TechCrunch LA

MARCH 2, 2021

“ We were targeted to a small number of very premier customers. Instead of relying on incumbent distribution platforms, customers control the audience relationship directly and maximize engagement and monetization in a way that fits with their brand objectives. “The third piece is a developer ecosystem,” Evans said.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Product development at this stage is the process of scaling up for manufacturing and marketing rollout. business entrepreneur funding research and development startup'

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. Tech Coast Angel investor Dale Okuno came out because he believes that MuckerLab attracts better talent because they keep their class size small and focused. And build great business they have.

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

You’ve figured out your channels of distribution, pricing model and how to support your growing list of customers. You can be the one to develop a product or service, promote it, and support it when you are a small operation. The first crisis is financial, funding the business, development, inventory, and marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2021

To explain accountability, she and I are strong proponents of the Accountability Ladder , which has been included in every Management 101 class for many years. Usually these people think they are doing a great job, and are totally oblivious to their unhappy customers or cash drain. All that’s left is to commit and deliver.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2019

Los Angeles-based Plankk , a developer of custom apps for the fitness and exercise industry, said it has launched a brand new, live- and on-demand streaming service for fitness enthusiasts. a month, with additional live classes available for purchase. The new service costs $14.99 Plankk is led by founder and CEO Colin Szopa.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] The format also calls for the CEO to examine his calendar over time and report classes of activities by percentage of total time spent, so that the group may add comments about use of CEO time to the critique.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Product development at this stage is the process of scaling up for manufacturing and marketing rollout. They believe in you above all else. Specialized VCs start to jump in at this stage.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We’ve listened carefully to our business customers to develop this program,” said Jakki Krage Strako, chief commerce and business solutions officer, in a press release. One distinct element of the service is USPS Connect Local Mail, which offers affordable First-Class mail, with documents capped at 13 ounces.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Software development companies tackling services for niche industries, like commercial real estate subcontracting, continue to find Los Angeles to be fertile ground for development. Liquid 2 Ventures has an investment thesis in supporting America’s working class and I just love the idea of making their lives far easier and better.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Santa Monica-based SHIFT , which develops real time, online advertising and marketing tools, announced this morning that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding round. The company said the funding came from DN Capital, and will go towards international expansion in Europe. SHIFT said it has now raised $14M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Making such predictions is a skill that can be developed, and here’s one method of doing so. Is there a market for your class of product at all? Not only is the enterprise threatened, but confidence is shaken among employees, suppliers, even customers. First let’s eliminate external risks for this conversation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Bring in an experienced Board and world-class leaders. Switch your focus from product development to sales. Of course, customer relationships, and penetration into new market segments are also critical elements. Isolate marketing from sales for maximum customer focus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. Evaluate customer response prior to development. Surface your prototype, get customer feedback, make corrections, and iterate until you get it right. Being open is the new business culture around the world.

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Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas 105

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The Disney Accelerator , held its Demo Day for its second class on Thursday, showing off ten companies to a theater packed full of venture and angel investors. A number of the companies--showing off one huge advantage of being involved in a program run by Disney--announced deals with Disney properties to use their technology and products.

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Artificial Inteligence Class Burbank Software Review 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2015

Techstars Disney Accelerator class of 2015 was announced yesterday. StatMuse is developing an artificial intelligence platform to help sports fans explore data using simple, natural language. HYP3R enables businesses and brands to identify influential customers at their locations and engage them in real time, when it matters most.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Los Angeles-based mobile credit startup Float , which is developing an iOS app to provide credit to consumers, has been selected as part of the commerce-focused startup accelerator Commerce.Innovated. Commerce.Innovated said this is its fourth class for the accelerator. READ MORE>>.

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Commerce Class Mobile Los Angeles 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Product development at this stage is the process of scaling up for manufacturing and marketing rollout. They believe in you above all else. Specialized VCs start to jump in at this stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Most colleges have now added classes in entrepreneurship to include the necessary business focus to technical majors that usually drive innovative ideas. Mark Zuckerberg, while still in school, tested the viability of his “ FaceMash ” technology as a business by rolling it out to other students at Harvard as customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

There is nothing more pure than building a product, putting it out in the world and seeing paying customers using your product and in some cases loving it. Sam’s vision was to build a world-class “reverse logistics” company that could be as ambitious as Amazon has been in delivering goods to our houses.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

The Lean Startup approach dictates that successful customer development is an iterative process. By conceptualizing, selling, gathering feedback and then developing a product, startups achieve success more quickly and economically. Eric (Ries) was a student in one of the very earliest customer development classes at Berkley.

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Startup Class Press Custom Development 229

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. Evaluate customer response prior to development. Surface your prototype, get customer feedback, make corrections, and iterate until you get it right. Being open is the new business culture around the world.

Search Engine Optimization 174

Search Engine Optimization Ideas Startup Customer 174

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2023

If you can’t identify customer interest, it doesn’t matter how good your product is. You need a good cook, good marketing, and first-class service. Don’t be afraid to test your ultimate entree on customers. This means find some hungry people who would love a good dinner, and be willing to pay for it. Make them “feel the love.”

Startup 112

Startup Coach Metrics Marketing 112

Berkonomics

APRIL 13, 2017

Test yourself as to whether you can identify the size of your market niche, and whether you can overcome the many barriers to access customers within your niche. Is it the advantage of time – years of development ahead of any competitor? A strategic relationship with one or more of the largest customers? Are margins high enough?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. People-centric leaders drive ownership and engagement down to their customer-facing team members.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The irony is that currently both these onetime best in class companies are now in deep trouble. These two ads showed how disconnected from their customers these once industry leaders have become. Sadly this is just a single example of what is happening to thousand of companies that are not listening to their respective customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

This will facilitate the expansion of battery charging and support facilities, and ultimately create more customers and growth for the whole industry, including Tesla. Another partnering model example is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools. Not everything will work.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2015

I treat each of my classes as a product that the students are paying a lot of money to consume. For instance, I assign an Ombudsman in all my classes in order to gather anonymous feedback. Thus, diligent students leave my classes with insights and tools they can directly apply to their jobs after graduation. Challenging.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Class Course Case Study 100

Steve Reich

JULY 6, 2020

Your real advantage comes from touching your customers frequently in the Digital channel. Presenting a relevant offer requires marketing data analysis to make sure the right customer sees the right offer. The offer has to be focused on the needs of the customer. I was flat wrong. Why aren’t we doing this today?

Technology 87

Technology Customer Custom Class 87

socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2011

El Segundo-based Accordent Technologies , which develops presentation and webcasting management software for the enterprise, has been acquired by Polycom , Polycom said today. Accordent provides products for streaming live webcasts, webcasting meetings and classes, and similar enterprise video streaming applications. READ MORE>>.

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El Segundo Southern California Class Acquisition 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2021

billion people in developing countries to support who need to be moving out of poverty and into industrial and service occupations by 2030. This number almost doubles the number who have already moved into the middle class and urbanized. These will be your customers, and your competitors.

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Startup Resource Entrepreneur Social Media 162

Tech.Co

MAY 18, 2017

HATCHBEAUTY Products is a company focused on beauty innovation, specializing in working with brands and retailers on product development, creative services, and strategic planning in cosmetic, skincare, hair care, fragrance, and beauty accessories. HATCHBEAUTY Products, LLC. The Agency. Xencor Inc.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Outsource Development 219

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When a product is truly unique and demanded a retailer willingly promotes and sells it en masse in part because it does get margin on the good but also because it brings customers in the door who spend on other products. Of course branding is many things and this post doesn’t attempt a master class. Ariel understood her customer?—?the

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Product Course Customer Custom 296

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If you can’t identify customer interest, it doesn’t matter how good your product is. You need a good cook, good marketing, and first-class service. Don’t be afraid to test your ultimate entree on customers. This means find some hungry people who would love a good dinner, and be willing to pay for it. Make them “feel the love.”

Startup 156

Startup Coach Metrics Marketing 156

socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2010

According to the companies, users of Magento's e-commerce software can now use Stamps.com to batch print up to 1,000 pre-paid, USPS shipping labels for any mail class. The integration is targeted at helping Magento's e-commerce customers to fulfill orders from their web stores, eBay, PayPal Shops, and other electronic orders.

Software 160

Software Commerce Class Web 160

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Steve's first question was, “Who are our customers?" I) took the 300 latest cards, personally wrote a questionnaire and called 300 customers. SuperMac's main customer base were color desktop professionals. All of a sudden I now had customers telling what market, how to reach them and what applications are important.

Marketing 271

Marketing Startup Sales Customer 271

Berkonomics

JUNE 2, 2015

You’ve figured out your channels of distribution, pricing model and how to support your growing list of customers. You can be the one to develop a product or service, promote it, and support it when you are a small operation. So your business has begun to take off. Don’t be alarmed by this next statement. That’s relatively easy.

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