SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Today's technology companies increasingly must deliver products on multiple platforms to satisfy customer demand and competitive pressures. The need to provide "platform de jour" is complicated by a slowing economy and customer desires to maximize their purchasing dollar and to delay payments. See [link] (more).

Pricing 100

Pricing Technology Council Framework Platform 100

Berkonomics

JULY 9, 2011

Turning these into statements instead of questions provides a framework for the sales presentation from the highest levels of collateral materials and marketing support, to the salesperson on the front line. Is your product or service one that responds to a customer need, real or perceived? Why buy now?

Sales 222

Sales Customer Custom Pricing 222

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

The framework of the agreement is expected to include VW making an investment into Ford-backed autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI. VW also has a partnership with AV startup Aurora to integrate self-driving systems in custom-designed electric shuttles for VW’s new Moia brand. billion investment in 2018. Take bike share.

San Fernando 217

San Fernando Los Angeles Commerce News 217

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Success in any business these days requires a constant flow of new and innovative solutions, to keep up with changes in the market, competition, and to attract new customers. In fact, people lower in the organization are often closer to the customer, and have more insight into what works and what doesn’t.

Ideas 94

Ideas Framework Summary Organization 94

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I thought I’d try to offer a framework for thinking about the topic. So here’s my framework. For many businesses you should keep your costs low & your capital raises low until you discover whether you are really on to a big idea where there is market demand. Sometimes this pays off, other times it doesn’t.

Help 303

Help Startup Competition Framework 303

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Team members and customers expect startup founders to be innovative. Instead, set long-term business objectives and develop a framework for the trajectory your team needs to get there. Effective entrepreneurs actually enjoy spending time actually doing work (such as selling to customers) rather than just supervising.

Startup 103

Startup Entrepreneur Template Mentor 103

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Success in any business these days requires a constant flow of new and innovative solutions, to keep up with changes in the market, competition, and to attract new customers. In fact, people lower in the organization are often closer to the customer, and have more insight into what works and what doesn’t.

Ideas 56

Ideas Framework Summary Organization 56

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

They often are very good at getting information out of people, helping create a framework for making decisions and pushing for support amongst the organization from those that back the decision and those that do not. She’s protecting them from the most intellectually demanding activities. They fund people with no customers.

CTO Hire 363

CTO Hire Technical Review Startup Demand 363

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2012

Team members and customers expect startup founders to be innovative. Instead, set long-term business objectives and develop a framework for the trajectory your team needs to get there. Effective entrepreneurs actually enjoy spending time actually doing work (such as selling to customers) rather than just supervising.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Startup Template Mentor 94

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

We short-handed this marketing mix as “ the four P’s ” – product, price, promotion and place (distribution) – this was devised in 1960 and while a little bit dated is still a useful framework. When Apple learned of this they frowned heavily on it.

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Creativity in our business lives – The average tech startup these days spends time talking with colleagues & investors about a multitude of things: customer acquisition, viral adoption, raising capital, hiring / firing employees, product features, technology trends, marketing / branding, and on and on. So I thought I would.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

We're all using enum types here and there, we're all using the collections framework. The iterable.spliterator() method is critical when it comes to stream performance, but writing a custom Spliterator from scratch is a non-trivial task. This is especially true for maps like EnumMap that create their Entry objects on demand.

Java 330

Java Class Ideas Writing 330