socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2017

San Diego-based AnaptysBio , which develops antibodies for treating inflammation, has set its estimated IPO pricing range, saying on Tuesday that it expects to price its IPO at between $14.00 and $16.00 The company is selling 4,000,000 shares of its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as ANAB.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Venice-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat , is continuing in its quest to add hardware to its products, with the introduction of its third generation Spectacles , the Spectacles 3. Snap has started taking pre-orders for the pricey glasses, capable of capturing 3D content, for the price of only $380.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Netflix tries mobile-only subscription; Snapchat drops prices for AR ads; ServiceTitan brings total funding to $326 million

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Every tech or major news journal in the country is preparing to write their Snap, Inc (creators of Snapchat, Spectacles, etc) stories and many of them seem to want a “How does it feel to have missed this investment story.” We did know about Snapchat as early as anybody. Mostly I wanted the journalist to know: We love Snapchat.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

the parent company of Snapchat , has set its estimated initial IPO pricing, saying this morning in a filing that it estimates its initial public offering price at betwen $14.00 billion, if the company prices at the high end of that estimated IPO range. Venice, California-based Snap Inc. , and $16.00 READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The company said the new platform helps brands avoid the "cost prohibitive" tools from existing social media platforms like Snapchat and Facebook, as well as allow those brands to own and target their own audiences, while also avoiding the difficulty of custom building AR applications.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Venice, California-based Snap --in what will be Southern California's biggest technology IPO, ever--is expected to price its IPO on Wednesday night, and start trading on Thursday morning. The company has set an estimated IPO offering range of between $14.00 and $16.00 per share, and is hoping to sell 200 million shares in its IPO.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Tired of chasing after the latest sighting of a Snap v129ending machine for your own pair of Spectacles, the company's sunglasses, which can be used to automatically post to Snapchat? is expected to price its IPO soon in what will be Southern California's biggest technology IPO yet. The shift in retail strategy comes as Snap Inc.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 17, 2018

“We are the preferred prescription provider of Snapchat Spectacles,” says Lensabl chief executive Andrew Bilinsky. For Bilinsky, the opportunity in setting up a business exclusively focused on filling prescriptions means reduced prices and better options for the estimated 188.7 ” Powering that effort is the new $3.7

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

The NYT cited "three people briefed on the project" in its report, which comes on the eve of pricing on Snap's IPO. The company rolled out its Snap Spectacles last year to let users record video clips and post them to Snapchat. Snap, in its IPO filing, now calls itself a "camera company". READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

the parent company of Snapchat , has raised $250M in the publicly held company from the Saudi royal family. Saudi Arabian Price Al-Waleed Talal said on Tuesday that he has invested $250M in Snap, taking a 2.3 Venice-based Snap Inc. , percent stake in the company.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2017

The company--which priced at $17.00 Snap, the parent company of Snapchat , is now the largest ever IPO to debut out of Southern California's high tech ecosystem. Venice-based Snap Inc. had a huge debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Thursday, as it started trading as SNAP, surging above $25.00 billion each.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2017

the parent company of Snapchat , had a blockbuster debut in its first day as a public company, closing at $24.51 The company--which had priced its IPO at $17.00 Venice-based Snap Inc. , a share on the NYSE as SNAP, up 44.18% for the day. last night--opened up the day at $23.50, and went as high as $26.05 in trading during the day.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

Who are the big winners after the IPO pricing of Venice, California-based Snap Inc. Lasky joined Snapchat's board in 2013. on Wednesday afternoon? Obviously, co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy both have instantly been catapulted into the ranks of billionaires, with a net worth of $3.58 billion in stock. READ MORE>>.

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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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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

Earlier Yellow bets skewed more toward content investments as Snapchat was scaling Discover. Now Su says he’s fielding plenty of augmented reality pitches. Su also notes that the accelerator had its most international batch to date this year, with startups from Lithuania, Korea, Mexico and the U.K. making their way to Los Angeles.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

NFT sales volumes are falling and crypto prices remain depressed, but Nigam expressed confidence about the long-term demand for digital avatars, likening them to mobile apps in their significance to the internet. ” He views Facebook and Snapchat primarily as messaging apps and said Instagram is having an “identity crisis.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. But some of you will surely say “What about Facebook and Snapchat, who focused on growth first and are clearly successful?” So let’s take a look.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

The price of membership varies depending on what resources an applicant is looking for, whether that’s marketing, help connecting with potential brand partners or use of studio space. “Some of these programs are cool, but it’s like, what’s after that?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

A report today says that Venice, California-based Snap is getting set to launch a another version of its Spectacles, its connected, video- and snapshot-capturing sunglasses, for the heady price of $350.00. The price is a significant increase in price for Snap's spectacles--almost twice what the current generation of glasses costs.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5 What Has Given Birth to This New Movement in LA? .

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

While Snapchat face filters took us half-way there, new tech is making it easier for us to augment our faces with real world use cases while also getting closer to building out realistic avatars of our virtual selves. Buy your early bird tickets today for just $99 and you’ll save $100 before prices go up. Your Virtual Self.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2016

In picking your market you should focus on “deflationary economics” or lowering the price, functionality and margin of your business but targeting ever-increasing market sizes afforded by Internet scale. And if you want more daily startup advice follow me on Snapchat (msuster). I hope you enjoy it.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2018

Everyone was on the phone, fighting with drivers over price and things like their availability. We viewed this as a central marketplace which would allow drivers to be put in the driving seat, get paid what they want, go where they want to go, and get paid the market price, and would help solve this issue. We're hiring.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

Less than a month ago, Snapchat opened custom on-demand geofilters to everyone. Industry news was excited, but for how amazing of a product they are, custom Snapchat geofilters have remained stunningly under the radar. Well, Snapchat has made it so that anyone can create and upload a custom filter to any area they want.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2016

I was reminded of this yesterday watching my friend Justin Kan on Snapchat with this 10-second reminder, “No matter how much you raise at your company you’ll end up spending it in 12–24 months” https://medium.com/media/8594cb16d022a083932b0f3d60b79ebd/href I would probably amend it to say 12–18 months.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2019

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. But some of you will surely say “What about Facebook and Snapchat, who focused on growth first and are clearly successful?” Even Snapchat is now trying hard to generate revenue.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

The topic of the conference was “The Sharing Economy” and as I read many of the session title descriptions I realized that people would be talking more about “collaborative consumption” (think airbnb, taskrabbit, uber) than about why people are sharing more on Instragram & Snapchat. Prices down. Network Up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2017

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. But some of you will surely say “What about Facebook and Snapchat, who focused on growth first and are clearly successful?” Even Snapchat is now trying hard to generate revenue.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

Of course, nothing is totally free, and I have heard the horror stories of relatively small companies finding thirty or more employees spending most of their time scanning and using social media for promotions, or engaging high-priced consultants who never seem to be able to show any real return for all of their efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Most of the guidance you see for entrepreneurs is aimed at those who are selling a product (Apple, Tesla, Xiaomi), or selling a service (Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat). Many are reluctant to really “market” themselves, and have trouble differentiating their offerings to clients, except by price. Set pricing to assure both revenue and profit.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). Public-company tech investors creates competition in late-stage financings and these investors can afford to be less price sensitive if they choose. From a technology perspective our journey is nowhere near over.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

Or you know the other one — the one where Snapchat lost $2 billion in just one quarter. If the markets aren’t large then the company who managed its costs may be able to get a modest exit at a fair price and make the team wealthy precisely because they didn’t take on venture capital. Two-f **g-billion! What a disaster!

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

Who are the big winners after the IPO pricing of Venice, California-based Snap Inc. on Wednesday afternoon? Obviously, co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy both have instantly been catapulted into the ranks of billionaires, with a net worth of $3.58 billion each in SNAP's publicly traded stock. billion in stock.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

In what I’m dubbing The Audience , I posed a simple question based on what people can see, Omnia’s design, and asked for quick bits of feedback through Snapchat. Priced well. Price: $60 + $60 for the required case. Pros and Cons. Works great. The dingleberry dongle on the case. Overall Thoughts.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Cyber attackers see that organizations are willing to pay the ransom, so they’ve upped their asking price. And with new channels comes new costs: the average cost of a ransomware ticket will go up 50 percent next year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Some of the most well-known include Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat, Xiaomi, and Pinterest. When top tier investors compete for a piece of the action, the price can go up exponentially. I’m sure all of you know one or more of the 200 or more young companies that are currently valued at one billion or more by investors and stockholders.

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