Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 6, 2016

As the Internet continues to become populated with e-commerce sites, it’s becoming more and more difficult to generate web traffic, leads, and ultimate the sales for your website. If you haven’t done so, it’s highly recommended that you create a profile on each of the popular social media sites for your e-commerce store.

Commerce 58

Commerce Search Engine Optimization Sites Marketing 58

Xconomy

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The latest salvo in the increasingly competitive sector is a $50 million investment in Alto Pharmacy, a San Francisco-based “digital pharmacy” startup that has offices in Denver. Like others in its industry, Alto offers online ordering and delivery (including same-day delivery) of prescription drugs.

Commerce 71

Commerce Competition Mobile Invest 71

Xconomy

JULY 31, 2017

It’s been a long time since tech’s biggest companies could be sorted into discrete buckets according to the products they pioneered—-Google, the search software giant; Apple, the computer and mobile device innovator; e-commerce leader Amazon; business software stalwart Microsoft; and social media engine Facebook.

Competition 64

Competition Social Media Web Commerce 64

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

OnSale said it had approximately 81 people working on the effort, and claimed that its expertise and experience in the online e-commerce space would help it in its effort. OnSale was previously one of PC Mall's computer and electronics e-commerce sites; the site's home page is now dedicated to signing up email addresses of potential users.

Torrance 170

Torrance Commerce Startup Sites 170

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. Marty Zwilling

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media News 104

socalTECH

JULY 26, 2016

Los Angeles-based advertising software developer SteelHouse said this morning that it has sued French retargeting firm Criteo , claiming false advertising, intentional interference with contract, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage and unfair competition. The lawsuit was file in the Central District of California.

Outsource Development 100

Outsource Development Advertising Commerce Competition 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2021

If your innovation is real, it brings added value to the table, so most customers, especially early ones, are willing to pay a premium over competitive products. With e-commerce online, I see many new industries jumping in. Elon Musk and Tesla are prime examples of this approach, when the market for all-electric vehicles was new.

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Pricing Startup Competition Examples 145

socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2012

San Luise Obispo-based Shopatron , the developer of e-commerce software for brand manufacturers, reports today that it added a total of 85 new clients in the sporting goods industry during 2011. The firm said those clients included K2, Rossignol, Powderhorn, Quickpoles, Academy Snowboard, and Bolle, among many others. READ MORE>>.

Commerce 196

Commerce Sales Competition Report 196

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Surdak emphasizes that the goal is to either mitigate some of the pressure caused by data growth or to put that pressure to work for you in growing your startup and remaining competitive: Focus: play to your strengths. Accelerate: speed is life in this new world.

Startup 126

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 126

Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Kristina Tsvetanova says she found the motivation for her startup Blitab in 2014, when a blind colleague’s struggle to communicate via the Internet made her conscious of the barriers facing visually impaired people in a digital world.

Competition 78

Competition Screening Resource Startup 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

In these days of global competition via multiple channels, you need continuous marketing to find more customers. Organic growth, without utilization of digital channels, is not enough today to stay competitive and achieve long-term success in today’s environment, especially against the large e-commerce players with a global reach.

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Technical Review Social Media Conference Customer 142

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2023

We all face pressure in our lives, but there’s nothing like that of an entrepreneur facing customer crises and the competitive challenges of a new business. Don’t believe the myth that all you have to do to get rich is bring up an e-commerce website, and the money rolls in while you sleep.

Entrepreneur 82

Entrepreneur Competition Press Commerce 82

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The merger is the first step of what’s a planned rollup strategy for PCH (also the nickname for the highway that runs along the California Coast), which aims to be the leading vertically integrated vice platform focusing on e-commerce, delivery logistics, and cross industry behavioral insights.

Company 188

Company Companies Los Angeles San Diego 188

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2015

One of the players in the battle--Lyft--has just raised $530M more, from Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten. LA has been a major, competitive market for both Uber and Lyft, as well as Sidecar, Flywheel, TaxiMagic, and Opoli, all of whom have targeted the LA metro area as a key battleground over the on-demand transportation market.

Demand 100

Demand Commerce Competition Mobile 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. Marty Zwilling.

Tips 161

Tips Startup Social Media News 161

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

And a host of interesting companies in last mile have cropped up to give the Amazon ecosystem some competition, like two companies from the last Techstars LA class - Shipsi and PRZM. Voice tech is rapidly becoming an end to end interface, not just a way to make a shopping list or check the weather.

Startup 124

Startup Press Commerce Southern California 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2010

According to comScore, spending has slowed down somewhat since the record breaking, Cyber Monday take of $1.028 billion in e-commerce sales. comScore said that larger retailers have benefited most this season, due to offering the "most competitive" pricing on goods and services.

Commerce 169

Commerce Sales Competition Pricing 169

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2012

crowdsourcing (think Threadless.com), competition (think American Idol), social networking (think Pinterest), and celebrity (think Shoedazzle.com)." A recent job posting by Teeology said it will be a "fashion-forward luxury tee shirt line, offering shirts for both men and women, and uniquely incorporating elements of.

Legalzoom 150

Legalzoom Social Network Commerce Los Angeles 150

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Digital Summit Los Angeles is a premier digital strategies forum transforming the future of the digital commerce ecosystem – including Marketing, UX & Design, Search, Content, Mobile, and more.

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Angel Commerce Competition 70

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. No company has more value control points than Google, which spans advertising, e-commerce, social media, video and mobile, as well as a full suite of hardware products. Look for value points to control.

Develop 138

Develop Development Platform Mobile 138

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Twenty years ago, it cost several million dollars to launch an e-commerce startup, which can be done today for a few thousand dollars. Perhaps because of their focus on building a large portfolio, or their competitiveness, these angels sometimes accept valuations that cause later friction while moving to VCs, or even other angel groups.

Guide 136

Guide Venture Capital Funding Class 136

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2021

Nothing says you are serious about a business like handing out professional business cards at local events and Chamber of Commerce meetings. It will definitely show off your energy and vision, and will make you a more competitive candidate for any role. You don’t even need an investor. Get business cards made.

Startup 156

Startup Social Network Activity Ideas 156

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The second annual USC Silicon Beach event, hosted by the four professional schools at USC, featured a pitch competition and a conference filled with informational panels and interviews. Startup Pitch Competition. I tried to treat it as a learning experience and refined my pitch for this competition.”.

USC 98

USC Cornerstone OnDemand Southern California Netflix 98

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Today’s customers are much more proactive in going online for the latest information, rather than simply reacting to the “push” messages that businesses traditionally use to drive commerce. Let your continuous innovation become your sustainable competitive advantage. Foster a performance culture, and avoid analysis paralysis.

Technical Review 151

Technical Review Organization Social Media Entrepreneur 151

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

How did we go from collaboration to competition, from consensus to dissention, from a reliable digital resource to an amplifier of questionable information? Commercial policies gained influence, companies could charge for domain registration, and credit card encryption opened the door for e-commerce.

UCLA 253

UCLA Social Media Social Network Santa Barbara 253

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

E-commerce retailer Newegg , which is based in the City of Industry, is expanding in Canada, the firm announced Wednesday afternoon, with new offices and a warehouse. Newegg--one of the largest online retailers--said the warehouse would help it provide more competitive pricing and speedier delivery throughout the country. READ MORE>>.

NewEgg 133

NewEgg City of Industry City of Industry Commerce 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2021

You can now start an e-commerce site for $100, or develop software applications for smart phones for a few thousand. It means you'll be facing a lot less competition. What you envision doesn’t seem all that hard to you. In fact, the cost of entry into most businesses has come down greatly in the last twenty years. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 168

Startup Ideas Satisfaction Entrepreneur 168

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Those references drive trillions of dollars of commerce. We automatically add tracking and point those product references to e-commerce merchants. What we do is draft over the existing product mentions that happen a billion times a day, and point that into commerce. What does that look like?

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

A lot of those brands, on the e-commerce side, are becoming more data driven. The company that owned the brand was Provide Commerce, and the brand was Proflowers, which they owned along with a couple of other brands. In 2014, there were a few hundred stores running on Shopify, as the e-commerce market was quite fragmented.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Commerce San Diego 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

For example, most e-commerce platforms today offer millions of products, with a changing mix daily and a changing market, such that it’s virtually impossible to manually predict a strategy for mapping customer demographics to products displayed online. No human or paper tracking systems are a competitive alternative.

Artificial Inteligence 84

Artificial Inteligence Metrics Commerce Software 84

Xconomy

APRIL 25, 2019

Much of the change has been wonderful—as the internet has revolutionized communication, commerce, and access to information, in the process transforming and improving the lives of billions of people. The first short message went out over Arpanet, the precursor to the internet, 50 years ago this year—and it changed everything.

.Net 82

.Net Commerce Tool Technology 82

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2010

In an effort supported by the Goleta Chamber of Commerce, the Santa Barbara Airport and local technology firm Citrix Online, the groups said they're trying to reach out to local businesses to try to address the issue in a forum later this month. SkyWest had been providing service after United pulled out of the market several years ago.

Santa Barbara 202

Santa Barbara SoCalTech Technical Review Commerce 202

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Surdak emphasizes that the goal is to either mitigate some of the pressure caused by data growth or to put that pressure to work for you in growing your startup and remaining competitive: Focus: play to your strengths. Accelerate: speed is life in this new world.

Technology 97

Technology Social Media Startup Entertainment 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2023

These days, you can build a new e-commerce website to sell home-made wares for a few hundred dollars. Even good social causes need to bring in revenue to continue their worthy efforts. Ask domain experts to quantify value for you. Choose projects with financial resources within your reach.

Ideas 106

Ideas Technical Review Patents Startup 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. No company has more value control points than Google, which spans advertising, e-commerce, social media, video and mobile, as well as a full suite of hardware products. Look for value points to control.

Mobile 126

Mobile Develop Development Platform 126

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Twenty years ago, it cost several million dollars to launch an e-commerce startup, which can be done today for a few thousand dollars. Perhaps because of their focus on building a large portfolio, or their competitiveness, these angels sometimes accept valuations that cause later friction while moving to VCs, or even other angel groups.

Funding 125

Funding Venture Capital Startup Class 125

Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

eToys demonstrated the tremendous potential for online consumer retail and became one of the most recognized brands during the early days of e-commerce. CitySearch, now a part of IAC, established the category of local online community directories. In addition, Idealab provides advice on strategy, branding and corporate structure.

Idealab 70

Idealab Paid Search CitySearch Resource 70