Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. This morning I was reading my social media and came across an article that Christine Tsai had posted on Facebook. He wanted to keep his prices low (apparently he has never raised his wholesale price in 30 years). What I learned from the article? What touched me?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2013

.” In the article I discussed the downside of raising capital at a too high of a price and referred people to a previous article I had written encouraging founders to raise “ At the Top end of Normal ” as opposed to stratospheric prices. In the comments section Siqi Chen wrote a great question.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

What price? I think the issue I have always had with investment bank pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. What kind of deals should I be doing?

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2018

According to HomeUnion, the company's software uses AI and machine learning to predict a product's investment value, using price, rent, and operating expenses. An attempt to contact the company's online support found that there was no one able to provide support at the time this article was written. HomeUnion's CEO is Don Ganguly.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 21, 2019

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Other Supreme apparel sells in the aftermarket for hundreds more than their retail prices, including box logo hoodies which typically sell for between $500 – $1,000. A Veblen good does not adhere to the traditional laws of price and demand.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2016

TrueCar said the new car buying service will provide and end-to-end vehicle research and purchase experience, including new vehicle pricing information and access to TrueCar's network of dealers. Financial impact of the deal were not announced. Consumers can also go directly to the service at a dedicated website.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

What price? I think my mentality to banker pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. It was a fun period for me because everything was new and I was curious.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

According to an October article in The New York Times , the rent for one of United Dwelling’s detached studio apartments around the University of Southern California’s campus would cost roughly $1400 per month. “[I] changed the price by 11 percent and walked that through and continued to move forward,” Dietz said.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

NASA is the last user of the Delta II rocket, which it decided to phase out back in 2007 due to rising launch costs when the US military switched over to the Delta 4; articles place the cost of a Delta II launch at over $130M. The SpaceX Falcon 9 currently has a list price of $62M per launch. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2015

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have an article from Bernard Luthi , President of Monoprice (www.monoprice.com), who talks about how his company has figured out how to compete against the big guys in the room--Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook and eBay. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. 2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. I acknowledged this in the article.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2013

MediaPass said it will begin using pricing, meter, and strategies from Mather into its products. The companies aid that Mather has been developing pricing strategies for such clients as The New York Times, USA Today, McClatchy, Tribune, Hearst, Dow Jones, the L.A. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 16, 2019

Kindbody charges patients $6,000 per egg-freezing cycle, a price that doesn’t include the cost of necessary medications but is still significantly less than market averages. ” Kindbody’s pricing scheme may itself instill fear in incumbent fertility clinics. “We are women designing for women.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2012

So, to that goal, we're sharing the following article from Sean Greaney> , attorney with Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP , who gives an informative introduction to Restricted Stock for startup companies. The forfeiture usually comes in the form of the company's right to repurchase the shares for a previously agreed upon repurchase price.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

NASA is the last user of the Delta II rocket, which it decided to phase out back in 2007 due to rising launch costs when the US military switched over to the Delta 4; articles place the cost of a Delta II launch at over $130M. The SpaceX Falcon 9 currently has a list price of $62M per launch. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

the issuer issues shares after the accepting the investors investment at a price below the price that the investor paid for her shares) the investor will suffer a more limited amount of dilution (i.e. Read the full article at A Primer On Anti-Dilution. Anti-dilution protection ensures that in the event of a down round (i.e.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2010

The new offering takes Demand's sometime controversial process of tailoring web content based on search and other interest of web users, and creating low-cost articles specifically to address that content. Pricing on the new product from Demand was not announced, but the firm said the product is licensed under a revenue sharing agreement.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2011

Wednesday during morning trading, after pricing at $16.00 estimated pricing range from last week. at the time of this article. Champagne glasses must be clinking for a few, lucky Southern California investors and executives this morning, as the IPO of Oakland-based Pandora Media had a rousing welcome on Wall Street.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2022

Plus you have to remember that these 200,000 shares could still be worth nothing in four years, depending on the “strike price” today, compared to the market price four years from now. That means you will get none of these until after you work for one year, and the total only if you stay for four years. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

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Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2021

Understand the costs with our complete Shopify Pricing Guide. Find out more – Shopify Pricing: how much will a Shopify store cost you? But, it also represents another swipe at Amazon's near-monopoly control of the affiliate marketing space. Considering Shopify? Why Would Shopify Expand into Affiliate Marketing?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The Post's article says that Fisker is "two years late" in reaching the market, pointed at the firm's decision this week to delay until 2013 its production of a moderately priced family sedan, and pointed out issues with meeting energy-efficiency standards with its Karma.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

During this time or earlier, you should also be doing your own due diligence on the investor, as suggested in a classic article on avoiding problem investors. This will involve an analysis of the company’s distribution channels, advertising, and pricing strategy. This is the highest priority item. Sales and marketing strategy.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Mom wrote books and articles from her college days until she could no longer see the keyboard. The price for the franchise in 1953 was $50,000. My immediate family members were entrepreneurs from as far back as I can trace. Dad was a jeweler, then a furniture store owner. One grandfather owned and maintained his apartment houses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2012

I’ll summarize them here, but you can see more detail in an article by David Finkel in D&B Small Business Solutions : Long-term daily job grind. Yet before you start, you should think about what the impact might be on your psyche, and how to neutralize these challenges in your own plan.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! I was inspired to write this entry after reading Scott Dinsmore’s 11 Quick Actions article. Put a price on it. Actions You Can Take Today to Successfully Start…Anything. The following list is from Scott’s entry. Buy a domain name.

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Tech.Co

MAY 6, 2022

We can, however, confirm that Shopify's ecommerce-centric website builder is the top pick for small ecommerce businesses in particular, thanks to solid features, 24/7 support via phone, live chat and email, and prices starting at just $24 per month.

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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2010

According to the firm, which is run by Julie Schoenfeld, the new tool helps newsrooms and editors to determine the biggest demand for articles, and help publishers monetize their content based on that demand. Pricing on the new tool was not released.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2022

I’ve always thought that I might be overly sensitive, until I saw an article about bad bosses a few years ago by The Business Journals , which claims that many employees spend 10 hours a month complaining or listening to others complain, and 75 percent say their boss is the most stressful part of their job. Use the hiring process effectively.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. The big price increase : 5 out of 5 stars. Some customer segments value the DVD business and these may be more price sensitive. They might be willing to pay higher prices (and perhaps not an “all you can eat” price but a “pay as you go” price per film).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2010

I could not do justice to Ad.ly’s own response, which is wonderfully put forth in this article by our CEO, Arnie Gullov -Singh. If you want to understand what the company believes about Twitter’s positioning please read the linked article. For other developers there might be consumption-based pricing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

According to a classic article on Thrinacia , there were over 600 crowdfunding platforms in existence then, estimated to add more than $89 billion to the economy at a compound growth rate of 17% from 2019 to today. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2010

The price of two of Demand Media's acquisitions, Pluck , and The Daily Plate , have both been made public with the firm's IPO filing Friday evening. The firm also revealed that it acquired Pagewise , a provider of how-to videos and text articles, for $15.8M, back in June of 2007. According to the S-1, Demand paid $56.3M READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5% above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. And it’s driving up prices beyond their inherent value.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2010

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have the third and final article on Southern California IPOs and returns from Jon Funk. Markets displayed a healthy rationality, pricing these IPO's at an average of $366 million. Read the entire article on Southern California IT IPOs. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

The original post of this article on appeared on GigaOm in a more concise version here. Some objections are real and they end up becoming changes to your product, your service plan or your pricing / bundling. Prices are too high – Inexperienced sales reps will try to convince you they need to lower price to win deals.

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