TechCrunch LA

MARCH 2, 2021

But what started in the gaming world quickly spun out as the company slashed prices to $500 per month for its services. “ We were targeted to a small number of very premier customers. The pandemic also helped as artists who were cut off from their audiences began to explore alternative ways to reach fans — and make money.

Tool 315

Tool Commerce .Net Entertainment 315

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008 -- "Recession-proof Pricing Strategies for a Multi-platform World" Technology Council. Today's technology companies increasingly must deliver products on multiple platforms to satisfy customer demand and competitive pressures.

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Pricing Technology Council Framework Platform 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2010

Despite the criticisms they’ve received, Twitter’s desire to maintain the quality and integrity of the Twitter stream is worthy and will benefit both the platform and all of us as individuals who have poured our time and energy into communication through Twitter. For any platform to succeed it needs to achieve revenue momentum.

Advertising 276

Advertising Platform Startup News 276

Tech.Co

APRIL 20, 2020

Wix has announced a limited-time half price sale on its website builder plans, with a 50% off deal beginning today and ending on Wednesday. The half price sale is open to new users and anyone currently using Wix's free plan. Let's take a closer look at the new deal, and whether Wix is the right platform for you. 50% Off Wix.

Pricing 137

Pricing Sales Template Technical Review 137

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

- SoCal CTO , January 13, 2010 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 No Accounting For Startups - Steve Blank , February 22, 2010 Startup Advice In Exactly Three Words - #StartupTriplets - OnStartups , January (..)

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2014

According to the company, it has launched its Mobile Rich Media Ad Platform, a product which helps advertisers maximize their mobile ad dollars, with tools for ad authoring, a creative library, and analytics engine. Pricing on the new tool was not announced. READ MORE>>. server advertising technology display network mobile spreeify'

Mobile 218

Mobile Product OpenX Yahoo 218

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

Rowe Price Associates Inc. Much like how Microsoft Windows defined the operating system for personal computers decades ago, Clio has developed a software platform for law firms and their clients that is cloud-based and client-centric by design,” Newton said. Clio has more than 150,000 customers across 100 countries.

Platform 244

Platform Equity SaaS Los Angeles 244

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2011

We are an offer-based platform that allows users to negotiate the price they buy and sell tickets for, on the secondary market. Wes Brodsky: The ticketing industry, since its inception, has been on a fixed price model. That's a completely inefficient way to price tickets. It is now very, very customer friendly.

Ticketmaster 253

Ticketmaster Pricing Sales Activity 253

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Los Angeles-based Centerfield , a company which provides marketing and customer acquisition to the residential services, business services, and telecommunications markets, says it has launched a new product, called Insights by Scout. Pricing on the new product was not announced. READ MORE>>.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Customer Custom Product 100

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2012

The new service, which is in private beta, uses AngelLists's API and Invested.in's social fundraising platform to drive angel investment deals. said the new service will help companies manage startup pitches, questions and answers to investors, provide term sheets, and close deals directly on their own, custom web site. Invested.in

Web 220

Web Invest Los Angeles Pricing 220

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

I realized that I should build a platform to put content. platform, turned it into an art site, and it just took off from the get go. I spent about six months converting that engineering platform into an art platform, launched it, and I knew. all of that for more than a 100,000 members. I figured there. So I took the.

Santa Monica 258

Santa Monica Pricing Sites Sales 258

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome Tech , which has built a digital platform aimed at immigrants and their families, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round co-led by TTV Capital, Owl Ventures and SoftBank Group Corp.’s Big banks rush to back Greenwood, Killer Mike’s Atlanta-based digital bank for underrepresented customers. the company says.

Platform 299

Platform Resource Services Capital 299

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Spencer Price to learn more about the company. Spencer Price: Halla is the only software company to dynamically profile human tastes so we can help people make better choices. Spencer Price: That's a fair question. The customer is really struggling to regain their lost humanity.

Pricing 113

Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2012

How to you better convert web visitors into customers? Jerry Jao, the CEO of Retention Science, tells us how the firm is using big data to help e-commerce firms convert more customers. Jerry Jao: Retention Science is a Big Data and e-commerce platform, where we help engage customers. What's your background?

Commerce 196

Commerce Platform Southern California Customer 196

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

SOA Software said its new product, the SOA Software Datacenter API Platform, is aimed at the "software-defined datacenter", and helps its customers abstract data center resources from applications. Pricing on the new product was not announced.

Software 173

Software Product SaaS Resource 173

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

GrubMarket , which provides software and services that help link up and manage relationships between food suppliers and their customers — which can include wholesalers and other distributors, markets and supermarkets, delivery startups, restaurants, and consumers — has picked up $120 million in a Series E round of funding.

Startup 249

Startup Platform Software Los Angeles 249

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The firm said it has launched Magento Mobile, which allows retailers and developers to create their own, customized and branded iPhone app storefronts. The firm said that retailers and brands such as The North Face, The Mami Dolphins, and others have already launched on the platform. Pricing on the new product was not announced.

Software 173

Software Commerce Mobile Los Angeles 173

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

As I’m generally a believer in ‘pricing rounds’ I initially didn’t agree with the premise of the post. Investors who commit early deserve to have a lower price. You mean to tell me that guy deserves the same price as somebody who invests six months later? Photo credit: D. Blanchard/O’Reilly Media.

Venture Capital 286

Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review Startup 286

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2013

TigerText said that the integration allows its secure messaging platform to send and receive files on Box, and stay HIPAA compliant. Pricing on the new support for tBox was not announced; TigerText said that the integration works both with its TigerTextPRO and TigerText consumer platform.

Santa Monica 184

Santa Monica Platform Pricing Services 184

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

And because I wanted Ethan to be able to attract a great team, build & iterate a product, test it with initial customers and refine his strategy before having to take the wrappers off of his company. MyTime aims to be the first industry-wide platform to help create consistency across the SKUs in services businesses.

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Additional investors, including Birchmere Ventures , Aspect Ventures , Cherry Tree Investments , Amplify , Luma Launch , Watertower Ventures and Crowdsmart (a crowdfunding platform), also participated in the financing. “It’s a customization platform for your frames,” says Bilinsky.

Snapchat 179

Snapchat Los Angeles Pricing Startup 179

InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

However, in the long run, entrepreneurs always benefit from delivering Maximum Utility for a fair price. Perhaps in part due to its dominant market share, WebEx adopted telecom-style pricing, which effectively penalized their users. The more a customer utilized WebEx’s services, the more they had to pay. Arbitrage Is Fleeting.

Entrepreneur 225

Entrepreneur SaaS Pricing Cloud Computing 225

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The company said its new NetDNA Acceleration Platform gives web developers ability to control CDN provisioning--either as a way to resell CDN services, or to help boost their site performance. NetDNA said customers for the new service include Wordpress Hosting service WPEngine, game developer network Player.IO, and others.

Web 164

Web Services Web Development Content 164

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The second bullet, getting feedback from customers is most often not valid either. Even with these, you will have paper-tested your MVP, but the reality is that customers will not be able to assess the value to them until they actually use it. The real reason to build an MVP is to do early tests of key Startup Metrics for the business.

Technical Review 338

Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

As a startup advisor, I see too many entrepreneurs get distracted by technology or their favorite cause, and then wonder why they can’t find an investor, attract customers, or build a long-term business. Customers now put big value on experience, social impact, empowerment, and feedback.

Customer 103

Customer Custom Competition Netflix 103

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

We're taking all of those leads, and creating the tools to convert them to customers. When a local consumer has a need, they can use the service to figure out who they are going to transact with, and then go through the lead gen process, through the conversion to a customer, where we help them book an appointment, and buy.

ReachLocal 217

ReachLocal Technical Review Woodland Hills Services 217

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2014

Irvine-based online local advertising provider Local COrporation said this morning that it has expanded its Krillion local shopping platform, and now has approximately 120,000 retail store locations in its database. The company said the local shopping data platform has grown 60 percent since October of 2013.

Platform 138

Platform Advertising Pricing Customer 138

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

What our technology platform does, is determines what about a marketer's offers that will matter to the consumer. That's based on insights into the customer and product, so that we can build relevant, optimized, geotargeted, and customized ads that will engage consumers. We've got the momentum going on customer adoption.

Yahoo 171

Yahoo Platform Advertising Startup 171

TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

Key Functions with High Impact Generative AI is revolutionizing sales by enabling dynamic pricing and personalized customer interactions, boosting conversion rates and customer satisfaction. Post-sale, AI analyzes customer data to improve service and loyalty, making it a cornerstone of modern sales methodologies.

Generative AI 297

Generative AI TechEmpower CTO Hire Outsource Development 297

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

As a startup advisor, I see too many entrepreneurs get distracted by technology or their favorite cause, and then wonder why they can’t find an investor, attract customers, or build a long-term business. Customers now put big value on experience, social impact, empowerment, and feedback.

Customer 101

Customer Custom Competition Netflix 101

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2011

San Diego-based Active Network reported this morning that its RTP unit, the provider of ski resort and park information software, has launched a new mobile app platform called LiveInfo. The firm said the mobile app platform allows resorts, parks, and attractions to create their own, custom branded iPhone and Android apps.

Activity 140

Activity Networking San Diego Mobile 140

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

But what if you’re a credit card company and you want to know where to find your next customers? DataSift is a real-time data processing platform that can be used with any data source including your internal data. Already 2/3rds of our customers are ingesting 2 or more data sources including Facebook, Tumblr, WordPress, Bit.ly

Social Media 358

Social Media Yammer Invest Organization 358

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

We're the official mobile app for whatever our customer is. Previous to this, I ran a custom, mobile application development shop. Combining that with my previous experience, which was in the platform and SaaS market, and sports, was really a home run. We're now the biggest provider of mobile applications in college.

Mobile 162

Mobile Platform El Segundo UCLA 162

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. That's just sort of how things go in this market. READ MORE>>.

Social Network 259

Social Network Platform Networking Google 259

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Chiefly, the concern is that some retailers have been overrun with counterfeit products or unauthorized sellers that undercut pricing and dilute the brand’s value with knock-off products, the company observed. “[Now] we’re launching ‘Verified Shop’ where any DTC brands can sell on our platform. .

Commerce 173

Commerce Startup Platform Los Angeles 173

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. How does SteelHouse enable its customers to leverage the existence of these various consumers? You can watch the video below or on YouTube here: [link].

eHarmony 204

eHarmony Media Oracle Commerce 204

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I talked about the platform moves of Twitter and why it should be expected. Message of the week (from Fred Wilson) – “don’t fill cracks&# but innovate in new ways with the platform. TweetPhoto - Real-time photo sharing platform. It’s core platform stuff. No big surprise. PLUS RELATED FUNDING ….

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271