TechCrunch LA

JULY 28, 2019

The big winner in today’s solo challenge was sixteen year-old Kyle “ Bugha ” Giersdorf, who won $3 million for beating out the competition in the solo tournament. Indeed, the esports prize pool is one of the biggest awards for a popular competitive event. Open, which is set to begin in a few weeks at the same stadium.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Both are required to stay competitive. Current surveys and case studies show that the more mature workers are just as productive as their younger counterparts, are just as successful in training, take less short-term time off, and offer better judgment based on years of experience. Explore benefits of employing “mature” workers.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

There is lots of competition in this area for serving retirement homes. I studied cognitive science, the study of the brain, as an undergraduate. An example of that is we have built in daily tips, which we have put together after going through 17,000 medical studies on what to do to reduce early memory loss.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

” Case studies get done with ebullient CEO’s espousing the benefits of said software even though their organization was barely using the product. ROI studies were published. Work with customers on business cases (for internal use) and ask for case studies (for you to publish in marketing). Sales Startup Lessons'

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 26, 2024

There are just five days left to enter the digital detox competition set up by Icelandic Yogurt company Siggi’s Dairy, which has pledged to give selected contestants $10,000 to spend an entire month “detoxing” without a smartphone or social media.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

[ Updated, 2:45 pm ET, see below ] There is another update today in the competitive race to treat nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), an increasingly common liver disease with no FDA-approved therapies.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

There have been many studies done on the topic including looking at twins raised in separate families. There have been studies of adopted children to their natural parents versus the parents that raised them. I have also seen studies on “birth order.&#. There’s no question that both factors are involved.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

We talked with Noah about how the company grew out of a business plan competition at the University of Southern California, his recent funding from the Maverick Angels, as well as how the firm hopes to stand out among a crowded list of comparison shopping sites. Did you have any prior background in this, and what were you two studying?

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

A number of teams have recently been looking to turn that vision into reality, as a result of the Qualcomm Tricorder Prize , a $10M competition being run by the X Prize Foundation to create a real life Tricorder. That''s essentially how the Tricoder competition was formed--it''s time for this to happen. Mann implantable device area.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 13, 2012

However, at most startups, competitive advantages are derived from a combination of invention and innovation, as described more fully in Inventor Or Innovator – Which Are You? Startups often out-maneuver their larger rivals by changing the key parameters upon which competition has historically been based. The Berkoff Blastoff.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. I just figured they went a bit too far and were the latest hard-charging company trying to be supremely competitive and made a bad decision on where the line was.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE announced a brand new competition, the $10M Rainforest XPRIZE. The organization suggested that using such technologies as robotics, remote sensing, data analysis, artificial intelligence, and machine learning might be useful in this area.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2021

In that context, I came across an old study of 27 startups featured in Inc’s annual “Anatomies of a Start-up,” done for “The Journal of Business Venturing,” and published by George Gendron in Inc Magazine. As it turned out, 17 of the 27 companies were still in business seven years later, which is at least double that of other studies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2016

These people are like the friend in college who always tempted you by telling you about the latest party when you were at the library studying. It’s hard enough building a valuable product or service in competitive global markets without spending time on unproductive tasks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Studies of software teams, for example, show differences as great as ten to one in productivity between working team members. It reduces your costs, increases competitiveness, and generally improves the morale and payback to employees. Don’t be a perfectionist. Keep potential distractions at least 20 seconds away.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2011

Many of the entrepreneurial lessons I learned from this adjunct Wharton study group, you too can share with your children. Amarillo’s advice is consistent with my comments in the Startup Competition ; get to know your competitors on a personal basis, while appearing as innocuous as possible. Poker Face . “It

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

"The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. Bill’s advice reflects Microsoft’s hardnosed culture, which encourages internal competition and a ruthless pursuit of the truth. One Of The Most Important Startup Skills. "The " [Tweet this quote].

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Xconomy

JULY 6, 2016

The Obama administration’s push to sign up one million Americans for a long-term health study will start in New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Tucson, AZ, top health officials said today. The VA is running its own long-term study with nearly half a million participants so far.).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

We could talk with customers, meet the entire management team, review financial plans, review customer purchasing cohorts, evaluate the competition, etc. Anybody who has studied the VC industry knows that it works by “power law” returns in which a few key deals return the majority of a fund. By 2021 we had to write a $3.5m

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2010

billion, software piracy suit against China, two Chinese software firms, and seven computer manufacturers, over misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, copyright infringement and conspiracy. Santa Barbara-based internet filtering software provider Cybersitter said today that it has filed a $2.2

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. You have a marketing department with three people. They’re tasked with doing … marketing.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Demand pull: too much demand for a product or service and not enough supply cause a competition for the product that drives prices higher without increasing the intrinsic value of the product. Cost push: labor or parts costs increase, causing the product or service to be priced higher without adding intrinsic value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Every customer has a sense of what a solution should cost, based on competition, and the cost of doing nothing. A good tack is to sell exclusivity, or provide case studies to show return on investment and productivity. These fears need to be offset by good marketing, education on benefits, and successful case studies.

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2018

According to the LABC and the UCLA study, the figures undercuts the argument that the U.S. must roll back its climate change policies in order for businesses to remain competitive and to thrive. The LABC said its studies found that California, Oregon and Washington all experienced strong GDP growth (32.2 percent, 26.5

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

They also were exclusive to Bird so they gave the company a competitive advantage. Turns Out There Are Competitive Moats There were some tech meme’s out there last year that scooter companies had no moats. In the ride hailing market there is a competition for drivers and they eat a large part of the consumers’ fee for a ride.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Startup executives need to first build a culture and processes with communication and shared goals, rather than internal competition and bureaucracy. From the study referenced, measured gains ranged from three to six times. The biggest barriers to collaboration are not technical. They are cultural and organizational in nature.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

In fact, the incumbent is usually very dismissive of this new competition as our the large buyers of the incumbent’s products. When new companies enter the market they really have no chance to initially unseat the incumbents because the performance gap is too large and the costs / time of catching up too unachievable.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2017

in private funding for a feasibility study of the route. The interest in Hyperloop comes as a result of a competition--run by LA's Hyperloop One--for groups to figure out if their cities would benefit from its high tech, high-speed transportation system. Louis along the I-70. The group says they are looking to secure $1.5M

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Dr. Kathleen Allen of the USC Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies will discuss entrepreneurial leadership. Wednesday, February 24, 2010 -- Start your own company? Like a Fox! Buenaventura IEEE-EMBS. Dr. Allen will give details on how entrepreneurship is much more than merely starting a new business.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

According to a 2015 study from Frost & Sullivan and the (ISC)² Foundation, there could be more than 1.5 Companies around the world are reevaluating their methods for recruiting and retaining top talent and, even in innovation hubs like Boston, there is serious competition for talent.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

We go through case studies like how Mint.com & Magento drove large audiences through great content marketing strategies. ” Whenever I work with early-stage teams I have discussions about the meat & potatoes of online marketing.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

They Make Terrible Employees - Both Sides of the Table , April 22, 2010 Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic – Pivoting the Business Model - Steve Blank , April 12, 2010 Size markets using narratives, not numbers - Chris Dixon , April 3, 2010 The One Sentence Challenge - StartupCFO , April 20, 2010 Beware: Competitive Intelligence by VC's - Babbling (..)

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Startups can use social responsibility as a competitive advantage. That’s a real competitive edge that you can use in your marketing and positioning. Even way back in the recession, the Edelman Good Purpose study found that 68 percent of global consumers would remain loyal to a brand if the organization practiced social responsibility.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Despite that apparent hunger, two scooter operators – Lyft and Spin – recently exited the Los Angeles area, blaming a lack of favorable regulations and too much competition, which apparently made it difficult to turn a profit. Most riders (72%) in the study said they shifted from walking and public transportation, not cars.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2016

Shireen had been studying for her masters in business at MIT and thinking about her own food allergies and Scott was a graduate of the mechanical engineering school at MIT with an emphasis in product design. We are predisposed to backing founders who solve problems in which they have personal knowledge that is authentic.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

Death By Competitive Analysis - Steve Blank , March 1, 2010 Trading emails with a startup CEO building an iPhone app, I asked him why potential customers would buy his product. In response he sent me a competitive analysis. It looked like every competitive analysis I had done for 20 years, (ok maybe better.) And it made me sad.

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Berkonomics

MAY 29, 2014

Included in a business plan are financials, competitive landscape, marketing plans, and projected sales to name a few. Studies found that people who write plans are more likely to put their goals in action and increases your likelihood of success. From Basic Berkonomics: Available Amazon, B&N, berkus.com and booksellers everywhere.

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