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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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 13, 2016

There are many factors to consider when your company is ready to embark upon an acquisition. However, it is also helpful to consider long term reach and the strategic impact that the acquisition can have on business overall. Here are the top three tips for getting what you want out of your company: 1. Have A Dedicated Team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. Scrappy guerilla marketing based on personal contacts and word-of-mouth campaigns gives way to more expensive customer acquisition using advertising, trade shows, and a marketing agency. An expanding customer base demands better support.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The technologal demands of the fire department extend beyond the drone itself, Fields said. Training to become a drone pilot for the LAFD is particularly intense, Fields says. The typical pilot will get up to 80 hours of training. “Our training is nation-leading. The LAFD Swift Water Rescue Team.

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Los Angeles Angel Training Startup 157

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010 -- How To Sell Your Business: The Process Of An Acquisition. Paul Johnson, a partner at Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves and Savitch, one of San Diego's largest law offices, gives insight and training on the process of sophisticated merger and acquisition negotiations.

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San Diego Tips Training Demand 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Investments and acquisitions fail. Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. The most-used workplace training programs are really about matters of the heart. Managers need training in coaching, counseling, and discipline because they resist or have difficulty communicating with team members.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. Scrappy guerilla marketing based on personal contacts and word-of-mouth campaigns gives way to more expensive customer acquisition using advertising, trade shows, and a marketing agency. An expanding customer base demands better support.

Pricing 123

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 123

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

With the real data from that surge, you need to take a hard look at business model realities, cost of customer acquisition, inventory costs, and other key metrics. As your business grows, you need employees who can execute quickly and consistently, with minimal training. Convert to working “on the business” vs “in the business.”

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Metrics Startup Training Customer 86

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2019

I like how she was able to motivate, train, and reward employees, including the implementation of an incentive program to get every member of the team actively involved in generating new business. Again, you get what you demand and reward. Sales will be the organization’s sole focus.” You become the bottleneck. Marty Zwilling.

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Training Sales Entrepreneur Technical Review 88

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

Although his focus is naturally on bigger companies, I contend that his recommended strategies apply equally well to entrepreneurs and startups: Demand a mindset of deep thinking for the long term. Attract, train, and reward only the best leaders. You need to be constantly assessing mergers and acquisitions, as well as divestitures.

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Technical Review Layoffs Social Media Metrics 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Think Glendale.

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Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 133

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2015

Investments and acquisitions fail. Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. The most-used workplace training programs are really about matters of the heart. Managers need training in coaching, counseling, and discipline because they resist or have difficulty communicating with team members.

Startup 103

Startup Training Coach Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. Scrappy guerilla marketing based on personal contacts and word-of-mouth campaigns gives way to more expensive customer acquisition using advertising, trade shows, and a marketing agency. An expanding customer base demands better support.

Startup 116

Startup Pricing Cloud Computing Customer 116

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

When the business starts to scale, you need documented processes and people with the right skills and training who can do the right work without you. You can’t demand total loyalty from all, so you have to learn to accept criticism without being defensive. Trust your gut, and ignore naysayers. Happy to work and live on your own terms.

Social Network 59

Social Network Startup Demand Entrepreneur 59

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2017

I like how she was able to motivate, train, and reward employees, including the implementation of an incentive program to get every member of the team actively involved in generating new business. Again, you get what you demand and reward. Sales will be the organization’s sole focus.” You become the bottleneck. Marty Zwilling.

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Entrepreneur Startup Training Sales 69

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2014

I like how she was able to motivate, train, and reward employees, including the implementation of an incentive program to get every member of the team actively involved in generating new business. Again, you get what you demand and reward. Sales will be the organization’s sole focus.” You become the bottleneck. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 105

Startup Training Sales Entrepreneur 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Investments and acquisitions fail. Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. The most-used workplace training programs are really about matters of the heart. Managers need training in coaching, counseling, and discipline because they resist or have difficulty communicating with team members.

Training 55

Training Coach Startup Entrepreneur 55

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. Scrappy guerilla marketing based on personal contacts and word-of-mouth campaigns gives way to more expensive customer acquisition using advertising, trade shows, and a marketing agency. An expanding customer base demands better support.

Pricing 105

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 105

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based CurbStand (www.curbstand.com) is hoping to change that, by offering up a mobile app which connects you with the company''s network of CurbStand valet parking companies, which offers on-demand retrieval of your car, mobil payments, and on the valet parking operator side--lots of business analytics tools and reporting.

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Networking CTO Hire CTO Coach Mobile 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. Scrappy guerilla marketing based on personal contacts and word-of-mouth campaigns gives way to more expensive customer acquisition using advertising, trade shows, and a marketing agency. An expanding customer base demands better support.

Pricing 52

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 52

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

I like how she was able to motivate, train, and reward employees, including the implementation of an incentive program to get every member of the team actively involved in generating new business. Again, you get what you demand and reward. Sales will be the organization’s sole focus.” You become the bottleneck. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Training Sales Technical Review 97

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

It was a stock option incentive related “expense” but I bet you didn’t know that because in an era where we only read the headlines — they must be a train wreck losing billions. They hired a biz dev team to work on deals where their product could be embedded in other people’s products as a way to increase customer demand.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Course 227

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I like how she was able to motivate, train, and reward employees, including the implementation of an incentive program to get every member of the team actively involved in generating new business. Again, you get what you demand and reward. Sales will be the organization’s sole focus. You become the bottleneck. Marty Zwilling.

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Entrepreneur Startup Training Sales 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

There''s a huge demand for a limited supply of employees, in particularly, there a large demand for product developers, and there''s a shortage of experienced people. The other piece, is user acquisition. After that, you''ll see us expand the scope of our product, and help with things like onboarding, training, and deployment.

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Design Sites Cornerstone OnDemand Startup 174

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

And, even more, how to do you manage the jump on the viral video train again, and keep those viral hits coming? When our Youtube views are driven up, that drives more licensing demand for the video, with other shows interested. We''ll do publishing on Youtube, licensing, turnkey, acquisition deals, and also do original programming.

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Media Content Startup IP 235

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

That's the story at Altadena-based Unified Dispatch , which was recently sold to the On-Demand Division of Veolia. How did acquisition come about? There was some perception we were bought by some vehicle operator for $50, but they're really a large corporation which has been growing by acquisitions since 2001.

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Outsource Development Startup Outsource Altadena 190

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2015

If you recall, I was originally a doctor by training, though I haven't practiced in awhile. MCNs are just the first wave of big acquisitions, I see lots of innovation there over the next five to 10 years, which is really cool. How exactly did you end up--after EQAL--creating a healthcare related startup? What's next on your plate?

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Startup Content Technical Review Product 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2016

Like startup investors who demand board control positions, parent company executives too often exert their power, without understanding that starting a business is far different from running an established one. The parent company never really relinquishes control. Incentives based on internal objectives, rather than market-driven.

Startup 53

Startup Resource Entrepreneur Marketing 53

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs. As companies get this initial customer feedback on their product they start to have to ask harder questions about unit economics: How much does it cost us to acquire a new customer?

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

However, 18-34 year olds have been in high demand by marketers, TV advertisers, and consumer companies as an audience. Investment banking was a great training ground. It was the late 90's, and everything was exploding, there were lots of IPOs and acquisitions, and it was a very exciting time to work in that space.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2022

Stepping into unknown territories takes real customer acquisition marketing and new costs through social media, public relations, and advertising campaigns. Start today with new customer acquisition efforts. Start planning now for new operational costs, including people turnover, benefits, and training.

Marketing 110

Marketing Pricing Startup Customer 110

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. The training becomes “adaptive.&#. And of course the big question is whether Salesforce.com can out innovate these startups (especially after their acquisition of InStranet ). Expect great things from Assistly. Enter P2P lending. 12.5mm in Series C. 2.2mm in Series A.

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Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition. Performance marketing also demands accountability. In reality, they want to buy customers, not ads.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

On-Demand Lawn Care and Snow Plowing. B2B Demand Generation on Auto-Pilot – Metadata analyzes your inbound signups and automates b2b user acquisition by targeting new look-alike prospects. Toys, treats, and training guides customized for your puppy. Attorney On Demand – Via Video Chat – New App. AngelList: [link].

Startup 40

Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

Large technology firms who are training sums of talent, check; one box filled on the startup ecosystem checklist. We had so much demand that we had to shut down the office for a week and draw shitty avatars. Most of the startup checklist boxes were hit, including startup acquisitions and talented entrepreneurs and engineers.

Startup 109

Startup Incubator Seed Funding Platform 109

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2021

The simple answer is to balance supply and demand, but here are some specific considerations that she and I both proclaim as key factors: Use project pricing rather than hourly rates. These include office space and supplies, travel, training, bookkeeping, advertising, and many others. Simple rates-per-hour are very misleading.

Pricing 149

Pricing Mentor Entrepreneur News 149

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

Large technology firms who are training sums of talent, check; one box filled on the startup ecosystem checklist. We had so much demand that we had to shut down the office for a week and draw shitty avatars. Most of the startup checklist boxes were hit, including startup acquisitions and talented entrepreneurs and engineers.

Startup 56

Startup Incubator Seed Funding Platform 56