Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Based on traditional research, getting new customers is five to ten times harder than getting additional revenue from existing customers. By providing access to a large variety of titles, like NetFlix with streaming movies, or Hulu for TV shows, with new content added regularly, there is always a reason to keep up your subscription.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2016

Plivo’s Zentruck service provides voice and SMS APIs to thousands of businesses worldwide, including the likes of CallHub, Mozilla and Netflix. Fenero is a provider of cloud-based contact center solutions for sales and customer service operations worldwide. This could include information on LinkedIn, media sources and more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2022

Why else would name brands with huge resources, like Blockbuster and Kodak , get overrun by upstarts like Netflix and Apple. If your business today is healthcare, it may be time to look for opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and digital data management, rather than just more unhealthy customers.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Canoo has beta cars on site at its Los Angeles headquarters where prospective partners and customers can test out the vehicles, which were made by an undisclosed contract manufacturer based in Michigan. The company intends to go to market with an entirely new business model by providing customers with its cars for a monthly subscription fee.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

Based on traditional research, getting new customers is five to ten times harder than getting additional revenue from existing customers. By providing access to a large variety of titles, like NetFlix with streaming movies, or Hulu for TV shows, with new content added regularly, there is always a reason to keep up your subscription.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

I’m convinced that you can’t stay competitive that way with today’s customers, and today’s employees. It’s time to push decision making down into the organization –insisting that the people closest to the customer and the markets learn and make the decisions. Anything you or your team knows about the market today may change tomorrow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2021

The entrepreneurs I see are always talking about “disruptive innovation” ideas, but the plans I read are more often linear extensions of a current hot offering, like one more social network with the best of Facebook and Twitter, one more dating site dimension, or another “must-have” accessory for smartphones. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

We all hear about the big winners, such as the game Clash of Clans , which still pulls in over a million dollars a day, and the smartphone version of Skype , which is making money through credits as an extension of the website version. Just getting an app accepted into the Store won’t get it found and downloaded by your targeted customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

With a team full of passion, you can accomplish just about anything. Netflix, which is known for its creative culture, tells employees to “Say what you think, even if it is controversial. A successful business is still all about execution, so you still need clear milestones, checkpoints, and metrics to keep you on track.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

In an age of ever increasing marketing spend to attract customers, how do you make sure you aren't spending more acquiring a company than they are worth? Los Angeles-based Retina is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to figure out customer lifetime value (CLV) for such businesses as Dollar Shave Club. What is Retina Go?

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Tech.Co

JUNE 24, 2022

Netflix and Uber are among the household names to have reduced their workforce numbers since the new year. Rising inflation has deterred customers from purchasing products online and shares in Etsy, Shopify, Wayfair, and Poshmark all plummeted last month.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2023

Thus they are blindsided and try to react quickly when a new competitor starts stealing customers. For example, we all remember when Blockbuster realized too late that Netflix was stealing customers by offering videos online rather than via DVDs, but even then they were unable to adapt their processes and their thinking.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

Nasty Gal CEO Sophia Amoruso is credited with coining the term in the title of her 2014 memoir, “#Girlboss,” which chronicled her rags-to-riches success and was adapted into a Netflix show. The following year, she stepped down as CEO, and by 2016, her company filed for bankruptcy and was purchased by Boohoo. That’s like the PR trope.”.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 27, 2022

This round comes about eight months after PortalOne raised a $15 million seed round , also notable for its size and the backers. That has led to record levels of interest and engagement in games, and that has in turn resulted in a host of new entrants into the space (including some from other entertainment verticals, like Netflix ).

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InfoChachkie

JULY 25, 2012

Maybe even as big as Netflix’ seemingly permanent mistake of not allowing Netflix subscribers to send a “your friend Arden thought you’d love this movie. Click here to watch it for free” link to their non-Netflix friends. Want to know more about how to avoid a mobile snafu? Facebook is a big, smart company.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As noted in Pour and Stir Part I , the key to the successful execution of this strategy is managing the following equation: The cost to acquire a customer < lifetime value of a customer. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. This is equivalent to being handed a free customer for every ten customers you acquire.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts. This is important because the customers they serve (the red line) demand a product that meets their complex requirements.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Constance Curtis , the Founder and CEO of The List (www.getthelistapp.com), thinks so, and tells us about her startup's efforts to bring the world of matchmaking to the modern worldand how her own frustration with online dating let to her startup. Another big thing that I've learned, which is really useful, is about acquiring customers.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 9, 2019

Even when it was published on Netflix, I had no desire to see The Founder movie, as it was clear from the film’s preview that it was yet another, “businessperson gone bad” film. Challenge the status quo and improve and innovate upon it, even if customers currently accept substandard offerings. Laurie Anderson, American Musician.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Think about the tension between media companies and cable operators like last year when Viacom threatened to pull Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, etc. Many of us learned about substitute products in undergrad economics courses. This is an age-old marketplace tension where leverage often determines the value captured.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Having paying “Customers” is what makes the cash register roar. An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. Rather than how much you charge, it’s about how the purchase will impact your buyer’s life. Second, how to get leads.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2020

It's a talent marketplace that connects marketers with customers, from big boys like Netflix, to startups like Allbirds, and all kinds of other companies. The challenge we found, again and again, is that it's really hard to hire the best marketing talent. That's why we built MarketerHire. We've made some great hires.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? For those who don't know about EdgeCast, CDN services, who/what kind of clients you serve? James Segil: EdgeCast is the fastest growing CDN in the world.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

But the latest range of streaming services also offer a lot of customization options…even if they are hidden from view. Netflix has both quantity and quality.but isn’t very timely. Use Add-Ons: There are scores of Netflix add-ons to help you find certain shows, search for random episodes, and much more. Hulu/Hulu Plus.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2019

I started thinking about some of the people I know who I admire, respect and love the most and how they achieve their goals. The disruption is being led by companies that understand the importance of putting the customer first, a trend I always thought began in the US a long time ago with the entry of Lexus into the US car market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2019

I’m convinced that you can’t stay competitive that way with today’s customers, and today’s employees. It’s time to push decision making down into the organization –insisting that the people closest to the customer and the markets learn and make the decisions. Anything you or your team knows about the market today may change tomorrow.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 10, 2013

Just the other day he opened a folder, found Netflix and started a movie. I remember snow at the door when I was three and our car being sold with our poodle, but that’s about it. About me: I’m a dad, a social research marketer, customer service champion, closet chef, TEDster. About my company: [link].

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

Scott is the founder of Laudville, and sat down with us to talk about her startup and the startup experience, and why she moved here to Los Angeles specifically to pursue her startup dreams. You have Genius on iTunes, NetFlix''s recommended movies, Facebook or Twitter. That''s also one of the things I really love about Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

How do you go about trying to completely disrupt the entire telecom industry? No fly by night startup -- the company is backed by the founders of Skype -- we talked with COO Stephen Sesar about how FreedomPop can provide free wireless Internet, the firm's expansion plans, and how the company hopes to turn the telecom industry on its head.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

We all hear about the big winners, such as the game Clash of Clans , which still pulls in over a million dollars a day, and the smartphone version of Skype , which is making money through credits as an extension of the website version. Just getting an app accepted into the Store won’t get it found and downloaded by your targeted customers.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

We caught up with Pluto TV's co-founder and Chief Growth Officer, Ilya Pozin , to hear about how the company started, and its path to acquisitionas well as to get some tips on startup success. Every single TV service online, from Hulu, to Netflix, and on requires people to search and find content, and really makes people work.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

They did some research, and found that around 88 percent of seats were empty and about 95 percent of seats were empty after opening weekend. They then decided to do something about it. Tell us more about yourself ? We charge our theater partners less and offer them more customization. UCB Economics 2010 summa cum laude.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2020

What's Swoop all about? Part of our team is working on partnerships and sales with big companies like Netflix, Google, and others who require group transportation. I've known him for a long time, and in the early days he told me about what he was doing, and we spent a lot of time together on it, so I made the jump.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2015

According to many experts , getting new customers is five to ten times harder than getting additional revenue from existing customers. By providing access to a large variety of titles, like NetFlix with streaming movies, or Hulu for TV shows, with new content added regularly, there is always a reason to keep up your subscription.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

With a team full of passion, you can accomplish just about anything. Netflix, which is known for its creative culture, tells employees to “Say what you think, even if it is controversial. A successful business is still all about execution, so you still need clear milestones, checkpoints, and metrics to keep you on track.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Public Storage does about $2.4 Public Storage is the Blockbuster Video of their industry and we set out to build Netflix. In just one year we captured 2% of all new customers in NYC who wanted to store household items other than furniture. It tested our beliefs about pricing, products and marketing overall of our service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2015

The entrepreneurs I see are always talking about “disruptive innovation” ideas, but the plans I read are more often linear extensions of a current hot offering, like one more social network with the best of Facebook and Twitter, one more dating site dimension, or another “must-have” accessory for smartphones. Marty Zwilling.

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