socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , the robotics technology firm out of Idealab, reports today that its first foray into the commercial market is seeing strong sales demand. Evolution Robotics has been selling its Mint cleaner to consumers through such retail chains as Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

There could be more demand for electric vehicles post COVID-19 crisis, believes Energica founder Livia Cevolini. One of those is greater demand for EVs after the pandemic. Before the health crisis shutdown most of Italy, Energica had already seen larger demand for its high-performance e-motos, with a price range of $17,000 to $23,000.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 10, 2018

In the Harvard Business Review Female Economy 2009 report, women purchasing power was predicted to control about $28 trillion in annual global consumer spending, if not more. “Focusing on emotion is key when communicating with female customers. Most importantly, humor can get customers talking about your product or service.

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Tips Customer Custom Dollar Shave Club 71

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

The Los Angeles-based company partnered with NBA Top Shot NFT creator Dapper Labs to develop the storefront on Dapper’s Flow blockchain and debuted it to a group of invite-only beta users in December last year, TechCrunch reported at the time. Image Credits: Genies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Every entrepreneur knows that good demand generation marketing is the key to growth these days, but very few have the discipline or know-how to measure return in a world of a thousand tools and techniques. Selecting the right sales channels is one of the first strategic decisions that every startup faces. Lead management performance.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

Fountain Valley-based Kingston Technology , the provider of computer memory products, reported today that it has hit a record, $6.5 billion increase in its sales over 2009. Kingston said demand from both corporate customers and consumers was strong. billion in revenues in 2010. READ MORE>>.

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Technology Demand Pricing Report 140

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

Both programmers, the two reconnected after doing stints as custom developers during and after college, and then when they were developing tools for their families’ businesses as residential contractors in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

Look for validation from your mainstream customers. No matter how passionately you believe that everyone needs one, and positive feedback from friends and early adopters (false positives), before you invest in scaling the business, make sure you set and meet good metrics in cost of customer acquisition, recurring sales, and margin.

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Technical Review Case Study Mentor Software Review 131

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Welcome back to Transportation Weekly; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. This is where investigative reporting, enterprise pieces and analysis on transportation lives. This investment would give Uber ATG a valuation of between $5 billion and $10 billion, WSJ reported.

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San Fernando Los Angeles Commerce News 217

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

. “Cognitive computing,” artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced data analytics are evolving companies’ understanding of their customers in game-changing ways. The Device-Agnostic Customer Experience. Customer expectations now demand seamless and satisfying user experiences.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We spoke with one of those companies-- El Segundo-based ConsumerTrack (www.consumertrack.com)--which is a $30M, bootstrapped an online marketing company which is driving millions of customers to big name, financial customers. We''re able to track everything we''re doing, and report back on it. What is ConsumerTrack all about?

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Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

Early in a services business there is usually no profits as the company reinvests in hiring people to grow, but by $20 million in sales the company should at least be pulling in 10% profits (if not more) depending on how much is reinvested. Often in this strategy you end up giving them the product for free and bill them only services fees.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Once you’ve been around for a few years, attracted some great people, landed real, paying customers and raised venture capital you’ve likely got a talented team around you. This is akin in the US to having sales staff in NY, SF & LA with your HQ in one of these locations.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

At Citrix, GoToAssist customers would occasionally ask if they could just pay for our screen-sharing functionality because they didn''t intend to use the product''s other features, such as reporting and session recording. The effort to implement this customization was minimal and thus cost us very little. customers paid $119.40

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2013

Most surprisingly, according to a report from the Kauffman Foundation , the highest rate of entrepreneurship in America shifted about three years ago to the 55–64 age group, with people over 55 almost twice as likely to found successful companies than those between 20 and 34. Customer service. High-travel sales and buyer positions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Yet you can never forget the seasonal business cash flow and activity demands that are approaching, so to be prepared – you need to start the planning now. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater. Next comes sales volume by channel.

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Startup Tips Venture Capital Demand 86

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. A Stanford alum, Aaron wrote the book on sales 2.0. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Startups Made Simple.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Most surprisingly, according to a report from the Kauffman Foundation , the highest rate of entrepreneurship in America has already shifted to the 55–64 age group, with people over 55 almost twice as likely to found successful companies than those between 20 and 34. Customer Service. High-travel sales and buyer positions.

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Entrepreneur Mentor Demand High Tech 107

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based CurbStand (www.curbstand.com) is hoping to change that, by offering up a mobile app which connects you with the company''s network of CurbStand valet parking companies, which offers on-demand retrieval of your car, mobil payments, and on the valet parking operator side--lots of business analytics tools and reporting.

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Networking CTO Hire CTO Coach Mobile 100

socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

It''s a perfect opportunity for data geeks in marketing and the business side to get information on customers in real time. We''re growing and scaling to meet the demands of the market. There are companies much bigger than Smartify trying to solve the challenge of how to create a unified database of customers. READ MORE>>.

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Marketing Pasadena Platform Email 196

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2010

We built the website The Numbers, which tracks daily and weekly box office grosses and DVD sales, and we also provider consulting services--primarily to independent filmmakers, or anybody in the industry who needs to get financial data in order to support their business plan or to make investment decisions.

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Beverly Hills Research Hollywood Sites 164

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

CallFire today extended its position as a leading provider of text message and voice apps that help organizations grow, with the launch of a definitive next-generation platform capable of scaling to meet the exploding global demand for advanced cloud telephony features, services and capacity.

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SaaS Platform CTO Hire Class 68

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

News & World Report , people over 40 were key players in 86.6% Almost all angel investors are “high net worth” individuals who made their money running a successful business in your domain, and they will mentor your team as well as demand the discipline you need to make your business work. Customer Service. Angel Investor.

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Mentor Statistics High Tech Demand 75

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Prior to co-founding EdgeCast, he was a co-founder, chairman and CEO of KnowledgeBase, a hosted enterprise knowledge management company with many Fortune 1000 customers. Scott also served as Director of Product at ProElite, a CBS backed company, where he managed live streaming events and video on demand targeting Mixed Martial Arts fans.

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SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2019

With the ITRC 2018 End-of-Year Data Breach Report revealing a 126 percent increase in stolen sensitive personal information, there is a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. Don’t take shortcuts on these. Few people are paranoid about something they want and enjoy.

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Technical Review Symantec Social Network News 78

Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

Or are they simply becoming more realistic in what they promise to their customers and their own staff? Our solution for these outdated approaches was and still is, to use data and technology to constantly evolve our decisions around pricing and risk and therefore be able to offer insurance to these customers in a fairer, cheaper way.”

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

According to a report by World Nuclear Association , “The world’s energy needs in the next 20 years will be high, especially cleanly-generated electricity. Today, electricity demand is increasing twice as fast as overall energy use and is likely to rise at least 73% to 2035. Energy use to rise at least 73% by 2035.

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Tech.Co

JULY 31, 2017

Yet as an entrepreneur, you can rarely hide under the rock and pretend there’s nothing else happening around you and no one is demanding your attention. Despite those pitiful stats a lot of B2B businesses still pour hundred thousands of dollars into direct sales and keep complaining about low ROI.

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Snapchat Product Email Social Media 65

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

With the Identity Theft Resource Center® reporting a 30% increase in privacy breaches in 2013, there seems to be a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. Why is everyone so paranoid these days? The bad news for startups is that your company can lose big if it’s caught in the middle.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2017

With the Identity Theft Resource Center® reporting a 40 percent increase in data breaches in 2016, there seems to be a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. Why is everyone so paranoid these days? The bad news for startups is that your company can lose big if it’s caught in the middle.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Symantec 54

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Full Tables, Happy Customers. Groupon said it launched the system due to customer demands. “In According to the company, merchants can use the online Groupon Payments Center to follow transaction history, check daily sales reports, track deposits to an account and analyze revenue trends.

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Software Review Email Competition Acquisition 64

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

If you were a big company like Proctor & Gamble, for instance, you'd have a whole side of your business with IT, for your sales, marketing, and financial folks. However, in the last ten years-- especially with the power grid--regulatory agencies have started to demand that those systems be able to be monitored for compliance.

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Networking Startup Incubator Orange County 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

For a big company, that might be through their own sales force, and for a smaller company it might be a small team which is operating the site themselves. The software helps them manage all of that, so that they can target campaigns, optimize ads, and report out in different ways. Our customer footprint, as I mentioned, is huge.

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OpenX Advertising Yahoo Pasadena 242

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

For people who are serious about losing weight and improving their fitness, the way to do that it to use a dedicated expert--a trainer, a meal planner, or dietician, who can work with you on a daily basis and create a custom plan. The trainer makes you a daily, customized meal plan and exercise and activity plan.

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Media Pricing Sites Training 168

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

By John Williams Fast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance startup businesses. As your services gain demand, your time becomes more valuable and you can charge more. Customer service is free. Moonlighting can pay the bills.

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Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. Put yourself in the shoes of your customers or users. Answering only one or two of these questions won’t work. > I need to send marketing, e-commerce or e-statements emails to my customers to drive revenue or reduce costs. ► March (1) Office 2.0:

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Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. Find a Simple Way to Tell a Complex Story (and ano. ► March (1) Office 2.0:

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