socalTECH

MAY 16, 2019

For our interview this morning, we caught up with Isaac Garcia , a serial entrepreneur who previously founded and sold his last company, Central Desktop, and now is working on a new startup, Sales Insider. How did you start Sales Insider from your past company, Central Desktop, after you sold it? The first company I did I was 24.

Sales 133

Sales Startup Software Marketing 133

socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2015

West Hollywood-based Orbitera , a developer of a cloud-based software product to help companies the sales of cloud-based software and services, including managing leads, trial subscriptions, billing, and operations, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The company disclosed the funding Thursday. READ MORE>>.

West Hollywood 100

West Hollywood Sales Seed Funding Incubator 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Today the Traveling Geeks saw presentations from 11 interesting startups at French incubator, the Paris Development Agency. Among them was Stribe , a company TechZulu originally interviewed at the TechCrunch50 conference earlier this year. The company's main target is e-commerce sites with rich media.

Incubator 40

Incubator Develop Development Social Network 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The company’s CEO, Brendon McQueen, graduated from Columbia with 12 loans that totaled over $120,000. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates. The product integrates with Salesforce, Twitter, Zendesk and many other popular SaaS products.

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I’ve seen too many companies go off track by a VC hell bent on the team pursuing the VCs strategy which at times is about chasing the next shiny object. Traditional software vs. SaaS. I would call their portfolio companies and ask how helpful or not they’ve been. I call them “ VCs Seagulls.” FourSquare.

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Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Venice-based Amplify LA (www.amplify.la) is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a startup accelerator here in the Los Angeles area � one of the few in the area to have survived in more or less original form after the launch of a number of startup incubators and accelerators five years ago.

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Funding Incubator 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2012, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. There will be plenty of FREE Pizza and drinks!

Tech Coast Angels 105

Tech Coast Angels Startup Angel Southern California 105

Steve Reich

JUNE 6, 2012

I was very impressed, since their SaaS platform is what might politely be termed pre-Alpha. It’s a great start and will get the company up and running without pitching 20 VC firms, but it wasn’t the $3-5 million “A” round that I had been imagining. And they are out there.

Angel 55

Angel Writing SaaS Startup 55

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

She’s also an advisor and connector to portfolio companies, and consults other angel groups to develop business plans. She began her career as an engineer at Cisco Systems and later cofounded a mobile gaming company. Thomas Flake, Founder of PTI Incubator & Founder of bcause. Joanne Chen, Partner at Foundation Capital.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2011

Part I of this series describes the 360-review that I conducted at a growing, dynamic SaaS business which has recently graduated from the startup stage and entered the early-growth phase. J = External Technical Company Voice. K = Time to Innovate/Incubate New Ideas. Patton, US Army General. C = Product Coding.

Technical Review 182

Technical Review Software Review Startup Outsource 182

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

In a short, densley packed timeline, our panel of industry experts discussed the fine line topics of wearables technology, bitcoin, SaaS, cloud, mobile gaming, and social markets. Richard Wolpert – Managing Director of Amplify.LA, startup incubator and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners. Enabling Social Change.

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Xconomy

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Founded in 2013 by de Haaff and Chris Waters in the Bay Area, the company announced in July it had surpassed $40 million in annual recurring revenue from the subscribers to its software-as-a-service. It’s not a “unicorn”—a business with a valuation of more than $1 billion—and it’s not even close.

Sales 100

Sales Software Services Startup 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2013

Los Angeles-based online event promotion service Planana , the startup founded by Anna Sergeeva and Fei Xiao, said Thursday that the company has been accepted to the DreamIt Ventures Winter 2013 class in Austin, Texas. The startup said that it will be demonstrating its products at SXSW at March 8th, at the conclusion of the program.

Class 178

Class Los Angeles Ideas Startup 178

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2015

The company--which entered the accelerator earlier this year--said its new product, Rexter360 , is an enterprise version of its RexterPro product, which helps users by applying a scientific, mathematical calculation of relationship strength and engagement level to figure out who to call to advance sales activities.

Product 100

Product Pasadena Software Development Activity 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

After starting three companies, I've found that some widely accepted advice lead me to failure while. You work in (or run) a services company. Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment). Intrapreneurship: Embracing Disruptive Innovation Within Your Company. A Bootstrapped Geek Sifts Through the Bullshit.

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69