TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2018

Postie uses a combination of online data collection and an on-demand print and mail technology to give its customers turnaround times on print orders in as little as 24 hours and what the company boasts is the equivalent of online ad-targeting. “A Unilever buys Dollar Shave Club for reported $1B value.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 12, 2014

Benedikt Scholz is an exceptional student whom I had the pleasure of instructing when he recently studied at UC Santa Barbara. Before arriving in Santa Barbara, he had already launched his first startup, Rooming , which helps college students manage their living accommodations while studying abroad or interning. Meeting Adam Cheyer.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Instead of a traditional business school''s case study and textbook approach, UCSB''s Technology Management Program (TMP) emphasizes experiential learning. Unlike most university programs that are over architected and underfunded, the TMP evolved organically, based on the demands of its students and input from the local community.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

This is important because the customers they serve (the red line) demand a product that meets their complex requirements. It is often the situation that the incumbent offers a product that is vastly superior in the market in terms of performance or functionality. earned handsomely from Google’s success.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2013

And when you achieve product / market fit your company often ramps revenue very fast and you need to build an organization to address it from demand generation (aka marketing) to sales discovery to implementation and after-sales support. When external factors drive adoption of your solution you have instant product / market fit.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Mostly likely, they studied humanities or other non-technical subjects in college, and typically they don’t have the support in their work environments to simply retrain to open the door to those more technical roles. That number is expected to double to 500 next year, Schwab said.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2019

The rise in on-demand, e-scooter companies--such as those from Bird , Wheels , Lime , and many others--has been heralded by companies as being good for the planet and cleaner than other options.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2016

The company said the expansion comes due to increased demand for oncology research studies. Crown Bioscience , a provider of drug discovery and development services, said this morning that it has expanded in San Diego, creating a new "Center of Excellence for Oncology" in the city.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

It was an important launch for GM and its Chairman and CEO Mary Barra, who used a study commissioned in the wake of the ignition switch engineering scandal to accelerate her plans to transform the culture and operations at the automaker.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The new, integrated helmets come as recent studies have found that accidents on last mile transportation, such as scooters, often result in head injuries. The company competes against Bird, Lime, and others in the last mile, on-demand transportation area. Wheels is led by Josh Viner. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The anecdotal evidence is growing that consumers are willing to pay a premium for sustainability, and have started to demand a discount for ‘un-sustainability.’ By adding to perceived value, it can attract more sophisticated and demanding customers less expensively and more quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

According to an Intuit study , that number is quickly rising and will approach 40 percent by 2020. The author outlines eight necessary steps for every business and entrepreneur to capitalize on this movement to on-demand project teams, versus permanent hires. Build an on-demand team of strategic do-ers. It’s here to stay.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2022

If you find yourself being surprised by new competitor offerings and customer demands, then perhaps you are not paying attention. Demand and reward speedy analysis and execution. He lived the philosophy that companies must be paranoid in order to survive, and continually disrupt their own markets to prevent overrun by competition.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

So the goal should be to have some formats that require talent who have become large in their own right and can demand rev shares of 70-90%. I would argue that the strongest visionaries have been TasteMade, who were originally running video at Demand Media. I’m studying TasteMade to form my own views of the future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2021

He has completed a study of more than 100 CEOs, with feedback from over 8,000 of their employees on this topic. His research concluded that CEOs who received high scores for character also achieved much higher business results – nearly five times the average return on assets (ROA) during the two-year period covered.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The production quality is terrible” I say, “ Please study The Innovator’s Dilemma because it predicts the disruption of your industry presciently.” Study the video game industry. To all of the traditional TV people who keep telling me this “low cost, low quality YouTube content will eventually go away.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2021

Whether it’s a business or personal interaction, multiple studies show that as much as 70-93% of the communication is nonverbal. An example would be sitting down to meet with a key vendor, rather than standing to deliver demands. trillion/year for business alone, according to the SnapDesk.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2013

In addition, both comedians and entrepreneurs must engage and entertain their demanding audiences. Studies have shown that approximately 55% of a speaker’s communication during the first few minutes of a presentation is nonverbal, while an additional 38% is tone of voice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2021

I have found that many people are great critics, or can study a problem forever. Manage the conflicting demands of leadership. True leaders are expected to be optimistic, yet realistic; compassionate, yet demanding; create freedom with structure, and make unpopular calls, while keeping your ego in check.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I was the guy in high school who didn’t have to study early to do well on tests and that continued into college. And that’s where the urgency addiction comes in. I have always been good at prioritizing what is important but bad about starting my work early enough.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Yes, I studied Ricardo’s theory of Comparative Advantage in college that says that lower-skilled jobs should move to countries with lower labor costs, but Andy Grove’s point about loss of skills in manufacturing leading to a decline in innovation in the next technology wave is both real and troubling.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. Studying for the SAT, LSAT, GMAT, TOEFL, MCAT and other standardized tests in the US is a massive market that has been dominated for years by Kaplan and Princeton Review. This is interesting because just 2 years ago many of these businesses were shut down by the SEC. Enter P2P lending.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

They outline the new rules for existing brands, but I believe that every entrepreneur who doesn’t yet have a brand yet should study these carefully, as paraphrased for startups below. Without the feedback, no change in the demand space will be noted. People still judge a book by its cover. Target all the senses all the time.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

Instead of demanding he do his work, I jumped in and worked with him. I helped him study and I made it fun. The next week came and my teen had missing assignments and a big test coming up. I listened and I got involved. I whiteboarded his entire class schedule and we discussed every facet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Burnout occurs for many when your job demands are too many, the hours are too long, and the resources to handle them are too few. To survive, you must focus on recovery and resiliency, strive to achieve a balance between resources and demands, and set clear boundaries between work and non-work.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. But being best-in-class at online marketing is also a sine qua non to standout from your peer group.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Over my years in business, I have accumulated a list of recommended strategies for keeping cool and calm in the face of increasing demands at work. Some recent studies by scientists assert that multi-tasking not only reduces your output, but it also reduces your IQ. Avoid extended internal battles with tough problems.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2018

In 2017, on-demand or “gig” workers grew nearly a quarter — 23 percent — over the previous year. Is a glut of on-demand workers a sign that individuals value their freedom and flexibility, or an indication that a stable salaried job with benefits is increasingly tough to pin down in today’s economy?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In my search for guidance on modern business leadership studies, both scientific and actual case studies, I was impressed with a new book, “ Head and Heart: The Art of Modern Leadership ,” by Dr. Kirstin Ferguson. I believe that a fully engaged team is the key to both productivity and agility in the face of change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

The good news is that none of these need be mutually exclusive, according to recent studies of market trends. By demand, entrepreneurs are crisis managers, and can be busy reacting 24 hours a day to urgent short-term issues. Don’t let day-to-day demands take the reins and drag you off course.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Idling capacity is a notion that was first systematically studied and measured in the context of industrial processes. Community means more than supply and demand. Even if the goods and services are changing hands as gifts, or the revenue motive exists only to make services sustainable, the economic value is evident.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. 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. Cloud Computing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2020

They are always on the lookout for talent by peer networking, studying competitors, and working with top university contacts. It makes sense to assume that highly talented people will be in demand, and will want new challenges, so expectations of long-term job commitments are not realistic. Always searching for new talent sources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Failure rates this high demand a new mindset and startups are the logical place for this to happen. The ultimate skills, which lead to innovation and totally new processes, usually come from experimentation and special studies. For starters, the whole team needs to be constantly trained and encouraged to develop their skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

Thus I was pleased to see my own insights covered in a new book, “ Why Startups Fail ,” by Tom Eisenmann, a Harvard Business School professor, who has mentored many more entrepreneurs, and authored more than a hundred HBS case studies from real-world startups. Mergers and acquisitions also require new skills.

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Xconomy

JULY 30, 2019

The news reflects a slowdown in the demand for mail-in genetic testing kits and a lag in the rollout of some of the government-led population studies for which Illumina provides DNA sequencing tools. On Monday, Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN ) informed the markets that it had overshot the mark with its 2019 estimates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2013

The anecdotal evidence is growing that consumers are willing to pay a premium for sustainability, and have started to demand a discount for ‘un-sustainability.’ By adding to perceived value, it can attract more sophisticated and demanding customers less expensively and more quickly.

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