Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

Niche apps can usually demand a higher price point because there isn’t much competition out there. Google, iTunes, the Android Market, Crosswa.lk, Chomp, Appolicious, and other sites are great starting points. Having competition isn’t a bad thing. If it’s in a niche market, that’s even better. Deciding on a Direction.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 29, 2012

If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Avoid too much specificity, as you may risk sounding like yet another startup that is, “Waiting For Google.” Like Godot, you will likely find that Google will never come knocking.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” Fast early growth in a market is often eroded when competition gets fierce and prices are forced down due to competition.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

It is a platform that allows anyone who offers a service to advertise it for free – we promote this profile on the most popular social networks such as Twitter , Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, Stumbleupon and many more. They can add photos, video and even a blog article to improve their profile. What is your business model?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Put simply – if you invested early in Google, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. A day after I published this Changing Structure of VC article I noticed at least one “Angel Prorata Fund” on AngelList. Smart entrepreneurs have often used this competition / appetite to invest to their advantage.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2016

The costs of launching your business Silicon Valley and the fight for talent — with fresh faces quickly snapped up by behemoths such as Google, Apple and Facebook — means this can be a challenge and many are turning to these other locations to home their startup. ASIA: Internet data laws in Malaysia mean guaranteed user privacy.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Who do you view as your biggest competition? Performance marketing also demands accountability. 10) Rob, why does the world need RingRevenue? . “In In today’s market, so much focus is placed on transacting business online.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

If you look at why Google is so successful today, the overwhelming majority of their revenue is from sponsored search. Google out-executed us, so, you know, hats off and theyve been victorious, but a lot of that kind of innovation happens in L.A. Google acquired that and incorporated it. Okay, thats AdSense.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Google Analytics vs. Facebook’s new analytics tool. Competition: Chegg (has raised $144 in debt and equity)—estimated by Steven Carpenter ( TechCrunch ) to be 10x more unique visitors than BookRenter (during peak book renting seasons) with nearly $140mm in revenues for 2010. . TechCrunch article.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. The philosophy of OPEC has been that if they can limit the amount of oil supplied to the world they can maintain high prices in a world where demand and competition should naturally have downward pressure on oil prices. Because they are anti-competitive most countries ban cartels.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Creating Incremental Strategic Value - Ask the Angels , June 17, 2010 We can easily overlook the level of demand pull when we are assessing strategic value. Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. " Patterns in Chaos.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

This article originally ran on TechCrunch. He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. When you start a company in the Bay Area you can often get your first biz dev deal done with Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com, eBay, Yahoo!

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

GroupOn, Living Social, AdMeld, Gilt Group, Demand Media, ShoeDazzle, Tumblr, FourSquare, etc. We tend to be more excited about things that we read in the press and/or articles being forwarded to us by our peers. I have two articles on the topic: 1. You need to create a sense of competition. It’s human nature.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

So by now everybody know that 30% of all of the Tweets from the first week of July were about Google+. One story is, “Hey, maybe there’s something to this Google+ product?”. It’s where Google goes to create real Buzz (I know, I know). Or how about Google? The more missed story is, “Holy shit. It is the town hall.

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