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MAY 13, 2010

Santa Monica-based CODA Automotive , the heavily backed electric car manufacturer, said today that it has hired David Funston as its Vice President, Fleet and Commercial Sales. CODA said that Funston will market the firm's sedan to commercial fleet customers. Funston has also served at Isuzu, Hyundai Motor, and Chevrolet.

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MAY 6, 2020

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard is seeing a surge in customers, the company said on Tuesday, as a result of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The company just reported results, with sales up 21 percent in the company's first quarter, up to $1.52 billion in Q1. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Another on-demand transport app is making a move into payments to expand the existing relationship with its customers (and subsequent margins that it makes from serving them). The service is being tested first in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, the company said.

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JULY 18, 2018

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management (CRM) software developer Nimble said today that it has signed a global distribution agreement with Microsoft , which will create a bundle of Nimble's CRM tools with Microsoft's Office 365. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management software developer Nimble , led by CRM software veteran Jon Ferrara, has launched a new, add-in for Microsoft Outlook on Android. The new plug-in is free, but offers up additional features for business and sales teams as an add-on feature. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Santa Monica-based TigerText has hired on two new healthcare veterans to its executive team, the company said this week. Kirkman was previously VP of Enterprise Solutions at athenalheath, and also has served at TamberHealth, Zix Corporation, and Amicore.

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AUGUST 16, 2017

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management (CRM) software provider Nimble said today that it has linked its software into Microsoft Edge , Microsoft's web browser, to provide access to information on people and businesses within that browser. Nimble already links into Chrome, Safari and Firefox. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management (CRM) software developer Nimble is looking to bolster its customer base in the nonprofit sector, saying that it has started to offer a 30 percent discount on its service to nonprofits, for life. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 14, 2016

In the corporate world, events are more than just an event�they are opportunity to connect with your customers and turn potential customers into buyers. We're in Santa Monica, and sometime people think we're a venue or rental space for events, but what we are, is a 100 percent software company.

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JULY 9, 2019

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps national brands keep information on their stores up to date across mapping and mobile services, has named Nick Hedges as CEO of the company, MomentFeed said this morning.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps multi-location, retailers and brands better understand and interact with customers, has raised $16.3M in new funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus and DFJ Frontier.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Santa Monica-based Tuition.io , which helps employers offer up student loan repayment assistance as part of their employee benefits, has raised $7M in a Series B funding round, the company said today. says so far that it has signed up such clients as Live Nation, Staples and Fidelity Investments to its programs. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Santa Monica-based TrueCar announced on Friday that it acquired DealerScience , a developer of digital retailing software for the automotive industry. According to TrueCar, DealerScience will become a subsidiary of the company, and will focus on product development, sales and customer training.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

Santa Monica-based Docstoc , which is led by Jason Nazar, has been acquired by Intuit, the companies said this morning. Financial details of the buy were not announced, however, the buy apparently was worth around $50M, according to various reports and sources. com), and others. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

Santa Monica-based customer support outsourcing provider TaskUs --which is based in Santa Monica, but has a vast operation in the Philippines--said it has opened up a new office in Melbourne, Australia. TaskUs says its facility in the Philippines that is being used has full PCI compliance.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Santa Monica-based voice and text-platform provider CallFire is bolstering its executive ranks today with a new hire, saying that it has named Barbara Palmer as the company''s new Chief Revenue Officer. Palmer will head up business development, marketing, and sales for CallFire. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

Santa Monica-based Retention Science , the developer of big data software being used to help e-commerce companies covert more customers, has linked into e-commerce engine Magento, the firm is announcing today. Retention Science said the new extension is available through Magento's Connect Marketplace.

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JUNE 21, 2018

Santa Monica-based sales and marketing customer relationship management (CRM) tools developer Nimble is further integrating its tools with partner Microsoft, and its Office 365 software, as well as Google's G Suite, with a new business dashboarding tool. The new feature is free to all Nimble users.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Join local Inside Sales leaders: Scott Tretsky, Ken McAnall and Joshua Pittman on Wednesday, October 19th. The meeting will be held at Oracle's Santa Monica office. Joined by guest speakers: Neil Sahota of IBM to discuss cognitive computing solutions (e.g. See https://www.aa-isp.org/registerEvents.php?id=961.

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JUNE 6, 2019

DigiMarCon West 2019 Digital Marketing Conference and Exhibition will be held from June 12th to 13th, 2019 at the luxurious Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Santa Monica-based CRM software developer Nimble has been selected to join Microsoft's startup accelerator in Seattle, the company said today, in a major move which will help tie Nimble into Microsoft's ecosystem. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 13, 2018

Santa Monica-based sales and marketing CRM software developer Nimble , which is led by longtime CRM vet Jon Ferrara, has added a new reseller, the company said today. Nimble's software helps companies track their contacts and interactions with customers, prospects, and others. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2013

Once upon a time, when the desktop PC was king, there were two kingdoms in the world of customer relationship management: ACT! If you were in sales, you either ran ACT!, and Goldmine faded away, no longer the two kings of the sales CRM world. contatta goldmine customer relationship management nimble software saas'

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of web-based, customer relationship management (CRM) tools, said today that it has launched a new application programming interface (API) and application marketplace.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing is estimating a sell-through of more than $500M in the first 24 hours of launching Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The newest Call of Duty title went on sale on November 13th.

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AUGUST 8, 2013

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of customer relationship management tools, has tied its CRM tools into the popular Dropbox file storage service, the company said this morning. nimble dropbox customer relationship management file storage integration' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 14, 2016

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management and contact management software developer Nimble said today that it has connected into Google Apps for Work, via the Google for Work Partner Program. Nimble is led by longtime CRM veteran Jon Ferrara. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Santa Monica-based Nimble , which develops contact management software-as-a-service, has linked up its tools with call center software developer Talkdesk. According to Nimble, the move will automatically pair information from a customer''s contact history to Nimble''s contact records and customer data. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of customer relationship management and contact management software, said today that it has linked its app into social media management service Hootsuite. nimble hootsuite social media management contact sales software saas' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the online, customer relationship management (CRM) tool developer, has tied with Simi Valley-based TeamAutomation , a business and IT consulting firm focused on customer relationship management tools. Financial details and business arrangement between the two companies was not announced.

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MAY 17, 2012

A report today from PandoDaily said that Santa Monica-based BetterWorks has terminated all of its sales and marketing staff, and half of its operations team. Now it appears that the firm is looking to pivot its model, and looking to figure out a better customer acquisition model. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Apparently with a physical storefront where it can convince customers of the wonders of on-demand mobility. As for what will happen at the store, Fifth Wall’s Adam Demuyakor tells me “There will be deployment of scooters, charging of scooters, and some sales of apparel and accessories that are related.

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MAY 17, 2012

Santa Monica-based electric auto firm CODA Automotive announced Thursday morning that it has delivered its first fleet vehicle sale, to AEP Ohio, a unit of American Electric Power. million customers in Ohio and parts of West Virginia. AEP is a provider of electricity to about 1.5 READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Santa Monica-based TaskUs , the fast growing provider of outsourced customer experience and back end services for online companies, said it has hired three new executives on Thursday, to help it with its growth efforts. McLaughlin-Brooks was at YapStone, and also served at Parallels, Business Objects and Yahoo!

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JULY 10, 2015

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the provider of negotiation-free, car buying services which is led by Scott Painter, said late Thursday evening that it has ended a partnship it has with AutoNation. The two cut ties after a dispute over sharing of customer information. TrueCar said that AutoNation had represented 3.1

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MAY 21, 2013

Santa Monica-based Enervee , the online energy-efficiency and product shopping service, which makes it easy for consumers to compare the energy usage of consumer electronics products and household appliances while shopping, has started integrating Amazon product offers. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 19, 2013

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management software developer Nimble has hired Eric Quanstrom as its new Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Marketing and Sales, the company announced today. Quanstrom joins the company from Sorenson Media, where he was Chief Operating Officer.

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