socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2011

Consumers who have a fundraising goal can upload photos, write a personal message, potentially include the names of loved ones inflicted by a disease, and hopefully tell their story, around the merchandise, which helps them become more connected to the cause and the event. Brandon Hance: It's substantial, but it depends on the item.

Pricing 247

Pricing Design Startup Ideas 247

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2012

My first job was as a page at NBC, and after that I went and did a year and a half of writing and production at MSNBC with Keith Olbermann and Chuck Scarborough. We somehow got on a conversation about shaving, and he mentioned the price of brand name razors. What's your background, and how did the company start?

Dollar Shave Club 210

Dollar Shave Club Startup Pricing Sample 210

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2014

A lot of our competitors have had to shave their prices because travelers can''t afford to pay the fees for their sites. We were sick and tired of writing up fake descriptions of places to make them sound like they were luxury, when they were not necessarily luxury. How did you start the company?

Sites 213

Sites Startup Customer Custom 213

socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

We can roll in there, and we tell them we're willing to pay a very fair price to you for this app, so that instead of those monthly checks, we can give you a much more substantial check right now, which they can use to build their next app or take a vacation to the Barbados. And they are all roller coasters, as you know.

Media 153

Media Mobile Startup Acquisition 153

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Noah Auerhahn: ExtraBux helps consumers get the lowest prices online, by integrating online discounts into a comparison shopping engine. People in the blogosphere were writing that this product was what they were looking for, and was another point of affirmation. Noah, thanks for the interview. How did the company start?

USC 207

USC CPC Sites Startup 207

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

We've also been at a big discount to the other firms for the first seven years we were around, we were half the price of Kaplan and Princeton Review until last year, when they both dropped their prices to match us. We're at $499, they are at $999. Jake got a similar amount.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2010

We get requests like that from people who are doing their own primary research, for their own business plans; people doing market analysis; from the financial community; but also from people writing things like iPhone apps, creating their own blogs, or commenting about the industry in the newspapers. Pricing starts at $19.00

Beverly Hills 164

Beverly Hills Research Hollywood Sites 164

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

Software-as-a-service companies write good software, and network companies build good networks, but rarely do you find both that do that well as the same time. Those two typically don't go together well. There's complexity in being a CDN.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

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. Unfortunately, those providers decided the gold leads were expensive, and decided to use a Chinese vendor which would provide them at half price.

Startup 262

Startup Competition Software Review UCLA 262

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

We have a very unique capability in scalability, but at an agreeable price point. The traditional way to handle that is to write code. About 30 to 45 percent of our business is international. Our marquis customers are companies like Citibank and Lowe's Corporation, along with many others. The automation we provide is unique.

Networking 214

Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

We'd do a Series A, and participate in the Series B, but when companies hit breakout, we would call a late stage VC and have them price the deal, and do all of that. We can now write $20M, $25M, and $30M checks to existing, breakout companies in our portfolio. With this fund, we do not have a cap limit on late stage investments.

Southern California 113

Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Our marketplace is organized like a used item marketplace, like Amazon or eBay, or Craiglist, in that a seller lists an item, picks a cause, and sets a price. It's just like Craigslist, except the money goes to support causes. The buyer pays KarmaGoat, and we forward the proceeds to the seller. Where did the idea come from?

UCLA 256

UCLA Startup Ideas Help 256

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

If you've taken a course, and need an application to do chemistry or math analysis, there's a store where you can write, share, sell, or buy those applications. The basic functionality will be free, with additions being charged nominal prices. The other part of this is an app store.

Education 124

Education Startup Course Tool 124

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Everyone wants to read a PDF, but few want to write or change them. The way to success in today's marketplace comes from bootstrapping your startup, and keeping your costs to an absolute minimum, and to take the time to build out a product which is clearly differentiated in features and price while the market catches up.

Startup 100

Startup Software Review Technical Review Software 100

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Instead of writing a book, we wanted to develop a platform to bring our methods to life, and scale our knowledge. Can you talk about the pricing and how the business model works? But, it didn't seem scalable. We have patents filed on this process. Milo Sindell: It's a monthly subscription, ranging from $24.00

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

In LA we have SoCalTech , for which I am grateful. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA. I prefer not to do any angel investments because I focus on my VC funds but it was gratifying to write some small checks to support local teams. Every region needs its local media & events. How do we make that happen?

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317