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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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

They present a convincing story that every entrepreneur has the same potential, but most get sidetracked and bogged down by their technology, competitors, and internal organization. At Amazon, Jeff Bezos leads a relentless drive to invent dramatic new ways to delight customers, not waiting for customer demands or competitors to show the way.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Apparently with a physical storefront where it can convince customers of the wonders of on-demand mobility. There will be demos, tutorials, and presentations on how to be safe.” And with similarly cheap pricing, the decision of which to use comes down to brand affinity. According to Apptopia, Bird’s monthly U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

This means all business people, especially entrepreneurs, need to get beyond the presentations and the experts, to actively listen to real customers. They demand interactive relationships with you, and depend on the relationships you have with their friends. Value is far more than cost versus price.

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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. Your marketing and sales effort must be focused entirely upon making your product solve an urgent customer need. Why buy it?”.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In the case of MakeSpace we had huge initial successes in New York City as Rahul led the scaling of our drivers, our trucks and our warehouses and we figured out the right price points to beat the local competition. and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs. were more distributed.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

. “Marshmallow first began by providing car insurance cover for UK-based expats, a group who had historically been quoted insurance prices that were 51% higher than the market average. ” However, while the pandemic has presented huge problems for some businesses, the jury seems to be still out for startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2018

This means all business people, especially entrepreneurs, need to get beyond the presentations and the experts, to actively listen to real customers. They demand interactive relationships with you, and depend on the relationships you have with their friends. Value is far more than cost versus price.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there. Present at trade shows and network with your ten-slide pitch to build your following. Make sure your solution is defensible and unique.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2015

Ask some potential customers to see if there is real interest, and start thinking about price versus cost. Be wary of crafty shysters who will flood your mailbox with official-looking mail offering to help for a fee, or demanding fees you forgot to pay. Look hard at the technology for feasibility and risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2016

This means all business people, especially entrepreneurs, need to get beyond the presentations and the experts, to actively listen to real customers. They demand interactive relationships with you, and depend on the relationships you have with their friends. Value is far more than cost versus price.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2014

Ask some potential customers to see if there is real interest, and start thinking about price versus cost. Be wary of crafty shysters who will flood your mailbox with official-looking mail offering to help for a fee, or demanding fees you forgot to pay. Look hard at the technology for feasibility and risk.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. What price will your customer ultimately accept? You won’t likely launch into a market with nobody else present. Competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Ask some potential customers to see if there is real interest, and start thinking about price versus cost. Be wary of crafty shysters who will flood your mailbox with official-looking mail offering to help for a fee, or demanding fees you forgot to pay. Look hard at the technology for feasibility and risk.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2017

We've created an alternative, a hybrid microscope for the price of one. We got a very large international order, and we found the demand on this was exceptional, not only here in the U.S., The first thing you are trained on, is to qualify customers and figure out if they need upright or inverted microscopes. but internationally.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

They do around 7% of the total VC-backed deals in the US per year or just under 40 deals / year on average (present year excluded!). He thinks demand for IPOs (from buyers) remains high while supply is low because Sarbanes Oxley amongst other things has made less CEOs want to go public.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Although some of the new workers are likely needed to fulfill the one-hour delivery demands of its new Prime Now service, Amazon obviously anticipates yet another strong holiday performance. The Present Situation Index also increased, reaching 120.3, and the Present Situation number dropped to 112.1. Focus On The Consumer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Funding of $250,000-$1 million is available from angels, if you have credentials and have done the homework of a good business plan, financial model, and executive presentation. At this stage, your startup better be selling a commercial offering, have price and cost validated, with significant customer sales and a real revenue stream.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

It may seem hard to find a laptop that balances school and work tools with longevity and an affordable price – but that’s why we’re here! Dell has created a very impressive ultrabook with this 13-inch, touchscreen capable laptop that includes everything you need for demanding projects. Prices go up to $1,600.

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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 content mobile guides, ie. Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2017

We've created an alternative, a hybrid microscope for the price of one. We got a very large international order, and we found the demand on this was exceptional, not only here in the U.S., The first thing you are trained on, is to qualify customers and figure out if they need upright or inverted microscopes. but internationally.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

Perhaps it’s time to raise a round of Venture Capital funding and want a pitch presentation a bit more composed than the dusty Keynote you put together last year for your friends and family round. are reflected in their stable of on-demand, hourly paid consultants and freelancers for a number of business roles: Market Research.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Funding of $250,000-$1 million is available from angels, if you have credentials and have done the homework of a good business plan, financial model, and executive presentation. At this stage, your startup better be selling a commercial offering, have price and cost validated, with significant customer sales and a real revenue stream.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I hadn't talked to her in a while and then because of a presentation I did around Social Media for Service Professionals she and I reconnected. Interestingly, we find ourselves doing PowerPoint presentations because it turns out that telling a story with graphics and few words is a professional skill after all. Maybe ten years.

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2013

At the present, and what has been the case for the last several years, is there has been a world wide glut of overcapacity for solar products. But, since it''s priced against the local utility, that investors can get a 9, 10, 11, or 12 percent yield. There''s always more demand than capital. David Field: It''s always an issue.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

He wanted to create awareness for himself to generate marketing buzz and demand and then get the retail stores to pay wholesales prices for his cds. I had written a blog post on exactly this – how to not suck at group presentations – and what he said reminded me a lot of this post. He created demand.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Without further adieu, I present to you the winners of the 1st annual REACH NeXT conference: Entertainment: Storygami. EnvoyNow is innovating in the on-demand food delivery space, targeting the underserved college market. Categories: mobile consumer, on-demand, chat. Utility: Envoy Now. Best of REACH NeXT: Parlor.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself. He presented a system where your search results would be ranked based on companies bidding for placement and where merchants would be charged on a “cost per click” basis (CPC). He built & IPOd Demand Media. LA By The Numbers.

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Xconomy

JULY 22, 2016

The criminals behind Neutrino quickly responded to the influx of demand by raising their prices 2x. All campaigns have three common needs: 1) Attackers need to get access to the system; 2) they need to create a process with proper rights to open and encrypt data; 3) they need to present their demands to the victims.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

And the starting price for WW is $18 / month … DailyBurn is free. 5 companies presented and all were talented. Unfortunately it seems that it was back-ordered due to strong demand with rumors of it selling for astronomical prices on eBay. It is really a pleasure to use the tool compared with WW.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Conventional wisdom in most companies is that “the competition is the enemy&# – it’s the rallying cry to dig deeper, get more features out the door, issue press releases citing differences and attack the competition’s weaknesses in sales presentations. talk about prices), we collaborated.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

with demands for new products and services. An international brand will command higher prices and additional customer demand. As you begin to saturate the demand in domestic markets, let your brand take you international at low cost. And aging populations in Europe and Japan will join the retiring baby boomers in the U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

Niche apps can usually demand a higher price point because there isn’t much competition out there. Truthfully, getting involved in the app market is more about creating a solution that solves problems which people want fixed, in a way that people aren’t presently solving them. If it’s in a niche market, that’s even better.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Demand Media is a leading online media company that informs, entertains and connects millions of people every day. Founded in 2006, Demand Media is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with offices in Bellevue, WA, Austin, TX, New York, NY and London, UK. Price: FREE. The Sponsors. We don’t fry it (unhealthy). to 11:00 p.m.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

For example, we support promotions for Sony movies, a combination of database and telecom work for interactive TV shows like the Price is Right, Deal or No Deal, the Game Show Network, and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. Starting truly from scratch, we built our own SIP stack, built much better than the other code out there in the market.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Thousands of people submit their panels for SXSWi (South by Southwest Interactive) and only a handful will be selected to present. SXSWi is five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. This session will be presented in ENGLISH. Ro Gupta, DISQUS.

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