Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Kevin Akeroyd , GM & SVP of Oracle Marketing Cloud and their own Matthew Collins , SVP of Global Marketing. Now nearly every conversation about marketing starts with growth. And yet I learned that in 2013/2014, only 24% of companies had real growth. But how do you build and manage those relationships?

Oracle 40

Oracle Customer Custom Marketing 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc. Over time you start to figure out who you customers are and how to sell to them or how to get them to adopt your products if you’re a consumer-oriented startup.

Startup 325

Startup Sales Technical Review Software Review 325

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2014

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market-research data. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Statistics Research 97

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Initially established as part of a collaboration with Microsoft back in 2014 when the company first began work on its Hololens, the media giant is spinning out the team as it explores the broader sale of certain assets.

Training 100

Training Education Media Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2017

In 2014, we raised quite a bit of money from St. The company has grown about 200 percent since 2014, in terms of revenue. From a customer standpoint, though, it's pretty clear. So, from the customer side, it was much easier. We bring value to those small guys who can't compete against a $60 million marketing budget.

Startup 174

Startup Metrics Customer Custom 174

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

The company is ServiceTitan, and its market… is air conditioners. Both programmers, the two reconnected after doing stints as custom developers during and after college, and then when they were developing tools for their families’ businesses as residential contractors in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale.

Glendale 271

Glendale Los Angeles Startup Technical Review 271

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

The company, which started in 2014, now has over 40 employees. They've solved it at the enterprise paint point, where we are at the mid-market. Mike Whitmire: We put the first version of our software out in 2014, and got a couple of beta clients. We took it to the market in January of 2015. What are you working on?

Startup 124

Startup Cornerstone OnDemand Software Review Woodland Hills 124

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). billion by 2014. Calls are changing but not dying. There are 2.9

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. We’re going to start aggressively spend money on marketing our product. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2014

These companies focus on bringing the best selection and new experiences to customers. Some provide subscription based services offering designer shoes or low-cost razors, but is there a market for closeout or clearance products? has a proven business model and a loyal and rapidly growing customer base.” “Our Clearance.co

Commerce 95

Commerce Customer Custom Los Angeles 95

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

Robert Blatt: We say to people that we do customer experience for multi-location brands. Our platform enables them to manage the digital representation of their locations, and engage with consumers in paid, social, and search, to improve that customer experience. So what does your customer look like nowadays? ,p>

Google 127

Google Paid Search Mobile Activity 127

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

Early in a services business there is usually no profits as the company reinvests in hiring people to grow, but by $20 million in sales the company should at least be pulling in 10% profits (if not more) depending on how much is reinvested. Often in this strategy you end up giving them the product for free and bill them only services fees.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

But why did Ring succeed when the entire market kept saying that Nest was going to be the winner? Why did Ring become an enormous success when it produced a hardware product and the market keeps saying, “hardware is too difficult to scale?” Here are my views … 1. we were sold on the concept immediately. We weren’t sure.

Startup 247

Startup Pricing Product Marketing 247

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

Instead, they need to validate a customer problem and real market need first. Don’t create solutions looking for a problem , since investors ignore these, and customers other than early adopters are hard to find. Customers buy solutions, not technology. Your passion isn’t enough to create a market.

Technology 114

Technology Startup Social Media Customer 114

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

That was in 2014, and that was our pivot moment. We got really serious after the success of that customer, who wanted to make this technology available for all of its employees across the globe. How is it your first customer was in Australia? It all happened in 2014, really fast. So how did you end up here in California?

Help 100

Help Southern California Startup Technical Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2015

If you don’t have a destination, don’t waste your money trying to get there, and don’t expect anyone to support you along the way Projecting financials is a natural extension of the homework every entrepreneur needs to do on customer opportunity size, product costs, pricing, competition and customer value.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Startup Pricing Sales 102

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2015

Dreamforce is the conference for sales and marketing professionals. The 2014 show hosted 135,000 attendees and boasted A-list guest speakers and performers like Hillary Rodham Clinton, Neil Young, Anthony Robbins, and Bruno Mars. Hosted by SAAS giant Salesforce, it is more akin to a circus than a professional event.

Conference 100

Conference SaaS Ideas Sales 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. Gallup says the Boomer demographic is the largest and still growing mainstream pool of experienced talent in the market today (76 million people strong). Manage customer service.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review Report 106

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2016

Fenero is a provider of cloud-based contact center solutions for sales and customer service operations worldwide. The company processes more than one million calls a day, delivers 99.999% uptime to its clients and, since 2014, has experienced experienced year-on-year growth of 300% since 2014.

SaaS 49

SaaS Artificial Inteligence Netflix Platform 49

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2014

In other words, inventions are necessary but not sufficient to create real value for investors and customers. So what do investors look for in qualifying you for that million dollars you need to take your invention from your garage to the market? You need a viable business model and customers.

Ideas 106

Ideas Technical Review Patents Entrepreneur 106

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

What I love about my job is getting to see teams of super-early-stage companies develop ideas that while raw have potential to make an impact on the market. It freed up Ophir to grow out our sales organization, to work more closely with agencies, to innovate on product and to raise capital. It literally can put you out of business.

Outsource Development 150

Outsource Development Metrics Startup Sales 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Email marketing. Direct mail marketing. Display advertising.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media SEM Advertising 99

InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2015

During its 2014 fiscal year, UGGS sales are estimated to have exceeded $500 million, while Deckers’ overall revenue was in excess of $1.5 Not satisfied with the quality of surf wax currently on the market, he decided to make his own. In 1995, Deckers purchased the UGGS brand for $16 million. What's SUP? –

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Startup Sales Entrepreneur 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

We were building about 300 to 400 products a year for other people, including tons of apps, for tons of startups, and were managing tens of millions of marketing spend for those clients every month. Instead, we were going linear, and free, so we just took the market. We were still building the product and marketing it.

Startup 124

Startup Content Demand Netflix 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5 There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Crowdsource: putting your audience to work beyond customers.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Barry Lieberman: My backgruond is about 35 years in technology, business development, and sales and marketing. I built my own company around marketing services, and have been around business development, marketing, custom service, and sales, and also on the consumer side of technology, a little bit a mix of the two.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach Startup Pasadena Angels 100

socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2014

Matt Brinker, our VP of products, comes from the construction industry, as does Rich Haus, our VP of Sales and Service. Your customer base is in an age old industry, not known for rapid technology adoption - how have you found reception to your product? Todd Davis: The reason this is news in 2014, is exactly as you state.

Mobile 133

Mobile Startup Oracle Los Angeles 133

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). I wrote about how to build relationships with journalists in this post.

Press 319

Press Startup Writing Training 319

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2014 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We will have a line up of amazing panelist who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2014. Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Other popular tools are available at low cost, with built-in e-commerce capabilities (pay via credit card), including this Top Ten list for 2014. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Or, fall back to the old standby DreamWeaver by Adobe.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2015

On July 15, Amazon’s Prime Day , an ostensible celebration of the online retailer’s 20th birthday, will offer members “more deals than Black Friday,” including seven Deals of the Day, thousands of lightning offers, and flash sales every 10 minutes. billion in 2014 Singles’ Day sales, spurred by more than $2 billion in the first hour.)

Sales 40

Sales Social Media Competition Entertainment 40

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

Marketers see it as a better way to target customers, but the current consumer offerings have been slow to deliver. Event marketing. If you know your contacts’ real-life interests, you could use that information in your marketing efforts. Are you seeing a lot of your contacts attending certain business events?

Services 82

Services Competition Mobile Entertainment 82

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

The company became a Wall Street darling when it raised $1 billion-plus through its 2014 IPO, and now claims to have deployed roughly $19 billion in loans since inception. LendingClub stumbled earlier this year, however, when an internal investigation found improprieties in the sale of $22 million in loans.

San Diego 40

San Diego Help Software Review Funding 40

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

The company became a Wall Street darling when it raised $1 billion-plus through its 2014 IPO, and now claims to have deployed roughly $19 billion in loans since inception. LendingClub stumbled earlier this year, however, when an internal investigation found improprieties in the sale of $22 million in loans.

Software Review 40

Software Review San Diego Funding Customer 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

We''ve made it so people can customize us to only turn on movies and TV, and don''t have to see anything with music and books, for example. Each of them has different programs, but we get four to ten percent of a sale. Phoebe Scott: The really big thing we''d like to get going in 2014 is mobile.

Entertainment 206

Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2015

That includes e-commerce retailers, which continue to claim a growing slice of overall retail sales. Last year alone, online holiday sales rose 15% over 2013 figures, including increases of 32% on Thanksgiving, 26% on Black Friday, and 17% on Cyber Monday. Plus, holiday e-commerce sales are widely expected to continue rising in 2015.

Commerce 40

Commerce Sales Pricing Study 40