Southern California Edison Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Dark fiber allows large enterprises, educational institutions, media companies, and government agencies to leverage the high bandwidth capabilities. These tailored services allow a variety of industries to exceed business requirements and goals as well as stay competitive in their respective spaces. So what is dark fiber? Government.

Networking 49

Networking Education Technical Review Organization 49

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2019

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. That means educating targeted supporters is key, even before you start to sell. A startup needs to find a voice relevant to its ecosystem.

Startup 97

Startup Education Custom Customer 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Do you believe that you have an idea for a company that you can implement better than anyone, and maintain a competitive advantage? Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. Money should not be the big driver here. Right idea at the right time. Take inventory of what you have.

Startup 94

Startup Resource Training Ideas 94

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? Here one can list pervasive search engines, access to extensive information repositories, consumer aids, entertainment, education, connectivity among humans, etc.

UCLA 253

UCLA Social Media Social Network Santa Barbara 253

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Most young people who are completing their educational degree today think they will have learned all they need for their career ahead. The question is how we develop our future role and potential, while satisfying all the business and personal demands on our time today. Define personalized learning goals with a timetable.

Examples 85

Examples Social Media Competition Guide 85

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2017

Eugene Cho: We had a seed round for less than $3M, and we did a note round with the Tech Coast Angels for $2M after we won their Quick Pitch competition, over about 150 other companies. We got first place in that competition, and they followed up with a $2M investment in the form of a convertible note. but internationally.

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Tech Coast Angels Startup Sales Slides 124

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Despite that apparent hunger, two scooter operators – Lyft and Spin – recently exited the Los Angeles area, blaming a lack of favorable regulations and too much competition, which apparently made it difficult to turn a profit. “This had led to an imbalance of vehicle supply to rider demand as operators over-saturate the market.”

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Los Angeles San Pedro Santa Monica Study 257

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2015

Do you believe that you have an idea for a company that you can implement better than anyone, and maintain a competitive advantage? Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. Money should not be the big driver here. Right idea at the right time. Take inventory of what you have.

Startup 109

Startup Resource Ideas Training 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2013

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. That means educating targeted supporters is key, even before you start to sell. A startup needs to find a voice relevant to its ecosystem.

Startup 117

Startup Education Custom Customer 117

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2017

Eugene Cho: We had a seed round for less than $3M, and we did a note round with the Tech Coast Angels for $2M after we won their Quick Pitch competition, over about 150 other companies. We got first place in that competition, and they followed up with a $2M investment in the form of a convertible note. but internationally.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Startup Sales Slides 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2012

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of your management team, or your sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. That means educating targeted supporters is key, even before you start to sell. A startup needs to find a voice relevant to its ecosystem.

Startup 99

Startup Education Customer Sales 99

InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Fallacy: Startup ventures tend to evolve, especially after you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Thus, you have negotiating leverage as long as a legitimate, competitive threat exists. Perform China Syndrome Market Analysis.

Entrepreneur 272

Entrepreneur Outsource Ideas Technical Review 272

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. America’s C- grade infrastructure has problems extending across the length and breadth of the country.

Startup 229

Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. We re-launched it a month ago, with new categories and subcategories, and it became the number one educational title for some time.

Mobile 216

Mobile Software Review Startup Platform 216

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. That means educating targeted supporters is key, even before you start to sell. A startup needs to find a voice relevant to its ecosystem.

Capital 58

Capital Startup Education Customer 58

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Do you believe that you have an idea for a company that you can implement better than anyone, and maintain a competitive advantage? Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. Money should not be the big driver here. Right idea at the right time. Take inventory of what you have.

Startup 57

Startup Resource Training Ideas 57

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2011

Educate us, and explain what's different about how you are handling ticket sales and how that's different from the many others out there? There is no real room for negotiation, or to let demand drive the pricing on the buyer side. The easiest way to think about it is that we're like the Priceline for the secondary ticket market.

Ticketmaster 253

Ticketmaster Pricing Sales Startup 253

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2014

There are several new things happening, including the maker movement, crowdfunding, and the democratization of innovation, which will mean more startups and more demand for manufacturing. It''s not going to look like manufacturing as we knew it. That makes local manufacturing relevant, particularly for smaller production runs.

Los Angeles 216

Los Angeles Startup USC Angel 216

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Do you believe that you have an idea for a company that you can implement better than anyone, and maintain a competitive advantage? Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. Money should not be the big driver here. Right idea at the right time. Take inventory of what you have.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Startup Resource Training 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Do you believe that you have an idea for a company that you can implement better than anyone, and maintain a competitive advantage? Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. Money should not be the big driver here. Right idea at the right time. Take inventory of what you have.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Startup Resource Ideas 106

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Learning experience includes: on-demand online video tutorial courses, live video-conference workshops, as well as individual online consultations, live workshops, and group programs. Creators can take any course of interest on-demand by purchasing it through our website. Any competition in LA? How does it work?

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Too many entrepreneurs develop a new product without regard to market demand, then build an entire strategy based on creating a need, rather than acting on an existing market need. Analyze how competition will react. Investors characterize this approach as a “solution looking for a problem.” These don’t get funded.

Technology 91

Technology Funding Competition Entrepreneur 91

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We have a checklist of about forty things we go through, to make sure the market is big enough, and figure out how much demand consumers have for a product, and how much organic and paid traffic we can actually drive to a website to acquire a consumer. That''s when we started looking at credit repair, online education, and others.

Startup 239

Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

Niche apps can usually demand a higher price point because there isn’t much competition out there. Having competition isn’t a bad thing. As any investor will tell you, competition in a space means that there is a need for a solution. If it’s in a niche market, that’s even better. Deciding on a Direction.

Marketing 97

Marketing Startup Software Review Competition 97

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

" When asked about the competition he feared most, Bill Gates is alleged to have said, "the two guys inventing away in a garage somewhere." The typical startup cannot afford a massive ad campaign to educate users as to its value proposition. " Even if this quote is apocryphal, it remains instructive.

Startup 268

Startup Tips CTO Coach Technical Review 268

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Many questioned whether it could survive under the fail whale, inevitable competition from Facebook, founder fighting, fights with 3rd-party developers let alone become a revolutionary business that could make money. Online education. Far from it. Lots of it. Almost nobody believed and now look at it.

Funding 362

Funding Technical Review Ideas Startup 362

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Overall, in today’s economy, businesses demand marketers think beyond the everyday ad and try to think outside the box for ad campaigns. Consumers and businesses, in an ever-competitive marketplace that has been energized by the internet, no longer wants ads that just tell them something. One example of this could be education.

Advertising 69

Advertising Training Custom Customer 69

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. Others include the marketing awareness and education stage, online and in-store shopping stage, setup stage, support, and upgrade considerations. People love Apple’s whole customer experience, and willingly pay a premium for the product.

Design 61

Design Product Custom Customer 61

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Too many entrepreneurs develop a new product without regard to market demand, then build an entire strategy based on creating a need, rather than acting on an existing market need. Analyze how competition will react. Investors characterize this approach as a “solution looking for a problem.” These don’t get funded.

Funding 88

Funding Entrepreneur Competition Satisfaction 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2011

Do you believe that you have an idea for a company that you can implement better than anyone, and maintain a competitive advantage? Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. Money should not be the big driver here. Right idea at the right time. Take inventory of what you have.

Startup 94

Startup Resource Training Ideas 94

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Fallacy: AdVentures tend to evolve once you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Even benevolent BDCs lose interest in your solution once this competitive risk is eliminated. 3) Attempt To License An Idea. 8 ) Grant Exclusivity.

Startup 242

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Writing 242

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

How should networks be configured and equipped to support the services businesses and consumers are demanding? Below are three signs your wireless infrastructure provider can’t deliver the products and services you need to meet current demands or expand your capacity. Where will capacity be needed? They Can’t Provide 5G Densification.

Networking 50

Networking Demand Services Examples 50

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The education around new products and bringing them to the market is the same in both markets. It's business as usual in such a competitive market here, and thankfully we have an amazing team managing our infrastructure and security, so we've been able to fly through the due diligence on the product in that area. READ MORE>>.

Help 100

Help Southern California Startup Technical Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Bill had previously created a packaged software company called Knowledge Adventure the produced children’s educational software. They would launch quickly and test whether or not there is any demand. In 1995 Netscape IPO’d and browsers started to become more prevalent. We had a nice discussion on this topic.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product Ideas 350

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2010

Do you believe that you have an idea for a company that you can implement better than anyone, and maintain a competitive advantage? Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. Money should not be the big driver here. Right idea at the right time. Take inventory of what you have.

Startup 53

Startup Resource Training Ideas 53

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. Who do you view as your biggest competition? Performance marketing also demands accountability. You’re right.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Linktree leads the space, securing a recent $45 million Series B raise to build out e-commerce features, but Beacons boasts competitive creator monetization tools with just a $6 million seed round in May. Now, Snipfeed enters the ring with its own $5.5 ’ ” Image Credits: Snipfeed. With its $5.5

Platform 286

Platform Commerce Tool Startup 286