socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Los Angeles-based accounting software developer BlackLine Systems reported this morning that its revenues are up more than 50 percent again this year, which it says is the seventh year in a row for the company. The announcements comes only a few months after a big private equity investment for the company. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Santa Barbara-based IT infrastructure monitoring software developer LogicMonitor said on Monday that it has signed up Quora and Ted Baker as customers. Financial impact of the customer wins were not announced. The company is backed by Providence Equity Partners. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

San Diego-based tag management software developer Tealium announced this morning that it has raised an additional $20M in funding, from private equity investor Silver Lake Waterman. Tealium, which is led by Jeff Lunsford, said it plans to use the funding for global expansion.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2016

Los Angeles-based enterprise software developer Chrome River , which develops cloud-based expense management and supplier invoicing software, says it grew its user base by 82 percent, year over year. The company said it had record growth in 2015, and now has over 430 enterprise customers and more than 1 million users.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2015

San Diego-based sales software developer Seismic has raised $20M in a Series B funding round, to go towards its sales content management software, the company said this morning. The funding was led by JMI Equity, and also included Sigma West. seismic content management sales software' Seismic is led by Doug Winter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

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. Similar values and goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

I like the summary of the competitive reality in a new book, “ Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age ,” by Ram Charan, who relates a wealth of current experience from global clients: Customers expect a personalized experience. Features, availability, and brand are just the price of entry.

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2010

The firm--which is based in San Francisco, but has its finance, R&D, and client services operations in Carlsbad--said the funding came from ABS Ventures and Dolphin Equity Partners. Overtone said it will use the funds to grow its customer base, expand its professional services organization, and for software development.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

We use a recurring revenue model, where a customer pays us a few hundred dollars on average. We''ve raised around $72 million now in equity capital. For a couple of years, I was the head of a boutique software consulting firm based in El Segundo. We''re generating tens of million in annual revenues today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The cost of giving up more equity early is often more than offset by the increased flexibility to recover from mistakes. Pay people with equity or future revenue. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. Great strategy. Do it yourself and barter for services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2011

The cost of giving up more equity early is often more than offset by the increased flexibility to recover from mistakes. Pay people with equity or future revenue. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. Great strategy. Do it yourself and barter for services.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

The cost of giving up more equity early is often more than offset by the increased flexibility to recover from mistakes. Pay people with equity or future revenue. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. Great strategy. Do it yourself and barter for services.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The second bullet, getting feedback from customers is most often not valid either. Even with these, you will have paper-tested your MVP, but the reality is that customers will not be able to assess the value to them until they actually use it. The real reason to build an MVP is to do early tests of key Startup Metrics for the business.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Stop Listening to Your Customers. A common assumption among startup entrepreneurs is that listening to potential customers is the best. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Customers, research, startups. . The most underrated asset of any business is its enthusiasts- those customers and clients who buy th.

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