socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it received approximately $77.2M Demand's IPO offering was for 10,235,000 shares of common stock at $17.00 per share, with 5,175,000 shares of the offering coming directly from Demand Media itself, and the rest from other shareholders. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

There could be more demand for electric vehicles post COVID-19 crisis, believes Energica founder Livia Cevolini. The coronavirus pandemic has forced Energica to hit the brakes on production of its battery powered machines that can reach top speeds of 168 mph. One of those is greater demand for EVs after the pandemic.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2019

Calabasas-based PlanetArt , a provider of print-on-demand and personalized products, says it has acquired personalized gift company Personal Creations , from FTD Companies , in a deal worth $18.1M PlanetArt said the deal will help it add a "new gifts dimension" to its product platform.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos. The acquisition of Appetize extends SpotOn’s reach to the enterprise space in a major way.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 5, 2020

The Scoot Moped — an electric moped born out of Bird’s acquisition of Scoot — will launch in Austin five months after unveiling the shared micromobility vehicle. The new moped is the latest effort by Bird to diversify its product offerings to capture more customers. But then scooters came en masse. ”

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 21, 2019

Thorstein Veblen coined the phrase “conspicuous consumption” in 1899 when commenting on the human desire to publicly display wealth through the acquisition of consumer goods. A Veblen good does not adhere to the traditional laws of price and demand. Fashion companies usually ramp production, as demand increases.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2019

That includes the launch of its Los Angeles cloud region last year, as well as its acquisition of the Zync cloud renderer back in 2014. Google, of course, is interested in bringing these workloads to its cloud and it has made a concerted effort to bring the Hollywood studios to its Cloud Platform.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone On Demand , which recently filed for an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market as CSOD, has updated its IPO filings documents with the SEC. The firm now says it has 410 clients using its product, up from around 390 when the firm initially filed in September. Cornerstone OnDemand filed for an IPO in September.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2016

Los Angeles-based movie ticketing site Fandango said Friday that it has acquired M-GO , the on-demand, movie release service which is a joint venture between Technicolor and DreamWorks Animation. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. M-GO offers up rental and purchase of movies, with typical rentals costing $5.99

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Berkonomics

JULY 31, 2014

There are lots of ways to define how to market well, including the four P’s of marketing (1): product, price, promotion and place. Find a way to position the company and the product to be wanted so much that it moves into the needs column for the consumer. Use all the techniques you learn in marketing classes to drive demand.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2017

Irvine-based storage products maker Western Digital announced its second fiscal quarter results on Wednesday afternoon, saying that it saw revenues of $4.9 The company said it had operating income of $545M and net income of $235M, including charges associated with recent acquisitions. billion for the quarter, up from $3.3

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2018

The new Quest On Demand Migration product is hosted in Microsoft Azure. The company said the software is specifically aimed at helping companies working through mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures with managing their Microsoft Office 365 accounts. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2017

Los Angeles- and New York-based SURE , which offers up personal insurance, on-demand, via a mobile app, has raised $8M in a funding round. SURE said the funding will go towards product development, user acquisition, marketing, and hiring. Wayne Slavin is founder and CEO of SURE. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Los Angeles-based movie streaming service FandangoNOW , the recently launched on-demand video service from Fandango, is now included on the VIZIO SmartCast app, the two companies said this morning. FandangoNOW launched in March of 2016, and came out of the acquisition of on-demand movie service M-GO in January.

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Tech.Co

MAY 6, 2022

Now, it's dramatically expanding capacity in another area, fulfillment, with the acquisition of Deliverr. It's the biggest acquisition in Shopify's history. In the end, the benefit to the merchants who use Shopify is an easier, streamlined, and dependable way to get their products into buyers' hands. Shopify is paying $2.1

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2020

. “Part of the thesis was that by making things available for rental, people would want to do more stuff,” said Fernandez, but what happened was that consumers needed additional reasons to use the company’s service, and there weren’t enough events to drive demand.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2015

Los Angeles-based HelloTech (www.hellotech.com) wants to be the service that you refer all of your friends and family to, instead--by offering up low cost, on-demand, in-home technical support. First and foremost, it's an on-demand, in -home technical support service. I think the big challenge is going to be customer acquisition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2014

Most entrepreneurs assume that success is dependent on their product expertise, coupled with some knowledge of how to run a business. Investments and acquisitions fail. Toxic relationships are emotional, often personal, disagreements which are counter-productive. Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

It’s a suite of software products that can allow for more flexible manufacturing processes and one that can handle the pressures of remote monitoring for companies making hardware in the age of social distancing brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s also a great selling point for the company when it makes its pitch, he said.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Well, even though that acquisition is still playing itself out on the field of battle, it appears quite clear that the new parent has directed its new subsidiary to abandon the lower end of the market and focus upon the larger sales, corporate customers, and major brands.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

A recent Wall Street Journal article that raised the possibility of Biogen as the target of another huge pharma buyout cited the lack of productivity as a major driver of M&A in the pharmaceutical industry. With a limited supply of new firms coming into the business, venture’s ability to expand to meet demand is inherently constrained.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. An expanding customer base demands better support. In the early days, your product engineers could handle customer support.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

In January, Los Angeles-based Pluto TV (www.pluto.tv) was acquired by Viacom for $340M, one of the largest acquisition deals so far in the region this year. I saw that, if you build a good product that customers love, that people love to use, how you need to market it, how you need to run that project, and so forth.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2017

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Previously, Creativebug was part of Demand Media, which itself acquired Creativebug back in March of 2013. According to Jo-Ann Stores, Creativebug will continue to be based in San Francisco, and will continue to be led by President and CEO Urusula Morgan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Success demands testing the solution early and quickly in the market, then iterating to get it right. Nail the go-to-market strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

There has always been tension between CPG (consumer packaged goods) companies and the retailers who sell their products to consumers. If a consumer will pay a fixed price for a product or service then the battle over who gets the margin in any sale is between the person who merchandises a product and the person who manufactures it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. For investors, this is the idea stage , where you may have a great idea, but no plan, product, or customers, and probably no success record in this business domain. Congratulations!

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

GrubMarket , which provides a B2C platform for consumers to order produce and other food and home items for delivery, and a B2B service where it supplies grocery stores, meal-kit companies and other food tech startups with products that they resell, is today announcing that it has raised $60 million in a Series D round of funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

I recommend a trial run with an experiment or MVP (minimum viable product), at full price and cost, before the big bang launch, risking your investment money and a major time commitment. The focus of key leaders has to change from driving innovative initiatives to replicating repeatable processes and tuning the overall product cycle.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. An expanding customer base demands better support. In the early days, your product engineers could handle customer support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2022

Then they are surprised to see productivity and creativity take a big dip. There is new evidence that people want to understand the bigger picture, and business growth financial incentives will increase productivity, rather than lower it. Again, you get what you demand and reward. Sales will be the organization’s sole focus.”

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

Obviously, there’s a huge demand for it, and it shouldn’t be this difficult to access high-quality convenient hair solutions.”. The other side of the business is a new monthly subscription service for stylists that helps them market their handcrafted wigs, beauty and other digital products and services.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Rubicon says that RTK's solutions are build on the same, open source framework as its own, Demand Manager product portfolio, Prebid. Los Angeles-based advertising exchange operator Rubicon Project said this morning that it has acquired RTK.io , a developer of open source, header bidding solutions for publishers.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Tapping into a growing consumer interest in higher quality, and more traceable food, it saw an opportunity to build a platform to link up producers to the consumers, restaurants and grocery stores that were buying their products. Xu says that overall, demand from consumers has dropped off considerably compared to a year ago.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Most entrepreneurs assume that success is dependent on their product expertise, coupled with some knowledge of how to run a business. Investments and acquisitions fail. Toxic relationships are emotional, often personal, disagreements which are counter-productive. Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

Think of value propositions as bundles of services or products that create benefits (value) for customers. Every entrepreneur needs to know and communicate the total costs associated with their solution or product, including cost of goods sold, customer acquisition costs, capital costs, operational expenses, and partner costs.

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2016

Venice, California-based OpenMail , a developer of data warehousing products used for marketing analytics and targeting, has acquired the Infospace business from owner Blucora. OpenMail is led by Chuck Ursini, former EVP, Platforms at Demand Media; Ursini also has served at Amazon, Morgan Stanley and UBS.

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