Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2020

But the broader issue that hasn’t garnished much press attention is how the restaurant industry itself is being transformed and what tools a modern restaurant will need to compete. What is the Shopify of the restaurant industry? they just put up with the food delivery company fees. ChowNow is simply a SaaS enablement product.

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SaaS Customer Custom Technical Review 242

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

The rebound that Boulevard saw in the pandemic is another sign of the demand in the market, and perhaps a signal that its customers and the industry in general are more recession-proof than some might have assumed. We’re excited to support the Boulevard team as they continue to grow.”

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Help Startup UCLA Tool 195

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

I strong showing on TechCrunch created initial product demand and if you could sustain that it led to buzz overall in the tech community. Ferris did normal press and also launched on Product Hunt and the latter drove significantly more downloads than press did. So I set out to understand this phenomenon a bit more deeply.

Product 150

Product Startup Press Social Media 150

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

An empty textbox, demanding to be filled with a concise, compelling summary to impress potential employers is daunting. Fill it with the right words, and your dream job could be right around the corner. Product descriptions and listings require tedious editing to make them engaging - especially after the fortieth one.

Generative AI 295

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 295

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. While I recognize that there continues to be a shortage of venture capital for new entrepreneurs, compared to the demand, don’t succumb to the temptation to take funds from investors that you are not totally comfortable with.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Funding Innocal Offshore 124

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

I have experienced many first-time entrepreneurs with too much hubris if fund-raising came easily and press was fawning and employees joined in droves and customer adoption has been rapid. In London when founders failed they were ostracized in the press and culturally I believe it became harder to raise capital.

Startup 261

Startup Press Blogging .Net 261

Berkonomics

MAY 23, 2011

All of us are pressed for time, always attempting to balance the overwhelming demands of business with the basic wants and needs of family. Now we get personal.

Press 257

Press Email Activity Demand 257

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 23, 2010

Back by popular demand, Schmoozd 3 is scheduled to make another go-around at the Wokcano in Santa Monica on Thursday, July 29th. The last event had over 300 people from a variety of fields: entertainment, tech, medical, marketing, venture capitalists, the press and many more. Thursday, July 29, 2010 -- Schmoozd 3. See [link].

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Santa Monica Press Entertainment Demand 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2021

In my view, the increasing consumer demand for personal marketing and personal assistants will soon overcome paranoia, and reasonable boundaries will emerge. Current advertising and public relations startups are already poised along these lines, all the way from clothes shopping, art galleries, online advertising, to managing press releases.

Web 152

Web Entrepreneur Software Review Google 152

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

In fact, this article was driven by a startup press release I saw a while back, highlighting a startup’s “geo-fencing technology” as a new basis for discount coupons. Many entrepreneurs fear giving away their very best insights, strategies, or tools via social media – it might diminish the demand and the profit.

Marketing 141

Marketing Startup Social Media Technical Review 141

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Get tips on mastering social media and earning coverage for your company in the press and on the web. LAVA is putting together a panel of experts from the PR world, including journalists, bloggers and PR wizards to give you a map on how to navigate the world of public relations. Come join us for a stellar panel and great networking.

Startup 124

Startup LAVA Social Media Tips 124

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 22, 2010

Proving that you can't have too much of a good thing, back by popular demand: one of TCVNs most highly acclaimed Forums! Discuss your most pressing issues with a group of experts, colleagues and professionals and build new relationships, gain insight and direction. Every business experiences aches and pains.

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TCVN Press Demand 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 19, 2010

Back by popular demand! What if you could discuss your most pressing issues with a group of professionals from across a spectrum of expertise to give you their opinions and insights FOR FREE? Thursday, March 25, 2010 -- The Dr. Is In. One of TCVNs most highly acclaimed Forums! Every business experiences aches and pains.

TCVN 100

TCVN Press Demand 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2015

They suffered in trying to live up to public perceptions and the demands to continue their successes. He suffered publicly as the press called his wife fat and begged people at concerts to be kinder to his wife. Success can be lonely because it is only a heartbeat away from failure and the press love a rise-and-fall story.

Press 150

Press Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 150

InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

According to Marten, it was a demoralizing blow that would have spooked the investors, if MySQL had acquiesced to the US company's demands. On the following Monday, Marten was besieged by the tech press. You can start the day demanding a lot from yourself, but you must end the day being nice to yourself.

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Oracle Startup News Press 229

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

Despite the fact that Cadillac cancelled its Book subscription service late last year, companies like BMW , Volvo and Porsche have all pressed on with their experiments with subscriptions. Porsche launches on-demand subscription for its sports cars and SUVs.

Outsource Development 191

Outsource Development Startup Outsource San Diego 191

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

As we went from a small band of missionaries hell bent on making our idea a reality, raising capital, getting press, and selling to customers – we were all having fun. Its a big to-do list and one that demands someone experienced in operating at this sort of scale.

Demand 150

Demand SaaS Startup Sales 150

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups. Opening Party hosted by Demand Media with KCRW at the Viceroy.

GRP Partners 88

GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. Thus, demand “Powered By” branding status to ensure that end-users will be exposed to your brand and alerted to the fact that your technology is a significant component of the BDC’s solution. Do Not Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. Allow the Other Side to Draft the Agreement.

Outsource Development 170

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 170

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

It’s when the noise stops and you can actually get customer attention, press articles and VC meetings. It’s where the truly innovative separate themselves from the pack. It’s when the game slows. It’s when you separate the wheat from the chaff. And it’s when mediocre companies get pulverized.”

Marketing 354

Marketing Case Study Metrics Sales 354

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The company is actually based out of LA, too, but has completed its initial launch in Minnesota, where there’s greater demand for short-term bus travel. Airbnb, for its part, filed a press release this week confirming its plans to go public in 2020. The business has closed a $3.85

Services 207

Services Startup Venture Capital Redpoint 207

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When a product is truly unique and demanded a retailer willingly promotes and sells it en masse in part because it does get margin on the good but also because it brings customers in the door who spend on other products. The press around the Parachute Home Hotel itself was worth the effort of having created it. Get Physical!

Product 296

Product Course Customer Custom 296

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 25, 2013

Well, it was and there is, which goes to show that while Silicon Valley (ranked #1) gets most of the press, LA is no slouch when it comes to tech. Spectrum supply is redlining, and once this growing demand outstrips supply… well, you don’t have to be an econ major to see where things are headed.

Mobile 108

Mobile Demand Santa Monica Social Network 108

Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Bankers demanding blood refund. Press wants him fried. Friends think he’s a little funny. Needs a “world class CEO.”. Just another million or so. Get him to some real cash flow. So tears and sweat can IPO. For 15 years he’s been out gunned. Company’s looking Moribund. Even Draper will not fund! Chorus: He is the Riskmaster.

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Draper USC UCLA Press 169

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. We didn’t collude (e.g. We’d fight back with the same.

Cloud Computing 320

Cloud Computing Competition Press Startup 320

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2014

SkyBell’s free mobile app alerts you when someone presses the button and sends you the live video feed to your mobile device. On-Demand Viewing. SkyBell can detect when someone might be at your door, even if they don’t press the button. So it will be like a answering machine for your front door. The Breakdown.

Mobile 93

Mobile Press Activity Technology 93

InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. Thus, demand “Powered By” branding status to ensure that end-users will be exposed to your brand and alerted to the fact that your technology is a significant component of the BDC’s solution. Do Not Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. Allow the Other Side to Draft the Agreement.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 124

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 28, 2022

And in addition to streamlining biofuel production, Reversion is also developing ways to improve energy storage for when supply exceeds demand, taking a multi-pronged approach to sustainable power generation. . The Palo Alto-based company uses emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology to tackle pressing questions in cancer care.

Startup 119

Startup Artificial Inteligence Platform Newsletter 119

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2015

Demand Media hosted a welcoming opening party at the Vicerory, and Media Temple organized an amazing closing party at Cross Campus with aerialists, DJ, interactive displays - and people are still talking about the delicious food. He was named in a recent Forbes article as one of "12 Entrepreneurs That Are Changing LA Forever."

Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Cornerstone OnDemand Belkin Entertainment Newsletter 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

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. In my view, every startup in today’s world would do well to adopt a management system with the same key objectives: Start with a customer-obsessed business model.

Marketing 123

Marketing Technical Review Customer Custom 123

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2019

In fact, this article was driven by a startup press release I saw a while back, highlighting a startup’s “geo-fencing technology” as a new basis for discount coupons. Many entrepreneurs fear giving away their very best insights, strategies, or tools via social media – it might diminish the demand and the profit.

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. While I recognize that there continues to be a shortage of venture capital for new entrepreneurs, compared to the demand, don’t succumb to the temptation to take funds from investors that you are not totally comfortable with.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 103

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

The LA market is going insane," says Janine Davis , a recruiter at Technical Connections in Los Angeles, saying she is seeing the most demand in all software engineering areas, ERP/CRM, quality assurance, and even for DBAs, administrators, and network engineers.

Southern California 246

Southern California Technical Review Playa Del Rey Technology 246

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Among some tech press releases from this week include a few announcements from local LA-based venture, ImageCollect , a micro-stock celebrity photo library, high-res and all prelicensed. We’ve simplified our pricing, and API partners are now utilizing our technology in unique ways to fulfill a growing demand for entertainment imagery.”.

Press 69

Press Entertainment Pricing Blogging 69

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. While I recognize that there continues to be a shortage of venture capital for new entrepreneurs, compared to the demand, don’t succumb to the temptation to take funds from investors that you are not totally comfortable with.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Michael Womack: A lot of this is organic, due to the press we''ve been getting. We have quite a few customers signing up for our service, and we have to have the inventory to back up that demand. We have a traditional treehouse, and we even have a hammock--yes, just a hammock outside on someone''s porch. READ MORE>>.

Sites 213

Sites Startup Customer Custom 213

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

How could Bird really be worth the reported $2 billion valuation that I read about in this press? While this reaction to such a valuation is understandable, to anybody who has seen the meteoric rise in consumer demand and actual revenue the valuation is much less surprising and may turn out to be quite conservative.

Santa Monica 256

Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256