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APRIL 2, 2014

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology provider Rubicon Project priced its IPO last night, saying that it is selling 6,770,995 shares of its common stock at $15.00 Rubicon Project priced at the lower end of its initial estimated IPO range, which was $15.00 Mayfield, and others. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based online e-commerce retailer Newegg says it is expanding its services to help its vendors, with a new "Direct-to-Consumer" initiative. Newegg said it will provide everything from marketing to merchandising to logistics for those vendor partners. Pricing on the new service were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 27, 2016

Buy organic groceries online, at an affordable price. That’s the mantra of Los Angeles-based Thrive Market, which has raised a significant $111 million Series B funding round, led by Invus.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

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. All of the stylists are independent contractors and set their own pricing. The price a consumer pays depends on the stylist chosen. Remember Mary J.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

As an angel investor, I see plenty of startups focusing on building an innovative product, but I’m looking for the few who are also leading with an exponential growth strategy, to put them in the category of the next Amazon or Google. Let your highly motivated customers be your best marketing advocates for new customers.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based Greentoe.com , which operates an online marketplace which lets people name their own price for electronics and other items, has raised a round of angel funding, the firm said today. greentoe venture capital angel ecommerce retail retailer seed' Size of the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 17, 2019

Los Angeles-based AdGreetz , which develops personzlied advertising technology, announced a new product this morning, and automated and integrated marketing platform it calls AdChef. Pricing on the new software was not announced.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

But the majority of VCs & Angels all speak. They might not actively “collude&# and say “let’s collectively keep the price down&# but in the resulting discussion pricing information will flow – whether intentional or not. What is their market traction? So is the market really colluding?

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2013

Anaheim- and Boulder, Colorado-based SendGrid , which develops email delivery services and software, is making a big expansion today, into email marketing. SendGrid said it has launched a brand new, email marketing service which is aimed at marketers looking to reliably send high volumes of mail. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2013

In real life, you can just about bargain a price for anything you want to buy--a car, a house, even that new stereo from your local electronics store. Joe Marrapodi: GreenToe is a name your own price marketplace for products. It''s very similar to the Priceline.com model, where you name your price for a flight or hotel.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

While many of my friends bragged about their 5 condos in Florida I kept talking about how the real estate market was in a bubble – their gains an illusion. I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5%

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based 3D movie technology provider RealD said late Thursday evening that it has priced its IPO, offering 12.5M The IPO priced above the firm's initial estimated IPO pricing of between $13.00 William Blair & Company, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and BMO Capital Markets Corp.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based deals and shopping site Savings.com has thrown itself into the comparison shopping market with a new mobile app called PriceJump , the company said this morning. The new app lets users scan bar codes and get pricing comparisons both from nearby stores, Amazon.com, and other online retailers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2020

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2015

San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY priced its IPO last night at $14.00 MINDBODY said it will sell 7,150,000 shares of its common stock, and will begin trading on the NASDAQ Global Market this morning as MB. Morgan, along with the Tech Coast Angels, Frontera Capital, and the Pasadena Angels. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based YayYo , a new startup in the ridesharing space, said last week that it has launched its own fleet of vehicles in Los Angles county. The company claims that there remains a "significant market opportunity" for ridesharing companies, despite the current dominance of Uber and Lyft. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 3, 2011

Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless , the operator of a international network of Wi-Fi hotspots, has priced its IPO. The shares will trade under the symbol WIFI starting tomorrow on the NASDAQ Global Market. The shares priced on the higher side of its earlier, $12.00 per share initial pricing estimates.

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socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2011

Los Angeles-based MarketShare , a provider of marketing analytics software, and Ticketmaster , the ticketing firm, said Monday that they have partnered. According to the two, they will develop a suite of dynamic pricing tools for clients, to help them price their live events. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

As I outlined in my talk, I believe the greatest Internet companies created over the past 15 years have been “deflationary” meaning they are driving down the prices or goods & services. Declining prices & margins in a small market is much less interesting. Prices down. Market meet reality.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money. Market validation – This one is optional but important.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 17, 2023

A personal story as an investor … [Email readers, continue here…] My very first investment as a professional angel was in a small startup where the entrepreneur’s vision fueled my imagination in the audio market niche where I had run a business in an earlier life.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 -- Disrupt Your Market to Grow Big and Grow Fast. Tom White, Director of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. Tom believes that in both business and consumer markets, the purchase decision is made by the heart, and justified by the brain. Tom White, Director of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 28, 2020

million bet, alongside Siemens and a host of other investors into the Los Angeles-based electric charging startup, Amply Power. And despite the collapse in fossil fuel energy prices, Shao said that Amply’s value proposition still makes sense. “As economics go by, solar will continue to get cheaper and wind too.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Match Group , the parent company of Los Angeles-based dating app Tinder, has priced its IPO at $12.00 per share, selling 33,333,333 shares in its IPO, and will debut tomorrow on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as MTCH, despite a snafu when a UK tabloid published an interview with Tinder CEO Sean Rad. and $14.00 per share.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2021

That’s how much Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan , a startup founded just eight years ago is worth now, thanks to some massive tailwinds around homebuilding and energy efficiency that are serving to boost the company’s bottom line and netting it an unprecedented valuation for a vertical software company, according to bankers.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 5, 2022

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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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2021

Los Angeles-based ProducePay, a fintech startup which offers up pricing information, analytics, and a marketplace connecting produce growers and distributors, has raised $43M in its Series C funding. The funding was led by G2VP, with co-lead IFC (International Finance Corp.)

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 19, 2018

She also serves on the board of Shoes of Prey, a custom shoe company currently aimed at the women’s market. Now she’s taking an ops position at one of the biggest players in the sneaker market. Along with StockX , GOAT has brought a huge amount of access and pricing transparency to resale sneakers, a billion-plus market.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the second article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). And we all know that Ron Conway is considered the savviest of angel investors and yet by definition not all of his investments succeed. Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Los Angeles-based software-as-a-service developer CrownPeak has expanded the breadth of its offerings, saying this morning that it has launched a set of content management and marketing tools. Pricing on the new offering was not released. Tags: crownpeak content management software testing marketing. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Los Angeles-based car sharing marketplace HyreCar reports it has raised $29.7M million shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $11.75 The offering was run by Lake Street Capital Markets, LLC and Northland Securities. The offering was run by Lake Street Capital Markets, LLC and Northland Securities.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). But while I prefer a certain naive optimism in founders I can’t see the logic that this extends to angel investors. Either downside scenario requires angel deals to be funded further.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

I’m planning on going to a Tech Coast Angels mixer tomorrow and the topic for me is whether there is angel funding out there for startups that don’t meet classic VC models. By way of background for the question, there’s a great post by Bob Aholt, a Pasadena Angel: An Angel Investor’s Thoughts on Valuation. So get real.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Things have already plunged so quickly at the signal of a recession that insiders fear a lengthy bear market could hit crypto far more brutally than expected — tearing tokens to lows far below the highs of the 2017 bull run. Crypto markets were down pretty bad last week (though admittedly, it’s only been downhill since then).

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 18, 2013

In order to extract value beyond your Angel investors' cash, you must first assess three important parameters: (i) the relative strength of their personal brand, (ii) their ability to add operational value, and (iii) the amount of care and feeding they will demand from you. Four Common Angel Archetypes.

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