socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

In fact, just yesterday, Twitter rolled out a new design which embeds images and video directly into streams, a serious threat to third party providers like TwitPic, YFrog, and others. Twitter has rolled out its own mobile applications in competition with third party Twitter clients; its own link shortener; and its own advertising service.

GRP Partners 191

GRP Partners Advertising Idealab Social Network 191

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

There are dozens of sources to help you construct your business model, and a good example is a classic book by venture capital investor Elizabeth Edwards, simply named “ Startup ,” which is really designed as a handbook for launching a company for less. Competition. Investors look for a sustainable competitive advantage, like a patent.

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Sales Customer Custom Outsource 102

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Just about every Startup at some point and especially if you do not have a designer, is going to need icons to help spruce up those websites. Before Iconfinder I was working as a web designer and front-end developer, next to studying computer science and business administration. It’s basically Google for icons.

Design 65

Design Web Design Google Develop 65

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Shawn Peterson: I am a residential designer, and so I have been designing houses in the hills of West LA for about 10 years now. It''s very inconvenient for a designer to go to a house and try to answer all of a client''s questions. What we''re worried about is competition popping up.We How did you get into this?

West Los Angeles 228

West Los Angeles Startup Report Design 228

InfoChachkie

MARCH 21, 2019

Rather than selling dresses for $25, Ida’s designs were now selling for over $300. If Ida had been a prima donna designer, she might have rejected this request out of hand. Products such as the Symington Side Lacer were designed to flattened women’s breasts. In contrast, Ida’s designs accentuated women’s feminity.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Design Customer Custom 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Founded in January 2010 by Stephen Hood (ex-Delicious head of product), Dave Baggeroer (Stanford’s Institute of Design), and Josh Whiting (ex-senior engineer at Delicious and Craigslist). Premium invitation cards and event stationary that is designed online for online distribution or paper print. Founded by Shawn Gold (ex-MySpace CMO).

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

But while competition remains fierce, the advancement and accessibility of smart solutions are making it easy than ever for startups to find their feet. Not only does it boast a sleek ergonomic design, but it also X every single feature you'd expect from a top-tier internet phone system. While Hide.me From its 4.3-inch From its 4.3-inch

Tool 128

Tool Startup Software Review Technical Review 128

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

By contrast, Edison persevered and designed a working light bulb after thousands of failures. The business world today is very competitive, and customers are more and more demanding. He went on to start many successful companies, including General Electric. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/10/2022.

Startup 122

Startup Satisfaction Summary Coach 122

Berkonomics

APRIL 25, 2019

It is the one skill, process or advantage you have over your competition. Consider your core. Then think of all the things you do to surround that core with people and assets that complete your company and allow you to release your product or perform your service. Which of your IP assets is your core?

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

Not only has Boulevard designed an elegant and visionary platform that fills a pressing need in a fast-growing industry, but they’ve also built a thoughtful, customer-centric culture validated through world-class retention.

Help 195

Help Startup UCLA Tool 195

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Design a product or service that you can sell. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits. That means it solves a real problem for real customers who are ready and able to spend real money.

Platform 118

Platform Snapchat Startup Course 118

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Fast early growth in a market is often eroded when competition gets fierce and prices are forced down due to competition. Income statements are designed according to accounting standards that are designed to “match revenues & costs in the period for which they should be attributed.” I might have sold a $1.2

Startup 418

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Use both competition and camaraderie. There is nothing like a friendly contest to whet your competitive spirit and immerse yourself in a new habit with a bang. It’s easy in a new business to inject a fun rivalry and a competitive spirit into improving your marketing programs, or improving production cycles.

Competition 101

Competition Entrepreneur Examples Study 101

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

At the tender age of 15, Tanz teamed up with his friend Michael Schneider (the CEO of MobileRoadie ), to create the design firm Fluid Design. Though competitors have sprung up, Tanz welcomes the competition to help define the market. GumGum is led by founder and Los Angeles native wunderkind, Ophir Tanz. Much bigger.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Speed up both the new design and the supply chain. Most companies take too long designing new products and services. They keep their manufacturing facilities close to the market instead of locating them in distant Asian countries, so new designs reach stores within a week. Customers don’t wait today.

Customer 54

Customer Custom Technical Review Design 54

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

Quora is one of the better designed new products of the past few years in my opinion. I had my sales teams telling me we needed certain features to be competitive. I added a dev team in India to spearhead new initiatives and design our future UI. I certainly did in my first company. Our lead architect argued against it.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2012

Here your objective is to make money with the portfolio, some with high markups and some with low, depending on competition, lock-in, value delivered, and loyal customers. Competitive positioning. In heavily competitive environments, the price has to be competitive, no matter what the cost or volume. Feature pricing.

Pricing 112

Pricing Competition Customer Custom 112

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry. Typically this means occupying a seat on the board, using recruiters to retain senior management or hiring sharp legal counsel to structure complicated deals.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2014

Use both competition and camaraderie. There is nothing like a friendly contest to whet your competitive spirit and immerse yourself in a new habit with a bang. It’s easy in a new business to inject a fun rivalry and a competitive spirit into improving your marketing programs, or improving production cycles.

Competition 98

Competition Entrepreneur Examples Product 98

Frank Addante

AUGUST 22, 2013

To support our real-time cloud, we’re custom engineering hardware, specifically thinking about hardware that’s designed and architected for real-time decisioning in milliseconds today, and microseconds in the future. Years ago, we could process ad transactions in 1-2 seconds. Last year, it was 300 milliseconds.

Advertising 79

Advertising Cloud Computing Web Technical Review 79

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

3. We then addressed competition in the context of SiteAdvisor and how it is important for journalists, customers, and the companies themselves. He added that current Internet trends favor NYC, given the reliance on creativity, design, and the importance of consumers – all areas in which NYC excels. West Coast”).

Technical Review 281

Technical Review Venture Capital Startup Artificial Inteligence 281

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Music Prodigy in June was the only finalist from Los Angeles in a competition that featured over 30 finalists from around the world and was named the Judge’s Winner and Audience Winner at the Silicon Valley hosted competition organized by business accelerator Plug and Play Technology Center. Practice, Right Skills & Experience.

Education 106

Education Startup Technology Patents 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

InfoChachkie

MARCH 9, 2019

As a Professor at UC Santa Barbara , I constantly battle Hollywood’s stereotype of the rapacious, maniacal businessperson, by teaching my students that Honesty is a competitive advantage. They tested each design iteration by having dozens of teenagers walk through the motions of rapid food preparation.

Startup 100

Startup Netflix Entrepreneur Metrics 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2012

Use both competition and camaraderie. There is nothing like a friendly contest to whet your competitive spirit and immerse yourself in a new habit with a bang. It’s easy in a new business to inject a fun rivalry and a competitive spirit into improving your marketing programs, or improving production cycles.

Competition 100

Competition Entrepreneur Examples Study 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Software Agility – Clouds are designed for frequent moves, adds and changes that can be implemented by a large number of users - requirements that only software-based solutions are agile enough to accommodate. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles!

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Use both competition and camaraderie. There is nothing like a friendly contest to whet your competitive spirit and immerse yourself in a new habit with a bang. It’s easy in a new business to inject a fun rivalry and a competitive spirit into improving your marketing programs, or improving production cycles.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Competition Examples Study 105

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2014

Here your objective is to make money with the portfolio, with high markup and low markup items, depending on competition, lock-in, value delivered, and loyal customers. It can be a very competitive approach, but the product must be designed and built to provide good utility at many levels. Tiered or volume pricing.

Startup 114

Startup Pricing Customer Custom 114

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2017

With every business being global in scope and always-on, a phone-in service available in a local time zone during work hours only, is not competitive. Products must be designed for easy support. Designing for support is now as important as designing for low cost, ease of use, and quality.

Customer 57

Customer Custom Services Social Media 57

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2010

Here your objective is to make money with the portfolio, some with high markups and some with low, depending on competition, lock-in, value delivered, and loyal customers. Competitive positioning. In heavily competitive environments, the price has to be competitive, no matter what the cost or volume. Feature pricing.

Pricing 98

Pricing Product Startup Competition 98

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Storage is what’s known as “highly fragmented,” meaning easier for a new entrant to get traction if it could design a better product / service / experience. Competition. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make? And how much do others providers make? The top 5 players combined control less than 25% of the market.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Mithril is struggling to compete against ferocious competition in the growth-stage equity market. If there was a process or bidding war or something resembling a competition, he would just walk,” the employee said.

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2013

The way we go about that is different than the competition. We also hae a designer in Chicago. It''s for beta testing of apps. SkyRocket is for monetization and increasing engagement in apps. It also includes things like rewards and currency in games. Our latest product is FlightPath, which is a mobile analytics solution.

Startup 262

Startup Mobile Outsource Development Tool 262

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2013

Here your objective is to make money with the portfolio, with high markup and low markup items, depending on competition, lock-in, value delivered, and loyal customers. It can be a very competitive approach, but the product must be designed and built to provide good utility at many levels. Tiered or volume pricing.

Pricing 116

Pricing Product Customer Custom 116

Inverted Software

JANUARY 2, 2019

GPUs are designed for graphics and image processing and are extremely good at math calculations, in fact, their highly parallel structure makes them more efficient than general-purpose CPUs for algorithms that process large blocks of data in parallel. Nvidia, if you didn’t know is the largest maker of GPUs (Graphics Processing Unit).

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