes in the form of disruption and a gap in the market.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

million since its January 2019 inception. For now, it’s only available in Arizona, although the company plans to expand to other markets such as Texas, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Georgia. But of course, it has far fewer customers and is only serving one market. Image Credits: Just Insure.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen , Los Angeles Market Manager for Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Given SVBs market position, that is great news. The Playa Vista company is aggressively taking market share and could go public. Nonetheless, I expect that in 2019 the VC market will shift toward demanding profit.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2020

The relationship with XRC Labs’ Pano Anthos began after a small pilot integration between Joymode and Walmart launched in late 2019. Joymode’s founder Joe Fernandez will continue on as an advisor to Joymode as the company moves to pivot its business to focus on retail partnerships.

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Xconomy

JULY 30, 2019

On Monday, Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN ) informed the markets that it had overshot the mark with its 2019 estimates. The news reflects a slowdown in the demand for mail-in genetic testing kits and a lag in the rollout of some of the government-led population studies for which Illumina provides DNA sequencing tools.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 23, 2020

Bytedance owns the Resso trademark , so it’s a good bet that it will make its way to more markets soon. Possibly with features that differentiate this later entrant from others in the market? Despite being one of the most popular apps of 2019 , monetisation has largely eluded the company up to now. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2019

The biggest challenge these days doesn’t seem to be in starting a new business, but sustaining it against the onslaught of market changes and new competitors that emerge every day. Demand continuous innovation to keep up with change. Your brand-loyal customer advocates can be your exponential marketing.

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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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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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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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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

And while the market’s reaction was negative, there were folks who noted that the Model Y’s likeness to the 3 meant it was getting serious about selling vehicles. That chatter was confirmed by a new job listing for an autonomous vehicles “market specialist” based in Austin. VW already has other partnerships.

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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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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. Relativity is building a 3D-printing rocket manufacturing hub in Mississippi.

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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

AUGUST 26, 2019

As an advisor to business owners, and an occasional angel investor, my job is to separate the actual challenges from the common misconceptions that distract many promising entrepreneurs while building the leadership team required for your solution, marketing, and finance success. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/09/2019.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2019

Accelerating worldwide competition and financial upheavals are undermining established market positions. They demand to be empowered to make life tradeoffs, such as vacation scheduling and benefit options, as well as business decisions. Economic/social trends demand new employee contract.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2022

Yet the 2019 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. All relationships 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 1, 2019

Image via Pixabay As a mentor to many small business owners, I always caution them that you can never relax completely, just because your initial solution or product set appears to be getting traction, and the market buzz is positive. With that first wave of customers comes a whole set of additional demands on your time and energy.

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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? Thanks, and good luck!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

Integrate social media into your overall marketing strategy. Most businesses need a mix of offline and online marketing, promotions, loyalty programs, and community involvement. Demand professional business skills and customer advocacy. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/25/2019.

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Inverted Software

JANUARY 2, 2019

When the cryptocurrency market crashed, however, mining was no longer as profitable. NVIDIA also consistently downplayed the Company’s growing reliance on cryptocurrency-related sales, representing to investors that the cryptocurrency market made up little of NVIDIA’s revenue. 2019 can be a turbulent year for the company.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 21, 2019

Ida was well positioned to expand her market from upscale clients purchasing custom dresses to mass market consumers. Unlike Ida and Enid, Mary Jacobs was a wealthy socialite who did nothing to market or sell her bra design. As such, it had no impact on the fashion market. Fast Followers Usually Beat First Movers.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Finally, podcasting is a growing market. The podcast will look even more like an on-demand version of radio than it already does. The relatively open playing field that results makes podcasting a more welcoming, inclusive space, as my recent visit to Podcon 2019 proved.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2019

Most people agree that leadership is primarily a set of behaviors that capitalize on relationships and a current market and customer understanding in a complex world. You need their commitment, feedback, and continued support as the market changes. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 05/09/2019.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2019

I’m convinced this is happening because most companies don’t have the courage to keep up with the escalating rate of change in the market today. They marched firmly ahead with their existing model, rather than reinvent themselves in the face of customers demanding change. The same is true of required innovations as the market evolves.

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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. For two-sided marketplaces, focus on acquiring supply-side offerings, like Airbnb rooms, before going to the demand side (people needing rooms).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In today’s world of constant change and information overload via the Internet, content marketing and branding are often more important to success than product quality or technology. Contrary to a popular myth, word-of-mouth and viral marketing are not a substitute for more basic branding activities.

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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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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. In fact, in today’s digital age, with a rapid movement to new generations of workers, and equally rapid changes in technology and market demands, your business may not survive without it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Steve Jobs had many faults, but he was perhaps best known for his marketing slogan “ Think Different ” and his commitment to a vision of new and better products, inspiring consumers to demand products and services they never even knew they needed. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/16/2019.

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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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Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

IMB reported that the average 2019 cost of a data breach in the United States is 8.19 As the market shifts and business needs change, a smart network solution needs to be adaptable. Enhanced Security. Data breaches can not only harm your public image, but they are financially costly. million USD 2. Customized Solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2019

Is your marketing focus product-centric or customer-centric ? For example, you will often find some new customers who want to test your limits by demanding extra service or concessions, leaving you with little or no lifetime value. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/19/2019.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Treat employees like your most demanding customers. Smart business owners can negotiate a deal to reduce costs of a common component, penetrate new markets, set industry standards, or share a sales channel. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/13/2019. Complexity is the enemy of any new business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Yet the 2019 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. All relationships 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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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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