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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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Playhouse is TikTok meets Zillow for the next generation of homeowners

TechCrunch LA

The feed shows videos of homes on the market, as well as a price tag. As you scroll, you can guess whether the price Playhouse showed you is higher or lower than the actual listing price, helping to educate future buyers about the market (… and also it’s fun, even if you’re not looking to buy a $2 million home in San Francisco).

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Shopify Reveals Generous New Scheme for App Developers

Tech.Co

This scheme starts on August 1st of 2021. Before this scheme, Shopify used to charge 20% on every sale made through its service, but now, smaller businesses will take the whole value of the sale, with Shopify's cut of 15% only kicking in once the annual $1 million threshold has been passed. pic.twitter.com/jA5QXHq3i4.

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Honey Acquired By PayPal For $4 Billion

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In one of the biggest acquisitions out of Southern California's technology startup industry in recent years, Los Angeles-based Honey Science Corporation , which develops a savings discovery and price tracking tool, has been acquired by PayPal , in a deal worth approximately $4 billion. Honey was founded in 2012 by George Ruan and Ryan Hudson.

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10 Mistakes To Avoid When You Want To Sell A Business

Startup Professionals Musings

What you don’t need is a buyer dealing directly with your landlord to get your key asset, leaving you with no leverage and minimum value for the sale. Price the business based only on your instinct. Neither perspective is good for credibility or a fair result from your sale. Disclose proprietary information to incent interest.

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Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products

TechCrunch LA

The process for retailers and brands to liquidate excess inventory hasn’t changed very much, if at all, and while some retailers were able to build operational infrastructure to service the off-price channels, it continues to be a constant pain point. The equity will go toward hiring more talent to join Ghost’s 25-person team.

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7 Keys To Scaling Your Startup To Be The Next Unicorn

Startup Professionals Musings

Switch your focus from product development to sales. Explosive growth to an enterprise normally requires a scalable sales model, a well-documented process with incentives, training, and metrics for tracking and management. Isolate marketing from sales for maximum customer focus.

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