TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

But across the country in Atlanta, a fast-growing tech hub , a cohort of Black creators reimagined that idea. The price of membership varies depending on what resources an applicant is looking for, whether that’s marketing, help connecting with potential brand partners or use of studio space.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

We know prices of deals, compensation, who’s doing well / poorly, etc. I once mentioned this idea to a fellow SoCal VC when I told him I wanted a CIC in LA and he said, “Co-location is dead. These kinds of office space arrangement are often called “technology incubators&# or “startup labs&# or something similar.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The idea, is how do we facilitate marketplaces which take under-monetized inventory and fragmented markets, and consolidate them? We realized that one problem with event venues, is that each city has a wedding website, but no one can actually determine pricing and availability of those venues. That requires a phone call.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business. He said it was better than the Yellow Pages because he would provide pricing transparency. Summary notes, as always, provide below.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school. Most universities have formal incubator and business development organizations that focus on coaching, grant writing and technology licensing. It’s important to go well beyond the passionate idea stage. Don’t forget business writing and communication.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

These exits have really validated our team's vision and that the talent and ideas that we invest and believe in. Michael Jones: Earny, a bot that tracks purchases, files and redeems price protection/adjustment claims automatically for customers. Just a few weeks after Earny launched, Amazon ended their price adjustment policy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Conventional wisdom is that after a great idea, the next steps are raise some money, build a product, then go sell the product. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one. Nail the business model. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

These funders often offer convertible notes, rather than the traditional priced equity. Startup incubator seed funding. While an accelerator offers a specific program to startups for a fixed period of time, usually 90 days to four months, incubators tend to be more open-ended. Business accelerator funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school. Most universities have formal incubator and business development organizations that focus on coaching, grant writing and technology licensing. It’s important to go well beyond the passionate idea stage. Don’t forget business writing and communication.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school. Most universities have formal incubator and business development organizations that focus on coaching, grant writing and technology licensing. It’s important to go well beyond the passionate idea stage. Don’t forget business writing and communication.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2019

Pretty much the only thing that has changed is the price, and they're charging more. The idea that everyone is following, is trying to get a few large clients. Here's something else that might be interesting to people here, is everyone know there are a lot of technology incubators out there. The big example is YCombinator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Conventional wisdom is that after a great idea, the next steps are raise some money, build a product, then go sell the product. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one. Nail the business model. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2013

I started a business with two others and we started buying and reselling ad inventory from wholesale prices to retail. To progress and be LA tech-focused, we started incubating ideas. Are incubating companies one of the main focuses of Engage:BDR? We are constantly incubating projects since Engage:BDR started.

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Marketing Startup Incubator Advertising 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2017

Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Conventional wisdom is that after a great idea, the next steps are raise some money, build a product, then go sell the product. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one. Nail the business model. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Custom 64

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

So the idea is to create a device that does all of that, and you get judged on how well it does, and how easy it is to use. Unfortunately, those providers decided the gold leads were expensive, and decided to use a Chinese vendor which would provide them at half price. Talk about your team, how did you get interested in this project?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

One of the fastest growing startups in Southern California in recent years was Hautelook, which went from just an ideas to a huge, $270M acquisition by Nordstrom only X years later. I've been engaged in about thirty startups, anywhere from in incubators, being an angel investor, to leading the charge. I've been doing that for 25 years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Conventional wisdom is that after a great idea, the next steps are raise some money, build a product, then go sell the product. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one. Nail the business model. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Custom 118

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. What price will your customer ultimately accept? The US market is worth more than $25 billion and Europe is the same.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

So while it started more about finding solutions to get him driving cars more or logging airline miles he also focuses on big, industry-changing ideas. It is the most accurate data out there that you can use to carry into a dealership and negotiate on price. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Scott has this obsession.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Conventional wisdom is that after a great idea, the next steps are raise some money, build a product, then go sell the product. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one. Nail the business model. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 114

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Custom 114

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2012

What's the idea behind SurfAir? The startup incubator actually found us. As a result, we can project into the future what our future fuel costs will be, and we can get fuel on contract at today's price, and just execute on that contract rather than try to hedge costs. We shuttle primarily between Palo Alto and Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Its interesting to think about how universities might want to have their staff better aligned with moving ideas from the lab to start-ups. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. In my experience, this has been really hard to do successfully.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

I then became and EIR at UC San Diego, and joined EvoNexus, the not-for-profit incubator run by the Irvine Company. The idea came about because of my work in both regions, and comparing and contrasting the two, and figuring out the game in Southern California. I did that for a couple of years, which got me and my wife down to SoCal.

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Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

A company official told Xconomy the drug would be priced in line with standard of care enzyme replacement therapy, which costs around $300,000 per patient, per year. The drug has a list price of $69,350 per patient, per year. —Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: JAZZ ) agreed to pay $1.5

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

A lot of competitors also stole their ideas and started offering the same services. Rather than figure it out and reverse engineer a price strategy, they simply asked their customers what they would be willing to pay for shipping. They took everyone’s response and averaged the price, which came to about $5.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2013

My mother and father started a little hardware company in Price, Utah and they turned it into a very, very successful construction company. During her tenure, "A director came into our offices and pitched us a web-series idea. Sarah continued her story by describing her life growing up in an entrepreneurial household. "I

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

If anyone has ideas on how to reach into to find candidates or other ways to find good people, I would love to hear it. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. For those patient enough to source great companies at reasonable prices and prepared to weather the next inevitable downturn, I believe firmly there will be economic rewards for discipline and patience. They compete on features, price and execution.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

What's your background, and where did the idea for the business come from? What we want to do is bring very good videos to businesses, at a very affordable price. How are you able to keep production values high even at a low price point? Finally, what's the next big goal for the company?

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Richard Wolpert – Managing Director of Amplify.LA, startup incubator and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners. She reminds us that whole ecosystems have been built on seemingly innocuous ideas. So instead, there can be a focus on enabling the public to expand on these baseline ideas. Let’s Talk Bitcoin.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions. Do you really think Porter’s Five Forces is going to help you figure out what feature set to launch or how to price your product? What about strategy?

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

But even if you came to me with that idea, Im not sure I would have bought it. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Why did YouTube win? Why did MySpace win? Certainly MySpaces tie-in with music was a genius move.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. The people with the time, energy & creativity to build organizations like TechStars need to bring their ideas to fruition. It takes both to build a community.

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

We allow them to post their requests, with the highest price posting for shares at the top of the list for buyers, and the reverse for sellers. That makes it easy, so that when someone comes to a page and wants to transact in shares, they can see what the most attractive bid and ask prices are.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Have you ever had an idea for a great product, but thought any of the following: "I don't have en. Step by Step From Idea to Bootstrap Startup. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Starting a dev team to build a brand new idea is harder. So you have an idea.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Price: $15 (Early Bird). Event Details. to 9:30 p.m.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Price: $15 (Early Bird). Dinesh earned his B.S.

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