socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media reported Wednesday that it is the only applicant for sixteen of the 26 new generic, Top Level Domain (gTLDs) it applied for from ICANN. Demand Media said the gTLDs it applied for where no one else had applied are.actor,airforce,army,dance,democrat,engineer,gives,immobilien,kaufen,moda,navy,ninja,pub,rehab,republican, and.social. The firm said it has competition for managing the.bar,cam,fishing,gay,green,map,mom,moto,rip, and.wow domains.

Demand 130

Demand Competition Media Santa Monica 130

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2018

Los Angeles-based on-demand scooter rental service Bird will have to compete against both Uber and Lyft in its fight for the San Francisco market. bird scooter lime electric rental venture capital uber lyft competition transportationAccording to The Verge, both companies have applied for electric scooters in San Francisco, and are hoping to operate electric scooters there.

Competition 100

Competition Demand Equity Report 100

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2018

Santa Monica-based Bird , the on-demand electric scooter rental service backed by Valor Equity Partners, Index Ventures, Craft Ventures, Goldcrest Capital, Tusk Ventures and Upfront Ventures, may be seeing even more competition in San Francisco, after reports that Lyft is hoping to launch its own, electric scooter service in the city.

Competition 100

Competition Santa Monica Demand Equity 100

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Place your cash bets behind proven demand. The term, “demand pull – cost push” was created by the great economist, John Maynard Keynes, to describe the two primary drivers of economic inflation. Demand pull: too much demand for a product or service and not enough supply cause a competition for the product that drives prices higher without increasing the intrinsic value of the product. Cost push – demand pull.

Demand 131

Demand Resource Study Pricing 131

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

They would launch quickly and test whether or not there is any demand. I brought up the fact that I find many larger companies abusing the patent system to slow down smaller competitors which is actually anti competitive.

Competition 365

Competition Product Idealab CitySearch 365

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2015

San Diego-based 2pointb , a new startup aiming at the on-demand transportation market, said over the weekend that it has launched a new, mobile on-dnd ride and transportation app. 2pointb faces some serious competition from Uber--which just raised $1.2 The company said its first market will be Dallas, Texas, where it says it is looking to provide a "safer, more trustworthy" ride service for users.

Demand 143

Demand Competition San Diego Marketing 143

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2015

On-demand, delivery startup Schlep and Fetch (www.schlepandfetch.com) wants to be the place you contact first to get practically anything delivered for you, whether that's a food order or something you forgot to pick up from home. Bryson Strauss: We are an on-demand delivery service.

Demand 151

Demand Tech Coast Angels Beverly Hills Orange County 151

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 6, 2009

Thursday, July 9, 2009 -- Leadership on Demand a.k.a. In today's economic environment, business leaders must seek every possible competitive advantage and the most powerful advantage is ensuring that the right people are leading the way. Executive as a Service". TCOSC. Business as usual is usually a path to mediocrity.

Demand 100

Demand TCOSC Class Competition 100

socalTECH

JUNE 12, 2018

Los Angeles-based on-demand scooter rental service Bird is report raising yet more funding, at a $2 billion valuation, according to a report on Tuesday. Bird is in a massive battle with a large list of players launch or looking to enter the on-demand, "last mile" scooter rental service, including Lime, Uber, and Lyft. bird scooter lime electric rental venture capital uber lyft competition transportation

Demand 100

Demand Los Angeles Report Services 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Crowdfunder , the Los Angeles startup led by CHance Barnett, has launched another crowdfunding event aimed at the local industry, saying Wednesday that it has launched CROWDIMPACT LA , a pitching competition which will award $20,000 in a top prize to a winning social enterprise company. The event is similar to CROWDSTART LA, a pitching competition the company launched last year. crowdimpact crowdfunder social enterprise competition funding venture capital crowdfunding

Demand 177

Demand Ideas Sales Competition 177

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Apparently with a physical storefront where it can convince customers of the wonders of on-demand mobility. Instead, it’s the fierce competition from hometown startups like local favorite Bird that Lime wants to overcome through brick-and-mortar marketing.

Los Angeles 217

Los Angeles Santa Monica Education Demand 217

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2019

The startup, led by CEO Rich Banning, is harnessing an "on-demand" workforce to sweep up scooters from the streets, for inventory checks, and also says it has specialized mechanics working on maintenance of the scooers. Sweep is in a very competitive market--there's already cutthroat competition among independent contractors who go "Bird hunting", being paid to charge scooters and return them to designated spot in the morning.

Long Beach 122

Long Beach Competition Santa Monica Demand 122

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Lyft just launched its own on-demand, electric powered scooter program in Santa Monica on Tuesday morning, as the on-demand scooter business continues to heat up. Lyft has some stiff competition in Santa Monica--the home of Bird--which already has scooters from Bird and Lime. The launch is only the second city for Lyft's service, which also is available in Denver, Colorado.

Santa Monica 126

Santa Monica Demand Competition Services 126

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Santa Monica-based LIVESTRONG.COM , the online health and fitness site run by Demand Media for Lance Armstrong, reported today that its new site for Team RadioShack, the professional cycling team of Armstrong, has grown to one million visitors in just seven days. Demand Media and Armstrong launched Livestrong.com in June of 2008. Tags: livestrong team radioshack lance armstrong bicycling cycling competition

Sites 126

Sites Demand Santa Monica Report 126

Berkonomics

AUGUST 16, 2018

Over the years, I have often heard the complaint from CEO friends that they have become so swamped by the demands of their growing businesses that they feel themselves further and further from the center of their industry, no longer at the forefront of information and competitive development.

Marketing 156

Marketing Demand Entrepreneur Competition 156

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 20, 2018

We dive into the crucial process of gathering and analyzing information about markets, industries, and products in their competitive spaces. This, in turn, can generate significant growth for companies and brands who seek to stay on top of competition and in demand. Wednesday, August 22, 2018 -- Market Research: The Fuel For Marketing Strategies. American Marketing Association (AMA).

Research 100

Research AMA Marketing Competition 100

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Especially for those of us producing forms of media for consumption, from books to movies to music to games and more, our customers expect delivery in the form of bits over the Internet upon demand, usable on a multitude of devices, and sometimes stored in the cloud at no additional cost.

Custom 207

Custom Customer Demand Competition 207

Berkonomics

JULY 26, 2018

Sometimes, companies do this by creating demand where none existed before, such as for Listerine in the early days with a campaign to eliminate halitosis, the dreaded bad breath that consumers had no name for and did not think of as a need before that most successful advertising campaign.

Sales 248

Sales Framework Custom Customer 248

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 13, 2016

And if that new strategy is proved to be true, the five–hundred–pound gorilla in that niche just moved out of the way of many of its smaller competitors, leaving a market that will surely see a scramble of new competition in the near future.

Resource 248

Resource Competition Examples Demand 248

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 5, 2013

It is most often missed assumptions about the market, the competition, the speed of adoption, or other critical metrics you’ve researched, or selected, or even just guessed at to create your plan. The biggest error in planning may not be spreadsheet calculation error. Or cost estimation.

Metrics 259

Metrics Marketing Startup Entrepreneur 259

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2015

There''s been a major, market battle in Los Angeles over the last few years, between on-demand ride services such as Lyft and Uber , not to mention local taxi and transportation companies.

Demand 181

Demand Commerce Competition Marketing 181

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Unlike most university programs that are over architected and underfunded, the TMP evolved organically, based on the demands of its students and input from the local community. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Want to be an entrepreneur? Don''t go to Wharton or Harvard.

Santa Barbara 265

Santa Barbara Case Study Demand Class 265

Berkonomics

AUGUST 5, 2011

Over the years, I have often heard the complaint from CEO friends that they have become so swamped by the demands of their growing businesses that they feel themselves further and further from the center of their industry, no longer at the forefront of information and competitive development. Markets and competitors change. Are you being left behind?

Marketing 167

Marketing Demand Entrepreneur Competition 167

Berkonomics

AUGUST 30, 2018

It did not hurt that Apple always seemed to trump the competition in design of the product and the product’s user interface too. The moment of truth: Facing the “no decision” competition. I am a gadget freak, often purchasing new technologies in their first release.

Statistics 156

Statistics Pricing Design Competition 156

Berkonomics

MARCH 6, 2014

Imagine the room in which several graduate business school student groups have gathered, tasked with coming up with an idea for a business plan competition. It is the process of leaping from a need to an eloquent solution that creates demand and ultimately success in the marketplace.

Ideas 204

Ideas Custom Customer Demand 204

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.

Product 356

Product Course Venice Netflix 356

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Conventional wisdom in most companies is that “the competition is the enemy&# – it’s the rallying cry to dig deeper, get more features out the door, issue press releases citing differences and attack the competition’s weaknesses in sales presentations.

Competition 340

Competition Cloud Computing Press Oracle 340

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. The Laws of Supply & Demand. The most basic chart of microeconomics is a supply & demand curve.

Companies 312

Companies Company Pricing Demand 312

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

While this reaction to such a valuation is understandable, to anybody who has seen the meteoric rise in consumer demand and actual revenue the valuation is much less surprising and may turn out to be quite conservative.

Funding 280

Funding Santa Monica Course Summary 280

Tech.Co

JUNE 1, 2017

“Since 95 percent of mainstream VCs won’t touch the category today, valuations are rational and you face little competition for access – so place your bets before the party gets crowded.”. Even with little competition and an unprecedented ROI opportunity, investing in cannabis has its risks. The market is estimated at $40B to $45B worth of retail demand plus opportunities in wellness, software, media, banking, pharmaceuticals, and so forth.”.

Invest 78

Invest Competition Training Demand 78

Tech Coast Venture Network

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Businesses today are striving for the same thing.record setting performance, or out-performing the competition. In business, as in sports, great competitors possess certain qualities that set them apart from the competition. They expect more from themselves than anyone around them can demand. Knowledge of Your Opponents Great competitors understand that the challenge in competition is all about outplaying your opponents.

Competition 100

Competition Demand Research Sales 100

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

According to OpenX, the new product combines real-time-bidding (RTB) and ad network demand into a single auction system, which can help publishers maximize their advertising yield and increasing competition for their inventory. OpenX said that the product features technology which combines RTB and network demand; includes advanced ad quality and malware protection features; and also includes a number of reporting tools.

OpenX 139

OpenX Product Demand Competition 139

InfoChachkie

APRIL 13, 2015

In many cases, you can stand firm on price by demonstrating that your overall cost is lower than the competition. For instance, offer phone support to a demanding customer, rather than lower-touch and less-timely email or chat.

Pricing 249

Pricing Custom Customer Sales 249

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In the case of MakeSpace we had huge initial successes in New York City as Rahul led the scaling of our drivers, our trucks and our warehouses and we figured out the right price points to beat the local competition. and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs.

Class 352

Class Custom Customer Paramount 352

Jason Nazar

JULY 1, 2016

Add in public company demands, lawsuit targets, & millions of customers to continually satisfy, and you have to have great respect for those doing it well. Entrepreneurs blindly forge ahead, often not knowing enough about the competition.

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Companies Company Outsource 65