Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

VC firms see thousands of deals and have a refined sense of how the market is valuing deals because they get price signals across all of these deals. As an entrepreneur it can feel as intimidating as going to buy a car where the dealer knows the price of every make & model of a car and you’re guessing at how much to pay.

Venture Capital 324

Venture Capital Pricing Startup Invest 324

socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

Takl , which operates a mobile app-driven service to connect users with on-demand home services such as lawn care, house cleaning, home repair, and more, has launched into Southern California.

Southern California 113

Southern California Demand Orange County SoCal 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Irvine-based demand management software developer JustEnough Software said this morning that its software has been adopted by 99 Cents Only Stores , which is using the company''s software for demand forecasting, inventory planning, and replenishment of its stores. justenough software cents only pricing demand forecast inventory'

Demand 147

Demand Pricing Software Development Software 147

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment venue operator AEG , and on-demand, mobile fueling provider Fuelster Technologies , which is based in Porter Ranch, said this week that the two are in a new partnership where Fuelster will offer up on-demand mobile fuel delivery to fans at Staples Center and L.A.

Demand 113

Demand Social Media Mobile Entertainment 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2013

.” In the article I discussed the downside of raising capital at a too high of a price and referred people to a previous article I had written encouraging founders to raise “ At the Top end of Normal ” as opposed to stratospheric prices. In the comments section Siqi Chen wrote a great question. A down round.

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Pricing Seed Funding Invest Venture Capital 302

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

” The post talked about how to find the lowest acceptable price & terms in a deal through testing. You’ve got to have some wiggle room on price and on terms. She got you to drop price and include more licenses for free. Most people claim to not want to deal with the hassles of negotiating. Your IT Reviewer.

Development Team Review 293

Development Team Review Software Review Pricing Startup 293

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

This is important because the customers they serve (the red line) demand a product that meets their complex requirements. First, over time Salesforce.com’s technology got better and better yet the price didn’t shoot up dramatically relative to Siebel. They are radically lower in price. So what did happen?

Startup 376

Startup Framework Marketing Custom 376

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 28, 2020

Even as oil companies are getting crushed by the collapse of demand for energy in the wake of international shutdowns responding to the global pandemic, investors representing one of the world’s savviest financiers are placing a small bet on electric charging as the future of transportation.

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Funding Pricing Los Angeles Custom 267

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 21, 2019

Other Supreme apparel sells in the aftermarket for hundreds more than their retail prices, including box logo hoodies which typically sell for between $500 – $1,000. A Veblen good does not adhere to the traditional laws of price and demand. Fashion companies usually ramp production, as demand increases.

Demand 160

Demand Pricing Product Equity 160

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2018

.” The initiative, which Bird is encouraging other scooter-sharing services like LimeBike, Mobike, Ofo and Spin to join, includes a commitment to collect vehicles every night; reposition them to meet demand in the mornings; provide regular maintenance; and only add capacity when every vehicle in a fleet is used three times per day.

Santa Monica 262

Santa Monica Southern California San Diego Los Angeles 262

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Deer are not so big that they can make huge demands on you for your development resources or customer support. When you’re a start-up it is far easier to cut your teeth on companies that are easy to serve, not as demanding yet can afford to pay you fair prices for your product. Deer are easy to kill.

Startup 389

Startup Custom Customer Resource 389

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based Fullscreen announced plans to launch its own, subscription video-on-demand service on Wednesday, with plans to show both its own original and third party content. Details on the release date and pricing have not been announced.

Demand 100

Demand Services Content Los Angeles 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?” I also try to understand things like how you’re pricing your product, how your competitors price and what your pricing expectations will be in the future.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Los Angeles-based ZendyHealth (www.zendyhealth.com) thinks it has figured out a way to help both patients and doctors by helping connect patients to doctors and specific procedures, with upfront pricing. It's an on-demand, name your own price service. There's a complete lack of pricing transparency.

Pricing 100

Pricing Startup Demand Platform 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Everyone has their own view of the price-value equation, they listen only to other customers like them, and they have an instant world-wide view of the alternatives. Naturally, you then get the lion's share of that increase in demand. Customization – convince me it was made-for-me. Me’s don’t want to feel like part of the herd.

Demand 126

Demand Customer Custom Startup 126

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2015

Santa Monica-based HONK , the on-demand, roadside assistance app startup led by Corey Brundage, said this morning that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding round. Honk offers up guaranteed upfront pricing on those services, and does not require a membership. Honk said the new funding brings its total raised to $13.8M. READ MORE>>.

Demand 100

Demand Services Santa Monica Startup 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

The price / share is actually $2.40 (not $3.00), which is $3,000,000 pre-money / 1,250,000 shares (because you had to create the 250,000 share options). Term Sheet Overview : The second most important economic term in the term sheet other than price is “liquidation preference.&# Thus the “true&# pre-money is only $2.4

Venture Capital 405

Venture Capital Pricing Startup Funding 405

InfoChachkie

APRIL 13, 2015

Avoid a simple pricing mistake which could sink your startup. Vendors often respond by discounting their prices at the 11th hour, in the hopes a lower price will spur a purchase. However, if you never offer price discounts to anyone, you can resist all such requests by deferring to your company “policy.”

Pricing 100

Pricing Startup Sales SaaS 100

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2016

Los Angeles-based on-demand, massage service Soothe has raised another $35M in funding to expand its service into more cities, the company said on Thursday. The company offers up flat rate pricing on massages, starting at $99.00 The funding came from the Riverside Company. for a 60 minute massage.

Demand 100

Demand Riverside Services Startup 100

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2021

Rowe Price, Dragoneer Investment Group, and ICONIQ Growth. Today, as both homeownership rates and time spent at home reach record highs, these essential service providers are facing rising demand from an increasingly tech-savvy homeowner.

SaaS 292

SaaS Glendale Statistics Los Angeles 292

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

In his premier film appearance in the blaxploitation send-up “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka,” Chris Rock inadvertently addresses a key pricing challenge faced by most entrepreneurs. Watch this 93-second clip and see if you can identify the pricing pitfall addressed in this humorous snippet. Price = Value. How Much For A Rib?

Pricing 100

Pricing Product Startup Custom 100

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. Spencer Price: It's a bit of a circuitous route. What is Halla?

Pricing 113

Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

We let restaurants set pricing based on demand, and then if you're hungry looking for a place to eat, we match you up with a restaurant offering a great deal. Also, restaurants really love it because they only pay per customer, that they can take control of how many customers they are receiving based on demand.

Idealab 217

Idealab Pasadena Pasadena Angels Demand 217

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

OPEC (the organization of petroleum exporting countries) is a cartel that was set up in the 1960′s and represents the interests of the 12 biggest oil producing countries in the world with the goal of increasing prices of oil, a good supplied in limited quantities to a world that had insatiable demand for the product.

Hulu 292

Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Interestingly, that demand has grown a lot during the pandemic, with demand for new homes as much as four times higher than demand for buying “existing” homes. ” That subsequently has put more of an emphasis on the sale of older homes to meet demand.

Sales 282

Sales Demand San Diego Funding 282

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2016

In the world of on-demand driving�such as driving for Uber and Lyft--one of the biggest costs for drivers it the cost of owning, maintaning, fueling, and cleaning their vehicles. By doing this, and also by using primarily electric vehicles, we can provide this service at a price which is cheaper than using your own car.

Demand 100

Demand Los Angeles Inglewood Pricing 100

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

There are lots of ways to define how to market well, including the four P’s of marketing (1): product, price, promotion and place. Use all the techniques you learn in marketing classes to drive demand. Higher demand results in higher prices – if there is limited supply. More we are taught in marketing classes.

Marketing 156

Marketing Demand Class Pricing 156

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Among the features that the company intends to roll out as it expands is a dynamic pricing capability that will enable manufacturers to wring the most out of their goods when they’re in high demand. Since its launch in April the company has expanded beyond its Richmond, Va.

Startup 285

Startup Product Demand Los Angeles 285

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve Banfield: What will become Rightside has been part of Demand Media. READ MORE>>.

Demand 231

Demand HTML Web Media 231

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

There could be more demand for electric vehicles post COVID-19 crisis, believes Energica founder Livia Cevolini. One of those is greater demand for EVs after the pandemic. Before the health crisis shutdown most of Italy, Energica had already seen larger demand for its high-performance e-motos, with a price range of $17,000 to $23,000.

Technical Review 277

Technical Review Competition Demand Sales 277

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2014

The company sai dit has launched tow mobile products, uSamp Mobile In-Home and uSamp Mobile In-Store, which help market researchers access consumers on demand in those two locations. Pricing on the new products were not announced.

Product 153

Product Sample Research Mobile 153

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

on the entrepreneur side of the table) when I raised at too high of a price. So don’t raise money at a cheap price, but don’t get too far ahead of yourself either. Pricing high also takes exit options off the table. But if you do this early (pre VC) then the price points are pretty low. This is wrong.

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 282

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 23, 2019

One year after a $38 million Series B valued on-demand aviation startup Blade at $140 million, the company has begun taxiing the Bay Area’s elite.

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Van Nuys Help Startup Google 279

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2013

Pricing on the two new products was not announced. That arrangement will provide its advertisers and demand-side buyers to target ads, all based on data from Geopulse Audience. Factual said it is launching Geopulse Audience with MoPub, a provider of ad servers for smartphone application publishers.

Tool 173

Tool Mobile Advertising Demand 173

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

Because it is a “series&# I plan to get into some of the deeper complexities of funds such as “cross over funds&# and “why VC’s hate to price their own deals&# at a later stage. If you have several new investors looking at your company you’re likely to get higher price. I’m sure this happens, too.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Seed Funding Pricing Invest 265

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

As I outlined in my talk, I believe the greatest Internet companies created over the past 15 years have been “deflationary” meaning they are driving down the prices or goods & services. Declining prices & margins in a small market is much less interesting. Prices down. Network Up. But what else?

Marketing 361

Marketing Course Pricing Networking 361

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2021

Supply and demand ignored. We all believe that supply and demand meet to create stable prices (reflexive). But sometimes higher prices create higher demand, causing a boom. Busts result when lower prices stimulate more supply. Cheap money. Policy-driven distortions.

Demand 145

Demand Google Commerce Pricing 145