socalTECH

MAY 26, 2011

The way brighter makes that dental care more affordable, is it empowers consumers to find dental benefits, and allows them to compare that by price and reputation. We started looking to figure out if $6500 was a good price or a bad price, and we found out that there was no information on the Internet about what that procedure should cost.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

What price? The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. ” Therefore one goal of Y Combinator appears to be “get the highest price and best terms.” Or maybe I’m paying the highest price? What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage?

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

As I outlined in my talk, I believe the greatest Internet companies created over the past 15 years have been “deflationary” meaning they are driving down the prices or goods & services. Declining prices & margins in a small market is much less interesting. Prices down. Network Up. But what else?

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2015

Los Angeles-based Zealot Networks , the startup led by Danny Zappin which connects creators and influencers with brands, has acquired viral content site ViralNova. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed, but the price was reportedly around $100M.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 2, 2018

The former CFO of MarketShare, Heyrick has helped the company expand to over 11,000 massage therapists in its network. The company said the new round would help keep massage therapists in its network with pricing that can be up to three times more than those therapists would make in their local markets.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the auto pricing and sales company headed by Scott Painter, said late yesterday that it has sold its one millionth vehicle through its service, and that $31 billion in sales have gone through its network to date. truecar automobile pricing leads sales vehicle usaa' monthly retail vehicle sales.

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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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MAY 4, 2013

What price? The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. ” Therefore one goal of Y Combinator appears to be “get the highest price and best terms.” If I’m willing to commit early and be out on a limb then I want to know if I can get a better price.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2020

Irvine-based Advantage Solutions , which provides technology-enabled sales and marketing services to manufacturers and retailers, has acquired Quantum Networks , a New York City-based e-commerce retailer and agency. Advantage Solutions says Quantum Networks also is on eBay, Newegg, Walmart.com, Reverb, and Google Shopping.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Pricing on the new tool was not announced. server advertising technology display network mobile spreeify' READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

…” I’ll write soon on my views of why I believe Instagram took off as a social network and what I think comes next. Instagram happens to be one of the few social networks I regularly use along with Twitter. Raising a large round at whatever price will almost certainly take many potential buyers off the table.

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socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2016

Calabasas-based Ixia has rolled out another product in the area of network traffic monitoring today, a new product called Hawkeye, which it says is used to automate service level agreement (SLA) and user experience monitoring. Pricing on the new product was not announced.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

<== Our conclusion was that this isn’t a temporary blip that will swiftly trend-back up in a V-shaped recovery of valuations but rather represented a new normal on how the market will price these companies somewhat permanently. When you look at how much median valuations were driven up in the past 5 years alone it’s bananas.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

The digital and mobile advertising technology and ad network operator said it has added Rob Kramer as general manager, mobile; Jin Yu as vice president, engineering & chief architect; Laura Buchman as vice president, publisher solutions; and Martin Price as senior director, product. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 27, 2014

Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, If we got an offer to raise $25 million to grow would she take it or be too worried about exit price, dilution, valuation expectations, etc. Price matters.

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2013

Brighter.com , the online, upfront dental pricing and referral service based in Santa Monica, and headed by longtime Silicon Beach entrepreneur Jake Winebaum, has relaunched, swizzling its model away from a monthly membership program and towards direct, upfront pricing and referrals to local dentists.

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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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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 What's critical, is we don't run a network, install antennas, or build up a network.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Los Angeles-based content delivery network (CDN) provider NetDNA is making it easier for web application developers to use its CDN services, saying Monday that it has launched a new service to embed web acceleration capabilities into their web services and applications. The company said pricing depends on data volume, and starts at $800.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Will Price , October 11, 2010 Georgians Should Vote No - Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby , October 28, 2010 Free Software for Managing a Lean Startup - Platforms and Networks , January 17, 2010 Purpose Driven Life - Journey of a Serial Entrepreneur , July 26, 2010 Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2010

This can evolve over time but laying the foundation with clear pricing statements would help third-party developers plan better. For ad-networks this can be a simple revenue share as is customary in more traditional online media. For other developers there might be consumption-based pricing.

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Advertising Startup Platform News 276

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APRIL 15, 2013

I can tell you from experience that they also value the networking that they get with their peer groups and we marketed this heavily. As we were deep in the sales process with the larger accounts we would offer them access to the platinum club as a way to hold the line on price negotiations. Value-based buyers preferred this.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Los Angeles-based BakeSpace.com , the online social networking and recipe site, has a new product for you. The company said the cookbooks can be priced at anything from $0.99 Ever wish you had a better way of sharing your favorite recipes with family and friends? A web-based app allows users to create those cookbooks. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

MAY 6, 2022

Deliverr ships over one million orders monthly and gaining its network will more than double the size of Shopify’s fulfillment team. Get the latest news delivered to your inbox faster than Shopify's fulfilment network. Deliverr has an asset-light infrastructure while Shopify owns a “network of large-capacity, self-operated hubs.”

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Networking Press Newsletter Startup 111

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

How to network better ? He came to me months ago asking about a “strategic round” of capital for his startup at a high price. I told him that a high price now wasn’t always the best solution. On recruiting there is “ Attitude over Aptitude ” 7. Improving startup productivity ? Fund raising ?

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Startup Framework CTO Coach Sales 407

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2014

Pricing on the new product were not announced. socialactive spreeify social networking advertising html5' Spreeify said the inclusion of those social links in ads makes it easier for advertisers to measure social enagement, and also gain additional social conversions from their ad campaigns. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. In food you have the amazing food network Tastemade – the Food Network of online video. I wasn’t. Why Double Down on YouTube.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

What does social networking have to do with the stock market? The two things that are mostly lacking from people's investment experience are the lack of a wide network of people to refine investment ideas with, and the best available content about companies they are considering investing in. What is Stockr all about?

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2011

With the proliferation of social networks, communications clients and VoIP phone services, users often find they need to use multiple ways--Twitter, Facebook, phone, FAX, and more--to communicate with their contacts. Essentially what VoxOx is, is a service which logs into all of your networks. It works with any device.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2014

Fountain Valley-based D-Link , which develops networking hardware for the small business and enterprise IT markets, said it has enhanced its channel partner program. Accordingt o D-Link, it has enhanced its deal registration program, which provides better pricing for its enterprise class products. READ MORE>>.

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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 serve up four to five percent of the global Internet on our network. For those who don't know about EdgeCast, CDN services, who/what kind of clients you serve?

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2013

The company said the new technology will allow onlin emedia service to better accomodate challenging network conditions. Pricing on the new product was not announced. According to DTS, its new DTS-HD Layered Autio technology is aimed at online media services, and provides adaptive, bit-rate audio streaming from a single encoding.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

on the entrepreneur side of the table) when I raised at too high of a price. So don’t raise money at a cheap price, but don’t get too far ahead of yourself either. Pricing high also takes exit options off the table. But if you do this early (pre VC) then the price points are pretty low. This is wrong.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 282

socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Santa Monica-based content delivery network provider EdgeCast Networks said today that it has launched what it says is the "world''s fastest" domain name system (DNS) service. Pricing on the new product was not announced.

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Services Santa Monica Pricing Content 168

TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

Hardworkers : a professional network for blue-collar workers. Veam : a social network built around AirDrop. Yellow’s small batches are much easier to manage than other accelerator behemoths like Y Combinator that are pushing hundreds of startups through their network. Nuggetverse : a web comics media startup.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2017

Los Angeles-based Snap Inc. paid $213.3M in cash for Zenly , the developer of a location-based social media app, in May, the company disclosed in its quarterly results on Thursday. Snap said it paid $196.1M in purchase consideration, including $186.8M in cash paid to sellers, $9.3M in liabilities due to sellers, and $17.2M

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