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ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup

TechCrunch LA

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. Indeed, more than 60% of U.S.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features. Our sales guys were on the front line and heard what they needed to win deals. Tim started to change our processes.

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Startup Weekend LA | Recap February 2012

Tech Zulu Event

Saturday evening came to a “closing” with the Coloft tradition of the famous scene from Glengarry Glen Ross where Alec Baldwin defines the meaning of “closing” while he gives a nearly Oscar winning sales talk to motivate his staff. As Avesta Rasouli, SWLA Co-organizer and Founder of Coloft says, “Go sell something! Coffee is for closers!”

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. " Solving the Innovator’s Dilemma – Customer Development in a Big Company - Steve Blank , August 23, 2010 One of the ways I learn is to teach. While I sit here and rule.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. Vivek Wadwha - Campus Entrepreneurship , November 19, 2010 Best Practices for Introduction Emails - Israel Venture Capital 2.0 , March 25, 2010 Weekend Reading - The Mogul Mom , October 1, 2010 Make informal advisors part of the team.

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