Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Both are required to stay competitive. They are now actively recruited for many roles. The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. Mobility and connecting to work via the ‘cloud.’

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Competition Case Study Platform Yahoo 127

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Competitive and leadership leverage. A good strategy provides opportunities for internal actions and leaders to optimize and extend a firm’s competitive advantage. Strategy is the “what” part of the equation, and tactics are the “how” activities. The strategy must drive leadership so that leaders can drive the strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building?—?and I’ll still work with Kara managing the next few funds, but I’ve already been pushing for our firm to do more to diversify our activities and this will allow me to focus on some of that. She had all of the skills and traits we sought?—?leadership,

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Venture Capital Startup Invest CitySearch 361

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

And measuring activities or output can mislead you into thinking you’re doing a great job. So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc.

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Activity Conference Press Case Study 164

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Microsoft has been steadfast in their dedication to improving the performance of their.NET framework, and has been active in the Framework Benchmark community to further this goal. btw: xitca-web (bench code not including dependencies) does not do 2,3,5 and still remains competitive in micro bench can be used as a reference.

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Framework TechEmpower Java Paramount 410

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

Getting the agreements signed are the first step in a multi-stage process that will culminate in the challenge’s official competition in 2022. There are preliminary technological tests that will take place this year. “We Companies participating in the challenge include: Joby Aviation of Santa Cruz, California.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2013

eSolar--like many other, American companies in the beleaguered solar power industry here--has been fairly mum about its activities over the last year. Solar power--once the darling of the clean technology industry--has seen an intense shakeout due to extremely low cost competition from Chinese manufacturers. READ MORE>>.

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Burbank Idealab Technical Review Competition 178

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Lots of firms are now talking about this pretty actively.”. Since Revolution launched in 2005, venture capital activity in underrepresented markets has grown significantly. Competition for access to deals in the Bay Area, however, has priced many investors out of the most sought-after rounds. It’s not where the talent is.

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Venture Capital Funding Seed Funding Activity 211

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2019

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE , the nonprofit which runs competitions to encourage the development of new technology to solve some of the world's problems, has put its efforts behind forest health, saying it has put together an outline of potential breakthroughs required for healthier forest ecosystems. READ MORE>>.

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Technical Review Competition Research Los Angeles 133

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

In fact, many of these people can adjust the company presentations on the fly as you roll out new product features or can reposition versus the competition as they get feedback from customer losses. So the best run companies have marketing running activities to nurture their C deals. This is obviously a marketing & CEO activity.

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Sales Newsletter Technical Review Activity 286

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

In your opinion, are your angels more or less active this year? Investors are very focused on diligence, on business models that make sense, and those companies that have a definite competitive advantage and defensibility to what they're doing. Mike Napoli: It's quality versus quantity. Interestnig.

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Southern California 231

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

He succinctly outlines the key behaviors that I believe every business leader must focus on, to drive innovation without waiting for the next competitive crisis: Avoid the assumption that current gifts will keep on giving. A business that relies on static skill replacement is falling behind, and ripe for the next competitive crisis.

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Tips Framework Competition Ideas 160

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2021

In these days of rapid change, the pandemic, and worldwide competition, you need to make sure your entire team is customer-focused, innovative, and always looking around the corner for the next big thing. Find folks who are customer-centric and sensitive to competition. Find people who enjoy being problem solvers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Define more activities as unimportant. This classification of activities requires an overt effort, but pays back in productivity. Thinking in threes allows you to keep important activities on top of mind, and better manage your time, energy, and attention. Strive for imperfection on key activities. Move away from them.

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Product Activity Study Email 173

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Its primary goal is to focus on identifying what is truly driving demand, analytically, so that our customers can optimize their activities. We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments.

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Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Because times are slightly better now for fund raising I’d probably say two extra things: a) it may be worth a modest increase in your team size / activities / development IF you can raise more money to do this now & b) if you can raise more than you need right now (within reason) without too much extra dilution I would do so.

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Help Startup Competition Framework 303

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It’s an important film and the most important topic of our generation if we as a country want to remain competitive in a world that has globalized. I poured myself into planning and I won the class-wide competition. My parents … well, my mom in particular, encouraged me to get involved with extra-curricular activities.

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Class Education Technical Review Writing 340

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

65 million monthly actives. What in your product is truly differentiated in the market to solve this problem (where do you believe you’re strong against the competition in functionality or delivery). Like DeviantArt. With 30 million registered users on a global basis. billion monthly page views. All totally free.

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Startup Customer Custom Technical Review 401

InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Instead of focusing on marketing as an activity… integrate it into (your) products.”. If you look at many of the companies we invest in, sure they have traditional marketing activities, but most of their growth and momentum comes from delighting their users. “…companies should… focus on building amazing products. Just be you.

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Marketing Blogging Startup Venture Capital 233

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2011

What has set us aside from the competition, is we built our own back end telco platform. It is a competitive environment. Since then, we did a little launch at CES for VoxOx, and although we didn't have a big booth, we had some press activity and we've almost doubled the size of our user base.

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Social Network Platform Networking Google 259

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2011

Wes Brodsky: One of the benefits of having competition, is that the Stubhubs, Tickets.com, and Razorgator's have all solved that problem. But, what we've noticed, from activity on our site and sales--is it is getting very hot again. We're really excited to see the activity because its validates our model. READ MORE>>.

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Ticketmaster Pricing Sales Activity 253

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

Summary: Send the Deck Pitch decks are sales & marketing decks and like in any sales activity, any great sales person assumes his or her competition will eventually get their deck. Competition isn’t won or lost by your marketing decks?—?it’s it’s won by how you innovate and by how you execute. A deck is a deck.

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Funding Venture Capital IP Email 239

Berkonomics

APRIL 26, 2018

Any disruption to the tedium of daily activity from weather, disaster, revenues slowdown or product problems will stress the company infrastructure if there is not a cushion to use during such times. It seems that the first subject that comes up in such assignments is the health of the competition. Such bargains; so little time.

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Acquisition Email Competition Activity 226

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

There is lots of competition in this area for serving retirement homes. We felt we'd have more impact over time, if we instead focused on people who are one generation younger, still working, and are active. So, we are specializing in cognitively healthy people, who are younger than who most of our competitors are targeting.

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Study Startup Design Tips 252

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2019

According to Riot Games, the new organization will be the governing body for Riot's college and high school esports activity. Riot said the RSAA will provide the company with helping it with scaling competitive operations, creating a more inclusive student community, and aligning with the goals of schools. READ MORE>>.

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Riot Games Organization Competition Conference 113

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2022

I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13 percent of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more recent data shows only a small change in the right direction. Find ways to recharge your emotional batteries, through supportive relationships and community activities. Start today. Marty Zwilling.

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Examples Mentor Activity Product 145

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Linktree leads the space, securing a recent $45 million Series B raise to build out e-commerce features, but Beacons boasts competitive creator monetization tools with just a $6 million seed round in May. Now, Snipfeed enters the ring with its own $5.5

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Platform Commerce Startup Tool 286

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2020

Los Angeles-based Two Bit Circus Foundation , the nonprofit, educational arm of Two Bit Circus, says it is launching a new online "virtual Cardboard Challenge", a competition that encourages the worldwide STEAM community to create projects using cardboard at home. READ MORE>>.

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Education Competition Los Angeles Activity 113

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

As shown below, it was recently ranked as the fifth most active metropolitan area in the US, in terms of venture deals and dollars, on a per capita basis. Apeel Sciences - Founded in 2012, after winning $10,000 at UCSB’s New Venture Competition, the company closed $1.25M in funding during 2013.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

We wanted to give him that opportunity, and came up with a deal and structure which helped him but also added fuel to the fire for product and marketing and growth activity. Hosting companies are in a very dynamic environment, with lots of competition, new technology, the cloud--how does this all affect your company?

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The result is an inflated number of total customers, which when compared to the competition counting only direct customers, makes the company look much larger and with greater market share. Is there any harm in this activity? Yes, in two ways, this hurts credibility and confidence.

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Customer Custom Examples Email 189

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2019

SUN faces some formidable competition in the scooter and mobility market, with very well funded competitors like Bird, Lime, Wheels, Razor, Uber, and Lyft very active across the local market. SUN did not say how many scooters it has deployed. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Marketing San Diego Los Angeles 124

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. As the CEO you need to realize that doing PR is part of the piechart of activities called “your job.” I have no money?

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Press Startup Writing Training 319

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2021

Investors know that operational and employee expenses are always higher than anticipated, not to mention customer acquisition costs, capital expenses, and ongoing competitive initiatives. Convince me that you understand your competition. Outline your key activities to win. Identify your intellectual property or “secret sauce.”

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Funding Template Resource Competition 132

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Thus, the total number of active VC professionals is actually smaller than the aggregate number of professional baseball athletes. Aspiring baseball players are not intimidated by the competitiveness of their sport. Manipulate Your Odds. Major League Players Don't Count The Odds.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Invest RSS 242

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

AngelList Syndicates 101: While “AngelList Classic” was ‘each angel for himself’ – syndicates allows an active angel to form a group of like-minded investors to invest together in a deal or deals. Less investments, more active. It certainly shouldn’t be a proxy for good judgment. AngelList does this.

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Venture Capital Invest Course Technical Review 356

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

No – I’m not worried about the competition. The Pritzker Family has been very active and the opening of 1871 as an entrepreneurial hub is a great example. Luckily since then we elected Mayor Eric Garcetti who understands the importance of startups and of technology and venture capital on job creation.

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Companies Company Startup Snapchat 369