socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the user-generated content venture of Richard Rosenblatt, has new competition this afternoon, from Yahoo , after Yahoo announced it would acquire content publishing firm Associated Content. Reports from AdAge place the acquisition of Associated Content at over $100M.

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Yahoo Demand Content Media 150

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

There could be more demand for electric vehicles post COVID-19 crisis, believes Energica founder Livia Cevolini. One of those is greater demand for EVs after the pandemic. Before the health crisis shutdown most of Italy, Energica had already seen larger demand for its high-performance e-motos, with a price range of $17,000 to $23,000.

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Technical Review Competition Demand Sales 277

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.

Sites 140

Sites Report Santa Monica Demand 140

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2021

Digital advertising spend is projected to grow 25% this year to $191 billion, and Google (69%), Facebook (59%), Snapchat (116%) and Twitter (87%) all just reported rapid growth in their year over year advertising revenues. eCommerce for example grew 39% just last year - so there’s simply more demand. that’s where the customers are.

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Product Platform Advertising Acquisition 424

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 such customers as YP, TVGuide.com, and the New York Observer are already using the product.

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OpenX Product Advertising Demand 159

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Today they demand it or walk to competitors, who are not far away. Remove fear of failure, then demand and measure innovation as key to job performance. As the pace of change in the marketplace increases, innovation is required at a faster pace in every organization, old and new, to stay competitive.

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Metrics Startup Organization Demand 102

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2023

Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness. They know that former direct reports can become highly valuable members of their network, and new business partners as either rise to new major roles elsewhere. Great leaders provide opportunities and personal growth assignments that go far beyond conventional training programs.

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Oracle Organization Examples Coach 94

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

Startups are typically run by a couple of executives who are reluctant to disclose via the prospectus and SEC reports all the decision-making criteria, operational financial details, and compensation formulas. Public companies of any size must comply immediately with the full reporting requirements of the SEC.

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Startup Report IBM IBM 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2020

Today they demand it or walk to competitors, who are not far away. Remove fear of failure, then demand and measure innovation as key to job performance. As the pace of change in the marketplace increases, innovation is required at a faster pace in every organization, old and new, to stay competitive.

Startup 138

Startup Organization Demand Customer 138

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness. They know that former direct reports can become highly valuable members of their network, and new business partners as either rise to new major roles elsewhere. Great leaders provide opportunities and personal growth assignments that go far beyond conventional training programs.

Oracle 124

Oracle Organization Examples Coach 124

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , the first half 2019 global IPO activity slowdown continued, following an unusually quiet Q1 2019 as ongoing geopolitical tensions and trade issues dampened IPO sentiment. Public companies of any size must comply immediately with the full reporting requirements of the SEC.

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Startup Technical Review Report IBM 84

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The company has taken a methodical approach to opening its doors as a digital bank, in part because it wants to have the necessary support infrastructure in place to service the demand that Wilk expects to see for its service. And they’re facing global competition as well. N26, the European startup bank with a $3.6

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Company Companies Startup Tips 262

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , the first half of 2017 was the most active first half by global number of IPOs since 2007. Public companies of any size must comply immediately with the full reporting requirements of the SEC. With thousands of shareholders, dealing with critics is an onerous challenge.

Startup 87

Startup Technical Review Report Entrepreneur 87

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. pushing CEOs and business owners to innovate to outperform the competition. Venture capital for innovators. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). Technology.

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SoCalTech Advertising Rustic Canyon Glendale 127

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2016

In case you don’t understand the urgency, just be aware that according to a recent Forrester report , nearly 95 percent of your competitors are saying that providing a good customer experience is their top strategic priority. It must be written down, with measurable team objectives, validated by metrics and compared against competition.

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Customer Custom Startup Coach 55

Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

A recent Silicon Valley Bank report noted that large corporations have dramatically increased pre-clinical acquisitions in the last three years under the pressure of limited supply and competition from IPOs. Yet despite relative plenty in the bio-venture community, pharma suffers from a shortage of drug candidates.

Product 40

Product Journal Venture Capital Demand 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , 2014 was a strong year with IPOs actually outperforming other indices by 10 percent. Public companies of any size must comply immediately with the full reporting requirements of the SEC. With thousands of shareholders, dealing with critics is an onerous challenge.

Startup 98

Startup Technical Review Report Entrepreneur 98

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. www.pitchtheangels.com) Join Tech Coast Angels members and other start up investors at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition. Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

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Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

According to an Ernst & Young report , the number of startups that have gone public in the US over the past decade is down about 75% from the previous decade, to about 10% of startup exits. Public companies of any size must comply immediately with the full reporting requirements of the SEC.

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Startup Report Entrepreneur Statistics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2017

More than ever, businesses need to take full advantage of automation, data, and analytics to run their business more productively and competitively. Certainly it’s important to optimize current operations, but in this age of rapidly changing demands and competitors, it’s more important change quickly as the market changes.

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CTO Coach CIO Startup Competition 59

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

How could Bird really be worth the reported $2 billion valuation that I read about in this press? 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.

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Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Last week Wednesday Groupon world’s largest daily deal company launched its own payment system dubbed Groupon Payments , adding competition to the field Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and Square were already competing for market share. Groupon said it launched the system due to customer demands. “In Simplest and Lowest Cost Option.

Software Review 64

Software Review Email Competition Acquisition 64

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Structured data asset creation works in on demand in real-time across multiple data sets Including web, e-mail, internal databases, documents, and media. FTC is considering an investigation into Apple’s anti-competitive practices.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We''re able to track everything we''re doing, and report back on it. 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.

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Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

InfoChachkie

JULY 2, 2012

Temperamental Superstars – These individuals episodically perform at a high level, yet they constantly demand a high level of managerial attention to assuage and reassure their oversized egos. The best way to maximize the performance of a Temperamental Superstar is to make them a sole contributor, with no direct reports.

Startup 182

Startup Class RSS Statistics 182

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2016

Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness. They know that former direct reports can become highly valuable members of their network, and new business partners as either rises to major new roles elsewhere. Great leaders provide opportunities and personal growth assignments that go far beyond conventional training programs.

Oracle 53

Oracle Organization Entrepreneur Examples 53

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Companies like Cornea , Emergency Reporting , Zonehaven are trying to solve different facets of the fire problem; while flood prediction and weather monitoring startups are floating up their services too. As with most of Biden’s big infrastructure initiatives, there are startups tackling these issues.

Startup 229

Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2016

What’s more, strategic locations can benefit from varying global legislation: influencing competitor clauses, user privacy data collection, and tax laws amongst other factors that can give a company a powerful competitive edge. There are so many startups, and a great demand for talent as a result of this. We work with U.S.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Startup Incubator Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2016

Costs for advertising on Facebook are increasing, due to high demand, and their profits continue to soar. The way to get ahead of the competition is to look at what they’re doing right and do it better. How can your company best benefit from social networking ads in 2016? Top 3 Important Facebook Marketing Trends to Watch and Emulate.

Marketing 40

Marketing Social Media Social Network Technical Review 40

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The software helps them manage all of that, so that they can target campaigns, optimize ads, and report out in different ways. We manage that competition through an aucton process. How is the competitive landscape is nowadays? They can sell those ads on a CPM, CPC, or CPA basis.

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OpenX Advertising Yahoo Pasadena 242

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

A recurring entrepreneurial challenge is to determine the optimal price of a new product, especially absent a directly competitive alternative. Despite a tremendous price increase, overall demand jumped substantially while churn dropped dramatically. How Much For A Rib?

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Pricing Product Startup Customer 100

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 22, 2008

Across the globe, politicians are concerned about high security, accuracy and privacy demands. The AeA just released its third Competitiveness Series report endorsing eHealth, arguing that it will lower costs and enhance the safety, reliability, convenience, and delivery of healthcare. We’ve already seen how Web 2.0

Web 2.0 40

Web 2.0 Web AeA Journal 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

I think that's too bad, actually, because what search does is capture demand very specifically for your product--but broadcast will generate demand for advertisers. Speaking of the radio market, there's been some reports of declining listeners and the future of radio, what's your opinion on where that is going?

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Google Advertising Media Startup 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Exercise TV is the largest, on-demand, fitness TV network, and is in nearly 40 million homes now, providing on-demand, fitness content from expert trainers. If you're at the point that you are tracking your fitness and calories, self reporting and self tracking that every day, that's fantastic.

Media 168

Media Pricing Sites Training 168

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I was talking with a very senior person reporting into the White House and told him, it's like looking for a needle in a needle stack. As the effective nature of our output become more widely known, the demand grows, and there are now customers across Europe and new agencies in the U.S. who have recognized this.

Software Review 145

Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Because its just not that hyper-competitive, Im-hiring-all-your-staff, because-Im-Google environment. Report Content February 27, 2010 at 11:05am by Antone Johnson Great interview. You dont have the same levels of fast turnover as a starting point, right? because of the smog and traffic is often under rated for quality of life.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. The world’s most demanding enterprises, such as Ticketmaster, Fox Sports/MSN, Intuit and Williams-Sonoma turn to StrongMail for their critical customer communications. because they are so focused on being better than their competition.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40