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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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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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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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 29, 2013

Startups that consist of at least one USC student or alum (less than 10 years from graduation) are encouraged to enter – and have a chance of winning up to $25,000! Silicon Beach @ USC will feature game-changers and thought leaders from Hollywood studios, technology startups, and academia. Go to https://siliconbeachusc-2013.eventbrite.com/

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The Los Angeles-based startup Canoo has finally unveiled its first model, the eponymously named canoo. The idea, the company says, is to bring convenience and afforability of a Netflix movie service to the auto industry. Thus, we came up with this loft-inspired vehicle,” says Richard Kim, in Charge of Design at Canoo.

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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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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. How it happens.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Many people will write the history on why Ring became an enormously successful company and why it became a real-world unicorn in a world when many startups are anointed that merely on paper. We first met Jamie when had had a startup called Simulscribe, which transcribed voicemail so you could read your messages rather than listen to them.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

As a startup advisor, I see too many entrepreneurs get distracted by technology or their favorite cause, and then wonder why they can’t find an investor, attract customers, or build a long-term business. Internet disruptors make prices and margins transparent. Value to second-order customer advertisers is key.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Let me start with Professor Christensen’s definition: “An innovation that is disruptive allows a whole new population of consumers access to a product or service that was historically only accessible to consumers with a lot of money or a lot of skill.&#. Let’s start with the incumbents position in a market.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

They have high-priced property and zero innovation. Incumbents became increasingly annoyed with our successes in the country’s largest market – NYC – that they started even taking out ads against us. Public Storage is the Blockbuster Video of their industry and we set out to build Netflix. Little old us.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

From Los Angeles to Silicon Valley , a trend emerged among social media influencers and startup founders alike: move into a mansion with 10 or so collaborators, work day and night together to build fame and wealth, and hope that your new roommates do their dishes. Image Credits: Robiiiworld (Brandy Merriweather via BStarPR).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2014

It’s the company that evokes fear into more startups and venture capitalists looking to fund eCommerce businesses than any other potential competitor. He would pick up stuff from your apartment and bring it to storage for you and he could save money by having that facility be off site. And could we then compete?”

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

If you're FreedomPop , the Encino-based startup, you start by offering up free 4G wireless data access, and then expand to offer free, voice-over-IP services, along with home-based wireless Internet services. Currently, users pay up front for data packages, and there are inefficiencies in that market.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

So VCs made fewer investments at lower prices and generally on terms that were more favorable to investors relative to 2015. This past year was also the year that startup boards also got more disciplined about containing burn rates and pushing for companies to be run more pragmatically. Baidu alone raised $3.2 billion into Uber.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

But as every blogger, musician, novelist or YouTube emerging talent knows … it doesn’t add up to much unless you go big time. Netflix, Hulu & HBO Go are coming from the opposite direction – the Head End. Interestingly Netflix plans to release the entire season all at once. TV was the same. The Torso.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

As a startup advisor, I see too many entrepreneurs get distracted by technology or their favorite cause, and then wonder why they can’t find an investor, attract customers, or build a long-term business. Internet disruptors make prices and margins transparent. Value to second-order customer advertisers is key.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

As a startup, you need to use your limited resources to excel at a few core things for your best customers, in order to stand out and get the momentum going. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The idea was that if you could put up a consumer site that was seen as the best place to consume content then people wouldn’t go to lower-quality or free sites to get it. The goal of any cartel is to control production, distribution & marketing of a set of goods with the goal of maintaining high prices. Why the limitation?

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2012

One of the most original, subscription startups to come out of Southern California's tech accelerator boom emerged last week, looking to disrupt not just another retail sector or e-commerce category, but something else entirely: the airline industry. How did this all start? Think of it like Netflix.

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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. After a deal that just closed this week, Spotify is stretching its streaming wings beyond music and into podcasts.

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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. What started as sheets now has dozens of SKU’s. where would you even start in terms of product selection?

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

We spoke with David Aronchick , the CEO and co-founder of the firm to hear more about what it's up to. David Aronchick: We started about three years ago. So, we spun up the site, and got it up and going in the middle of 2008, and it just took off, particularly right after the elections. What's the story behind Hark?

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2017

As a startup, you need to use your limited resources to excel at a few core things for your best customers, in order to stand out and get the momentum going. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We caught up with James Segil , the firm's President, to hear the story behind that big growth at the company. We've grown really fast.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Distribution of media is tightly controlled by YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and a handful of others. In a world where perhaps foreign governments start propagating false information to influence our society, guaranteeing authenticity would become a very big deal. Our social graphs are locked in Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

As a startup advisor, I see too many entrepreneurs get distracted by technology or their favorite cause, and then wonder why they can’t find an investor, attract customers, or build a long-term business. Internet disruptors make prices and margins transparent. Value to second-order customer advertisers is key.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

They first started in 1994 and are therefore almost as old as the Web itself. CTR meaning for every 1,000 ads that are served up only 2 people click on them. So people will spend money online to get you to sign up for credit cards or Netflix but not to change your laundry detergent. Banner Ads. Integrated Advertising.

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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. 3rd Startup. Grew up in Seoul and is bilingual and bicultural. Zachary Cancio (CTO, co-founder) Duke ECE/CS 2009.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

So Sean starts at the beginning and discusses where Vidzey’s concept came from. ” Article 1 discussed the digital revolution and how companies like Netflix and Hulu were taking over. ” START WITH THE END GOAL. Valuable personality traits in his previous life working in entertainment, no doubt. I believe this.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

It’s pretty difficult to come up with a single pipe that can generate enough traffic to overwhelm a service like Twitter, so attackers increasingly turn to distributed DoS attacks. It’s unlikely that the myriad devices that make up the Internet of Things will get more secure naturally. IoT Pollution.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

But with the introduction of Apple TV, Google TV, the Boxee Box & other initiatives it’s clear that this battle will heat up in 2011. While we won’t get through all of this, here are some of the issues in the industry that I plan to bring up and ones I hope we’ll discuss tomorrow: 1.

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