TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

This week, we saw the interconnectedness of major institutions as crypto lending protocol Celsius stuttered and brought down Ethereum prices with it as investors feared a price collapse brought on by reportedly over-leveraged players like 3 Arrows Capital. As Celsius accelerates the crypto sell-off, who pays the price?

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Xconomy

MAY 24, 2018

In the heart of California’s wine country, it is our most exclusive, intimate, and unique conference. We have special prices for those at startups and non-profit or government organizations—so ask us about those as. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Unfortunately, I see too many new entrepreneurs who let their passion for a new idea or invention blind them to the stark realities of customer need, opportunity size, or pricing and cost implications. At the very least, these board members extend your bandwidth to provide a presence at more industry events and networking conferences.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2022

Today, customer loyalty is based on the “ total customer experience ,” as opposed to price or service alone. Ability to organize and motivate individuals into teams. Their experience is their end-to-end journey with you, starting with how their friends see you, shopping fun, through service and delivery. Pay attention to all.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

Women in sales or real estate, were more savvy with negotiation than those who weren’t and often asked for, and received, the better price as a result. It’s been a fascinating sociology study starting with the first panel of all female executives I heard during a conference on the Santa Monica Pier all the way up until now.

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

TED…a conference where people tell interesting short stories of their experiences in life. TEDActive is where TEDWannabees like me pay 2/3 the price of the actual TED Conference in Long Beach and hang out with 399 others and watch the event on TV, live. This is the actual conference in Long Beach and is invitation only.

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

TED…a conference where people tell interesting short stories of their experiences in life. TEDActive is where TEDWannabees like me pay 2/3 the price of the actual TED Conference in Long Beach and hang out with 399 others and watch the event on TV, live. This is the actual conference in Long Beach and is invitation only.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 3, 2018

Intrigued, I conferred with Brett after the meeting and identified a number of advantages (some obvious, some less so) that a tech company can derive from a non-traditional fiscal year, especially one which does NOT end on the last month of a calendar quarter (i.e., However, it remains fairly rare within the tech world.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The firm will now focus on its miniLab, which CEO Elizabeth Holmes touted as a follow-on version of its Edison test system at a scientific conference in August. PRICE FIGHTS. With some caveats, ICER recommended lower prices. She refused to discuss Edison at the time. for their work on molecular machines.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

I had a chance to discuss AngelList Syndicates with Naval at Michael Kim’s Cendana LP/VC conference on a panel with Naval, Roger Ehrenberg (IA Ventures) and Mike Brown, Jr. That means if we collaborated on a project we can do an A-Round after a brief conference call.” They will have to negotiate price and terms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

After a year in which Biogen’s share price has fallen by more than a third and one of its top drug prospects failed, Scangos, who has led the company since 2010, has announced plans to step down. Biogen is holding a conference call this morning to discuss its quarterly earnings. [ Updated, 9:20 a.m. Reprints | Share:

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

But I would posit that in order to sustainably build great products in an intensely competitive industry with skills shortages – people management is one of the most critical soft skills organizations need. That worked for two years but then the tensions began. We sat down the three of us.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Actually, there is tons of wealth in San Diego but it isn’t organized well to support them. LA has the annual Monty Conference. And of course Foundry Group is the original masters of this with perfectly organized ambassador trips to Boulder. I’ve seen it work in Boulder with DeFrag and Gluecon.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. So naturally we’re pushing for him to drop critical information when their paths cross organically. Already covered. Assign away.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

Hard to imagine that Dick joined “organically” or that his becoming CEO also was organic. The best VCs I know take 11pm conference calls. So I prefer to watch what works first and pay a higher price to get in when it’s proven.” My guess is both had heavy VC involvement. Not in my experience, Andy.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 24, 2012

Participants spend their time soaking in hot springs, eating delicious and healthy organic Ayurvedic inspired meals, stretching out each morning with two hours of yoga, staying grounded through guided meditations, exploring new ideas in workshops, writing, drawing, sharing in group discussions and being present. You have many prices?

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

It designs its own glasses, and sells directly to customers, cutting out the middleman and keeping prices low. A flat organization is one where there is no (or very few) levels of management in between staff and executives. Warby Parker has been making and selling prescription glasses online since 2010. SquareSpace.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

It designs its own glasses, and sells directly to customers, cutting out the middleman and keeping prices low. A flat organization is one where there is no (or very few) levels of management in between staff and executives. Warby Parker has been making and selling prescription glasses online since 2010. SquareSpace.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 6, 2011

Pricing should be positioned as a show special and you should give your prospect an easy out if your solution does not satisfy their needs. Booth Mates And Conference Rooms. You can also economically establish a presence at a show by booking a conference room or suite in a nearby hotel. Tradeshows Are Not Vacations.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Introducing Bitcoinference | A Decentralized Conference , hosted by illustrious startup accelerator, 500 Startups. Overall, he remains optimistic towards Bitcoin prices and cues the Dogecoin community’s phrase “to the moon! Connie Gallippi – Of Bitgive, a Bitcoin charitable giving organization.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Valu e and Exp erience versus Price and Product. It was at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in the media room when I overheard the founders being interviewed.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The staff also crowed over Clinton’s tweet—a reaction last summer to the first revelations about Martin Shkreli’s price gouging —that sent biopharma stocks downhill. The hikes were first reported earlier this month by Adam Feuerstein of The Street. . Jenkins was one of many FDA staffers who stood against the approval.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Most of them are completely mundane such as choosing which: bank, office space, 1-year lease vs. 2-year lease, logo, URL, pricing structure or which VC. So I was surprised at the sheer volumes of decisions that had to be made when I became a startup CEO. The technology team disagrees on direction and wants resolutions.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 6, 2011

Pricing should be positioned as a show special and you should give your prospect an easy out if your solution does not satisfy their needs. Booth Mates And Conference Rooms. You can also economically establish a presence at a show by booking a conference room or suite in a nearby hotel. Tradeshows Are Not Vacations.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Our marketplace is organized like a used item marketplace, like Amazon or eBay, or Craiglist, in that a seller lists an item, picks a cause, and sets a price. We were invited in March to the Harvard Social Enterprise Conference to present. It's just like Craigslist, except the money goes to support causes.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. However, more than 40 percent of the organizations said that they wouldn’t run a Groupon offer again.”. Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

It’s the one feature that stuck with me the most from the F8 conference this past September. Facebook has already decided their end users can’t put people in lists and organize their status-stream in a fashion that makes sense to them on their own record. I openly can’t stand OpenGraph. What is OpenGraph?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

She can anticipate reactions to price increases or product changes by customers and she can sustain competitive challenges because she knows the customer will stick by her. They are transparent about the goals and objectives of the organization and they’re willing to tell people how the company is doing against those goals.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I don’t care if you’re a 10-person organization, a 1,000 person organization or a multinational corporation – often it is the few key players that change the dimensions. Community Leaders + Organizers. because every community needs its local tech press to report on companies and run conference.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

It’s why I still go to after-conference parties and hang out until the end of the night with whomever wants to chat. Like Steve Blank, Dave McClure, Dennis Crowley, Evan Cohen, Gary Vaynerchuk, John Price, Angelo Sotira and many, many more. And Nicole Glaros organized a full day and evening for me in Boulder.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

Collectively we chose growth and the market was rewarding high growth rates over any other factor so we felt that we ought to bring in an experienced CEO who had taken companies public, who had led large, international sales organizations and who was poised to take Invoca to the next level. But of course public markets had begun gyrating.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). clearly didn’t cause this.” How it happens.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2019

They have no problem shopping in retail to see and test items, yet order online for a better price, and jump to another company for add-ons or support. As a startup, you need to build a large customer base quickly, as Airbnb did with social media work around oversubscribed big-city conferences.

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