TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

Key Functions with High Impact Generative AI is revolutionizing sales by enabling dynamic pricing and personalized customer interactions, boosting conversion rates and customer satisfaction. Focusing on generative AI applications in a select few corporate functions can contribute to a significant portion of the technology's overall impact.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008 -- "Recession-proof Pricing Strategies for a Multi-platform World" Technology Council. Today's technology companies increasingly must deliver products on multiple platforms to satisfy customer demand and competitive pressures.

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Pricing Technology Council Framework Platform 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. After this connection, you need not share the 30% of all revenue collected by the store platform. Make your app support all platforms. Port every app to all the popular platforms – IOS and Android. Marty Zwilling.

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Develop Development Platform Mobile 138

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2016

In the world of on-demand driving�such as driving for Uber and Lyft--one of the biggest costs for drivers it the cost of owning, maintaning, fueling, and cleaning their vehicles. By doing this, and also by using primarily electric vehicles, we can provide this service at a price which is cheaper than using your own car.

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Demand Los Angeles Inglewood Pricing 100

socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2017

San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY , the developer of cloud-based business management software for spas and the wellness services industry, has acquired Lymber Wellness , a startup that provides yield management and pricing software for class and appointment-based businesses. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Tapping into a growing consumer interest in higher quality, and more traceable food, it saw an opportunity to build a platform to link up producers to the consumers, restaurants and grocery stores that were buying their products. Xu says that overall, demand from consumers has dropped off considerably compared to a year ago.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

Genies is partnering with a handpicked group of creators to design the first set of collections available on the platform, Nigam said. On Genie, only approved sellers on the platform will be able to launch collections to start, though the company says it eventually wants to empower all its users to create unique 1-of-1 fashion items.

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Geni Silver Lake Startup Platform 219

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He did note that in the four markets where the company has gone live since launching its business in January 2019 — San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire , and Sacramento — has yielded an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million in gross merchandise value (the total value of home sales transacted on its platform).

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

This week, we saw the interconnectedness of major institutions as crypto lending protocol Celsius stuttered and brought down Ethereum prices with it as investors feared a price collapse brought on by reportedly over-leveraged players like 3 Arrows Capital. follow the money. Three Arrows Capital, Pantera Capital and Dragonfly Capital.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Calendly Calendly is an online scheduling platform popular among business and personal users. And with direct traffic making up 71% of Caledly’s total traffic, demand for the scheduling tool is likely to remain strong into 2024. Source: calendly.com This growth has allowed the startup to expand its team by 237 this year too.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Not only has he become the richest man in the world again, leapfrogging a certain Mr Musk, but it has also been revealed that Amazon has quietly acquired ecommerce platform Selz. In fact, ecommerce website builders and platforms have become seriously big business over the last few years. It's been a big week for Jeff Bezos.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2012

They offer ground transportation with up-front before-you-ride pricing throughout the U.S., You can book a reservation way in advance, or on-demand if you’re in NYC. You’ve heard of GroundLink before. and like Uber, you can book everything from your phone.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This form of thinking has been unusually true during the current rise of social media platforms, where market share became the primary goal of a company, with revenues and profitability to follow later. Experienced CEOs often make it a habit to scale because of demand, reducing risk and mating cost to growth in revenues.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu and wireless carrier AT&T have reached a deal to offer up video-on-demand services on AT&T later this year, the two said Wednesday. Pricing on the service and details have not been announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. After this connection, you need not share the 30% of all revenue collected by the store platform. Make your app support all platforms. Port every app to all the popular platforms – IOS and Android. Marty Zwilling.

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Mobile Develop Development Platform 126

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Specifically, two high school seniors in LA, Dillon Rosenblatt and Tyler Makhani, recently built out an app called Tutors , a platform for on demand tutoring. “As a result of the immense growth and popularity of on-demand services in other major industries, it just makes sense that tutoring will follow the craze.”

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Demand Technical Review Los Angeles Platform 128

TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

The prices will vary by neighborhood, but Dietz expects them to run 20 percent less than the average cost of an apartment in the same neighborhood, he said. “[I] changed the price by 11 percent and walked that through and continued to move forward,” Dietz said. When you can match that latent supply with latent demand.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2011

We are an offer-based platform that allows users to negotiate the price they buy and sell tickets for, on the secondary market. Wes Brodsky: The ticketing industry, since its inception, has been on a fixed price model. That's a completely inefficient way to price tickets. Describe SaveFans and what it does?

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Ticketmaster Pricing Sales Activity 253

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

The business tenants of the sharing economy, with alternative names including collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer economy, or “we-conomy,” always imply these five basic principles and assumptions: Sharing economy platforms create reciprocal economic value. Community means more than supply and demand. Restaurants.

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Tech.Co

MAY 6, 2022

Together with Deliverr, Shopify Fulfillment Network will give millions of growing businesses access to a simple, powerful logistics platform that will allow them to make their customers happy over and over again.”. Plus, Shopify says, “inventory placement algorithms” can predict demand in order to better route inventory.

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Networking Press Newsletter Startup 125

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve Banfield: What will become Rightside has been part of Demand Media. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It reportedly paid a hefty $230 million to acquire the podcast publisher and network startup Gimlet Media, and has also acquired the podcast monetization platform Anchor for an undisclosed price. That’s because the acquisitions make Spotify a publisher, as well as platform. Spotify Acquires Gimlet Media and Anchor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. Platform as a Service (PaaS). Cloud Computing. Upgrades and troubleshooting can normally be provided over the network, as well.

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Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 133

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

But for creators seeking to monetize their following, these newer platforms may be more attractive to some creators, since they already have built-in tools to help them monetize their followings. If a creator or celebrity were to sell personalized videos on Cameo , they’d lose 25% to the platform. Image Credits: Snipfeed.

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Platform Commerce Startup Tool 286

socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

We make it really easy for you to add tags before you post something to your own social platform, and before you send a quick reply to your friends on what you've bought. The second part of our app is Know It, which is a video on demand platform. How does Indi work with a lot of e-commerce done through apps?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

In a bear market executives are paid to: consolidate the number of contracts and renegotiate prices. Other companies have only seen a slight decline and may be expecting demand to return to normalcy later in the year. The reality is that when unemployment sinks in demand is likely to get worse. Should you focus on growth?

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Venture Capital Marketing Startup Writing 263

socalTECH

MAY 6, 2019

To fix that problem, Los Angeles-based Coozie (coozieoudoors.com) offers up a different optiona way to rent gear at a fraction of purchase price. We partner with premium outdoor brands, and rent equipment at 15 percent of the retail price. We allow them to get access to that gear at a fraction of that price. What do you do?

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Startup Los Angeles Pricing Demand 113

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

To find scalable Ethernet services that can handle increasing demands as you grow, you need to evaluate providers and services on a specific criteria set that’s designed to accommodate growth. As you scale, those demands will only increase. Look for an MPLS Ethernet Platform. Request Custom Pricing. Start Local.

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Southern California Services Demand SoCal 60

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. After this connection, you need not share the 30% of all revenue collected by the store platform. Make your app support all platforms. Port every app to all the popular platforms – IOS and Android. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Platform Pricing Netflix 98

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

I think, to be a great entrepreneur, you have to look at what is missing in the category that you will be playing in the industry, and figure what you can deploy with a little bit of strategy and technology to bring a better service and price. You've got to know best practices in demand generation. Your finance has to be world class.

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Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

The business tenants of the sharing economy, with alternative names including collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer economy, or “we-conomy,” always imply these five basic principles and assumptions: Sharing economy platforms create reciprocal economic value. Community means more than supply and demand. Restaurants.

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Commerce Social Media Platform Class 98

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Los Angeles is the capital of on-demand apps, for just about anything you want. One of those areas that combines LA's passion for on-demand apps, and its active lifestyle, is Fitspot (www.fitspotapp.com), which brings athletic trainers to you or your local fitness center. What is Fitspot?

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Its target customers are millennials traveling in groups or families swayed by the size and scope of the accommodation — typically five times bigger than the average hotel room — as well as the price, which is on average 25% cheaper than a hotel room. Airbnb is estimated to be valued around $31 billion. .

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Equity Startup Los Angeles Capital 136

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

What our technology platform does, is determines what about a marketer's offers that will matter to the consumer. The core team has been doing innovative things on the platform side. He had been helping technology providers scale on top of that search platform. Talk a bit about your funding round? Jason Lehmbeck: We raised $1.7M

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Yahoo Platform Advertising Startup 171

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

Is the revenue dependent on a concentrated set of distribution partners or platforms that put future revenue at risk? They hired a biz dev team to work on deals where their product could be embedded in other people’s products as a way to increase customer demand. For example, look at the following graph.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Course 227

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

It runs our proprietary technology, and it's a platform that people can plug into. The demand is there. We are going to price down the hardware, up the AI, and start cooking more foods, helping out with restaurant inventory management, and help our customers better utilize their kitchen space. We have big plans fro Flippy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. Includes 70,000 apps for all major mobile OS platforms, including Apple’s.

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