Silicon Beach Report July 16: Netflix Shares Plummet
L.A. Business Journal
JULY 16, 2018
Netflix subscribers up, stock prices down; Google gets is cloud online in L.A.; Musk tweet could bring libel charge
Hulu Drops Pricing On Streaming TV
socalTECH
JANUARY 23, 2019
Los Angeles-based Hulu said on Wednesday that it is dropping the pricing on its ad-supported service, Hulu Originals, and will offer up the service for only $5.99 The new pricing--which goes into effect in February--is a drop from the service's current price of $7.99 READ MORE>>.
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Disney Aims At Netflix With Discounted Plans
socalTECH
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Burbank-based Disney is taking aim at streaming giant Netflix , with an aggressive effort to sign up people for its upcoming Disney+ service. The report says Disney is offering up a three year plan for access to its new service for $169.99, which is a big discount from a list price for Disney+ of $209.99. READ MORE>>.
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Freeletics raises $45M for its AI-powered mobile fitness coach
TechCrunch LA
DECEMBER 4, 2018
As you might expect from the name, Freeletics operates its mobile fitness coaching app on a freemium model, with tiered pricing beginning at $11.99 for one month or $74.99 for a year-long membership. “We want to be there for people who want a long-term athletic lifestyle,” Sobhani told TechCrunch.
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Why Hulu is the OPEC of Online Video
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 8, 2010
OPEC (the organization of petroleum exporting countries) is a cartel that was set up in the 1960′s and represents the interests of the 12 biggest oil producing countries in the world with the goal of increasing prices of oil, a good supplied in limited quantities to a world that had insatiable demand for the product. Why the limitation?
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Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 4, 2010
In a world where we’ve seen newspapers crumbling, record labels struggling and Blockbuster imploding and making way for the rise of Netflix it seems kinda intuitive to most of us but we can’t quite place why this happens. They are radically lower in price. So what did happen? And what does happen in many other industries?
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The Power of Torso TV (Why Media is Racing to the Middle)
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 6, 2012
Netflix, Hulu & HBO Go are coming from the opposite direction – the Head End. Hulu announced $500 million to fund new content and Netflix has, for example, resurrected the hit / cult show Arrested Development. Interestingly Netflix plans to release the entire season all at once. Put simply: YouTube OWNS the long tail.
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M-GO Launches Gift Cards Into Supermarkets
socalTECH
DECEMBER 3, 2013
M-GO--unlike streaming video providers like Netflix, Amazon, and others--offers up pre-DVD availability and similarly timed releases of movies in a digital format, albeit at prices closer to the cost of a DVD release, starting at around $12.99. M-GO is headed by John Batter. READ MORE>>.
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Silicon Beach Report May 31: Snap Sells Location Data Business to Foursquare
L.A. Business Journal
MAY 31, 2019
Foursquare purchases Placed from Snap; Pluto TV carves out LA footprint; Netflix raises U.K. subscription prices
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Silicon Beach Report Nov. 9: Snapchat Redesign Scheduled for Dec. 4 Release
L.A. Business Journal
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
4, Disney to price streaming service 'substantially below’ Netflix, and Activision’s ‘Call of Duty’ rakes in $500 million. Snapchat redesign scheduled for release on Dec.
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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 1, 2014
It’s Amazon, Virgin America, Netflix, Tesla, DropBox, iPhone, Uber, Lyft or any one of the other great brands that exist because they do things significantly better than what came before. We worked out our pricing, our tipping policies, insurance, logistics, package management – the works. 10x the experience.
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USC's Silicon Beach Awards and Presentations (Discount Code)
SoCal CTO
AUGUST 29, 2013
eventbrite.com/ Use the promo code FriendOfCTM for half-price admission through Sept 11! More info on the conference and the venture competition at [link] To register at the discounted price use the promo code: FriendOfCTM 1. To join us, register at https://siliconbeachusc-2013.eventbrite.com/ Go to https://siliconbeachusc-2013.eventbrite.com/
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How FreedomPop's Free Wireless Internet is Disrupting Telecom
socalTECH
JANUARY 28, 2013
Stephen Sesar: It's no major secret that telcos have been increasing their prices, and basically selling high volume wireless Internet packages to users, with 5GB or 10GB of data, when in reality, users are only using roughly 1.5 That peak of 10-12 down is faster than normal DSL, and will be at a fraction of the price.
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245 Disney's Entry Price To Streaming Services: $1.58 Billion
socalTECH
AUGUST 9, 2017
Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company made the first move to create its own streaming service on Tuesday, saying it will launch two different video streaming services--one focused on sports, under the ESPN brand, and another direct-to-consumer service under the Disney brand in 2019.
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Canoo takes the covers off of its debut electric vehicle
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
The idea, the company says, is to bring convenience and afforability of a Netflix movie service to the auto industry. And even with the low price, Kranz expects to make a mint with his new company. “These savings we will be able to give back to the customer,” he said.
Streaming Wars: Netflix vs Amazon vs Hulu
Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
The big three options right now are Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, and they’re getting bigger: Americans are watching more than an hour of streaming content per day , a number excepted to steadily increase over time. Netflix Basics. Netflix has both quantity and quality.but isn’t very timely. Hulu Basics.
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7 Keys To A Winning Business As A Phone App Developer
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 21, 2022
The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. This is a tough one to accomplish, but it has paid off handsomely for the first to win in other categories, such as Amazon Kindle and Netflix. Free’ doesn’t make it stand out when there are a million alternatives at the same price.
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9 Subscription Model Variations To JumpStart Growth
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. All-you-can-eat content model. Front-of-the-line model.
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168 The Future of Advertising will be Integrated
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 30, 2011
So people will spend money online to get you to sign up for credit cards or Netflix but not to change your laundry detergent. Give people massive price increases on most media and they’ll abandon it. I decided to look up one branded company in the chocolate segment to get a sense for the magnitude of spend online.
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What Can You Learn From Ring’s Astounding Success?
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 12, 2018
When Jamie told us he was going to build “Doorbot” (the name prior to Ring) and he explained to us that it was a video security doorbell sold at mass-market prices to bring security to homes that have never been able to afford them?—?we we were sold on the concept immediately. He really thought about helping middle-income families.
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Interview with Wade Eyerly, SurfAir
socalTECH
APRIL 10, 2012
Think of it like Netflix. 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. That strips out the volatility, and just helps us lock in the price of fuel at the day's rate.
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7 Lessons For Mobile App Developers To Beat The Odds
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 24, 2020
The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. This is a tough one to accomplish, but it has paid off handsomely for the first to win in other categories, such as Amazon Kindle and Netflix. Free’ doesn’t make it stand out when there are a million alternatives at the same price.
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9 Popular Startup Business Model Variations For Scale
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. All-you-can-eat content model. Front-of-the-line model.
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8 Growth Practices That Every Startup Needs To Follow
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 17, 2022
Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Facebook competed against the model of free customer use paid by advertisers of Google, and the sophisticated data delivery infrastructures of YouTube and Netflix. Marty Zwilling.
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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues
socalTECH
MARCH 12, 2013
Obviously, anyone except the largest five to ten content companies in the world, such as Google, Netflix, or Amazon, does not need to own their own CDN. The other thing that helps diffentiate us, is we help our customers with costs, save them money, and allow them to get to market faster, with scale.
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MakeSpace Raises an Additional $17.5 million and Unveils Strategy to Make Public Storage the Next Blockbuster Video
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
They have high-priced property and zero innovation. Public Storage is the Blockbuster Video of their industry and we set out to build Netflix. It tested our beliefs about pricing, products and marketing overall of our service. And where they see stability we saw a sitting duck. Little old us. Sound familiar? The Early Years.
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150 7 Winning Strategies For Smartphone App Startups
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 9, 2015
The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. This is a tough one to accomplish, but it has paid off handsomely for the first to win in other categories, such as Amazon Kindle and Netflix. Free’ doesn’t make it stand out when there are a million alternatives at the same price.
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7 New Dimensions Of Market Value In This Digital Age
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 23, 2020
Internet disruptors make prices and margins transparent. For example, Netflix uses a digital model to unbundle television programming, creating new customer value. The old saying that it’s pretty hard to compete with free no longer holds, when cost is not the primary customer value element and free is the norm.
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124 Interview with David Aronchick, Hark
socalTECH
MARCH 3, 2011
Sure, that's a decent way to approach it, but the result is, studios then want a huge minimum guarantee, which really prices startups out of the market. Maybe, that's directly with that piece of content--buying it as a ring tone, or buying the DVD, or renting it on Netflix, or seeing an ad that was cross promoted with that content.
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201 Dealflicks Help Theaters Fill Their Seats Last Minute
Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Launched in beta July last year in Oakland, San Francisco, Dealflicks is a price line for movie tickets and gives movie tickets and concessions for up to 60% off to help theaters get butts in their seats. Loves to follow financial market, huge Boston celtics fan. Grew up in Seoul and is bilingual and bicultural. We love movies.
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91 4 Strategies To Ramp Up The Total Customer Experience
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 12, 2019
Traditionally, you just worried about the quality of the sales transaction (price, speed, service), but the “customer experience” now includes ease of pre-sale shopping, post-sale support, with a connected relationship throughout.
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Gimlet Media and Anchor: What Spotify’s Acquisitions Mean for Podcasts
Tech.Co
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
It reportedly paid a hefty $230 million to acquire the podcast publisher and network startup Gimlet Media, and has also acquired the podcast monetization platform Anchor for an undisclosed price. It’s the biggest podcast industry acquisition ever, and Spotify isn’t done. Finally, podcasting is a growing market.
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Subscription Business Models Are Startup Favorites
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 2, 2015
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 SparkBoxToys. All-you-can-eat content model. Front-of-the-line model.
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106 How to Out Amazon, Amazon
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
If a consumer will pay a fixed price for a product or service then the battle over who gets the margin in any sale is between the person who merchandises a product and the person who manufactures it. There has always been tension between CPG (consumer packaged goods) companies and the retailers who sell their products to consumers.
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7 Realities Related To Customer Value Disrupt Growth
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
Internet disruptors make prices and margins transparent. For example, Netflix uses a digital model to unbundle television programming, creating new customer value. The old saying that it’s pretty hard to compete with free no longer holds, when cost is not the primary customer value element and free is the norm.
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103 How To Create Customer Value And Profit To Survive
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
Internet disruptors make prices and margins transparent. For example, Netflix uses a digital model to unbundle television programming, creating new customer value. The old saying that it’s pretty hard to compete with free no longer holds, when cost is not the primary customer value element and free is the norm.
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101 Top Tips for Streaming Services: Cutting the Cord the Smart Way
Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Netflix has both quantity and quality.but isn’t very timely. Price: $8 per month for basic plans, up to $12 for extra screens and advanced features. Use Add-Ons: There are scores of Netflix add-ons to help you find certain shows, search for random episodes, and much more. Price:$8 with ads, $12 without.
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40 Citrusbyte Wants the World to Build Better Software
Tech.Co
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
Netflix, Amazon, and Twitter have already proven that using API services they can stay ahead of their competition and deliver continuous value to their user base,” says David Kullmann, Partner at Citrusbyte. They’ve built products that have completely transformed industries, like the AT&T M2X Internet of Things platform. “If
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74 8 Positive Lessons From Facebook On Building Momentum
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 15, 2019
Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Facebook competed against the model of free customer use paid by advertisers of Google, and the sophisticated data delivery infrastructures of YouTube and Netflix. Marty Zwilling.
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87 Netflix Redux: Is It Ever OK to Fire Your Customers?
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 10, 2011
Netflix as a service has always prided itself on movie recommendations that are tailored specifically to you plus user ratings on the quality of films. The big price increase : 5 out of 5 stars. Some customer segments value the DVD business and these may be more price sensitive. This makes their business types very different.
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8 Principles For Building A Competitive Core Business
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 14, 2017
Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Facebook competed against the model of free customer use paid by advertisers of Google, and the sophisticated data delivery infrastructures of YouTube and Netflix.
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9 Great Paths To Recurring Revenue For Your Startup
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 24, 2016
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 Pley. All-you-can-eat content model. Front-of-the-line model.
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56 Small Business Marketing | Get Customers versus Get Leads
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 18, 2011
Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Valu e and Exp erience versus Price and Product. It’s a Netflix for business cards and receipts. Perfect example; ShoeBoxed.com.
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