socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based on-demand, dog walking service Wag has bought back its stake from Softbank, and is now seeking a sale, according to CNBC. The sale comes less than two years after SoftBank invested $300M in Wag , via the SoftBank Vision Fund. The company also is now seeking a buyer. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

KFC had originally launched a one-day test to gauge consumer demand at a location in Atlanta last August. The response in Atlanta continues to underscore the growing consumer demand for high-quality, delicious plant-based meats. Kentucky Fried Chicken goes beyond chicken in partnership with Beyond Meat.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 7, 2020

million in financing to support the buildout of its services and sales teams to manage clients. Previous investors Switch Ventures led the round, which included participation from new investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Toba Capital, alongside previous investors Gerald Risk, Peter Kelly, Jonathan Erlich and Blaine Vess.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based on-demand, dog walking service Wag has bought back its stake from Softbank, according to CNBC. The sale comes less than two years after SoftBank invested $300M in Wag , via the SoftBank Vision Fund.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Note: 20% carry is fairly standard, although a handful of firms demand a slightly higher percentage. Currently, carry proceeds are taxed at the long-term capital gains rate of 20%. This would effectively increase the delta between what an entrepreneur nets from a company’s sale, versus that of an investor. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. But to scale the business, they need the complementary expertise, experience, connections, oversight, and new capital connections of a formal board of directors. Switch your attention from product development to sales.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Blippy (and their competitor Swipely – which was founded by Angus Davis , who has a great track record from both Netscape and TellMe, both aim to capitalize on the era of consumers living more openly ala Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla. Investors: August Capital (David Hornik) (lead) with existing investors Charles River Ventures.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Liberty Street Funds, Walleye Capital, Japan Post Capital, Joseph Stone Capital, Pegasus Tech Ventures, Tech Pioneers Fund are among the new backers, who are being joined by existing investors Celtic House Asia Partners, INP Capital, Reimagined Ventures, Moringa Capital Management, and others, along with other unnamed participants.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Many, many companies accepting venture capital lost it all following this instruction. The cost of each exercise was dramatic, far beyond what a founder-entrepreneur would order to be spent when using their capital or reinvesting cash flow from operations. But beware. VCs have a goal of creating extraordinary value for their investors.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The funding is coming from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Reimagined Ventures, Trinity Capital Investment, Celtic House Venture Partners, Marubeni Ventures, Sixty Degree Capital, Mojo Partners alongside with previous investors GGV Capital, WI Harper Group, Digital Garage, CentreGold Capital , Scrum Ventures, and other unnamed participants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

External investors will demand a financial forecast, but it’s equally valuable to you, even if bootstrapping. There is no black magic involved in predicting the future, if you use these four simple steps, with my basic rules of thumb to keep you on the right track: Determine your margin on sales. Forecast sales-volume expectations.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2020

Popular programs like Opportunity Zones, New Market Tax Credits and Community Development Finance Institutions could be used to boost the government’s commitment with private capital, the plan’s authors argue. Revenues for these companies have dropped precipitously as consumer-facing demand has fallen off a cliff.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

With the new capital, SpotOn has raised $628 million since its inception. So for example, when you’re ordering food at a game or concert, Appetize’s technology makes it easier to pay in a variety of contactless ways through point of sale (POS) devices, self-service kiosks, handheld devices, online ordering, mobile web and API integrations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

Investors typically demand preferred stock, to give themselves certain voting and liquidation privileges over later shareholders. Venture capital investors normally insist on this option. For later investments, the price is equity, with a percentage of the owner stock to be assigned to the investor. Investor liquidation priority.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2020

According to Prodoscore, the funding goes towards sales and product development. Prodoscore's software is used to measure employee productivity, both in the office and remotely; the company says it is seeing heightened demand for its product as a result of the move to remote workforces brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 3, 2020

And ask, “What is it that bothers you most about your operation?” “What is you biggest problem, other than working capital?” Where’s your bottleneck in production or sales or development?” “If you could invent a solution, what would it be?”. Then I’d advise them to visit the CEO. first appeared on BERKONOMICS.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based on-demand, dog walking startup Wag has raised an enormous, $300M funding round, the company announced Tuesday morning. Schneider was most recently CEO of LifeLock, and had led LifeLock through its sale to Symantec last year; she also previously served at Yahoo! Wag said the funding comes from SoftBank Vision Fund.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Examples include the Conscious Capitalism® movement, led by John Mackey of Whole Foods, the B Team , led by serial entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) form of business now available in 30 states. This is not just sales traction, but a proper balance between resources, product, and customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 senior sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business 6 months. COGS” represents the amount that each sale costs you.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

” Genies last earned a $1 billion valuation from heavy-hitting tech investors including Silver Lake and Mary Meeker’s Bond Capital during its most recent raise, a $150 million Series C round announced in April. An image of the Genies platform showcasing a fashion collection designed by creator Ian Charms. Image Credits: Genies.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The funding was led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP), and also included Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and Highland Capital Partners. Shift is unusual, in that it takes responsibility for providing on-demand test drives of vehicles--and helps prep those vehicles for sale--rather than just connecting buyers and sellers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Examples include the Conscious Capitalism® movement, founded by John Mackey of Whole Foods, the B Team , founded by serial entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) form of business now available in 35 states. This is not just sales traction, but a proper balance between resources, product, and customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

External investors will demand a financial forecast, but it’s equally valuable to you, even if bootstrapping. There is no black magic involved in predicting the future, if you use these four simple steps, with my basic rules of thumb to keep you on the right track: Determine your margin on sales. Forecast sales-volume expectations.

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Startup Pricing Sales Statistics 147

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2016

Outerwall, which also owns Redbox and Coinstar, said that it has hired Morgan Stanley and Perkins Coie to help it to "explore strategic and financial alternatives" -- including a sale of the company -- as a crisis at the company has deepened. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

This round is being led by Point72 Private Investments, with previous backers Toba Capital, Index Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, and VMG Partners also participating. trillion, and the spa sector passing $150 billion, both by 2025.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here are five exciting examples (in alphabetical order): Appetize, a cloud-based point-of-sale platform for large venues, recently raised funding from Shamrock Capital Advisors, the NFL and the Dodgers. Seismic, a sales software company, raised $100M and became a unicorn. Prior to the L.A.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 12, 2022

Much of the demand, as of late, for freshly prepared foods is from consumers shifting to healthier lifestyles, which has even prompted grocery stores to provide more ready-to-eat meals to cater to consumers popping in quickly to pick up food. Amazon expands palm-scanning payment tech to 65 more Whole Foods locations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

Popular revenue models today include recurring subscription charges, licensing, as well the traditional sale or lease model. Investors will demand clear channel definitions. Every team needs to understand how their activities relate to customer revenue. Customer relationships. Key activities.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. “COGS” represents the amount that each sale costs you.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2017

My background is I was a sales rep in this industry for fourteen years, with Nikon. We got a very large international order, and we found the demand on this was exceptional, not only here in the U.S., So we had to raise capital to meet orders. So how was it you were able to ramp up sales so quickly? but internationally.

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Tech Coast Angels Startup Sales Slides 124

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.”. million last year, is among hair businesses aimed at women and people of color, like Rebundle , Morado and theCut , attracting venture capital dollars. The company, which raised $1.7

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2015

Shift Technologies , a venture backed startup which has received funding from DFJ, Highland Capital, and others, is extending its efforts into Los Angeles, after launching in San Francisco. Shift says it expects to have more than 50 people on its LA team within the next six months.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. But to scale the business, they need the complementary expertise, experience, connections, oversight, and new capital connections of a formal board of directors. Switch your attention from product development to sales.

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Startup Sales Metrics Guide 97

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

accredited investors in 1,000 angel groups and venture capital funds to. And what upsets people is that there are different quantities of those components available in the economic marketplace; and the law of supply and demand is pretty good about consequently assigning a value to them. Described by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Here are four startups of them, and what they're doing: Demand Media. Venture backers : Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., Tags: cocodot dewolfe chris spinout media demand demandmedia sodahead mindjolt platformg startup myspace. www.demandmedia.com). Generation Partners.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

This time, Crowdfunder said it is focusing on companies in the scoial enterprise space, and has partnred with Demand Media, along with Toniic, TED Fellows, Thiel Foundation and others specifically aimed at the social enterprise. The event is similar to CROWDSTART LA, a pitching competition the company launched last year.

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Startup Competition Demand Los Angeles 215

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2017

My background is I was a sales rep in this industry for fourteen years, with Nikon. We got a very large international order, and we found the demand on this was exceptional, not only here in the U.S., So we had to raise capital to meet orders. So how was it you were able to ramp up sales so quickly? but internationally.

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