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OCTOBER 20, 2014

Carlsbad-based satellite Internet and equipment maker ViaSat said today that it is launching its high speed, Exede satellite internet services to the general aviation market. ViaSat said its new Exede In The Air service is aimed at business executives, fractional owners, charter, and jet card flyers. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2018

Santa Monica-based Quantm Real Estate , a new startup looking to combine real estate investing with blockchain, the cryptocurrency technology behind such things as Bitcoin, said this week that it has launched a new service whih will help the average person invest in real estate.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

According to Ice Energy, it has installed 100 of its "Ice Bear" units across SCE's service territory, the first stage of a 21.6 The company says its systems use a "fraction of the energy required" to operate a traditional HVAC system. MW energy storage contract it has with SCE. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

Lyft , the developer of a service and mobile app which lets users find, and offer, rides across town, said it is launching today in the Los Angeles area. Lyft's app--which works with both iPhone and Android--lets users offer rides to people on-demand, at what it says is a "fraction of the cost" of a cab.

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2015

The two have now turned their attentions to Serviz, which offers up on-demand home services, such as plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and other areas. Our vision is really to become the premier provider of on-demand home services. We're really reinventing and reimagining the delivery of home services.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2016

San Diego-based solar services provider OneRoof Energy says that its CFO, Dan Halvorson, has resigned. Bunnel is President and CFO of Fractional CFO, and has served as interim CFO for a number of companies, including Stearns Lending, American Advisors Group and First Financial Credit Union.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 24, 2020

The company developed an additive manufacturing platform designed to make it easier and faster to design and build new cars at a fraction of the cost — all while reducing the environmental impact that traditional factories have. Divergent 3D was born out of that initial exploration.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Entrepreneurial thinkers see their business mission as enriching the lives of customers, rather than being a better producer of products and services. Entrepreneurial thinkers describe their product or service in terms of the problem it solves and benefits to their customer, rather than more features and performance.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

spends hundreds of millions of dollars on a media property, runs it for about seven years, and then decides to unload that same property for a fraction of the price it paid to a Southern California technology--not media--company. Does this sound familiar? Well, could be. How about IGN ?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2021

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

But, how can the company offer up free conference calling services, and what''s the story behind the service? David Erickson: We provide a conference calling service, like any other kind of conference call. Other services give 800- and 888-numbers. Tell us a little bit about FreeConferenceCall.com? How is that?

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 16, 2013

Any service provider that is willing to bet the business they are working for is going to be worth considerably more in the future than it is today. Other service providers who accept equity as part of their service fee structure include web designers and developers, executive recruiters, business brokers and sometimes even caterers.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 16, 2013

Any service provider that is willing to bet the business they are working for is going to be worth considerably more in the future than it is today. Other service providers who accept equity as part of their service fee structure include web designers and developers, executive recruiters, business brokers and sometimes even caterers.

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socalTECH

MAY 6, 2019

To fix that problem, Los Angeles-based Coozie (coozieoudoors.com) offers up a different optiona way to rent gear at a fraction of purchase price. We allow them to get access to that gear at a fraction of that price. When did you start offering this up as a service? That's the biggest thing.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 27, 2015

One of the oldest and most-popular developer communities, IBM’s developerWorks has announced today a first-of-its-kind premium subscription model, developerWorks Premium , geared toward maximizing developer access to IBM’s software, tools, training and partners at a fraction of the cost. Developers today are constantly trying to keep up.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 7, 2015

With the Tutors App, students and parents can seamlessly choose from hundreds of qualified, background checked tutors nearby and schedule a session at a fraction of the cost of traditional services,” says Rosenblatt, cofounder and CEO. ” Sure, there are a lot of outlets to find a quality tutor already.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

And if you don’t think this kind of education is a good idea, you’ve probably never sat in a classroom for eight hours learning about fractions. WeWork provides shared workspace, community, and services for entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups and small businesses. . Flatiron School – The Acquisition.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 1, 2011

Wilson believed the firm that put the documents together, and handled the transaction had earned their money, so he willingly paid for the services rendered. In a market where the average cost of legal services can be upwards of $500 an hour, a new company can burn through startup funds pretty darn quickly. Tag it with relevant topics.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

If you're FreedomPop , the Encino-based startup, you start by offering up free 4G wireless data access, and then expand to offer free, voice-over-IP services, along with home-based wireless Internet services. First, for people who haven't yet heard about FreedomPop, talk about what the service is all about?

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

Los Angeles-based Earbits (www.earbits.com) has developed a service geared around new music discovery and streaming, making it easy for passionate music fans to find new bands, tracks, and albums they like. Joey Flores: The major problems, are that the streaming services that are popping up are, to some effect, replacing album purchases.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Even connectivity to business and professional challenges and providing immediate solutions represent a smaller fraction of evolving member expectations. In several cases, Association CEO’s are assessing strategies, products, & services as for profit executives do at global enterprises. Jobs to Be Done” Approach.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Laurence Sotsky: I've been working in the software-as-a-service space for some time, in medium-sized, venture capital backed companies. For them to use us, it's a fraction of that to subscribe to our service. You can use your phone to really guide yourself through game day or through a live event. How did you get into this?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2016

On realizing how expensive branding agencies are, Chicago-based crowdsourcing platform SquadHelp set up a naming contest service that’s a fraction of the cost of hiring an agency. Whether it’s an app, service, company, website or startup, SquadHelp will help you come up with a great name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2016

Entrepreneurial thinkers see their business mission as enriching the lives of customers, rather than being a better producer of products and services. Entrepreneurial thinkers describe their product or service in terms of the problem it solves and benefits to their customer, rather than more features and performance.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2013

Many companies would love to be able to get the benefits of cloud--easy configurability, low cost, scaling, and more--but, due to various reasons, can''t take advantage of public cloud services like Amazon. The Pasadena firm''s co-founders, Sean Lynch and Steve Curry , sat down with us to talk about the service. What does MetaCloud do?

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2015

David Kierzkowski: We''re the first, and the leading marketplace that connects YouTubers to brands for product and service endorsements. Agnes had developed a subscription service a year and a half ago, and wanted to try to connect with some YouTubers to promote that service on YouTube.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. Many entrepreneurs still dream of “going public,” making billions of dollars, and playing with the big boys.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. Many entrepreneurs still dream of “going public,” making billions of dollars, and playing with the big boys.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

The questionable “logic” of such requests is, “I only need a fraction of the features offered, so I should only pay for the features I will use.” price was not representative of a professional, secure and reliable service. This is analogous to asking Netflix for a discount because you never use its recommendation engine.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. LawPivot is a legal Q&A website enabling companies, especially startups, to confidentially receive crowdsourced legal answers from highly qualified lawyers for a fraction of the cost. Their focus is green technology. Community Sponsors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2011

How did an email marketing provider turn into a provider of software which mashes up a combination of email marketing, wiki, customer service management, event and meeting management tool, project management software, and much more? With five sales people, that';s already $600 a month for CRM, not counting all the other functions.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

Signaling an overall shift away from costly hardware in favor of affordable cloud-based voice and text messaging services for the commercial and non-profit sectors, CallFire announced that it has surpassed 50,000 users. CallFire technology is already playing a prominent role in 2012 political races across the spectrum.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2011

They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. Many entrepreneurs still dream of “going public,” making billions of dollars, and playing with the big boys.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Using that, and a partnership model where we go into schools and partner with them to provide SAT and ACT service, we've been able to build up a private tutoring service from basically nothing. Talk about what's different from what you offer from the many SAT/ACT/prep products and services out there already?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 1, 2015

While executive board members in decades past had to always physically be there or available only through a phone call, today’s virtual technology affords a great deal of diversity to allow for board members to participate in meetings even if they are thousands of miles away through conference call services such as video conferencing.

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