socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

According to Metacloud, its new Metacloud Hosted Private Cloud service will provide private cloud services to companies, giving them access to an OpenStack-based cloud platform and expert support. Pricing on the new Private Cloud offering from Metacloud was not announced.

Services 164

Services Ticketmaster Yahoo Pasadena 164

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

As a startup advisor, I see too many entrepreneurs get distracted by technology or their favorite cause, and then wonder why they can’t find an investor, attract customers, or build a long-term business. These principles include the following: Free and ultra-low cost may no longer be competitive.

Marketing 124

Marketing Customer Custom Competition 124

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

The Vice President of Business Development reports to the CEO and is responsible for the direction and management of all worldwide sales operations direct and indirect, including market competitiveness, pricing, compensation, and distribution. Business Development Director, Colony Logic - Los Angeles.

SoCalTech 124

SoCalTech SaaS Los Angeles Platform 124

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

Overall, Klarna is live in 20 markets, has more than 90 million global active users and more than 2 million transactions a day conducted on its platform. billion of purchases made through the Klarna platform. They can also do things like initiate refunds, track deliveries and get price-drop notifications. billion valuation.

Los Angeles 266

Los Angeles Funding CIO Marketing 266

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

Technologists building cool new platforms, just because they can, won’t find investor interest. Products and services for a business need to be attuned to customer requirements, cost and quality tradeoffs, with milestones for pricing and completion. Formalize the use of tools and information technology.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Startup Competition 131

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2011

We are an offer-based platform that allows users to negotiate the price they buy and sell tickets for, on the secondary market. Wes Brodsky: The ticketing industry, since its inception, has been on a fixed price model. That's a completely inefficient way to price tickets. Describe SaveFans and what it does?

Ticketmaster 253

Ticketmaster Pricing Sales Activity 253

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

Sponsor some friendly competitive events with prizes. This could be fighting some government bureaucracy with your technology, or “supporting” unhappy customer efforts against an unpopular competitor. Think of these as the future version of the old “computer clubs,” or today’s multi-player game platforms.

Marketing 170

Marketing Startup Examples Customer 170

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

What we are pursuing actively, is creating a curated, merchandising and transaction platform, which takes inventory from dealers so that consumers see a wide swath of inventory, all prioritized around value. We're really focused on the consumer getting the right car at the right price. There's real competition in this area.

Startup 124

Startup Pricing Platform Study 124

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

As a startup advisor, I see too many entrepreneurs get distracted by technology or their favorite cause, and then wonder why they can’t find an investor, attract customers, or build a long-term business. These principles include the following: Free and ultra-low cost may no longer be competitive.

Customer 101

Customer Custom Competition Netflix 101

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Platform pivot. This refers to a change from an application to a platform, or vice versa. Many founders envision their solution as a platform for future products, but don’t have a single killer application just yet. Most customers buy solutions, not platforms. Technology pivot. Business architecture pivot.

Course 109

Course Startup Platform Entrepreneur 109

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

You fill out the short questionnaire, lawyers submit their price quotes, and they get hired. You put your project up, and shortly thereafter, you get price quotes from lawyers. That''s how we ended up developing this technology, to take that initial step out of the process. Lawyers on the platform love the experience.

Help 240

Help Startup CTO Hire Pricing 240

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

What we specialize in, is the way we deliver this content in a seamless way, in high quality, with the latest technology available. We are unique in being an open platform, that allows for all of these variations to happen. The second thing, is instead of being just a platform, we also have content partners pre-integrated.

Content 113

Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Not to mention that almost every business in our modern, digital age is using this technology. That is, businesses are using APIs like crazy to stay competitive and communicate with both partners and customers more effectively. In that regard, Citrusbyte recently announced the launch of their newest product, Mission Control.

Software 77

Software Netflix Competition Design 77

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

This week in Startup Spotlight, we found an affordable cyber security service for small businesses, biometric startup with facial recognition tech for businesses, car care for smart cities, a platform that will reduce the grunt work at marketing agencies, and more. Cybriant (Alpharetta, GA). Any business, small or large is vulnerable today.

Artificial Inteligence 92

Artificial Inteligence Startup Platform Training 92

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In this age of constant market evolution and new technology, there is no such thing as a static business that is self-sustaining. Competitors tend to focus on price and other variations to existing offerings. Introduce disruptive technologies to this domain. Too many businesses only think of new products when in crisis mode.

Examples 99

Examples IP Acquisition Social Media 99

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Platform pivot. This refers to a change from an application to a platform, or vice versa. Many founders envision their solution as a platform for future products, but don’t have a single killer application just yet. Most customers buy solutions, not platforms. Technology pivot. Business architecture pivot.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Startup Platform Customer 102

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The alternatives range from giving the product away for free (revenue from ads), to pricing based on costs, to charging what the market will bear (premium pricing). Price based on product costs plus margin. Use it when your new technology gives you a tremendous cost improvement. Price based on average value to customer.

Pricing 66

Pricing Customer Custom Advertising 66

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 18, 2011

Former Vice President of Technology at eHarmony and Vice President of Engineering at the Rubicon Project. Value Prop Twitter Style : SteelHouse’s Behavioral Commerce platform increases online conversions via targeted incentives based on shopper personality and behavior. You can watch the video below or on YouTube here: [link].

eHarmony 204

eHarmony Media Oracle Commerce 204

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

USC’s Marshall School of Business and School of Cinematic Arts present Silicon Beach @USC : an event highlighting innovation, new ventures, partnerships and investment at the intersection of technology and digital content. WHEN : Silicon Beach Awards – Venture Competition: Sept 12 (by invitation). Come join us for Silicon Beach @ USC!

USC 81

USC Southern California Conference Entertainment 81

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2016

Change competitive positioning and pricing to improve traction. Many high-margin, low-volume startups are forced to consider the price-volume tradeoff. Of course, a move on price also puts them in the realm of new competitors, including e-commerce vendors and big-box stores.

Entrepreneur 57

Entrepreneur Pricing Course Competition 57

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked, Cloud-based enterprise platform for deal management and investor reporting, Wednesday announced a new suite of enterprise features in a move to take transactions mobile. But a lack of competition has also lead to a lack of innovation, resulting in low customer satisfaction and frequent complaints of difficult-to-use products.

Mobile 91

Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2015

Technologists building cool new platforms, just because they can, won’t find investor interest. Products and services for a business need to be attuned to customer requirements, cost and quality tradeoffs, with milestones for pricing and completion. Formalize the use of tools and information technology.

Outsource Development 99

Outsource Development Startup Competition Ideas 99

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

This statement leaves no confusion in the minds of investors, or customers, of what the company does and how it is different (and better) than the competition. Ideally the solution embodies intellectual property that you own, giving you a sustainable competitive advantage. A new easier to use social network may not get anyone excited.

.Net 73

.Net Examples Customer Custom 73

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. This should not deter you. You got it.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

And even better still, it offers a great deal for the publications who participate in the program, offering a competitive 8% conversion rate and an impressive 10% commission on each sale (more than double Amazon’s 4.5% They’re a huge commerce platform, too, working with 60,000 publishers around the globe. commission).

Technical Review 129

Technical Review Buzzfeed News Networking 129

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

Cloud-based business transactions platform, CapLinked ,today announced additional investors and the final results of its Series A financing round totaling to $2.1 Jackson said, “We’re using the proceeds from our financing round to invest in our technology, build new features, and increase sales and support.”.

Draper 68

Draper Google Software Engineering Invest 68

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Terms like “every customer needs this” and “next generation platform” are far too soft, and should be avoided. Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Competition and sustainable advantage. Marketing, sales, and partners.

Competition 113

Competition Metrics Startup Invest 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

You could get the price, learn more about that furniture, and figure out the retail outlets and stores that carry that chair. Hamilton Chan: We provide a platform where brands can go and create a QR code. We help them generate, and have also launched a platform which allows people to pick modules using a drag-and-drop interface.

Startup 233

Startup Tips Web Platform 233

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

DreamHost has a successful track record of incubating technologies in-house and then releasing them to the broader market. True to form, Industry Analysts fueled the technology hype. The evolution of software from proprietary to open is an established technology pattern.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Prorata rights are one of the most important rights of a private market technology investors and yet are seldom fully understood. New investors sometimes want early investors to put in money to “prove” they have confidence in the new price. So the answer is: sometimes they take it, sometimes they don’t.

Guide 336

Guide Venture Capital Startup Writing 336

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2016

Technologists building cool new platforms, just because they can, won’t find investor interest. Products and services for a business need to be attuned to customer requirements, cost and quality tradeoffs, with milestones for pricing and completion. Formalize the use of tools and information technology.

Ideas 62

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Competition 62

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2015

Our CTO was the Senior Web Engineer at Yahoo Music, and helped launch many of its international platforms, and helped rebuild the original Yahoo Music and Messenger radio players. Our VP of Technology was at Boom Music, which Launch.com acquired and later became part of Yahoo. We have vast experience in the social fields as well.

Yahoo 100

Yahoo Social Media Content Media 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 8, 2014

A generation of content creators raised on YouTube is transitioning to the more social live video experience, exponentially growing the entire streaming industry and building billion dollar streaming platforms. HDMI cables, tested and guaranteed to send a 100′ signal. Broadcaster Will Feel Right At Home.

Screening 103

Screening Entertainment Content Platform 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Terms like “every customer needs this” and “next generation platform” are far too soft, and should be avoided. Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Competition and sustainable advantage. Marketing, sales, and partners.

Competition 116

Competition Metrics Startup Sales 116

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2012

The pivot has to leverage previous learning about customers, technology, and the environment. Technology pivot. So the most obvious pivot for them is to repurpose the technology platform, to make it solve a more pressing, more marketable, or just a more solvable problem as you learn from customers. Revenue model pivot.

Customer 94

Customer Custom Sales Product 94

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

From the phone in your pocket to the television hanging on your wall, apps have penetrated technology and they aren’t going anywhere. Smart technology doesn’t work without clever software to make it useful. Niche apps can usually demand a higher price point because there isn’t much competition out there.

Marketing 97

Marketing Startup Software Review Competition 97

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

If a consumer will pay a fixed price for a product or service then the battle over who gets the margin in any sale is between the person who merchandises a product and the person who manufactures it. This has obviously occurred in battles with tech platforms like Yelp vs. Google or Zynga vs. Facebook). from Charter’s subscribers.

Product 296

Product Course Customer Custom 296