Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Taelor Style , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. Front-of-the-line model. Peace-of-mind model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2021

At first this was limited to news sites that concentrated on a segment of a community, like West Seattle, but the concept is now being applied to advertising and promotion sites, blogging sites, and even legal services sites. Local businesses won’t use a site until it has a critical mass of users.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Los Angeles-based Hollar , the online bargain gifts and products retailer which just pulled in a big $30M funding round, has launched a "treasure hunt" to encourage its users to visit the site more often. For example, those Beats headphones, which normally cost $200, are going for $10--if you are able to find them fast enough.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

The company's founder and CEO is Sean Broihier , who told us all about the site--and also how. The way our business model works, is, for example, if you're a. Once you get that profile page, you can upload your beautiful images to our site. So, buyers will come to our site, which has all of these beautiful images from all.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2021

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. We all believe that supply and demand meet to create stable prices (reflexive). Busts result when lower prices stimulate more supply.

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Demand Google Commerce Pricing 145

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

Santa Monica-based Edmunds.com , which offers an online site for automotive information and analysis, has taken a close look at GM's new online eBay store for its autos, and concludes that buyers will be better off making an offer than accepting the "Buy It Now" price on the site. READ MORE>>.

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Edmunds Santa Monica Pricing Sites 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2021

Recent examples include Christmas.com selling for $3.1M Registration of the domain name is easy and simple through most hosting sites, if nobody already owns it. As a startup, cost to rename your company and change existing collateral may be less than dealing with unmatched names or premium domain pricing.

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Startup Pricing Tips .Net 136

Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2021

Understand the costs with our complete Shopify Pricing Guide. Consumer tech, for example, is a perfect fit for affiliate marketing with 60% of consumers buying electronics on Prime Day 2020. Find out more – Shopify Pricing: how much will a Shopify store cost you? Why Would Shopify Expand into Affiliate Marketing?

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Marketing Buzzfeed Guide Platform 177

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2021

For example, I find that more people now look for a great total experience , including selection choices, ease of return, and friendly support, versus just the lowest cost transaction. When sales fall off, you need to dig deep for the “why,” rather than just assuming the price needs to go down.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Usually these are revenue-generating e-commerce sites, or have the potential to be revenue-generating. These days, accessible starts with being visibly listed online, in lieu of the now old-fashioned rental sites and swap-meets. For utilization to increase, assets need to be made accessible. Healthcare.

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Resource Commerce Social Media Platform 126

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. Front-of-the-line model. Peace-of-mind model.

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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. For example, at an event, say at the Staples Center, of the 20,000 seats they might have four or five price groups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. The hottest new way of funding startups is to use online sites, like Kickstarter , to request donations, pre-order, get a reward, or even give equity.

Startup 136

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 136

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Are you tired of booking that "luxury room" on your favorite vacation rental site, and finding it''s really a dump? What''s hovelstay.com, and how is it different than all the other vacation rental sites out there? Michael Womack: We are creating a site that has the adventurous and budget traveler in mind.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 30, 2018

Some great examples of second-to-market. Apple, for example, was nowhere near the first to introduce an MP3 handheld music player. Marriott called theirs “tier pricing”. Our test sites. In the meantime, we sold a second system to a large timeshare resort in Orlando for the same price.

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Artificial Inteligence Pricing Design Product 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

For example, if you have no technical background, you probably can’t create or sell an enterprise software product for a low price, even today. Maybe you should start with an online e-commerce site, based on your favorite hobby expertise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price.

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Startup Training Services Writing 174

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

Most ecommerce sites highlight this feature. For example, Mark McClain, cofounder and CEO of SailPoint Technologies , created an employee growth culture resulting in growth of forty percent a year, with more than $100 million in revenues. Select a single dimension to measure momentum. Plan a long-term strategy, and avoid crisis moves.

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Technical Review Technical Advisors Startup Mentor 160

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Selz currently offers three monthly pricing plans which allow you to create your own store using its platform, or attach Selz' smarts to an existing site. It also offers a $599 per month “Do It For Me” option which will see Selz' own team of developers build a bespoke site to your specifications.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps. The most effective new way of funding startups is to use online sites, like Kickstarter , to request donations, pre-order, get a reward, or even give equity. Use crowd funding.

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Tips Startup Technical Review Equity 104

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

For example, local providers usually have other options when you need to grow your network, including wavelength services and dark fiber , that you can use to meet needs as you grow. Request Custom Pricing. Custom pricing takes into account the size of your site and any customizations or special requirements your business may have.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 13, 2014

For example, ask yourself: “What is the inciting incident in The Godfather?” This one is tricky, because it doesn’t occur until 45 minutes into the film, when Vito Corleone is gunned down in the street. What is the inciting incident for your company? How can you get to it more quickly and with less capital?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2019

For example, the days are gone when simply replacing a purchase or giving your money back was considered premium service. Zappos , for example, counts the number of new customer relationships established, not minutes on the site. Customer experience starts with user-centric product design.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Everyone has their own view of the price-value equation, they listen only to other customers like them, and they have an instant world-wide view of the alternatives. Customers skip over your ads, and easily find the real best deals through “best value” sites on the Internet. Convenience – make the experience memorable for me.

Demand 126

Demand Custom Customer Startup 126

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2012

Our customers get a daily email of all these really cool things in fashion and interior design which are on-trend, really cool, and which they can get at a discounted price. Most recently, I was at MySpace, where I was the creative director for rebranding and for the new site. Heather Lipner: Uncovet is a part of Science Inc.,

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Userplane Startup Design Sites 182

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. MySpace, for example, boomed after launch for five years without a revenue model. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits. So let’s take a look.

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Platform Snapchat Startup Course 118

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

For example, Excel was able to read files from Lotus, and was able to save the file without losing any information. Pricing information. For example, stackoverflow developers use the product every day, and they can’t help but interract with their uers. Defensibility in Software. How did Microsoft de-throne Lotus?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2010

Yesterday, Los Angeles-based Biddees (www.biddees.com) launched a new web site, which combines gift cards, a reverse auction system, and microdonations to nonprofits. What is the site all about? Steve Adler: It's a reverse auction site that exclusively sells prepaid cards. 34 cents of that is going to the company.

Sites 213

Sites Startup Ideas Pricing 213

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. The hottest new way of funding startups is to use online sites, like Kickstarter , to request donations, pre-order, get a reward, or even give equity.

Startup 128

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 128

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2021

I have to point out that the rest of the world looks for you online before visiting your business, finds talk about you on Yelp and social media sites, and what they see can make or break your business. Today your reputation online is more important than your price, service, or location. Either one can kill the other.

Social Media 144

Social Media Media Summary Satisfaction 144

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Every consumer out there who goes to live sports, music, and other events is used to the drill: pay lots of money to a ticketing site, pay lots of extra fees, or have to hassle with a shady ticket broker, or pay extra to get a seat to the event you want to get to. It's built to take advantage of the difference in pricing on the high end.

Entertainment 219

Entertainment Pricing Ticketmaster Startup 219

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 14, 2013

To start your own marketplace site to sell your fashion brand, you would need to design a website, set up an e-commerce system and market, market and market some more to draw people to your new site. You don’t have to worry about hiring web designers and marketing specialists to draw traffic to the site.

Commerce 93

Commerce Social Media Design Startup 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Usually these are revenue-generating e-commerce sites, or have the potential to be revenue-generating. These days, accessible starts with being visibly listed online, in lieu of the now old-fashioned rental sites and swap-meets. For utilization to increase, assets need to be made accessible. Healthcare.

Commerce 98

Commerce Social Media Platform Class 98

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2012

For example, if you're a retailer like Banana Republic, you probably send out offers to your database. With Retention Science, what we're trying to do, is enable those e-commerce sites to profile every single individual customer, instead of putting them into clusters. By doing that, we can maximize a businesses' margin.

Commerce 196

Commerce Platform Southern California Custom 196

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites, for example, cost a million dollars to set up. Now the price is closer to $100 if you are willing to do the work yourself. Personalize a simple web site. Publish the site and now you are in business.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

We short-handed this marketing mix as “ the four P’s ” – product, price, promotion and place (distribution) – this was devised in 1960 and while a little bit dated is still a useful framework. ” Here are some examples: 1. Online marketing uses techniques for driving promotion and place. ” Me?

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