socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Here are eight Southern California companies and the experienced, successful entrepreneurs heading up their efforts, who haven't had any problems finding investors--or customers--for their firms. Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic.

Southern California 228

Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In a collaborative effort, Ria Consulting, LLC and Los Angeles Net Developers Group are hosting this event on November 10th, 2012 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Jason also spearheads customer-driven, innovative features and functionality throughout all of infragistics’ products. Register here.

JavaScript 93

JavaScript Long Beach Java .Net 93

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

We have lots of companies like Namechief, Dreamhost, and Google, as well as lots of others, who use our APIs under the cover to provide domain names to their customers. Our focus is really making the new domain name process easy, both from the wholesale perspective and our APIs, as well as for all customers.

Demand 231

Demand HTML Web Media 231

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

Your historical trading information including financials and a “customer file” which shows the history of your transactions so that investors can run “cohort” analyses Customer reference, personal references, key team members, compensation, cap table, stock option plan, etc. But just putting a customer reference list in a data room?

Funding 336

Funding Venture Capital Startup Email 336

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 7, 2009

They are generally the senior most person responsible for custom software development, database design, database administration, web development, etc. Most networking events tend to either focus on specific technologies (PHP,Net, C#, Microsoft, LAMP, MySQL, Open Source, Hadoop, Java, etc.) Actually, there are some CFO events.

Southern California 150

Southern California Software Development Software Develop 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66 AppDynamics.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

We are huge proponents of the Internet, so the last thing we wanted to do was scare them and stop their kids from benefiting from using the Web. Products like Net Nanny and SpectorPro can block or monitor your children’s access to the Internet. We believe we have a responsibility to our customers and our community.

Google 115

Google .Net Santa Barbara Email 115

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50 percent and a net margin in the 20 percent range. A healthy business, ready to scale, has been doing this for a year or more, with an existing customer set generating a non-trivial and growing revenue stream.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Organization Invest Custom 98

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2014

We do everything from picking, packing, and shipping to customer service, fulfillment, and providing the technology that powers the e-commerce site, online marketing, creative design, and digital imaging and photography. The way we get compensated, is we receive a percent of net sales that flow through the website.

Commerce 203

Commerce Venture Capital Internet Brands Startup 203

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2016

Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range. A healthy business, ready to scale, has been doing this for a year or more, with an existing customer set generating a non-trivial and growing revenue stream. High customer loyalty and high team passion.

Startup 58

Startup Organization Invest Custom 58

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

This was the first in her string of web properties. In one year of Airbnb Tracy netted more than $28,000. She focused on her customer. The premise is that you should blog for your customers, suppliers and ecosystem – not for your peers. She learned at the kitchen table as so many spouses do.

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

One way is getting funding from your potential customers. They're raising money from friends, family, customers, equity from strategic partners, and former colleagues. The best way is through customers, the other way is through equity. However, it's an idea with a prototype, and a great customer capital deal.

Startup 223

Startup Equity Venture Capital Ideas 223

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

This costs nothing, and allows you to safely collect money from customers all around the world. Personalize a simple web site. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Open an account with PayPal. I give this advice all the time “launch fast and iterate.”

Sites 78

Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

Many of those investors, individual and institutional, are still licking those wounds; and as a result, investors today want to see a working business model, and customers that are willing to spend good money for your specific solution. Research the Net for guidance in this arena, which is changing as laws enabling this are evolving.

Funding 192

Funding Entrepreneur Startup Invest 192

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. Early customers and contracts in progress add value. Every customer contract and relationship needs to be monetized, even ones still in negotiation. NewCo doesn’t have any of these yet.

Startup 108

Startup Invest Patents Outsource Development 108

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Personalize a simple web site. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers, or a mobile smartphone app.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

This costs nothing, and allows you to safely collect money from customers all around the world. Personalize a simple web site. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Open an account with PayPal. I give this advice all the time “launch fast and iterate.”

Commerce 99

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. Early customers and contracts in progress add value. Every customer contract and relationship needs to be monetized, even ones still in negotiation. NewCo doesn’t have any of these yet.

Funding 98

Funding Startup Patents Outsource Development 98

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Their idea was to catch enough consumers to scale, but they didn't understand the cost of acquisition, of finding customers, marketing, and advertising. What AdventureLink allows us to do is cast a very wide net, to build distribution partners and tap into mainstream travel. How connected are adventure tour operators to the Internet?

Web 100

Web Altadena Sites Activity 100

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

Mentions - Marc Andreessen's - The three kinds of platforms you meet on the Internet A Level 1 platform's apps run elsewhere, and call into the platform via a web services API to draw on data and services -- this is how Flickr does it. Some other points - LAMP,Net, Java - doesn't make much difference. I would tend to agree.

Platform 150

Platform EC2 Java S3 150

InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

WebEx was the early leader in web meetings. The more a customer utilized WebEx’s services, the more they had to pay. They knew that price restructuring would significantly impair their gross revenues as well as their net income, which would dramatically impact their stock price. Exploring The Campus.

Entrepreneur 225

Entrepreneur SaaS Pricing Cloud Computing 225

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

This costs nothing, and allows you to safely collect money from customers all around the world. Personalize a simple web site. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Open an account with PayPal. I give this advice all the time “launch fast and iterate.”

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Microsoft Dynamics CRM has over 30,000 customers and 2 million users worldwide. Cloud productivity services like Office 365 and Office Web Apps are now being used by more than 80 million people worldwide. Over 73% of large businesses in North America use Microsoft Exchange Server as their primary email system.

Writing 88

Writing Training Email .Net 88

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. Early customers and contracts in progress add value. Every customer contract and relationship needs to be monetized, even ones still in negotiation. NewCo doesn’t have any of these yet.

Startup 93

Startup Patents Outsource Development Web 93

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Rather, we value entrepreneurs' time and thus our diligence generally includes introducing them to potential customers and partners. The net was that 's app is too sophisticated for the five verbs. <Note: The difference is that VoiceXML does not leverage customers' knowledge of web development. com> 4/25/08.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

NOT just because they have the best deals on web based business tools. And NOT even because they give until death refunds if a customer is ever dissatisfied with a purchase. He says he cares most about “focusing on customers for life”. It is a way to build relationships and get to know your customers. It makes sense.

Metrics 87

Metrics Email Startup Technical Review 87

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2010

AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer. is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Its like a match made in heaven.

Stickam 71

Stickam Technical Review Draper SoCal 71

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Giving you the ability to chat in realtime with all your friends around the web right from TechZulu. ( AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer. Custom ad deals and partnerships. . . Its like a match made in heaven.

Stickam 60

Stickam Content Draper Web 60

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 I have to say that it has netted far more than I would have thought. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

The emergence of a new era of technologies, collectively known as Web 3.0, Also known as the semantic web or linked data, web 3.0 is a web in which data is linked to allow for more meaningful, actionable insight to be extracted. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Its like a match made in heaven. .

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire’s business model focuses on providing complete application solutions to businesses, while its open API enables applications to be customized in virtually any fashion. He joined WebVisible, a leading provider of local online marketing software and services, as chief operating officer in 2009 and was elevated to CEO in 2010.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Capital efficient, web-based businesses should have a credible plan to self-sustainability. In a company’s latter stages, a wasted dollar directly impacts the company’s exit valuation, which is influenced by the company’s net income. the lobby, customer training rooms, etc.). However, do not count on it. Professional Negotiator.

Startup 221

Startup Pricing Entrepreneur Email 221

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 29, 2010

AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer. is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Its like a match made in heaven.

Stickam 40

Stickam Draper Technical Review Sample 40

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

“The high-net-worth individuals [who] make up the angel universe tend to take extended vacations in the summer and the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s,” says Jennifer Naylor, an angel investor with Golden Seeds in New York. Avoid approaching investors in July, August, and December. Tell a story.

Tips 100

Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

People are using email, IM, soc nets like LinkedIn and Facebook, SMS, and video chat -- all of these are really places to communicate. What kind of customers you are targeting with the service? Everything we have built is web-based, and there isn't anything to download--you can access it from a computer anywhere.

Email 113

Email Yahoo Startup Google 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Wondering how, as a small business, you can reach customers in the YouTube age? Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. That's really our business plan. Sam Rogoway: Yes, it has.

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 6, 2010

AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer. is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Its like a match made in heaven.

Stickam 40

Stickam Technical Review Draper Venture Capital 40