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Reflections On 2019: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

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Today, we share the thoughts of Andy Wilson , Managing Director of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation (www.alliancesocal.org). The Alliance is following the classic start-up trajectory: transition from the big idea to your beachhead product offering. This came through loud and clear at our recent regional leadership conference.

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8 Priorities When Offering A New Product Or Service

Startup Professionals Musings

Every one of you business owners I know periodically introduces new products and services to sustain growth, fight off competitors, or take advantage of new technologies. The cost of any new product these days must include education and rollout marketing, perhaps equal or greater than the development costs.

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Create An Industry Alliance Entrepreneurs: Need Friends On The Startup Playground

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Entrepreneurs can emulate de la Guerra’s strategy and make their adVenture appear far larger than reality and thus increasing its influence and market reach while discouraging competitive threats by creating an industry alliance. At each new school, I had to quickly assess the playground politics and determine with whom to form alliances.

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7 Steps To Creating An Effective Personal Brand Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Now may be the time to build new credentials is this digital age by taking time for education courses and attending digital conferences. Build a personal marketing plan, as you would for a new product, including regular highlight reports, progress, and results. Seek strong internal and external alliances.

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A co-founder of Words With Friends raised $46 million in a Series A round led by Paradigm for their web3 gaming startup, The WildCard Alliance. Anita had the chance to attend the conference, so she’s back with some thoughts from the field: . In tradfi, investors can specialize based on products (e.g.

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TechZulu Trend Lounge Creates the Stage at SXSW Interactive 2013

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What has changed is the maturity of products being previewed, and where they go to get noticed. Over 30,000 people registered for the conference this year, and that’s not counting those who descend on the city without a badge. Early products received meaningful feedback. Mike Schwartz, Application Developers Alliance.

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Congrats To All The Winners and Thanks To Our Speakers at #REACHNeXT!

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Verizon , Monster Products , MerchLabs , HIRED , Instart Logic , Zeel , Shootly , Move Loot , Microsoft , American Laser Company , Zirx , DoorDash , Drizly. Without further adieu, I present to you the winners of the 1st annual REACH NeXT conference: Entertainment: Storygami. We thank you! Health & Wellness: Green Way Labs.