SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Examples might be a recommendation engine, search engine, matching engine or something with a complex interface. Review the code being built. Investors my tell you that, but what they can look at your product on paper and tell what it does and they will understand if it can be built. Plan for past the initial MVP.

Technical Review 338

Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2016

Based on ratings, reviews, and price, designers are able to hire a factory or contractor from our platform. Our uusers can use ratings and reviews, to know if they are working with high quality manufacturers. The third problem we solve, is pricing and payment. We help apparel designers connect with factories.

Software Review 100

Software Review Design Technical Review Platform 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

For example, I believe Bill Gates would have failed without his partners Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen. I recommend a trial run with an experiment or MVP (minimum viable product), at full price and cost, before the big bang launch, risking your investment money and a major time commitment.

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Technical Review Case Study Mentor Software Review 131

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2019

Image via Flickr by Phil Gyford Starting a new venture still costs real money, even though the entry price has come down dramatically in last few decades. For example, I come from a software background, and back in the early PC days, it could easily cost half a million dollars for a team of professionals to produce a commercial product.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. presented pricing challenges when compared to a whole new set of offline competitors we didn’t know well. were more distributed.

Startup 286

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2013

They''re currently having to purchase dental care without any price transparency or negotiating power. We''re leveraging group buying to get pricing which is comparable to those negotiated by the large insurers. You can price a procedure, check on a dentist''s reputation, and book online. We felt that was not disruptive enough.

Pricing 227

Pricing Startup Networking Software Review 227

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

Startup 136

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?” I also try to understand things like how you’re pricing your product, how your competitors price and what your pricing expectations will be in the future.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

We want to create the right mix of the types of activities, price points, and make sure we have high quality content and high quality activities. The example, is as CEO I am obviously much more externally focused, on strategy, fundraising, and business side issues. You, as an entrepreneur, are expected to go though due diligence.

Startup 271

Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2018

I’m sure you can all think of several examples of businesses that popped up quickly, with great business models, but then faded just as quickly. Examples would include Pets.com, Webvan, and Blockbuster. These days, customers remember the total experience with a company longer than they remember the price they paid.

Examples 67

Examples Custom Customer Software Review 67

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

An obvious example is an annual budget and this usually is a large part of at least one of your annual board meetings. Create a Short Strategy / Discussion Deck Create a 5–10 page presentation in your favorite presentation software on any key issues you are grappling with. We think it will have a 30% attach rate to our core product.

Startup 226

Startup Slides Metrics News 226

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

If you acquire 10 customers a month at $100 per customer and this scales to 100 customers at the same price you may make assumptions about 1,000 customers that don’t hold. So it might actually be more productive for you to improve your conversion than to improve your ad buying, for example. That bit is easy.

Metrics 150

Metrics Startup SaaS Course 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

Tips 104

Tips Startup Technical Review Equity 104

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Another example of connected devices on the rise. It uses contributors to gather data on available street parking, parking meters, car parks and even private driveways that drivers may rent by location and price. The service, only available in Volvo cars will help drivers easily find a place to park, and save them time and money.

Services 74

Services Technical Review Software Review Examples 74

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

For example, difficult solutions that speed and flexibility are also a priority. Bridging the Gap and Redefining “Work” Recently, we discovered an interesting NYC-based company who had a simple hypothesis: W hat if you could bring elite business consultant talent to the table without the traditional price and hurdles?

Outsource Development 105

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review Outsource 105

InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

However, in the long run, entrepreneurs always benefit from delivering Maximum Utility for a fair price. Perhaps in part due to its dominant market share, WebEx adopted telecom-style pricing, which effectively penalized their users. WebEx’s predatory pricing made it vulnerable to a new entrant. Arbitrage Is Fleeting.

Entrepreneur 225

Entrepreneur SaaS Pricing Cloud Computing 225

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

But that doesn’t mean that people are paying rational prices as investors based on intrinsic value. Rational people can disagree and some may argue that today’s prices are rational and under-pinned by economic drivers. All of that might be true, but the 2006 price might still be over-valued. That’s fine.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2014

For example, you can go to the store now and buy a moderately priced slow cooker that’s run with an app on your iPad. Cisco has even put up $300,000 in prize money, and it’s a small price to pay for the vast implications at hand. Exactly what its name implies—simply put, it’s a game changer.

Technical Review 96

Technical Review Software Review Technology Examples 96

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

Startup 128

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 128

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). I like to use the example of a company I backed called MakeSpace because it’s such an easy an obvious market to understand.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

The industry had seen unprecedented growth in the past decade due to a combination of factors, one of which was the United States’ economic recession. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2017

A classic article in the Harvard Business Review “ The Truth About Customer Experience ” defines it as your customer’s end-to-end journey with you, not just the key touchpoints or critical moments when customers interact with your organization. This will create a connection with them, which demonstrates more value than price or quality.

Custom 85

Custom Customer Product Marketing 85

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

Startup 87

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 87

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2017

Many business executives and entrepreneurs I know are convinced that business success is all about having the right solution for the right price. Some things need to be done whether we like them or not; for example, daily cash-flow analysis and business metrics. Learn to like the things that need done. Save the daily crisis for later.

Software Review 57

Software Review Technical Review Startup Press 57

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

LP’s who invest in funds are typically university endowments, public & private pension funds, insurance companies, large corporations and very high net worth individuals called “family offices.&# To give you an indication of how bad, for example, university endowments are suffering check out this chart.

Venture Capital 311

Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding Rustic Canyon 311

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

We made lots of assertions about what features we thought people would want, how to price them and how to overcome the objections that people have to managing data in the cloud. Examples: There is a company called GreenLink Networks based in San Diego and Philadelphia. Another example. version of their product was.

Entrepreneur 267

Entrepreneur Startup SaaS San Diego 267

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Can you talk about some concrete examples of what you're managing? Zareh Baghdasarian: For example, in grade school or high school, students and teachers can communicate, and we allow them to submit homework and forms, do their grade work, post assignments, and receive assignments. Talk about your background?

Education 124

Education Startup Course Tool 124

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Example: if a VC is on their fourth $200 million fund that they just raised in 2009 then you might hear them talk about $800 million under management. Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Funding Invest GRP Partners 269

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Want to know, for example, why Foursquare uses MongoDB to store check-in information? Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. One out of ten of Americans are out of work. call to arms.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Funding Startup Technical Review 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

Develop 70

Develop Development Product Startup 70

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

Startup 123

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 123

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

Startup 53

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 53

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

In the example above, you may find that although radio listeners cost $50 more than your average cost per customer, they may correspondingly have a longer life and thus a higher lifetime than your average customer. Ideally, such ads should clearly articulate the value proposition including the price.

Custom 164

Custom Customer Advertising SEM 164

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. Ask them for advice.

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Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291