Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 29, 2013

Fast forward two and a half years later and ProProfs is one of the leading online tools that lets the public and private sectors to create online quizzes, polls, surveys, flashcards, and classes with an extensive list of options. The team behind ProProfs has researched and taken customer feedback to create such a comprehensive online tool.

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Tool Class HTML Course 77

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 1, 2019

Research shows that homelessness in LA has risen by a staggering 75% since 2012, with elderly people and single-parent households most affected. The majority of this displacement is attributed directly to the surge in rental prices brought on by gentrification. Los Angeles doesn’t need to become another San Francisco.

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Boyle Heights Los Angeles Design Training 237

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

We are devoted to the mission of supercharging Southern California's technology ecosystem, and help it emerge as a world class technology hub by 2025. We have every major research university in Southern California in the Alliance now, and that was extremely hard to do. What are you hoping to do that isn't be done now in the region?

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Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

At the gathering, Biden took verbal shots at scofflaw cancer researchers and at drug prices, while the FDA said it would take a shot at restructuring the way it evaluates oncology products. Gilead Sciences has been a target of drug-price criticism for its hepatitis C treatments, but it dialed back the price of its new one.

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Buzzfeed News Pricing IBM 59

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

It is an LA-based company that was recently acquired by Amazon, which you can read more about in this incredibly well-researched article. Jamie’s ethos led him to price at just $3 / user / camera / month at a time when traditional home security companies’ monthly fees were so unaffordable. we were sold on the concept immediately.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

They have high-priced property and zero innovation. It tested our beliefs about pricing, products and marketing overall of our service. The above graphic shows our current pricing for NYC storage and you can see a direct comparison with our legacy competitor in NYC with the upper tiers used more for small businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2016

In order to combat the losses of traditional jobs we invested in education and training and public infrastructure that enabled the growth of the middle class. Of course it impacts jobs and we need to work hard to create a vibrant economy and find ways to funnel income gains to the middle and lower classes.

Education 150

Education Resource Class Course 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The poor performance of the asset class (this analysis has largely been wrong as I pointed out here –> most analyses were clumsy rear-view mirror looks at the data). Public-company tech investors creates competition in late-stage financings and these investors can afford to be less price sensitive if they choose.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Seed Funding 398

Xconomy

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The staff also crowed over Clinton’s tweet—a reaction last summer to the first revelations about Martin Shkreli’s price gouging —that sent biopharma stocks downhill. The hikes were first reported earlier this month by Adam Feuerstein of The Street. .

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Research San Diego Report Slides 40

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 17, 2015

-based Connected Camps and Institute of Play have come together to offer an affordable 4-week online Minecraft camp for kids (parents are welcome too), pricing out at around $150, with options for free play and discounts. An additional 1-week coding class is available for up to 25 campers. SUMMER OF MINECRAFT ONLINE CAMP.

Los Angeles 40

Los Angeles Research Guide Design 40

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

I saw a few friends politely suggesting that “now was a great stock buying opportunity” meaning that given the stock market is off by 10% it was a great chance to buy and lock in presumably low prices before the market rises again. I’m not so sure. And I said so publicly. If the markets fall this will become pervasive.

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Marketing Venture Capital Startup Invest 150

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

We allow them to post their requests, with the highest price posting for shares at the top of the list for buyers, and the reverse for sellers. That makes it easy, so that when someone comes to a page and wants to transact in shares, they can see what the most attractive bid and ask prices are. He's also a member of our board.

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Startup Zag Venture Capital Equity 124

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Our marketplace is organized like a used item marketplace, like Amazon or eBay, or Craiglist, in that a seller lists an item, picks a cause, and sets a price. Jonathan Lehmann: I was awarded the Larry Wolfen Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at UCLA, after getting amazing coaching from Matt Ridenour in our business plan development class.

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UCLA Startup Ideas Help 256

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

I was WAY off between my book research about what the engineering & construction market would want (my first company) and what they actually wanted. You should already have a good feel for the customer pain, how you solve it, how your product differs from competitors and what the acceptable price points for your product should be.

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Sales Startup Technical Review Custom 346

socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2009

That gave me a passion for the oecan and the sea, and most recently I have owned oceanographic research vessels, doing work for governments and universities surveying the North Sea for Her Royal Majesty's department of Fish and Wildlife in England. Lawn and garden equipment uses a Class 4 Engine, the dirtiest of all engines.

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Southern California Product Research Pricing 113

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

” The most obvious phone call ad unit is what we call a “considered purchase,” which is high price, complex and requires lots of information or lots of choice. 63% of all consumers looking to buy financial services now research online but only 33% actually buy online. Home alarms. Home gym equipment. Higher education.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Data from accredited market research groups like Forrester or Gartner is required for credibility. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Sometimes I see statements like “A world-class CEO will be joining us after funding.” Marketing, sales, and partners.

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Competition Metrics Startup Invest 113

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

You may remember from 8th grade science class that Brownian motion describes the random movement of atomic matter, caused by collisions with molecules of the surrounding medium. Within days of releasing the personal version, the Founders began receiving inquiries regarding the price of a commercial version of their product.

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Ideas Startup Pricing Entrepreneur 153

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Data from accredited market research groups like Forrester or Gartner is required for credibility. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Sometimes I see statements like “A world-class CEO will be joining us after funding.” Marketing, sales, and partners.

Competition 116

Competition Metrics Startup Sales 116

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I hear from several sources that Sequoia is very active in the market aggressively chasing several deals and even driving up prices on some early-stage deals. There has already been at least one high profile funding from this class, which is Thread – a product that raised $1.2 This is one book-end of the cycle. Seems an obvious fit.

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Venture Capital Marketing Startup Social Network 255

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

Heidi Muther: I entered college with the intent of becoming a Mathematics professor, but after taking multiple economics classes, I changed my major to Business Economics. After Pacific Sunwear, my career covered two new ends of the retail spectrum; off price at Ross and women’s luxury at St. John Knits.

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Sites Sales Santa Barbara Design 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Data from accredited market research groups like Forrester or Gartner is required for credibility. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Sometimes I see statements like “A world-class CEO will be joining us after funding.” Marketing, sales, and partners.

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Invest Tips Competition Metrics 74

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Valu e and Exp erience versus Price and Product. (That is, of course, as long as what you are selling is the absolute best in your market.) I meet A LOT of people.

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Custom Customer Marketing SEO 85

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Background: Joel Spolsky studied Computer Science at Yale University (class of 1991). Pricing information. We know that because we’ve done research into what it takes to launch a new community. But if you like the notes check him out on Twitter or his website. Upon graduating, he went to work at Microsoft.

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Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these. Prices have gone up dramatically on this beachfront strip. Venices median home price in the first eight months of 2012 broke the $1 million barrier, rising to $1,012,000 from $899,000 in the first eight months of 2011. Derek Wooden.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44