socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Irvine-based Kofax , the developer of business document management software, reported that it has won a $700,000 contract in the Asia Pacific region. Name of the customer wass snot announced. Kofax said the customer is handling more than 300,000 documents annually. Name of the customer wass snot announced.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2008

San Diego-based Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a provider of engineering and other services, announced today that it has signed a $300M, five year contract with the U.S. SAIC has approximately 44,000 employees serving both the Federal Government and some commercial customers. Department of Education.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2023

Customers buy from people, not companies. That means relationships with team members, investors, customers, and vendors. Entrepreneurs who like to be argumentative, complaining, or disagreeable, will have a hard time closing a contract, investment, or a customer contract. Investors invest in people, not ideas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

If you have a software development background like mine, Im sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2021

San Diego-based Citadel Defense, which develops counter-drone technology, reported on Thursday that it has scored a $6M contract from an un-named, U.S. Department of Defense customer. According to the company, the contract covers its AI-enabled solution to detect, classify, track, and defeat drones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Don’t outsource your core competency. Protect your intellectual property.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Irvine-based Kofax , which develops document capture and business process automation software, reports this morning that it has scored a $700,000 contract from a health insurance provider. Name of the customer was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Outsource Development Report Software Customer 145

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

Hawthorne-based OSI Systems , the developer of specialized electronics products for the security and healthcare industry, reported today that it has won a $3M contract from a New Jersey health system customer. The award went to its healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, for a patient monitoring system.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

Canoo is locking in final contracts with its vendors and is going to be in production with prototypes before the end of the year. The company touts that its different cabins can be tailored to suit the needs of different customers — ranging from commuter vehicles, public or group transportation, delivery vehicles, and private cars.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 15, 2010

With every new project comes the big question: Should you develop a solution from scratch or buy something off the shelf? With offshoring, custom solutions became much more cost effective, but at the expense of increased management or sometimes increased project failure risk. So what do you outsource: Core or Context or both?

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Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Examples 100

Inverted Software

JUNE 15, 2018

At Inverted Software we often help our clients manage offshore and onshore development teams. Our proprietary processes and unique experience helps us evaluate and correct software development practices that have proven inefficient and instill practices that insure productivity and success. Developers love to experiment.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 10, 2019

Publicly traded sensor technology developer, FLIR Systems , is investing in a strategic round of funding for the outsourced drone imaging company, DroneBase. Through FLIR’s Infrared Training Center, FLIR and DroneBase will develop a specialized training program that will be certified exclusively by DroneBase.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

In my opinion, real pain points for most people do not include a new user interface for Facebook, a new programming platform for app development, or a new size smart phone. Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Don’t outsource your core competency. Protect your intellectual property.

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Outsource Development Outsource Software Development Software 90

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2018

As part of the lead in to the conference, and as a part of our sponsor relationship with the conference, we're running a series of interviews with speakers from the conference about their experience in the area of recurring revenues, customer service, and similar topics. We respond very quickly to all of our customers. Kevin Anderson.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

CrowdStrike , the developer of endpoint protection software which has a major presence in Irvine, says it has partnered with IT consulting provider Wipro. Crowdstrike said the partnership will see Wipro offering up CrowdStrike's Falcon platform to its customers worldwide. Financial details of the partnership were not announced.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2009

contract from the Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), the firm said Friday afternoon, in additional funding as part of a research program. Tanner said the funding is part of the firm's development of technology to intercept rocket, artillery, and mortar threats for ARDEC.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 20, 2015

Rather than directly explaining their value proposition with all the passion and heartfelt stridency that only an entrepreneur can deliver, they outsource this communication to a Public Relations (PR) firm. Beyond PR, such roles include: Sales, Product Development, Strategic Planning and Fund Raising. Image: AP Photo/Francois Mori.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

I suggest looking for painful problems to solve, rather than “easier to use” or “nice to have” solutions, for customers with money. Customers line up to believe and buy from people who are viewed as leaders or experts relative to a specific solution. Collaborate with customers to tune your solution.

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Outsource Development Social Media Software Review Customer 154

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 29, 2021

One customer assumed that poor usage rates at a particular station was due to a lack of EVs in the area, Terry recalled in a recent interview. Demand for ChargerHelp’s service has attracted customers and investors. ChargerHelp takes a workforce-development approach to finding employees. That wasn’t the problem.

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Incubator Outsource Development Los Angeles Startup 287

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. Always have a developer do a test project before hiring them to make sure they deliver quality work. This means selling at least 5-10 customers in advance, before it is even built. Ask for is code samples.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2023

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Solution development and delivery. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 24, 2020

The company, which employed about 160 people, laid off 57 workers, according to documents filed with the California Employment Development Department. It was enough to get the attention of investors and at least two global OEMs as customers. Divergent can’t name the customers because of non-disclosure agreements.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Chris Lorenz, Geoffrey Anderson, and James Borow may have spent their days over the past few years working at Snap, but on nights and weekends Anderson and Lorenz were laboring on a different project — improving Ethereum development tools. . “This year we’ll see a lot of interesting projects get launched.” ”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Don’t outsource your core competency. Protect your intellectual property.

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Outsource Development Outsource Software Offshore 51

Berkonomics

JANUARY 28, 2021

This one is using outsourced development, support, outsourced customer relations and more. The company had grown to forty employees and a healthy eight figure gross revenue run rate but has absorbed over $36 million of angel and VC money to do so, and without yet reaching breakeven.

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Outsource Development Startup Outsource Venture Capital 156

socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2020

Santa Barbara-based ContractWorks , which develops contract management software, says it has expanded into Europe, and opened up a new office in London, England. The company said the new office will serve current and future customers in the EMEA. The office is only the second for ContractWorks.

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Santa Barbara Outsource Development Software Customer 113

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Conflicting visions won’t work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2018

In addition to obvious economic challenges, the emerging generation of customers is determined to radically change the rules for customer engagement. He makes a convincing argument that it’s time for every company to get prepared for the next customer generation, or your company is heading toward life support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

With a realistic prototype, you can get more accurate feedback from customers on their real need and what they might pay, before you invest millions on the final product. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

Outsourcing the entirety of building a new system. Outsourcing may look like a quick and easy solution, but you can’t let a partner or supplier drive your business strategy and direction, and it will never absolve you of the responsibility of providing business success. Not having a means to measure holistic impact.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Aliso Viejo-based Smith Micro Software says it has acquired the operator business of Circle Media Labs , a developer of parental control software. in cash, and included customer contracts and a perpetual software license. Smith Micro said the asset deal was worth approximately $13.5M

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2010

Pasadena-based Cogent Systems , a developer of fingerprint and other biometric scanning equipment, said today that it has gained a contract with the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA). year contract was not announced by the company. Size of the 5.5

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

Carlsbad-based MaintenanceNet , the developer of software-as-a-service used for managing service contracts and service quotes for manufacturers and others, reported today that it has had a record year. billion in service contracts for its customers. billion in service contracts for its customers.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 29, 2020

In total, Google now offers its customers the option to host their applications in 23 regions globally; with the opening of this new region, it now has seven U.S. In Vegas, though, developers won’t be able to use relatively new services like Cloud Functions and Cloud Run yet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2014

In addition to obvious economic challenges, the emerging generation of customers is determined to radically change the rules for customer engagement. He makes a convincing argument that it’s time for every company to get prepared for the next customer generation, or your company is heading toward life support.

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Customer Custom Social Media Outsource Development 96

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2015

In addition to obvious economic challenges, the emerging generation of customers is determined to radically change the rules for customer engagement. He makes a convincing argument that it’s time for every company to get prepared for the next customer generation, or your company is heading toward life support.

Customer 97

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