Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2020

Her argument is that if Uber buys Grubhub (which itself once merged with Seamless) it would mean that Uber Eats / Grubhub would control half the market and that with DoorDash the two together would control 90% of the market. So when delivery services came along many were willing to pay the fee to try and increase business.

SaaS 242

SaaS Customer Custom Technical Review 242

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

I pointed out that the storage market in the US alone is ~$30 billion / year and there is no dominant provider — the largest player has < 10% market share. years of software development. We have built route management software so that drivers have productive routes and can cluster pick-ups and drop-offs.

Technical Review 268

Technical Review Funding Software Review Artificial Inteligence 268

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

While the market isn't short of spritely, innovative entrepreneurs, harsh economic headwinds combined with a pullback in investor spending have made it harder than ever for budding businesses to break through. Source: runwayml.com In June, Runway raised $141 million in funding, nudging its market valuation to an envy-inducing $1.5

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Startup Generative AI Newsletter Tool 210

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

The company is ServiceTitan, and its market… is air conditioners. More specifically, it’s the contractors that service equipment like the heating, ventilation and cooling systems at commercial and residential properties across the U.S.

Glendale 271

Glendale Los Angeles Startup Technical Review 271

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2012

NEOGOV , which has quietly built an enterprise software company supplying human resources software to the government and public sector. How did you come across the market? The government and public sector is a fairly large market. No one was really focusing their products and services for those customers in a good way.

Software Review 243

Software Review SaaS Startup Technical Review 243

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

Santa Monica 256

Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

If you are the hot-shot technical innovator that invented your solution, make sure you have an equally adept business and marketing expert to complement your skills. “If Pivot early, as required, to tune your features and marketing to meet the market and technical realities. The market is unpredictable and changes fast.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Case Study Mentor Software Review 131

Berkonomics

JANUARY 3, 2013

Xerox in its formative years, even though barely having enough cash to market its then revolutionary copier, elected to lease rather than sell the units. Usually that amount exceeds 50% of total revenues, and is often much more. Email readers, continue here.] Think of the portion of fixed overhead covered by recurring revenues.

Outsource Development 197

Outsource Development Software Review Sales Demand 197

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

billion, now providing identity theft services for nearly 80 million users around the globe. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. I know companies who collect sensitive data from consumers all the time, and still seem to keep a trusted image (Amazon.com, Ebay). Don’t take shortcuts on these.

Custom 137

Custom Customer Technical Review Symantec 137

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

While you may be able to offer a price & terms for your service and not ever negotiate (especially if you’re an Internet company that sells cheaply to small businesses over the web and without onsite support & service) – you’ll still likely have to negotiate on business development deals. Your IT Reviewer.

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Development Team Review Software Review Pricing Startup 293

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. How profitable is my product or service? What sized team can I afford in order to sell, market & provide service to these customers?

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2013

However due to much controversy and competition, the same hasn’t played true while at large events (*cough* SXSW ). Today that changes as two major brands Callaway and Uber, partner to offer on-demand rides at one of the largest events in sports. ”Gone are the days of carefully crafted, heavily orchestrated marketing campaigns.

Software Review 104

Software Review Technical Review Social Media Course 104

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2021

How do you reinvent your startup-focused on in-person, grass roots marketing-in the face of a global pandemic? Alex Nocifera: We help the enterprise, large brands, working with brands like US Cellular, Panera Bread, Square, Uber, and help them generate demand for their products and services in a local, acute manner.

Marketing 113

Marketing Los Angeles Zag Startup 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Demand Media. Demand Media consistently popped up near number one in the list of "companies to work for" from our readers. OpenX is profitable, and its ad serving software dominant among online publishers. positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. Deploying software in the cloud?

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

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? One, is the businesses we service are mission critical.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Market Size. Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. MakeSpace provides physical storage.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

Today, we have Stephen Robert Morse, Head of Marketing and Communications at SkillBridge.co. are reflected in their stable of on-demand, hourly paid consultants and freelancers for a number of business roles: Market Research. Marketing & Branding. Due Diligence. Introducing SkillBridge. Investor Decks.

Outsource Development 105

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review Outsource 105

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

” Much of this will look and feel like a Green New Deal, but sold under a package of infrastructure modernization and service upgrades that the country desperately needs. . The vast majority of those are nowhere up to modern codes. What excites me about this space is that there’s so much low-hanging fruit.

Startup 229

Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2015

This term refers to the penchant to add just one more feature to the product or service before first delivery, just because you can. Define milestones for cost review and sign-off. The market changes, executives learn new things, customers demand changes, and technology changes. Implement and enforce a change process.

Technical Review 104

Technical Review Product Software Review High Tech 104

Tech.Co

AUGUST 27, 2017

The Harvard Business Review recommends two low-risk applications of blockchain technology that startups can try. If you are a software service provider, set your sights on this particular security trend. Meanwhile, the same cyber threat affects you if you are a startup offering products and services via a mobile app.

Technical Review 69

Technical Review Startup Mobile Software Review 69

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2013

This term refers to the penchant to add just one more feature to the product or service before first delivery, just because you can. Define milestones for cost review and sign-off. The market changes, executives learn new things, customers demand changes, and technology changes. Implement and enforce a change process.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Startup Software Review High Tech 110

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

Dave Fink: Postie is a building a technology platform with a mission of making direct mail marketing behave as easily and dynamically as your favorite, programmatic channels. That distributed print cloud enables a speed of iteration that most marketers would not expect is possible. What is a print cloud?

CTO Hire 100

CTO Hire Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Marketing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2019

billion, now providing identity theft services for nearly 5 million consumers in all 50 states. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. I know companies who collect sensitive data from consumers all the time, and still seem to keep a squeaky clean image (Amazon.com, Ebay).

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Symantec Social Network News 78

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Sunil Rajaraman: We provide free, web-based screenwriting software to aspiring writers and professionals in the community. By offering that software for free, we've attracted over 10,000 writers to our site. That target market is huge, and includes sites like YouTube, you also have Revision3, and other sites doing short videos.

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2011

This term refers to the penchant to add just one more feature to the product or service before first delivery, just because you can. Define milestones for cost review and sign-off. The market changes, executives learn new things, customers demand changes, and technology changes. Implement and enforce a change process.

Technical Review 96

Technical Review Startup Software Review High Tech 96

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

This term refers to the penchant to add just one more feature to the product or service before first delivery, just because you can. Define milestones for cost review and sign-off. The market changes, executives learn new things, customers demand changes, and technology changes. Implement and enforce a change process.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Startup Software Review High Tech 75

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

Eric Sikola is CEO of ExpenseBay (www.expensebay.com), a Los Angeles-based, online, software-as-a-service startup which has created an online application which uses Web 2.0 finance software such as Wesabe and Mint, and applied it to the corporate expense area. How did decide to start a company on focused expense software?

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Startup SaaS Report 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Just days after launching its credit card payment service, Groupon acquired Savored a leading provider of reservations with more than 1000 top restaurants across the United States using it. This is set to complement Groupon’s efforts in yield management due to its 40 percent discounts for each table. Simplest and Lowest Cost Option.

Software Review 64

Software Review Email Competition Acquisition 64

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

There are others, like LifeLock , who have already built a billion dollar business by providing identity theft services for more than 2 million consumers in all 50 states. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Social Network 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2015

We sat down with Brett Crosby (who founded Urchin Software, the company which became Google Analytics) and Brew Johnson , the co-founders of the company, to learn more about the company and what it's working on. I came up with this idea due to a deep obsession with the mortgage industry. Where are you now with the service?

Southern California 100

Southern California Google Technical Review Manhattan Beach 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. While he was waiting for the paperwork to be reviewed he moved to Boulder, Colorado and took a job with a local tech company there. We then moved our Chief Software Architect over. I hope that didn’t have a stature of limitation!

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

We've created bi-directional, and real-time links between a web site and translation software. NativeTung is a cloud-based platform, which includes some software which runs on the web site, which ensures synchronization of the translation at all times. Who would be the typical customer for this service? It also supports blogs.

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2017

billion, now providing identity theft services for more than 4 million consumers in all 50 states. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. I know companies who collect sensitive data from consumers all the time, and still seem to keep a squeaky clean image (Amazon.com, Ebay).

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Symantec 54

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

The trademark verification itself is performed by Deloitte and the data is managed by IBM , who are partnered with the TMCH to provide mark vetting services. Demand for that knowledge is growing, as far as we can see.” Business Events Marketing action Benefit Brand Management Conference ICANN Search Engines small business'

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Conference SEO Software Review IP 77

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc).

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 282

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

StartupDemo is an opportunity for early stage startups to showcase their new products and/or services. InVenture has created a market for "micro venture capital," whereby everyday investors can provide expansion capital to developing businesses. It is an opportunity to get frank feedback from VCs, angels, peers and the technolust.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71