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8 Creative Pricing Strategies Most Startups Overlook

Startup Professionals Musings

As an advisor to new business owners, I’m accustomed to seeing primarily the simple traditional product pricing strategies , usually driven by competitor prices, or cost plus a reasonable margin. I often wonder whether you as the entrepreneur have worked as hard on your pricing strategy as you have on your innovative solution.

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

<== Our conclusion was that this isn’t a temporary blip that will swiftly trend-back up in a V-shaped recovery of valuations but rather represented a new normal on how the market will price these companies somewhat permanently. Probably not and 10x (May 2022) seems more in line with the historical trend (actually 10x is still high).

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Polestar to open first US stores in the second half of 2020

TechCrunch LA

The 2021 Polestar 2 is the first EV to come out of Polestar since it was recast as an electric performance brand in 2017. Polestars plans to expand its retail footprint in the first half of 2021 with locations in Boston, Denver, Texas, Washington, D.C. Polestar’s first U.S. and Florida.

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Viasat Acquires Inmarsat For $7.3 Billion

socalTECH

billion based on the closing price on Friday November 5, 2021, and the assumption of $3.4 Viasat said the deal is comprised of $850.0 million in cash, approximately 46.36 million shares of Viasat common stock valued at $3.1 billion of net debt.

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Faraday Future Delays Quarterly Filings After Short Seller Report

socalTECH

In an inauspicious start as a public company, Los Angeles-based electric vehicle developer Faraday Future says it is delaying its filing of its quarterly reports for the quarter ended September 30th, 2021, due to allegations of "inaccurate disclosures".

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Shareholders approve Bird-SPAC merger, stock promptly falls

TechCrunch LA

That’s precisely what the company will be worth in light of Switchback II’s share price declines, but the number could be lower than the headline figure from early merger disclosures. This year, the company expects — looking at predictions that included results through Q2 2021 — to post positive gross margins.

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Canoo Teases Electric Pickup Truck

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The company said a production version of the truck will open for preorders in Q2 of 2021. Pricing on the new pickup truck was not announced.