Berkonomics

MARCH 25, 2021

Know the cost to move from your existing platform and estimate the switching costs for moving from a competitor’s product or service to yours. The post Switching costs: A competitive advantage? Do you have an estimate of the cost for a potential customer to switch to your side? And are you prepared to help with concessions if needed?

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Competition Customer Custom Email 156

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

In the VC insider baseball world a discussion has gone on about “VC platforms” over the past 5 or so years. While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Platform Startup Resource 150

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based health messaging startup Curogram , a new startup developing a web-based, SMS app for the healthcare market, has been selected as a finalist for the Publicis Health Media Disruption Garage Competition, according to the company.

Competition 113

Competition Startup Advertising Web 113

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 26, 2010

Competition. And the reality is that if you have no competition it will likely be perceived as a negative, not positive. And the reality is that if you have no competition it will likely be perceived as a negative, not positive. Here’s some thoughts on the competition slide and also how to talk about it: Competition.

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Venture Capital Slides Competition Education 313

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2018

A new, startup competition, called the California Climate Cup --run by te Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) and the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF)--says it is looking to identify the most promising startups, globally, who are working on innovations for megacities for zero emission transportation and clean energy.

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Competition Startup Incubator Los Angeles 100

TechEmpower

JUNE 6, 2018

Most importantly, the community has been contributing some amazing test implementations and demonstrating the fun and utility of some good-natured performance competition. Introduced prior to Round 16, the continuous benchmarking platform really came into a fully-realized state in the past several months. More on that later.

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Framework TechEmpower Platform Metrics 377

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2010

The X PRIZE Foundation has detailed the plans for a new competition to develop technology to clean up crude oil, on the heels of the environmental disaster caused by BP's oil spill in the Gulf. Tags: xprize foundation spill environment clean cleantech competition. The foundation said Thursday that it is launching a new, $1.4M

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Competition Research Invest Platform 193

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2015

I read the declarations by industry analysts on Twitter that this was “proof that you can’t build a business on somebody else’s platform” and perhaps DataSift should have known better. Simply put: We never intended to build a business on one company’s platform and despite market perceptions – we never did

Platform 150

Platform Course Customer Custom 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2023

In this context, even “satisfied” is only a “meets-minimum,” and does not put you ahead of your competition. This new definition applies equally to brick-and-mortar stores, as well as online platforms. An oversight or deficiency on any platform can easily cancel all other positives, and be hard to overcome.

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Competition Services Customer Custom 109

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

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. Virtually every collaboration platform and mainline business process today has a cloud-based deployment option.

Competition 127

Competition Case Study Platform Yahoo 127

L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2020

has raised $4 million in early stage funding to support a fantasy sports platform for competitive video gaming. Santa Monica-based startup Esports One Inc.

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Santa Monica Competition Platform Funding 182

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 28, 2017

SpaceX Hyperloop competition winner goes 201 miles per hour, crowdfunding platform FlashFunders Inc. acquired and Hulu Live TV service adds the CW.

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SpaceX Competition Hulu Report 100

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

According to Titan, it is focused on developing a "complete" gaming platform for skill-based matchmaking, tournaments and points or cash competitions. Los Angeles-based Titan Gaming is announcing this morning that it has scored $1M in an angel funding round, from notable local angel investors.

MyLife 229

MyLife Clearstone Southern California Competition 229

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

From apps to hardware, to KickStarter successes and international startups, we’re inching closer to finding out who will take home the title of Startup of the Year competition at our annual Celebrate Conference in October. Among the dozens of participants that applied for the online competitions, only a few progressed into the semifinals.

Competition 110

Competition Mobile Startup Technical Review 110

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2011

In order to do that, what we did is instead of focusing on the front end apps, we worked on developing our own, back end unified communications platform, which gives us a the ability to offer telephony and text messaging, file sharing, and video conferencing. It is a competitive environment. Bryan Hertz: That's a good question.

Social Network 259

Social Network Platform Networking Google 259

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2013

Xfire said Battleground is a fully automated, competitive gaming platform which lets gamers challenge their friends and foes, participate in tournaments, or organize their own, private PC gaming tournaments.

Services 217

Services Santa Monica Competition Organization 217

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage. Our services range from basically any platform service to enable an entrepreneur or developer or creative, to get online with a website, or do things like set up a blog. So, for us, competition is good.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2019

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” Is it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or one of the other 200 active platforms vying for attention these days? Keep up with the competition. According to data from Inc.

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Social Media Platform Media Customer 98

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

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. -New Metrics: 50mm users (up from 40mm in Dec 2009), -Competition includes: Spotify , Last.fm.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2013

The reason for this is that the executives who founded the company have so much tacit knowledge of how to position their product relative to the competition that they can easily win campaigns when they’re involved. So I often work with teams to get them to codify the key things they do well that the competition does not.

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Sales Startup Competition Customer 336

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

A question that I still hear debated often is whether a new online platform startup growth strategy should focus on user count or profits. Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.

Platform 118

Platform Snapchat Startup Course 118

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. I don’t intend either, Burstly has respectable and strong competition. Both of his co-founders worked with him previously and both worked on ad management platforms.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Renowned as one of the leading projects of its kind, it benchmarks the peak performance of server-side web application frameworks and platforms, primarily using tests contributed by the community. 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.

Framework 409

Framework TechEmpower Java Paramount 409

socalTECH

MAY 15, 2013

The new design comes as many in the industry have pointed to a new, competitive era, due to the rise of mobile platforms, tablets, and a move away from the traditional, desktop web experience where eHarmony made its mark.

eHarmony 178

eHarmony Malibu Santa Monica Design 178

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 29, 2019

The company lowers its rates for popular gamers or gamers who are willing to spend more time on the platform either selling their services or actually coaching esports players. Wang says that that pros on the platform are making anywhere from $750 to $2500 per month and that there are currently 250 coaches on the platform.

Coach 180

Coach Seed Funding Training Platform 180

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” Is it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or one of the other 200 active platforms vying for attention these days? Keep up with the competition. According to data from Inc.

Social Media 142

Social Media Media Platform Customer 142

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology developer OpenX Technologies said this morning that it has launched a new product, the OpenX SSP (Supply Side Platform). OpenX said that such customers as YP, TVGuide.com, and the New York Observer are already using the product.

OpenX 159

OpenX Product Advertising Demand 159

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building?—?and And all the platform stuff. As with all promotions, the reality is that Kara was already acting as a senior leader at our firm and also in the industry at large. She had all of the skills and traits we sought?—?leadership,

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Venture Capital Startup Invest CitySearch 361

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

According to Metacloud, its new Metacloud Hosted Private Cloud service will provide private cloud services to companies, giving them access to an OpenStack-based cloud platform and expert support. MetaCloud had previously only provided its services via an on-premise offering, helping companies to manage their own OpenStack deployment.

Services 164

Services Ticketmaster Yahoo Pasadena 164

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

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life. Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

If I’m covering a company can I get evidence of what the competition is doing so the story is balanced? So when somebody is going to the purchase aisle and thinking about buying a mobile analytics platform they have the brand recognition that matters. Do I have data or facts to present so the story has legs? Final example.

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

When we talk about cloud computing we have to be careful to differentiate between open cloud (services the are provided solely to for the economic purpose of building a cloud business) and the “platform cloud&# where certain service providers offer cloud services wrapped around their core product. These are very different.

Venture Capital 334

Venture Capital Software Capital Startup 334

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

We''re taking that content, and publishing it on our licensing platform, which is much like a Getty Images for video. Is there a lot of competition for the rights to all of that content? Lee Essner: That''s one of the competitive edges we have. going to put it on their channel on Youtube, or maybe their website platform.

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Media Content Startup IP 235

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I called this trend “ Torso TV ” because the “head” of consumption (largest number of views) was dominated by platforms that had massive distribution (think TV stations, radio or retail outlets that sell CDs and DVDs. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). think Apple.

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Startup Media Content Platform 380

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2012

What's the best way to share competitive intelligence and company announcements with your employees?

News 150

News Company Companies San Diego 150

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

“They demonstrate best-in-class expertise with Facebook and Google paid ad platforms. In today’s highly competitive ad environment, both content and data are kings. To help companies make informed business decisions, we are building statistical models that show information at higher-than-the-platform level.

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Commerce Content Marketing Startup 211