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. Pricing on the new Private Cloud offering from Metacloud was not announced.

Services 164

Services Ticketmaster Yahoo Pasadena 164

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

You fill out the short questionnaire, lawyers submit their price quotes, and they get hired. You put your project up, and shortly thereafter, you get price quotes from lawyers. To fix that, we actually don''t allow lawyers to see prices, and they''re not bidding with each other. Lawyers on the platform love the experience.

Help 240

Help Startup CTO Hire Pricing 240

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. MyTime aims to be the first industry-wide platform to help create consistency across the SKUs in services businesses. I was standing with him when he won the TechCrunch 50 award. Nice sweep! But Ethan had left by the time of the acquisition.

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

It is intended for product & tech people – mostly people who want to build cool stuff on the Twitter platform and it will showcase some really cool stuff that has been built on Twitter. Stock you’re tracking goes below your purchase price? you’re not following him? Major congestion on your normal route to work?

News 324

News Web Email Startup 324

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

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 18, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : SteelHouse’s Behavioral Commerce platform increases online conversions via targeted incentives based on shopper personality and behavior. And to leverage that (data), this is a shopper, for example, that only shops for products that are within the top 25% of price points on our (customer’s) website.

eHarmony 204

eHarmony Media Oracle Commerce 204

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2021

One question I often hear from solo entrepreneurs, and she addresses directly, is “How do I set the right price for my services?” The simple answer is to balance supply and demand, but here are some specific considerations that she and I both proclaim as key factors: Use project pricing rather than hourly rates. Marty Zwilling.

Pricing 149

Pricing Mentor Entrepreneur News 149

InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2012

The following guest post is from Dan Monarko, Online Marketing Manager at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. It has a price.

Coach 160

Coach Tips Competition Pricing 160

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He did note that in the four markets where the company has gone live since launching its business in January 2019 — San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire , and Sacramento — has yielded an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million in gross merchandise value (the total value of home sales transacted on its platform).

Sales 282

Sales Demand San Diego Funding 282

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

We give way 500Mb of free data to all of our users, and users can also early additional, free minutes for connecting to their friends on the platform and participating on partner offers and promotions. You earn 10Mb in free data for each person you connect to on the platform, which brings down our acquisition costs.

Startup 245

Startup IP Networking Encino 245

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2011

With more competition in early-stage many VCs are investing smaller amounts at earlier stages. In the last 90′s it was impossible to charge fair prices for products & services in a market where you had 5 competitors giving away free products to acquire “eyeballs&# and fueled by an excess of venture capital.

Venture Capital 289

Venture Capital Capital Cloud Computing Marketing 289

Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

But while competition remains fierce, the advancement and accessibility of smart solutions are making it easy than ever for startups to find their feet. Business tools — from customer relationship management ( CRM ) platforms to accounting software — help to save startups time and money by automating key processes and maximizing efficiency.

Tool 115

Tool Startup Software Review Technical Review 115

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

New investors sometimes want early investors to put in money to “prove” they have confidence in the new price. So if there are platforms like AngelList that help scoop up the prorata rights of angels in deals like Uber, AirBNB, DropBox (or the future companies like these) then perhaps the prorata fight gets worse.

Guide 336

Guide Venture Capital Startup Writing 336

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

I invested in what I believe is the largest free & group texting platform in the country – TextPlus. If I’m in GroupMe’s shoes (and I’ve never met the founders) I think I’d be a seller at the price reportedly paid by Skype. Yes, the competition going forward will be strong. How do I know?

Companies 295

Companies Company Gogii Google 295

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Every price comparison out there, whether that's Google Products, Bizrate, or other sites, can find books, but you can only do it one at a time. Back to the service itself-- you've got lots of competition in the space, how are you going to get above that noise? Jonathan Simkin: Certainly, it is extremely competitive.

UCSD 185

UCSD Course Startup Sites 185

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

Overall, Klarna is live in 20 markets, has more than 90 million global active users and more than 2 million transactions a day conducted on its platform. billion of purchases made through the Klarna platform. They can also do things like initiate refunds, track deliveries and get price-drop notifications. billion valuation.

Los Angeles 266

Los Angeles Funding CIO Marketing 266

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. After this connection, you need not share the 30% of all revenue collected by the store platform. Make your app support all platforms. Port every app to all the popular platforms – IOS and Android. Marty Zwilling.

Develop 138

Develop Development Platform Mobile 138

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

Or if they do they should do so without raising venture capital so that they can still be acquired for reasonable prices. Often these were things that would make Salesforce more competitive vis-a-vis Oracle and Microsoft. But in any platform community this happens. We didn’t have the resources to do it all.

Acquisition 287

Acquisition Develop Development Conference 287

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Ability to source information easily to help build a thesis around companies / industries / competition. He jumped into some portfolio company exercises to help with pricing strategies, budget templates, M&A support, marketing function reviews, etc and started to show us how valuable he was to entrepreneurs.

Help 365

Help Invest Venture Capital Technical Review 365

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

The Vice President of Business Development reports to the CEO and is responsible for the direction and management of all worldwide sales operations direct and indirect, including market competitiveness, pricing, compensation, and distribution. Business Development Director, Colony Logic - Los Angeles.

SoCalTech 124

SoCalTech SaaS Los Angeles Platform 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. After this connection, you need not share the 30% of all revenue collected by the store platform. Make your app support all platforms. Port every app to all the popular platforms – IOS and Android. Marty Zwilling.

Mobile 126

Mobile Develop Development Platform 126

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

You could get the price, learn more about that furniture, and figure out the retail outlets and stores that carry that chair. Hamilton Chan: We provide a platform where brands can go and create a QR code. We help them generate, and have also launched a platform which allows people to pick modules using a drag-and-drop interface.

Startup 233

Startup Tips Web Platform 233

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

See the Internet and now the mobile ecosystems are one, big competitive playground where globally some of the smartest minds are focused on how to make money by driving user growth better, faster and cheaper than others. When you find your wave you ride it alone for as long as you can until others discover it. Well, you have to do that, too.

Technical Review 384

Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Platform pivot. This refers to a change from an application to a platform, or vice versa. Many founders envision their solution as a platform for future products, but don’t have a single killer application just yet. Most customers buy solutions, not platforms. Business architecture pivot. Technology pivot.

Course 109

Course Startup Platform Entrepreneur 109

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

" When asked about the competition he feared most, Bill Gates is alleged to have said, "the two guys inventing away in a garage somewhere." By opening its platform to third-party development, Facebook allowed the market to determine the winning applications, rather than trying to define them internally.

Startup 268

Startup Tips CTO Coach Technical Review 268

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Now these principles are complicated by the worldwide instant access to many competitive alternatives, indirect social and environment impacts, and the velocity of change enabled by the pervasive market move to digital. These principles include the following: Free and ultra-low cost may no longer be competitive.

Marketing 124

Marketing Customer Custom Competition 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

Sponsor some friendly competitive events with prizes. Think of these as the future version of the old “computer clubs,” or today’s multi-player game platforms. Innovative marketing content is focused wholly on healthy living and earth-conscious eating, rather than the conventional food product offerings and price.

Marketing 170

Marketing Startup Examples Customer 170

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Platform pivot. This refers to a change from an application to a platform, or vice versa. Many founders envision their solution as a platform for future products, but don’t have a single killer application just yet. Most customers buy solutions, not platforms. Business architecture pivot. Technology pivot.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Startup Platform Customer 102

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

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. Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? Are you going to do all of this? You have too much on your plate.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Source: hibobbie.com The company also raised an impressive $70 million in funding in June to acquire the legacy pediatric nutrition brand Nature’s One, bringing its total kitty up to $142 million and helping to secure its competitive advantage in the industry going forward. million site visits in October alone. Gumroad homepage.

Startup 194

Startup Generative AI Newsletter Tool 194

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

Technologists building cool new platforms, just because they can, won’t find investor interest. Products and services for a business need to be attuned to customer requirements, cost and quality tradeoffs, with milestones for pricing and completion. No mention usually means no plan and not competitive.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Startup Competition 131

Berkonomics

MARCH 23, 2023

The mobile web will become what desktop Internet became in the 1990’s – the standard platform for anyone doing business. And 39% compare prices across alternatives. And 39% compare prices across alternatives. Mobile workers are quickly overtaking the fixed desk worker and long-distance traveler. Will hotels be next?

Mobile 156

Mobile Commerce Software Review Yammer 156

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

AngelList 101 : As you know, AngelList is a platform where angels can invest in semi-screened tech deals. They will have to negotiate price and terms. I’ve always been a believer that new competitive dynamics are good for industries because they favor those that are most nimble in responding to the new market dynamics.

Venture Capital 356

Venture Capital Invest Course Technical Review 356

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. After this connection, you need not share the 30% of all revenue collected by the store platform. Make your app support all platforms. Port every app to all the popular platforms – IOS and Android. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 98

Startup Platform Pricing Netflix 98

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. iAd platform was formally launches in July 2010 as part of iOS 4. FTC is considering an investigation into Apple’s anti-competitive practices. Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Now these principles are complicated by the worldwide instant access to many competitive alternatives, indirect social and environment impacts, and the velocity of change enabled by the pervasive market move to digital. These principles include the following: Free and ultra-low cost may no longer be competitive.

Customer 103

Customer Custom Competition Netflix 103

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

founder and CEO of Gust, the angel financing platform used by over 50,000. The basic concept has to make some kind of sense given the technical, market and competitive environment, otherwise nothing else matters. Described by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur and the founder of New York Angels.

Startup 189

Startup Sales Ideas Entrepreneur 189