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APRIL 26, 2017

We've created an alternative, a hybrid microscope for the price of one. Eugene Cho: I saw this market opportunity when I realized that the larger microscope companies, like Nikon, Olympus, and so on were really only focusing their efforts on high end systems, which cost $200,000 plus. How did you start the company?

Tech Coast Angels 124

Tech Coast Angels Startup Sales Slides 124

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APRIL 26, 2017

We've created an alternative, a hybrid microscope for the price of one. Eugene Cho: I saw this market opportunity when I realized that the larger microscope companies, like Nikon, Olympus, and so on were really only focusing their efforts on high end systems, which cost $200,000 plus. How did you start the company?

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Tech Coast Angels Startup Sales Slides 100

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Noah Auerhahn: ExtraBux helps consumers get the lowest prices online, by integrating online discounts into a comparison shopping engine. At that point, we realized we needed more money to get things to market, and that's when we went out and raised a round from the Maverick Angels. Noah, thanks for the interview.

USC 207

USC CPC Sites Startup 207

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JUNE 3, 2013

There''s been a subtle--but very significant shift--in the solar power market in recent years, particularly in California, where it''s actually cheaper in many cases to lease solar panels on your roof, than to pay the power company. But, since it''s priced against the local utility, that investors can get a 9, 10, 11, or 12 percent yield.

Equity 234

Equity Invest Marketing Product 234

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JUNE 13, 2011

Our marketplace is organized like a used item marketplace, like Amazon or eBay, or Craiglist, in that a seller lists an item, picks a cause, and sets a price. We were invited in March to the Harvard Social Enterprise Conference to present. Obviously, once we're comfortable with that, the big challenge is marketing KarmaGoat.

UCLA 256

UCLA Startup Ideas Help 256

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JANUARY 13, 2010

We spoke with CEO Steve Adler , and Vice President of Marketing Danielle Mead , about the firm and what it's hoping to do. So, if they view a card, it costs them 99 cents, but every time you view a card, the price on that auction is reduced by 50 cents. We realized, there's an opening in the market. What is the site all about?

Sites 213

Sites Startup Ideas Pricing 213

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

He saw that the industry was being disrupted globally, and actually started with the idea of building a new company that could be scalable, and flexible, and offer delivery of that content at competitive pricing. We present them with many advantages as they go on our platform. Who are your core customers?

Content 113

Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

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MAY 2, 2014

Steve Banfield: Our goal, is we want to be the biggest and best way for people to find and present their identity online. With all those new releases, there are lots of new opportunities--you can preregister names, some people are holding back certain names as premium names, and there''s a lot of complexity in price points.

Demand 231

Demand HTML Web Media 231

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

Startup 233

Startup Tips Web Platform 233

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

John Morris: I think it's trying to make a decent connection with customers, and trying to assess the size and viability of the market. It's trying to determine if there is a viable way to go to market, and also deal with competitive issues. Where is this talent coming from? Richard Koffler: That is one of the tasks we have as a group.

Networking 215

Networking Research Startup USC 215

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

I finally realized that there is nobody specifically speaking to women in the automotive world, either editorially, or frankly, even on the marketing side. Marketing departments tend to be headed by men, and face it, men have been trying to figure out women since Adam and Eve. We're tough to figure out.

Truecar 204

Truecar Writing Edmunds Sites 204

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We seem to receive lots of pitches from companies looking to attack the mobile market with their mobile software applications, but few who have deployed on-deck with carriers. The client then presents the consumer with the opportunity to have a dashboard view of social networking sites. Derrick Oien: The primary market is the operator.

Social Network 113

Social Network Anthem Mobile Java 113

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JUNE 25, 2009

It seems that every week, a new, Voice-over-IP provider firm surfaces in the market, either providing PBX services, voicemail, or other similar services. Starting truly from scratch, we built our own SIP stack, built much better than the other code out there in the market.

IP 165

IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. In March of last year, Matt Jacobson, head of market development at Facebook, paid $10.9

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

As you probably know, PayPal just opened up their platform to outside developers, and we took a look at that and the opportunity it presented, and build something based on the PayPal API. In November and December, they had something like 20 million parties created on Evite. Not only is that user base incredibly loyal, it's naturally viral.

Evite 157

Evite Startup Ideas Ticketmaster 157

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. In terms of topics we spoke about: - Do VC’s send your presentations around to other people if they don’t fund you? This week was had Jason Calacanis as our guest.

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Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285