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. These aren’t “sample sizes” but rather full experiences for women who trust FabFitFun to curate for them.

Product 296

Product Course Customer Custom 296

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

We'd make 500 samples, and about 150 would be picked up by consumers, who became huge evangelists for the brand. There's not a lot of true customer demand at any point in that process, to figure out what is on-trend and what is stylish. Allison, how did you end up at the intersection of fashion and technology?

Startup 182

Startup Commerce Design Media 182

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2013

If you are not able to keep up with demand due to lack of funds for production, and your company is too young for banks to be interested, you will find that investors love these odds, and are quick to go for a chunk of the action. On the other hand, there are clearly situations where your needs call for investors. You need a prototype.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

If you are not able to keep up with demand due to lack of funds for production, and your company is too young for banks to be interested, you will find that investors love these odds, and are quick to go for a chunk of the action. On the other hand, there are clearly situations where your needs call for investors. You need a prototype.

Technical Review 95

Technical Review Startup Equity Entrepreneur 95

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

If you are not able to keep up with demand due to lack of funds for production, and your company is too young for banks to be interested, you will find that investors love these odds, and are quick to go for a chunk of the action. On the other hand, there are clearly situations where your needs call for investors. You need a prototype.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Equity 102

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2010

Last week, Irvine-based SolarFlare (www.solarflare.com) made an interesting move, and started to offer its technology direct to end users. We were working with Wall Street to deploy our NICs, along with the technology we call OpenLoad. At theend of last year, we decided we needed to get into the business, because of that demand.

Networking 124

Networking Startup Design Customer 124

InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

BDCs often ask to “private label” or “white label” a smaller company’s technology. This generally involves the BDC selling the startup’s technology under the BDC’s brand. Do not allow your adVenture’s technology to be buried in the bowels of another company’s product, without reasonable attribution. Do Not Give up Branding.

Outsource Development 170

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 170

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Cutting-edge ways to market a brand or product will either leverage a new insight or technology or reformat a classical view in marketing to the 21st century economy. Overall, in today’s economy, businesses demand marketers think beyond the everyday ad and try to think outside the box for ad campaigns.

Advertising 69

Advertising Training Customer Custom 69

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

For those just tuning into the events, we’ll provide you the long short of it in play by play fashion: AOL owned company, TechCrunch ( acquired in 2010 ), who operates CrunchBase lists their database as “the free database of technology companies, people, and investors that anyone can edit.”

Technical Review 74

Technical Review Startup Software Review Google 74

InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

BDCs often ask to “private label” or “white label” a smaller company’s technology. This generally involves the BDC selling the startup’s technology under the BDC’s brand. Do not allow your adVenture’s technology to be buried in the bowels of another company’s product, without reasonable attribution. Do Not Give up Branding.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 124

Xconomy

OCTOBER 19, 2016

A good example of how cloud-based technology can improve operational efficiency is via remote diagnostics, such as the services from Agilent. Large data sets can quickly be stored and analyzed on-demand. Remote Advisor (RA) is one way many users of Agilent-manufactured equipment improve instrument up-time and track consumable use.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Sample Software Cloud Computing 40

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

See a sample reprint in PDF format. In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. Order a reprint of this article now. October 5, 2012.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44