Tech.Co

APRIL 20, 2020

Wix has announced a limited-time half price sale on its website builder plans, with a 50% off deal beginning today and ending on Wednesday. The half price sale is open to new users and anyone currently using Wix's free plan. Find out why Wix is the best in our full Wix Review. How to Build a Site Using Wix. per month.

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Pricing Sales Template Technical Review 137

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

If I’m interested I get to spend more time with them, if I’m not I don’t have to – A few companies per month come in that have fascinating business ideas that warrant my spending more time trying to understand their people, company, technology and market. Tags: Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

Venture Capital 312

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Entrepreneur 312

socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2009

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies , an aerospace and electronics firm, announced Wednesday that the firm has cut six percent of its North American workforce, eliminated salary increases, cut employee stock option awards, and will also close or relocate five of its operating sites, as it looks to cut expenses.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Thousand Oaks Technology Layoffs 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

And a natural sales person. There were online tools to book this stuff but the Internet booking sites were early. I had a business class seat due to status of flying a lot and my family was in economy. I’ve sat through so many meetings where sales reps didn’t ask for the order. Even today. She was a hustler.

Sales 416

Sales Class Training Technical Review 416

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Full-service Pinterest marketing and technology startup – HelloSociety recently announced it had driven $30 million in additional sales revenue for its over 350 brand clientele through Pinterest. million new users and 22 million unique page views to its clients’ sites as a result of its effective campaign execution.

Sales 101

Sales Technical Review Marketing Technology 101

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The idea was that if you could put up a consumer site that was seen as the best place to consume content then people wouldn’t go to lower-quality or free sites to get it. The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer.

Hulu 292

Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Only one guy in the room knew – their tech lead. Once you churn a user due to stability or performance problems it can be hard to get them back. Most people under estimate the challenge of winning “share of mind” the least understood concept with tech entrepreneurs. The biggest limitation we tech consumers have is our time.

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Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Are specific technologies or platforms involved in your project? Do they have experience with the technologies involved in your project? Assess the Company's Website: The company's own site provides a clue to its dedication to aesthetics and content. What are the review periods and your responsibility in the process?

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Software Development Software Review Develop Development 297

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

In the rush toward the daily deals space, it seems like there is at least one, new, daily deals site created every day. It's an incredibly crowded industry, which not only includes giants like Groupon and LivingSocial, but countless smaller sites, newspapers, and others all looking for a piece of the action. What is Deal Current?

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Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2012

The firm said its product provides "attribution credit" to those assets--which it calls owned media assets--even though those third party sites do not support first party analytics tags. Convertro is trying to better track conversions and visitors, and attribute those to different online advertising and outreach.

Product 145

Product Paid Search Advertising Technical Review 145

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

New entrepreneurs, especially technical ones, are excited by early adopters, and tend to focus on their feedback, which will always suggest more product features and options. Most ecommerce sites highlight this feature. Focus first on finding more of the right customers. Focus on the mainstream customer majority.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Technical Advisors Startup Mentor 160

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2016

How do you apply technology to help improve that industry? We want to handle everything from helping them with due diligence, making offers and making counteroffers, reporting to sellers, checking out analytics, figuring out how well deals are tracking, and everything to manage properties, to best and finals with buyers.

Technical Review 189

Technical Review Startup Mobile Marketing 189

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. It helps with sales cycles because customers know that they can switch away if they so choose. 15 minutes.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2013

Michael Lum: We were all semi-independently looking at mobile, due to the growth projection and potential there. You don''t have to buy every impression on an app or site. Instead, our software looks at each impression, and our bidding technology decides which impression to buy. Why tackle mobile?

Advertising 253

Advertising Mobile OpenX Software Review 253

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Recently, Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com) launched a new marketplace on its site, for anyone interested in selling professional documents. What kind of documents do you envision people offering through the site? It's something like between $50M and $100M in sales per year. It's the eBay of professional documents.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2011

As part of that, Amazon.com, Overstock.com, and a large number of e-commerce retailers have cut off their California affiliates, saying that they will immediately stop paying them for referrals due to the move. One, is the issue of whether Amazon should have to collect sales tax for California. I think there are two things going on.

CPC 279

CPC Santa Monica Southern California Sales 279

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Newly formed The HomeFinder Group (THG) says it will focus on lead quality and conversion for brokers, agents and mortgage lenders through its own consumer facing web sites. HomeFinder was previously owned by real estate technology developer Placester.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Sites Web Acquisition 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

Robison reports that the company now has over 400 employees, spread across seven building in a Carpinteria campus, in addition to a web development branch in Calabasas, and sales offices in the UK and Australia. The business saw a dramatic growth when--due to the downturn of the dot com crash--the company started to post its video online.

Funding 178

Funding Santa Barbara ReachLocal Southern California 178

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

You go to a review site and the search engines to find local vendors, where they are dozens. We made the process very thorough and very simple, and built the technology platform to put the consumer, merchant, and technician on the same system. Once you sift through and pick someone, you have to get pricing.

ReachLocal 217

ReachLocal Technical Review Woodland Hills Services 217

Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Then, they use the old fashioned scare tactic that if you don’t become a member, people will not be able to find you on their site and will become concerned about doing business with an unaccredited firm. Anyhow, I replied and asked who pays who here and found that First Data pays Chad a commission for his sales. Please advise.

Santa Barbara 266

Santa Barbara Technical Advisors Email Technical Review 266

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. It’s a gathering of friends and tech enthusiasts of all stripes. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech).

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

It also handles the back end as well by automating the posting, sale and shipment of unsold inventory while offering immediate payment to creditworthy sellers. Today, when you start a brand, your first hire is probably someone to build out your Shopify site. Ghost is not alone in developing technology focused on inventory.

Product 191

Product Funding Technical Review Equity 191

Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2020

However, as a business owner, you know that resting on your laurels can be dangerous, which is why staying up to date with the latest business technology is a necessity. And if you aren't making good use of this business tech, you're missing out. Point-of-Sale Systems. Great for shops and restaurants.

Technical Review 91

Technical Review Software Review Social Media Platform 91

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends.

Venture Capital 241

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 241

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Building a strong tech industry to rival that of Silicon Valley is definitely no easy feat, but the overall feeling within Cal Tech’s Baxter Hall at last week’s event certainly bodes well for the year. They also gave a quick tour of the dashboard that clients would be using to customize their now mobile ready sites.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

It had the effect of greatly reducing the industry size but also of allowing some less known artists to reach audiences that previously would be unthinkable due to cost constraints. But their core asset (other than great tech & management) has been exclusive windowing of premium content that people want to consume.

Media 302

Media Netflix Content Hulu 302

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. Don’t take shortcuts on these.

Customer 137

Customer Custom Technical Review Symantec 137

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. So it makes me laugh to this day when I talk with a journalist or potential investor in the company and they ask flippantly, “How is MakeSpace a technology company?”

Startup 287

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 287

Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

Amazon used its popular affiliate program to spur additional growth, getting reviewers and publishing sites – including us here at Tech.co – to link to Amazon in exchange for a small payout whenever a reader bought something by following that link. The ecommerce site Bookshop offers a book-specific affiliate program.

Buzzfeed 128

Buzzfeed Technical Review News Networking 128

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

That was really my first experience working with a technology that was merging the digital and physical worlds. That might be check-ins, that might be photos, reviews, likes, all of those things are in one place. For the first time, that social media activity is actually taking place at the point of sale. READ MORE>>.

Social Media 248

Social Media Zumbox Media Startup 248

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

In my role as a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I find that most have the technical challenges well understood, but many are a bit short on some basic street smarts , or basic business realities. With information overload due to the Internet, you need to find your customers, rather than assume they will find you.

Entrepreneur 173

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Technical Review 173

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Craigslist and other listing sites leaves millions of buyers to find all kinds of goods and services. Like a virtual yard sale and a bulletin board combined, listing sites can connect everyone within a vicinity for a specific deal. Safety and trust are the primary concerns for buyers and sellers on listing sites.

Commerce 110

Commerce Sites Software Review Platform 110

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

I review these tenets with my entrepreneurial students at UC Santa Barbara at the beginning of each quarter to reinforce many of the key topics we will cover in the following weeks. Sometimes we measure things and see that in the short term they actually hurt sales. Don’t Chase The Quick Buck.

Tips 280

Tips Startup Framework Customer 280

Tech.Co

APRIL 15, 2020

Amazon has discreetly made massive changes to its affiliate rewards scheme, with huge implications for sites that have come to depend on monetizing this way. The company has fired two tech workers, Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa, for fundraising to provide protective equipment to limit the spread of coronavirus in the company's warehouses.

Sites 138

Sites Technical Review Startup Guide 138

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

[Update: TechCrunch has confirmed Lime’s plans for the store, and that the deal to build it came through Lime’s investor Fifth Wall Ventures that arranges partnerships between tech companies and real estate developers. There will be demos, tutorials, and presentations on how to be safe.”

Santa Monica 221

Santa Monica Startup Technical Review Education 221

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

TechZulu caught up with co-founder Calvin Schemanski chat about their upcoming launch, their product and why Long reviews suck. myfab5 is a platform that reinvents the restaurant review. Unlike typical review sites, our platform does not use star ratings or long reviews. What is myfab5?

Software Review 79

Software Review Technical Review Writing Startup 79

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

It''s very similar to flowers, in that sense that I was working on a deal selling a flower company, and got lots of background information and understanding of the industry as part of our due diligence. Florists receive their orders through these other sites, but the problem is, there''s no profit. READ MORE>>.

Beverly Hills 157

Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157