socalTECH

JULY 18, 2011

Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce , a provider of online chat and sales conversion services for e-commerce retailers, reports today that Virgin Mobile France has implemented the firm's live assistance solution. Size of the win was not announced. The firm is headed by Bernard Louvat. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2021

Two, Los Angeles area companies--Ecwid and NuORDER--are in a deal to be acquired by Canadian point-of-sale software developer Lightspeed, Lightspeed announced on Monday. According to Lightspeed, it will pay approximately $500M for Ecwid, split between $175M in cash and $325M in shares of the company. in cash plus sahres worth another $212.5M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2010

In this article I would like to share with you recommendations for staffing international businesses, based on my personal long-term hands-on experience in this arena. The head of international must be experienced in building international businesses and must operate from corporate headquarters. Mistakes can be costly.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2013

Los Angeles-based fashion sites JustFab and ShoeDazzle said Wednesday that the two are in a definitive agreement to merger bringing together two of LA''s most watched fashion and subscription e-commerce sites. According to the companies, the combined company expects to have over $400M in total sales in 2014.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2017

Los Angeles-based fashion brand and e-commerce provider Nasty Gal is being acquired by UK fashion brand Boohoo.com plc , Boohoo said it a financial filing today, inn a deal worth $20M. It's unclear if that proposal includes Nasty Gal's current e-commerce business. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based Fans.lu , a developer of an e-commerce storefront to help game companies sell merchandise such as shirts, hats, posters, and more directly to their gamer fans, said over the weekend that it has partnered with the International Game Developers Association (IGDA).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2010

By Ernst Gemassmer I’ve seen several articles discussing global opportunities for startups, or recommending International expansion for growth. These are positive initiatives, but have some unique challenges, as I have found out personally in dealing with other cultures and bureaucracy in the International arena.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. Quantification: big data, bigger results, and controls.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

Your focus for momentum could be sales, profitability, or number of customers, but trying to keep all possible parameters growing is simply not practical. In most companies, maintaining momentum requires the right strategic partners and acquisitions, in lieu of short-term price adjustments and special sales.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 19, 2018

As we see the future of GOAT…we’re going international, we want to focus on more on women, we want to do a bunch of stuff, including innovation on the technology side, we wanted to bring in a great senior leader that has seen a lot of this stuff especially as we’ve done the Flight Club merger. “As

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

By Ernst Gemassmer, Chairman, Startup Professionals Some time ago you needed to achieve success and size before venturing into international markets. However, international customers have found you through social media, US trade shows and technical papers. It is both costly and in many instances complicated to enter foreign markets.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Agoura Hills-based inQ, a provider of outsourced web sales services, has renamed itself TouchCommerce, the firm said today. inQ offers web chat services for e-commerce web sites, which helps to close online sales and guide users to select and find products. inQ did not detail reasons for the name change. READ MORE>>

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. Quantification: big data, bigger results, and controls.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 1, 2013

This month, SMCLA and TechZulu are partnering to celebrate “United We Share, a month long celebration of 7th anniversary of the founding of the international Social Media Club and it’s amazing members. Moderating the panel is Marsha Collier - author of 42 books including Social Media Commerce for Dummies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2011

The head of international must be experienced in building international businesses and must operate from corporate headquarters. Thus, it is essential to appoint a ‘head of international’ with significant hands-on experience to chart your course in the global world. Mistakes can be costly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2016

The most common channels in use today include e-commerce, direct to customer, wholesale to dealers, and value-added resellers. Resist the channel sales pitch for exclusivity. In international territories, they have localization expertise that you need badly. Avoid direct sales forces and wholly owned channels initially.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

They have increasingly become connected via internal networks, and over the last three years, they've increasingly been also connected to the Internet. If you were a big company like Proctor & Gamble, for instance, you'd have a whole side of your business with IT, for your sales, marketing, and financial folks.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

That means in the next five to 10 years, 400,000 people, the main distribution channel for insurance sales and consumers buying insurance�that entire part of the market is retiring. We started in travel insurance, which was our first entry into the market, and have expanded from there. and internationally.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

How did you decide to concentrate your efforts on international customers? Has it been harder to work with the international market? I think so far the experience has been that the international stuff has been easier than the domestic stuff. where if you're doing anything with mobile commerce in the U.S. Unlike the U.S.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. Quantification: big data, bigger results, and controls.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 23, 2012

According to PayPal, merchants already using Discover won’t have to install or upgrade existing point-of-sale hardware or software to offer PayPal. Kingsborough says,”Through our deep relationships with retailers all over the world, we know they’re always looking for ways to innovate and compete in this rapidly-changing commerce landscape.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

We had the chance to talk with co-founder John Tomich about the funding and the firm, which operates e-commerce sites for fashion brands and others. The company was incorporated in January of 2004, and we provide outsource e-commerce services to organizations, such as brands and retailers. John Tomich: We've been around for five years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. Quantification: big data, bigger results, and controls.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 3, 2012

In less than an hour and at the cost of $50, the Kingsmen created an international hit and established garage rock as a mainstream musical genre. However, sales plummeted once the popularity of the Kingsmen's single spread from Boston, eventually becoming a national hit. Lean Music. Was the excessive cost and time well spent?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. Quantification: big data, bigger results, and controls.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

You purchase it all internally at NetPlenish. Computers and electronics now are almost at a parity between offline and online sales. For us, this is the last e-commerce frontier, which we want to capitalize on. Dave Compton: The business model is we get paid on every single sale, through affiliate commissions.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

In the move to online commerce, one of the latest areas of interest by online retailers has been the use of online video, to showcase products and provide training and instruction. We do that for international customers as well. That might be consumer electronics, children's products, or home improvement, the areas that we target.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Also, because of the internal dynamics of the talent pool, it effectively lead to more companies in the preponderant areas, which at the time were e-commerce, ad-tech, and disruptive media or media-related companies�such as game companies, companies that were in music, or companies related to the distribution of content.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 18, 2013

The art marketplace is also an opportunity for artists and galleries to connect to more clients and raise their revenue through sales. We’re thrilled to bring the excitement and emotional connection of art to our customers.” Quick, guided search.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Pick an internal email system ( Gmail , Outlook ). Create a sales forecasts and financial projections regularly. Make sure workers are properly classified ( employee , independent contractor , part-time employee , intern, etc.). Execute the 5 Step Sales Process. Set up your computer and network. Recommended.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

To get a better idea of just how the batch performed, 500 Startups founder, Dave McClure opened the event with a few stats: 37% of the startups were from Silicon Valley with a good number of international companies. About $37B worth of lost sales a year, worldwide. Shippo is changing the game for e-commerce shipping.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

When we are dealing with international issues, we are partnered with strategic affiliates. We still need some IPOs and some big trade sales to happen to validate the market in a big way. If you look at the trend lines, I think about it as commerce which is what ultimately business is all about. HG: I would say nationally.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

She leads Venture Atlas Labs as a Principal for clients such as Prometheus (Nestle Life Sciences), Dell Healthcare, the American Heart Association International, Alcatel-Lucent, and IDEXX International. Prior to Venture Atlas Labs, she served as Director of International Marketing at Becom Italia in Brescia, Italy.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales. . Overcoming the Innovator's Dilemma: Internal Start-Ups. In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. Everybody is Selling Something: The Arrival of "Me-Commerce". A powerful revolution—Citizen Commerce—is forming.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Omeid’s mother is a small business owner that has had to deal with the Yelp’s sales team on multiple occasions. The Yelp sales team is exploiting thousands of small business owners across the nation every single day. myfab5 will be available in international markets when we exit the beta phase in December of 2013.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Enter Vidzey , the in-video shopping platform that seamlessly combines media, entertainment and e-commerce. We discuss advertising, Vidzey’s story, technology, business, interns, and entertainment. We could easily take a 3-5 minute video, and populate stores for 5-6 a day with the help of interns. FROM THE BEGINNING.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

two people involved in commerce, such as a salesman and a buyer, business development executives jointly crafting a deal, etc. They will interpret affable and friendly actions as a transparent sales ploy. When this occurs, it is a sign that you are considered a kindred spirit who can help your Bro overcome their internal challenges.

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