Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2014

Most technology startups seem to be funded by product people or business people. Obviously to understand a “class” of people you have to make broad generalizations. They like a solid product, well defined pricing, good references to sell against, a clear quota and well defined competitors. Here are mine.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

Working closely with world-class medical experts, we have created an innovative solution that achieves accuracy and can be tailored to particular medical practices. It plays a crucial role in product development too, where generative AI speeds up design processes, streamlines testing, and tailors user experiences effectively.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A just-announced partnership between the social giant TikTok and the ecommerce giant Shopify could mint a brand-new class of TikTok-friendly ecommerce stores. But it's a decent market fit, too: Many of Shopify's stores are offering boutique and highly-targeted products, from handmade jewelry to a suite of men's beard care products.

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Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Productive offices get more done—their workers complete projects faster and bring in more revenue for their organizations. Below you will find several techniques managers can use to encourage office productivity: . Below you will find several techniques managers can use to encourage office productivity: .

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The benefit of the object pascal language is obvious: it is at the same time a high-level language (with interfaces, classes and safe ARC/COW strings), safe and readable, but also a system-level language (with raw pointers and direct memory buffers access). Pekko is very much en-par with its legacy counterpart.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

For the rest of us, we need a business plan, as well as a product plan. Some of you may be convinced that your product specification communicates the product message even better than a business plan, so why be redundant? Professional investors and even customers invest in people, rather than just a product.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2015

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Karlin Ventures is hoping to help develop rising, technology executives--particularly those at the VP level--with a new program it is launching today called Karlin Fellows. karlin ventures mentor mentoring mentorship product management' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2012

Santa Monica-based Lifecrowd , the online site which helps people find local, social activities which is headed by Bong Koh, said this week that it has hired former Google business product manager Jacquie Phillips as Co-founder and Head of Product at the company. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Fountain Valley-based HyperX , the gaming accessories arm of Kingston Technology, is taking aim at the education market this year--saying it is offering up deals on its gaming peripherals specifically for helping students in virtual class sessions. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2014

All six startups presented details on their products at a "Demo Day" hosted at Warner Bros. Baker said the camp is both a way for the company to establish relationships with emerging technology companies, as well as help the overall technology and entertainment ecosystem. Studios in Burbank on Monday evening. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Certainly, bootstrapping is a preferred method of funding growth if it does not hold back the speed of growth or hobble the quality of product or service to the extent that better-funded competitors can overtake the business. Venture, private equity and more: Here we lump a large number of investor classes into one.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Marketing is a science devised to help drive customers to your door. There are lots of ways to define how to market well, including the four P’s of marketing (1): product, price, promotion and place. More we are taught in marketing classes. Use all the techniques you learn in marketing classes to drive demand.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Do you run a small business that ships products locally? One distinct element of the service is USPS Connect Local Mail, which offers affordable First-Class mail, with documents capped at 13 ounces. Helping Local Business. You're in luck. The US Postal Service has just launched a delivery service for you.

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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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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Los Angeles-based Parallel Agile , a developer of software focused on the Agile coding market, says it has rolled out a new product, CodeBot UX. The company said the software is now available to early access users.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said production of the Tesla Semi, a Class 8 heavy duty truck, would begin in 2019. Newcomer Thor Trucks is developing a medium-duty Class-6 electric truck for UPS, which will also be tested in California. We always aim to offer high uptime and productivity.”.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2014

Do you have a hardware product you''d like to bring to market and scale? A new, cross-border startup accelerator-- HardTech Labs --said yesterday that it has launched a new, startup accelerator aimed at helping hardware companies take their companies to full production. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 28, 2017

And yet, such relationships properly used and never overused, can quickly and precisely help a CEO cut through delays in government agencies, speed the process of product planning and ultimate release, aid in positioning in the market and help the CEO avoid a myriad of mistakes that could prove costly in time and money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2021

Here is a short list of the areas where you should be able to find help, whether you are a student or an independent entrepreneur: Exploring hot ideas. Product research and prototype development. Take advantage of the tech classes, labs, equipment, and graduate students looking for real world problems to research.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 15, 2021

What a great touch – especially for someone expected to be self-motivated enough to work long hours from home, to get to know fellow employees through Zoom, Slack or Teams, and texting, and to be productive immediately when hitting the ground. How about teaching a class in corporate culture yourself to one or more new employees?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic. That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. How did it help you? What are you working on now?

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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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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Too many startup businesses, especially in the technology world, are built upon brand new concepts that have not yet been proven in the field against products from other companies that already have revenues flowing. I have often told the story of a company I financed and helped to found, back in the days of analog cell phones.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Too many startup businesses, especially in the technology world, are built upon brand new concepts that have not yet been proven in the field against products from other companies that already have revenues flowing. I have often told the story of a company I financed and helped to found, back in the days of analog cell phones.

Marketing 120

Marketing Class Startup Research 120

InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2019

Yet many people do not realize that one of the pioneers who helped perfect the franchise business model was a woman. Affluent ladies didn’t have their hair “done” in public and working-class women cut and styled their own hair. Undaunted, Martha began recruiting working-class women who also wanted to control their own destinies.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2013

SHIFT''s flagship product is the SHIFT Open Marketing Cloud, which it says offers up "best-in-class" marketing apps to marketers, to help them reach customers on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The company said the funding came from DN Capital, and will go towards international expansion in Europe. SHIFT is led by James Borow.

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socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2014

Tapatalk''s software is widely promoted in online community forums to help users better browse and read messages from various community forum software products on their mobile phone or tablet. The company was part of MuckerLab''s third accelerator class. Los Angeles-based Tapatalk announced Monday that it has raised $5.8M

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

According to the school, it has launched the The LMU CBA Business Incubator , a brand new startup incubator focused on companies in the technology and consumer products area. There's a new, startup incubator in town in West Los Angeles--this time, launching out of Loyola Marymount University and its College of Business. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

An alternate outcome that I also unfortunately observe in some cases are companies who had extreme early success with an initial product adoption but failed in key areas that limited the growth and therefore the ultimate financial outcomes. MakeSpace (as he named it) would help you get your excess goods into low-cost warehouses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A major chunk of this activity is provided by the newer class of “super angels,” who often look more like micro-VCs, except that they are investing their own money. Like big corporations with a heavy investment in existing product lines, it’s hard to stop linear investing to look for innovative new opportunities.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Companies all around the world use Trello to help manage projects and coordinate team tasks and responsibilities. Timeline also works on the Trello Android and iOS apps, helpful for keeping abreast of your work on-the-go. The Table view is helpful for work that covers multiple teams or when boards simply get too big to manage.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2011

Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the startup run by Paige Craig, which is developing a service to help companies manage and offer employee benefits and perks, has upgraded its product features. BetterWorks has developed a system which makes it easy for employers to manage fringe benefits for its employees. READ MORE>>.

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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. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2014

We connect YOU (the passionate enthusiast) with expert video and our active community to help you embrace and practice your wellness passions. Critical to making this business work was the innovation of new methods and approaches to video production. What can people do on Grokker? What have been the challenges building it?

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 2, 2018

There are five major classes or niches a company should examine and make its own in calculating positioning in the marketplace. Assume that you are not an Internet retailer with many competing products to sell. Here are a few examples to help you. So, here comes the lesson and your challenge…. The five major niches. Innovation.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

We caught up with Sam Teller , who is directing efforts at the accelerator, to help fill entrepreneurs in on where the program fits in the world of technology and startup acceleration. It was really just something built for the community to help support entrepreneurs. Our current class has performed incredibly well.

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Tech.Co

MAY 18, 2017

The Clipper Corporation is a global distributor and supplier for the food service and consumer products industry. HATCHBEAUTY Products, LLC. Micro Quality Labs is a company offering a comprehensive range of contract testing services to the Cosmetic, Nutritional, Pharmaceutical, OTC and household products industries.

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