socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2018

Santa Monica-based Headspace , which develops mindfulness and meditation apps, says it is targeting the medical market with the launch of a new, digital medicine subsidiary it calls "Headspace Health". The company says it will begin Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) this summer.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

A big part of our mission is to get people comfortable on buses again as a viable alternative to air travel in certain markets.”. Can’t say I’m particularly bullish on this one but the startup is very early and transportation is a massive market ripe for disruption. Online personal shopping service Lookiero gets $19M.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2021

Who knew building a vertical software as a service toolkit focused on home heating and cooling could be worth $8.3 In all, the new $500 million round likely sets the stage for a public offering later this year or before the end of 2022 if market conditions hold. Based in Glendale, Calif., Based in Glendale, Calif.,

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

While the market isn't short of spritely, innovative entrepreneurs, harsh economic headwinds combined with a pullback in investor spending have made it harder than ever for budding businesses to break through. Source: runwayml.com In June, Runway raised $141 million in funding, nudging its market valuation to an envy-inducing $1.5

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 29, 2021

Demand for ChargerHelp’s service has attracted customers and investors. This round values the startup, which was founded in January 2020, at $11 million post-money. The funds will be used to build out its platform, hire beyond its 27-person workforce and expand its service area. The company said it has raised $2.75

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome Tech, which has an office in San Antonio, Texas, raised an $8 million Series A in March of 2020. So in its first years of existence, Welcome Tech has focused on building out a platform that provides educational resources, information and services that “they need to thrive in a new country.” the company says. the company says.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

Overall, Klarna is live in 20 markets, has more than 90 million global active users and more than 2 million transactions a day conducted on its platform. In all of 2020, it processed $53 billion in volume. Meanwhile, in 2020, Klara hit over a billion in revenue. It is planning to expand into a number of new markets this year.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but when it comes to getting ahold of an appointment for your hair or another treatment…that’s a different story: The bespoke nature of a lot of the work has meant that a large swathe of the professionals providing these services have stayed offline when it comes to interfacing with customers.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? Innovation in financial services accelerated dramatically this year. Any great brand marketer can tell you that, but I hadn't quite internalized it the way I did in 2019.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The electric VNR, which will be based on powertrain technology used in the Volvo FE Electric, will be produced for the North American commercial vehicle market starting in 2020, the company said. The all-electric Volvo VNR will be introduced to demonstrators next year and commercialized in 2020. The future is electric.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The new fund will primarily in businesses based in North America, and selectively in Europe and Australia, and is focused on focused control private equity investments in lower middle-market companies. The new fund is led by Managing Partners Ron Nayot and Kevin Ma.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2019

According to AT&T, the rollout of its 5G network--which currently is only accessible with the Samsung Galaxy Note10+ 5G--brings the total number of markets to ten, with plans to start building its nationwide service in the first half of 2020. Image: AT&T 5G coverage map of San Diego). READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

When people talk about “online food delivery” services, chances are that they’ll think of the Uber Eats, Instacarts and Getirs of this world. GrubMarket got its start several years ago as one of many companies looking to provide a more efficient farm-to-table service.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

” The PBV, which Hyundai showcased last month at CES 2020, is a pod-like vehicle that the company says can be used for various functions in transit, such as a restaurant or clinic. Canoo said it will provide engineering services to develop the electric platform. ”

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 13, 2020

As cities and states encourage (or in some cases mandate) social distancing and self-quarantines as a response to limit the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, huge swaths of America’s service sectors will be affected. — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) March 13, 2020.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

It'll help the company invest in marketing, Etsy CEO Josh Silverman says: “We have demonstrated our ability to make improvements that directly translate into more sales for our sellers, as evidenced by record sales per seller in 2021. Why the increase? ” The fee hike also applies to shipping as well as to the product sale itself.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2019

What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? Most interesting will have to be TikTok; its becoming a force to be reckoned with to reach an engaged audience in the marketing and influencer world. This year was a year of impact for me. That you cant do it alone.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? However, innovation-driven corporations often have the urgency to act (or risk losing market share, relevance, etc) and resources to deploy. Look for a number of important announcements from the Alliance on this front in 2020.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

She created and launched an overall brand and a swim collection , then came the book deal ( “This is Not a Fashion Story: Taking Chances, Breaking Rules, and Being a Boss in the Big City” is expected out May 2020). Naturally, the next step in Bernstein’s evolution from blogger to businesswoman was a technology startup.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Through its platform publishers can make between 15% to 20% of gross compared with 5% on an affiliate marketing site. That $1 million round took the company to a business that employed around 90 people and was generating $80 million in revenue in 2020, according to a person familiar with the company.

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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. After most lockdowns were lifted, demand for services like beauty treatments has skyrocketed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2020

In my experience, your first step should be to look beyond traditional marketing practices, per the following strategies: Make every customer experience a memorable one. They need to remember their “total experience” as one that stands out – starting with how easy it was to find you, simplicity of the transaction, and superior service.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

NASA could get significantly more funding than it did in 2020 for its fiscal 2021 operating year, with the bulk of a proposed $3 billion increase earmarked for development of human landers to be used in the Artemis program. Register for TC Sessions: Space 2020. Trump administration asks for $3B NASA budget boost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Don’t forget to market yourself before, during, and after your initial idea, through social media, websites, and events. Specialized services, such as accounting, require skilled people, training, and tools, and do not scale well. The odds are still stacked against you, and the volatility of new markets make it even more challenging.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Unused assets, as well as your free time, have no value on the shelf, and should be marketed. Your assets need to be visible, real, and marketed online. Establishing a brand, providing service with trust and a reputation for value, is critical. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/04/2020.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2020

As they watched their market share dwindle instead, they realized too late that these segments were already defined, and they needed a new focused brand to attract customers from other segments. The result will be less visibility, slower growth, with fewer delighted customers and little word-of-mouth marketing.

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

Dmitri Leonov: We built a distribution business for equipment for the spa industry, and have had 10,000 client over that time, but in the last few years, we've really focused on talking to spa customers about their needs in the market. Eighteen to twenty percent of the revenue is services. Dmitri Leonov: It's the Russian connection.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2020

What you probably don’t realize is that the term disruptive brings its own set of baggage, implying to investors extra high risk, high market building costs, and a long slow ramp before payback. De Beers produced industrial diamonds, but found a market as well in engagement rings. Focus on a large opportunity in a low-growth market.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2019

Sami Khan began his work in the startup world by marketing mobile-based investment services like Acorns. Khan’s pitch is that he’s taking the skills he’d honed building up services like Acorns or the browser extension for bargain hunters, Honey, to game development to make games more viral from their inception.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

in 2020, the studio told TechCrunch this week, though it refused to reveal the exact size of its North American office. Although Arena of Valor didn’t quite take off in Western markets, it has done well in Southeast Asia in part thanks to Tencent’s publishing partnership with the region’s internet giant Garena.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 18, 2022

The latest company to attract venture capital is Nowadays , a company founded in San Francisco in 2020 as a Public Benefit Corporation by Max Elder and Dominik Grabinski. The company is also expanding its distribution in foodservice and scored a spot on the retail shelves in certain Whole Foods Market stores beginning later this year.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

What type of market, if any, is the right one? People walk or ride their electric scooter past the statue of the Marechal Joffre, in Paris, on May 19, 2020. Paris has been an important market for the e-scooter industry at large, but the city has chafed against the vehicles, citing safety incidents , some of which were fatal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. An incubator won’t help you if the market opportunity is small, the competitors are large, or your solution doesn’t address a real need.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2020

Without physical branches, it’s a digital-only service, with assistance and support available via live chat, as well as phone and email. 24/7 human customer service. In the UK, Monzo has full authorization, and is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the regulatory body for financial services in the UK.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2020

That means starting your search through contract services sites, rather than conventional career hiring sites. This lets you evolve your strategy with the market. Optimize staffing overhead and flexibility in a fluid market. Today you need that budget for market fluxuations, pandemics, and product updates.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Micromobbin’ Shared mopeds might be popular, but that doesn’t mean companies operating these services are guaranteed to succeed. This week, TechCrunch reporter Romain Dillet reported that Coup, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bosch that operates an electric moped scooter-sharing service in Berlin, Paris and Madrid, is shutting down.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 11, 2020

It’s basically taking a page from the application development playbook where off-the-shelf toolkits can reduce by months the time it takes to get an app into the market, according to Pragma chief executive Eden Chen. The company currently has one customer on its platform and will launch to an exclusive set of beta users in late 2020.

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