TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

billion company in the brutally competitive beauty industry, especially one with such broad appeal. Nasty Gal CEO Sophia Amoruso is credited with coining the term in the title of her 2014 memoir, “#Girlboss,” which chronicled her rags-to-riches success and was adapted into a Netflix show. Please stop using the word Girlboss thank you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

Exciting new technologies these days range from the easier to use social media software platforms I see almost every week, to new transportation models, like consumer space travel and hydrogen fuel autos. If you claim no competition, investors may perceive that you have no market, or you haven’t looked. Neither is positive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 6/20/2014.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

From an investor perspective, understanding and acting early to establish a sustainable competitive advantage, and barrier to entry, is the best assurance of a financial return. In this context, investors are attracted to thought-leaders visible on social media, and people with strong technical credentials.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, along the following lines: Strategic partnerships. See who checks into your competition. Understand the competition. Lead generation. Thought leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 9 million registered developers in 2014. One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. Look for value points to control.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2011

As outlined by Adam Holden-Bache recently on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, along the following lines: Strategic partnerships. See who checks into your competition. Understand the competition. Lead generation. Identify potential new relationships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Its only been in the last 10 years that social-media companies, such as Facebook and Twitter, have achieved market valuations in billions of dollars, while clearly sacrificing revenue to gain users. Understanding competitive early-mover requirements. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/1/2014.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2018

Both are required to stay competitive. Use of collaborative and other social media platforms. In startups, and even corporate environments, I see the spread of collaborative social platforms such as Slack and Trello. In the US, 55 million workers identified themselves as freelancers in 2016, up 6% from 2014.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/31/2014.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2015

billion in 2014 Singles’ Day sales, spurred by more than $2 billion in the first hour.) No matter where you spend your time — TV; radio; newspapers; podcasts; fashion , technology , business , and entertainment websites; shopping portals; or social media — you’ve probably been exposed to dozens of mentions of Prime Day by now.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

It’s why in this article I advise that people “market today not futures” because you don’t want your playbook in the hands of the competition. This is especially true in a booming market (like 2014) where PR firms can charge premiums and be super selective about whom they work with.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Bitcoin has had a rough start to the year (to say the least) – with a never-ending news feed consisting of massive bankruptcy , scandal stories, and car chase media fiascos. Brock’s project in December 2013 that we would see half a billion dollars in investments for 2014. Setting Up 2014. Bitcoin specific job boards.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Our model has us at break-even in our second full year post launch (2014). For competitive reasons, we don’t want to disclose this just yet. We have plans for at least six different revenue streams that will be rolled out over the next three years. Are You Alone in This Space?

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