Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2009

Santa Monica-based Zag.com , the online car buying software firm headed by Scott Painter, announced this morning that it has inked a deal with the AAA, to power a new service called AAA Automaker. Tags: automobile research purchasing service. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

You need to research the possibilities in a new landscape but your personal research has been well, a bit fruitless. are reflected in their stable of on-demand, hourly paid consultants and freelancers for a number of business roles: Market Research. Due Diligence. Marketing & Branding. Investor Decks.

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Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

At the gathering, Biden took verbal shots at scofflaw cancer researchers and at drug prices, while the FDA said it would take a shot at restructuring the way it evaluates oncology products. Gilead Sciences has been a target of drug-price criticism for its hepatitis C treatments, but it dialed back the price of its new one.

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

We were looking at it, and saw that if we could take all these off-the-shelf sensors, and put it all together, and write some code, and make a user interface, it''s basically done. So, very early on was our project-Voxel Research, how our name got created and mashed up to Voxearch. As software interface guys we think that''s our lead.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). But not doing basic research makes no sense. Asia is smaller but growing as wealth increases in large, urban environments.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

The industry had seen unprecedented growth in the past decade due to a combination of factors, one of which was the United States’ economic recession. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. As the combination of the three provide the ultimate benefit.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

That died with waterfall software development. Good ones don’t care about the granular details in a startup but they do care about how big the market is, what share you’ll get and what assumptions you make about pricing over time and other market factors. Ditto for enterprise software companies. Do so at your peril.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

Smart technology doesn’t work without clever software to make it useful. Do you need to take the time to learn coding or should you search out a firm to help bring your idea into reality? Niche apps can usually demand a higher price point because there isn’t much competition out there. Do Your Research. What does it do?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

My favorite new software tool is DailyBurn. Problem is – Weight Watchers software TOTALLY SUCKS. And the starting price for WW is $18 / month … DailyBurn is free. Their first batch of shipping is due out in the next few weeks. I’m not that public about my weight. I prefer the private portal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Price: $8 per month for basic plans, up to $12 for extra screens and advanced features. One of the best on Chrome is Nenhancer , which is a free download that will give you the IMDB information and other data for shows so you can do your research. Secret Codes: Here’s a handy list of codes for searching various genres on Netflix.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. Go research it.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2011

According to an online survey conducted by Javelin Strategy & Research, online merchants could add an aggregated yearly revenue amount of $109.8 Pretty substantial findings, when more than half of consumers surveyed admitted to abandoning a check out process due to security fears. antivirus and anti-spam), subscriptions, etc.

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Mobile Study Software Review Research 68

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 4, 2016

So to help you stay current on trends, we have researched the latest developments in healthcare for the biggest changes you can expect to see in the upcoming year. Some of these technological advances are immediately effective, like artificial pancreas software that detects low glucose levels and sends out the prescribed insulin dose.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

The problem is that professional investors (Angels and Venture Capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

As I have pointed out in previous posts , 91% of VCs surveyed believe prices are declining (30% believe substantially) and 77% believe that funding will take longer than it has in the past. Remember those party rounds that became so popular over the past few years because they allowed higher prices and more favorable terms for entrepreneurs?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The problem is that professional investors (Angels and Venture Capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

When you’re researching a market you can spend a year putting your hypotheses on paper but you somehow never really have a handle on the minute details of the industry until you’ve lived in it. In no time after they had researched their market they were up with pilots with local TV stations in 3 key DMAs.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. This Thanksgiving it might seem that there’s a lot less to be thankful for.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). Instant comparison gives us choice in regards to price and function rather than emotion and experience.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). Instant comparison gives us choice in regards to price and function rather than emotion and experience.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Instead of a plain rehash of their Android specific product, they conducted research, studied consumer surveys, and crafted an app based off what iPhone user wants out of mobile security. Lookout is a relatively new company, but has been a dominant figure in the mobile securities sector for Android phones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 53

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. Irrational prices and over investment in your competitors hurts your ability to build healthy businesses. So VCs often raise money every 3-5 years if they can.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

It is an LA-based company that was recently acquired by Amazon, which you can read more about in this incredibly well-researched article. Jamie’s ethos led him to price at just $3 / user / camera / month at a time when traditional home security companies’ monthly fees were so unaffordable. we were sold on the concept immediately.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 23, 2023

We use QR codes to simplify the process. Retailers such as Staples and Home Depot are already charging shoppers different prices based upon where they live, income levels and proximity to a competitor’s store, among other mined attributes. 62% look at online peer reviews. And 39% compare prices across alternatives.

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Mobile Commerce Software Review Yammer 156

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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