Berkonomics

DECEMBER 5, 2013

It is most often missed assumptions about the market, the competition, the speed of adoption, or other critical metrics you’ve researched, or selected, or even just guessed at to create your plan. The biggest error in planning may not be spreadsheet calculation error. Or cost estimation.

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Metrics Startup Marketing Demand 239

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. A well-designed service delivery process will make you easy to do business with. Make your service deliver process “happy.” Service people need this as required team support.

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Competition Services Startup Training 99

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The firm--which has previously focused on licensing its technology to researchers, toy companies, and others--said it has inked deals to sell its robot through Amazon.com, Frontgate, Hammacher Schlemmer, Home Shopping Network, RobotShop.com and SkyMall. The robot puts the firm in direct competition with Roomba.

Marketing 185

Marketing Idealab Startup Pasadena 185

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

The ARPANET, as it was called back then, was designed by government, industry and academia so scientists and academics could access each other’s computing resources and trade large research files, saving time, money and travel costs. We are currently still suffering from those shifts.

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UCLA Social Media Social Network Santa Barbara 253

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Much has been written about product design, but designing the total experience from the front rarely happens yet. In the classic book, “ X: The Experience When Business Meets Design ,” Brian Solis details how to design the whole experience, rather than just the product. Make user-centered design processes iterative.

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Custom Customer Design Product 150

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

The firm notably has Atari founder Nolan Bushnell as an advisor and serving as its chief game designer. There is lots of competition in this area for serving retirement homes. So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. This is my third company.

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Study Startup Design Tips 252

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

We've initially focused on university-based research groups, and as we've gotten up and running, we've found that there's no need to limit it to just universities. If an existing company is not interested in licensing, and a researcher is not an entrepreneurial spirit, those projects go no where. Where is this talent coming from?

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Networking Research Startup USC 215

Berkonomics

JULY 3, 2024

Email readers, continue here…] This moment is not to be spoiled by such mundane warnings from advisors or consultants to plan carefully, research the market and competition, and execute the plan with tenacity and enthusiasm. Do you ignore the warnings of experts?

Startup 156

Startup Hollywood Writing Press 156

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features. It would have been very easy for Bill to do a desk-based research project on how to improve the process.

Organization 280

Organization Custom Customer Tips 280

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 28, 2010

Presented by the TriTech SBDC SBIR and STTR programs are designed to help launch technology companies towards success by providing initial or supplemental research capital. The proposal process is extremely competitive and only the best of the best proposals get funded. Wednesday, February 3, 2010 -- Win an SBIR / STTR Award.

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Email Competition Research Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. If you’re going to offer convenience as your biggest selling proposition you need to make it easy not only to book an appointment and pay for it but also to research which vendor to select based on reputation. Nice sweep! So there you have it.

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CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Much has been written about product design, but designing the total experience from the front rarely happens yet. In a new book, “ X: The Experience When Business Meets Design ,” Brian Solis details how to design the whole experience, rather than just the product. Keep users engaged throughout design and development.

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Design Product Customer Custom 61

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2021

To determine what factors made a difference, the researchers compared the 27 companies using numerous variables. Big gorillas with deep pockets find it hard to scale products that are designed or produced to order. The points all still ring true today. Choose a large market in a growth industry.

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Startup Study Journal Sample 170

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

This exciting event will draw an array of industry entrepreneurs, corporate leaders and RandD executives, as well as university scientists, researchers, and venture capitalists. See [link] (more).

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Orange County OCTANE Competition Research 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

This exciting event will draw an array of industry entrepreneurs, corporate leaders and RandD executives, as well as university scientists, researchers, and venture capitalists. See [link] (more).

Orange County 100

Orange County OCTANE Competition Research 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

This exciting event will draw an array of industry entrepreneurs, corporate leaders and RandD executives, as well as university scientists, researchers, and venture capitalists. See [link] (more).

Orange County 100

Orange County OCTANE Competition Research 100

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

According to research from Goldman Sachs, 77% of small businesses are currently concerned about their ability to access capital – but it’s not a lost cause. If you’re currently stressed about your business’s finances, you’re not alone. 🌎 Or appear as if you're in another country?

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Design Startup News Competition 160

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

I’m generally not a believer in too much PR until you have a product built or at least well designed. This is somewhat changing in the world of crowd funding where people actually raise money so that they can build products but at a minimum your product design ought to be complete and ready to execute.

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Press Startup Writing Training 319

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2021

It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. A well-designed service delivery process will make you easy to do business with. Make your service deliver process “happy.” Service people need this as required team support.

Startup 154

Startup Training Customer Custom 154

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Given likely market changes, how will we design and build so that the systems can respond to marketplace changes? How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What technology research is required? What makes the most sense for us? What are the biggest areas of technical risk?

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Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach 225

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

We have a long relationship with them, and have been funding research in their labs, and have a continuing relationship. That makes solar panels as a product not competitive at all, if you removed government subsidies. Woolas Hsieh: We certainly feel that flexible solar cells, particularly our plastic solar cells, are very competitive.

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UCLA Technical Review El Monte Startup 159

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 8, 2020

It is most often missed assumptions about the market, the competition, the speed of adoption, or other critical metrics you’ve researched, or selected, or even just guessed at to create your plan. The biggest error in planning may not be spreadsheet calculation error. Or cost estimation. Sources for your data. TAM, SAM, SOM?

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Companies Company Metrics Resource 156

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

But if you’re in a competitive space where you want to get a little more engineering done before the world is ready to start researching you then you may choose to delay. So in my opinion you should design your funding story to get wide distribution. But that’s not the world we live in today.

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Startup Funding News Press 355

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The grant program was designed to remove financial barriers for women and minority-owned businesses by giving them access to no-strings capital. Skip $10k Grants For: Small businesses Grantor: Hello Skip Amount: $10,000 Skip is a platform designed to help small businesses access funding and growth opportunities.

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Technical Review Technical Advisors Design News 167

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. Founded in 2013, digitalundivided leads high potential Black and Latino women founders through the startup pipeline with a focus on knowledge, research and community.

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Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 137

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2014

To some people, automotive might be surprising, but we''re the leading center for automotive design and automotive accessories. The federal government, for example, has played a really important role, which is often not completely recognized, in supporting and funding early stage research.

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Los Angeles Startup USC Angel 216

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

If you are simply interested in making money in the app space …then your first step is to start researching what kind of application you are interested in making. Niche apps can usually demand a higher price point because there isn’t much competition out there. Do Your Research. Having competition isn’t a bad thing.

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Marketing Startup Software Review Competition 97

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The design could hint at what Lime wants to do with its retail store branding. The listing was first spotted by Nathan Pope , a transportation researcher for consultancy Steer, and later by Cheddar’s Alex Heath. A rendering of Lime’s new office it’s building in San Francisco.

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Santa Monica Startup Technical Review Education 221

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2012

Here your objective is to make money with the portfolio, some with high markups and some with low, depending on competition, lock-in, value delivered, and loyal customers. Competitive positioning. In heavily competitive environments, the price has to be competitive, no matter what the cost or volume. Feature pricing.

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Pricing Competition Customer Custom 112

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. Market research. Competition analysis. Here is where you pick a few of these, characterize what they do, and position your own product to show your competitive advantage. Market research and competition.

Product 93

Product Entrepreneur Outsource Development Competition 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. Market research. Competition analysis. Here is where you pick a few of these, characterize what they do, and position your own product to show your competitive advantage. Market research and competition.

Product 92

Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

A business plan is the outward facing definition of the business you hope to drive with your hardware solution, with a hardware overview in the intro to highlight customer value and competitiveness. Call out your top competitors, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantage, including patents, trade secrets. and trademarks.

Product 169

Product Summary Startup Examples 169

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

BUT … try doing proper restaurant research on a mobile device. I think it’s a beautifully designed product that is also tremendously useful and focused. Use that as a source of competition. Which restaurants in LA serve past 10.00pm (turns out not many on the Westside of LA, unfortunately). I also love Batch.

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Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. The passion has to be in the business context – meaning results oriented, customer oriented, and sensitive to competition. Feels a real passion and love for their role.

Software Review 154

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 154

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

It’s a 54 hour frenzy, bringing together business people, developers and designers in one room to compete for awesome prizes! All day Saturday, developers and designers will work on executing the vision while business developers conduct market validation, research and a business model. Come out and fight on like a Trojan.

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USC Southern California Startup Design 73

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

The pair posed as UCLA students doing research, Danna said, going from salon to salon asking questions about what worked and what did not with scheduling in their workplaces. They decided that this would be what they would tackle and build as a business. Things then took an investigative, plainclothes turn.

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Help Startup UCLA Tool 195

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

They skimp on the design of their website, procrastinate on the rollout to make sure the product is perfect, and get so excited about technology features that they forget about creating value for customers. Learn to speak a new customer-specific dialect based on current research and homework. Don’t fall into the marketing-speak trap.

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Marketing Startup Social Media Technical Review 141