socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

San Diego-based Seismic , which develops sales enablement and marketing software, has joined the unicorn club, saying this morning that it has raised $92M in a Series F funding, which values the company at approximately $1.6 Rowe Price, its existing investors. Seismic has now raised a total of $270M in funding.

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San Diego Sales Pricing Activity 113

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He did note that in the four markets where the company has gone live since launching its business in January 2019 — San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire , and Sacramento — has yielded an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million in gross merchandise value (the total value of home sales transacted on its platform).

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Sales Demand San Diego Funding 282

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

There is no mention of drug pricing or what the administration might do about frequent price increases, such as Mylan’s EpiPen practice, that critics say are unsubstantiated and unethical. It doesn’t necessarily allude to drug-price negotiation. In fact, the 2003 law signed by President George W.

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Pricing Innocal Sites Design 106

Xconomy

AUGUST 2, 2019

We’re in the midst of earnings season, and a couple of San Diego’s publicly traded biotechs recently updated investors this week with sales data and other financial insights. Here’s a look at those companies.

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Pricing Sales Company Companies 61

Xconomy

DECEMBER 21, 2018

It’s beginning to look a lot like, well, the last roundup of the year, with plenty of news to pack in before our holiday breather.

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Pricing Sales Study News 73

Xconomy

MAY 10, 2019

An April report from Evaluate Pharma predicted sales of orphan drugs to rise 12 percent a year between now and 2024, when they will account for an estimated 20 percent of worldwide prescription drug sales. The market for drugs for rare or “orphan” diseases continues to grow.

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Pricing Sales Competition Report 97

Xconomy

JULY 7, 2016

Morristown, NJ-based Pernix (NASDAQ: PTX ) will cut 60 workers , mostly from its neurology sales staff, the company said today. In 2014, Pernix, then based in The Woodlands, TX, acquired San Diego-based Somaxon Pharmaceuticals. Consequently, Pernix’s stock price has suffered. Those acquisitions helped Pernix reach $175.8

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Sales San Diego .Net Report 40

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2014

San Diego-based OneRoof Energy , the solar energy services financing and solar installation company led by David Field, said today that it has tied with "digital services" company Elevate. Accor ding to OneRoof Energy, the move will help extend OneRoof to a "substantial" customer base. READ MORE>>.

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Services Company Companies San Diego 147

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

San Diego-based ServiceNow is looking to sell $300M in a secondary IPO offering, according to a filing made by the company Wednesday. The firm said it will not receive any proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders. ServiceNow went public in June, pricing at $18.00 per share; the firm is now trading around $30.65

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San Diego Equity Pricing Sales 138

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2010

San Diego-based ShowUhow , a developer of an online web site focused on video instruction guides for manufacturers and retailers, said today that it has raised $3M in a funding round. As part of the funding, the firm said that Giles Bateman, former co-founder of Price Club/Costco and former chairman of CompUSA, has joined its board.

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San Diego Guide Web Help 145

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2011

San Diego-based Active Network reported this morning that its RTP unit, the provider of ski resort and park information software, has launched a new mobile app platform called LiveInfo. Pricing on the new tool was not announced by RTP and Active Network. Active Network acquired RTP on November 10th.

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Activity Networking San Diego Mobile 140

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based Goldstar , an online service which helps users connect with half price event, music, and other tickets, has launched in Seattle, the firm told its users today. Goldstar offers half price tickets to upcoming events such as concerts and plays, to help venues fill their seats; the firm takes a cut of ticket sales.

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Orange County San Diego Los Angeles Pricing 154

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2015

Our interview this morning is with serial entrepreneur Tony Farwell , the Executive Chairman and co-founder of GovX (www.govx.com), a San Diego-based online marketplace aimed at current members of the military, veterans, and government employees, including first responders, police, and others. We have started with all U.S.

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San Diego Sales Activity .Net 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2011

San Diego-based GreenRope (www.greenrope.com) is just that, and to figure out how it got to where it is, we spoke with Lars Helgeson, the firm's CEO, about what exactly GreenRope provides, how it grew out of email marketing, and where it is going. Switching topics for a moment, how is the company funded?

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Email San Diego Newsletter Startup 240

Xconomy

JUNE 16, 2016

In San Diego, the complaints often focus on the relative scarcity of venture capital and hometown VC firms. So when the San Diego Venture Group recruited Mark Suster of Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures to give the keynote talk Tuesday night for Startup Week San Diego, more than 800 people filled a downtown auditorium.

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Venture Capital San Diego Truecar Web 49

Xconomy

MARCH 1, 2019

biopharmaceutical industry is dealing with unprecedented threats on several fronts: public backlash against high drug prices, slowing sales, and the possibility of more government regulation. After years of boom times, the U.S.

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Report Pricing Sales San Diego 83

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2017

Eugene Cho is CEO of San Diego-based Echo Laboratories (www.discover-echo.com), a startup which is developing a new kind of microscope. My background is I was a sales rep in this industry for fourteen years, with Nikon. We've created an alternative, a hybrid microscope for the price of one. What's next for you?

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Tech Coast Angels Startup Sales Slides 124

Xconomy

MARCH 9, 2018

Trump administration health officials were out on the stump this week, talking tough about drug prices and healthcare value, encouraging the private sector to take the lead but letting everyone know the federal government is willing to push. Two came to market in 2015, chalking up relatively meager sales for their owners.

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Pricing Class Sales Marketing 56

Xconomy

OCTOBER 5, 2018

But since then its stock price has fallen significantly, dropping below $1 per share multiple times in the past two years, which nearly got the listing booted from the Nasdaq exchange. billion in sales in 2017—said Thursday it had had agreed to buy Senomyx for $1.50 Through a U.S. per share, or.

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Pricing Report Sales Company 81

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2017

Eugene Cho is CEO of San Diego-based Echo (www.discover-echo.com), a startup which is developing a new kind of microscope. My background is I was a sales rep in this industry for fourteen years, with Nikon. We've created an alternative, a hybrid microscope for the price of one. So we had to raise capital to meet orders.

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Tech Coast Angels Startup Sales Slides 100

Xconomy

MARCH 17, 2017

Stung by slow sales of its next-generation anti-cholesterol drug, Amgen hopes new clinical data, released this morning, will spur doctors to boost prescriptions and—perhaps more important—drive insurers to loosen their restrictions. political issue, and pricey new cholesterol drugs have been a key battleground.

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Study Pricing Sales Journal 87

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

They’re also a controversial part of the national debate over high drug prices, and their increased use has put ophthalmologists in the crosshairs of insurers, the federal government, and the press. Drugs that treat a form of vision loss known as age related macular degeneration aren’t just big business. The amount the U.S.

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Pricing Press Services Report 40

Xconomy

APRIL 28, 2017

To judge the first 100 days of a new administration is, as many pundits have pointed out, an odd vestige of history, more convenient than significant. Which is why we’ll start this week’s roundup with our 99-day evaluation of the Trump administration—at least when it comes to healthcare and the life sciences.

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Sales Venture Capital San Diego Pricing 59

Xconomy

AUGUST 30, 2016

Petco, the privately held pet supplies company based in San Diego, said today it led a $10 million Series A financing in Los Angeles-based Petnet, a three-year-old startup developing technology-enabled pet feeders and pet food delivery service. The “SmartFeeder” ($149) is available at Amazon, BestBuy, Target, and Petco.

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San Diego Los Angeles Mobile Equity 52

Xconomy

JULY 12, 2016

— 5D Robotics , founded in 2009 in Carlsbad, CA, (about 30 miles north of San Diego), has developed a device that integrates GPS, inertial guidance, optical positioning, and other technologies. SlantRange, a San Diego company founded almost three years ago, is a drone-related startup already generating sales.

San Diego 40

San Diego Seed Funding Guide Technology 40

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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Buzzfeed News Pricing IBM 59

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Drug company stocks got a boost with the defeat of Hillary Clinton, a vocal critic of drug prices. Will he take a softer stance on drug prices? But her near doubling of Trump (62 to 33 percent) didn’t translate into support for drug price controls. billion in yearly sales. Now, the U.S. FDA GIVETH AND TAKETH….

Patents 87

Patents Study Pricing Research 87

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

I’ll publish the final post in this series this week and then move on to my next series – sales & marketing. I’ll be covering my PUCCKA sales methodology. Examples: There is a company called GreenLink Networks based in San Diego and Philadelphia. It will be controversial – I know.

Entrepreneur 267

Entrepreneur Startup SaaS San Diego 267

Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

billion in December 2014, it counted on blockbuster sales of Cubist’s skin-infection antibiotic daptomycin (Cubicin) for years. billion acquisition of San Diego’s Auspex Pharmaceuticals last year. The drug has a list price of $69,350 per patient, per year. But the U.S. Teva nabbed deutetrabenazine in its $3.2

San Diego 62

San Diego Patents Acquisition News 62

Xconomy

JUNE 28, 2016

First, let’s cover basic components you’d see in a letter of intent for a startup M&A deal: — The sticker price : The cost to acquire the target. — Price adjustments : Possible reductions (due to debt or liabilities exceeding assets) or increases (based on financial performance). A stock sale?

Startup 57

Startup Pricing Sales Summary 57

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

I’ve had this conversation with several communities such as in San Diego where I believe there are way more qualified and talented engineers than available local capital to support them. Actually, there is tons of wealth in San Diego but it isn’t organized well to support them. San Diego has Qualcomm.

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Startup Venture Capital Press San Diego 378

Xconomy

JULY 8, 2016

Drugs to treat hepatitis C have made huge leaps in effectiveness, providing cures where none previously existed, but also controversial leaps in price. Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD ) drew measured praise last week for releasing a (slightly) more modestly priced hepatitis C combination drug, but the goodwill evaporated this week.

Pricing 52

Pricing News Journal Startup 52

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2011

That nightmare happened to Jim Carol , a serial entrepreneur who was co-founder and CEO of San Diego's PacketVideo , when his son was diagnosed with cancer. You can help by donating, but you can also go to our site, and buy what we think is going to be the best prices in the world for both new and used stuff.

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Pricing Help Startup Sites 183

Xconomy

AUGUST 5, 2016

Then came the rumor mill: Companies may or may not be approaching Biogen about a sale, and Biogen may or may not be fielding offers. The rumors boosted Biogen’s sinking stock price nearly 10 percent. —Meanwhile, scientists from San Diego-based Synthetic Genomics and the J. SMA has no approved treatments.

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News Thousand Oaks Pricing Report 40

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Every price comparison out there, whether that's Google Products, Bizrate, or other sites, can find books, but you can only do it one at a time. Students who might use Bookrenter might be stealing sales from Chegg, but we're actually open, and just direct students to one of the other. What's SwoopThat?

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UCSD Course Startup Sites 185

Xconomy

OCTOBER 14, 2016

. —Shares of San Diego-based Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN ) fell more than 32 percent after the next-gen sequencing giant slashed its revenue projections once again. But sagging sales have sent Illumina far down from last year’s peak. The stock price was down 10 percent as of Thursday’s close. in July 2015.

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News San Diego Incubator Research 40

Xconomy

JULY 29, 2016

But the company said this week that sales of Sovaldi and Harvoni, which share a common ingredient, sofosbuvir, have slowed with fewer patients starting on the drugs and prices undercut by fierce competition from AbbVie and Merck. But our minds jumped to politics. How about we start a pool? Shares closed Thursday at $9.60

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Startup Study News Report 40