socalTECH

JULY 8, 2010

Here are three, Southern California startup firms--and their competitors--who are engaged in head to head battles to dominate their industry. Whoever wins, these are some of the local firms in interesting markets--and their tough, well-backed head-to-head competition--worth watching. Let us know in comments or email!).

Southern California 124

Southern California Rustic Canyon SoCal Startup 124

SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

Death By Competitive Analysis - Steve Blank , March 1, 2010 Trading emails with a startup CEO building an iPhone app, I asked him why potential customers would buy his product. In response he sent me a competitive analysis. It looked like every competitive analysis I had done for 20 years, (ok maybe better.)

Startup 150

Startup Software Review Competition SoCal 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

” Sean is somebody widely respected in Silicon Valley (although he now lives in SoCal) for having helped many early-stage companies go through major growth periods by quantitatively testing features with audiences to help diagnose what led to growth. But I still believe Sean Ellis was right.

Technical Review 384

Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Like anything in life, if you want a fair deal on the deferred fee and warrant percentage you need to talk to a few lawyers to make it competitive. You have this perception that they’re billing you for the lunch meeting they invited you to and the friendly banter emails flying back and forth. But make it competitive.

Startup 318

Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

How much competition is there in this space with people like Oracle, SAP, etc? So, we've build a task manager module which tracks thigns that need to be done, to make sure multiple people sign off on documents, validate when they're done, send an email alert, etc.--all Therese Tucker: Here's the difference.

Startup 124

Startup Software Review CTO Hire Oracle 124

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The best proof of a soft circle is whether an angel will email someone else (refer another investor) and start off that email with “I’m investing in…”. You can write an angry email to get your emotions out but you shouldn’t necessarily send it (or wait 1 hour and then make a decision). How investors’ risk differ (0:22:45).

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302