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DECEMBER 20, 2016

San Diego-based eSUB Construction Software , a startup developing mobile and cloud-based project management and document control software for the construction industry, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, the company announced this morning. The funding came from Revolution Ventures. The funding came from Revolution Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Irvine-based Kofax , which develops document imaging software and systems, has acquired the Document Imaging division of Nuance. Nuance said the sale of the division will help it focus on its conversational AI and cloud-related technologies; Kofax said the deal will help it bolster its "Intelligent Automation" technologies.

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MARCH 21, 2013

deliver profitable revenue that while on gross margins of 50% vs. software at 85-95% it is still profits to help you cover fixed costs. You don’t want to run the risk that having a PS business that takes your eye of off the ball of growing a large software business. That is the software business. rollout support.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

San Diego-based Seismic , a developer of sales and marketing software, has raised $100M more in a funding round, which values the company at $1 billion, the company said on Tuesday. The startup, led by CEO Doug Winter, develops software used to enable sales and marketing efforts in the enterprise. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Irvine-based Cirrus Insight , which develops software for helping aid in sales followups, email marketing, and customer relationship management, has acquired Attach.io , a developer of real time document tracking software. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. was based in Knoxville, Tennessee. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the developer of business transaction and deal management software-as-a-service, said today that it has raised $1M in an expansion round for the company. CapLinked develops an online, cloud-based platform used to manage due diligence and deal documents, and which competes against deal room management software.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

San Diego-based AbacusNext , a provider of technology solutions for the legal and accounting market, has acquired UK-based HotDocs , a provider of document automation technology. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. HotDocs is based in Edinburgh, UK. AbacusNext is owned by private equity investor Providence Equity.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Irvine-based document management software provider Kofax reports this morning that it has scored a big, $775,000 contract win, to automate the accounts payable operations for a U.S.-based, Kofax said the sale is split between $330,000 in software licenses and $445,000 in professional services and maintenance. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

West Hills-based Peloton Document Solutions , a company developing software which helps investment bankers, private equity investors, and companies to communicate financial information via interactive documents, has scored a strategic investment from R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. According to R.R. According to R.R.

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JULY 7, 2015

Irvine-based Drawloop , a developer of automated document creation software for Salesforce, has been acquired by Nintex , the two said Tuesday. Drawloop was founded by Todd Mezrah and Jim Roberson in 2001, using Salesforce data to merge customer information into sales and service documents in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or PDF.

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AUGUST 3, 2012

Los Angeles-based mobile software developer Skurun has inked a partnership deal with paddle board manufacturer SUP ATX , the companies said earlier this week. According to the two, SUP ATX will work with SkuRun to create a custom, B2B, mbile product for its sales representatives. Financial details of the win wer enot announced.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

in a Series A funding round, to build out its cloud-based platform for enhancing proposals, sales decks, reports, and other materials. The company''s team has been involved in such companies as Objectiva Software and Document Sciences (acquired by EMC). Encinitas-based Seismic announced Thursday that it has raised $4.5M

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Irvine-based Kofax > , the developer of software used for scanning and handling paperwork, reported a nearly $1M deal today. affordable health insurance provider has invested $945,000 in a set of Kofax software to handle medical claims processing. Kofax said that a large, un-named U.S. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

Irvine-based Kofax , the developer of document capture software, said this morning that it has named Phillip Jones as its new Vice President of Field Enablement. Kofax said the new position will focus on its field sales and service. Jones has previously served at IBM and FileNet. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Several times in my investing life, as the final board member making the arrangements to dispose of remaining assets, I have literally been the one to turn out the lights, carry out the documents, books and records to my car, and become the only remaining contact between the failed business and the investors, bankruptcy court, or creditors.

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MAY 4, 2010

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the software-as-a-service project management startup headed by Isaac Garcia, announced a new tool aimed at Microsoft Office users today. The company said the new co-authoring tools are aimed at letting people collaborate on documents such as project plans, budget forecasts, and sales presentations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2023

A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost. Document processes and build online training videos so new people can come online quickly and consistently.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

Irvine-based Kofax , a provider of document management software and hardware, said Sunday that it is selling its hardware business to a German private equity firm, and cutting staff. In addition to the sale, Kofax said it is taking a charge of $2.6M In addition to the sale, Kofax said it is taking a charge of $2.6M

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MAY 26, 2009

in document scanners to the Guardia di Finanza, an Italian police force focused on financial, economic, judiciary, and public safety. The firm, which develops document capture and management products to companies and other organizations, said the sale would go towards digital archiving of paper tax-related forms and other records.

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APRIL 30, 2018

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. Elizabeth Cholawsky: HG Data is actually a seven year old company.

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JANUARY 20, 2016

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the developer of a cloud-based platform for secure, enterprise document sharing for financing and other deal management, has raised $3.5M Jackson and Christopher Grey, said the new funds go towards sales and marketing and efforts to accelerate the company's growth. CapLinked, which was founded by Eric M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2021

I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. Serious investors expect founders to have their homework done before the first interaction – documented executive summary, business plan, and financial model. More customers are lost to apathy after the sale than poor service or quality.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2020

A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost. Document processes and build online training videos so new people can come online quickly and consistently.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 30, 2020

It is not common for the CEO of a rapidly growing company to think of slowing down the furious pace enough to have each manager (including the CEO) document the job process managed, as well as see to the documentation for each process managed below. Examples of documentation by key employees. We leaders are not invincible.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2021

The alternative is to create systems and processes , starting before the first customer arrives, and providing the resources, documentation, and training to every team member as they come on board. Systems require expensive and complex software. That may make sense on day one , but it will kill you and the business over time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2021

Idea people must surround themselves with people who build momentum and get things done, including production, marketing, finance, and sales. Gates was a software developer genius, but Ballmer upheld the marketing and business side. They now expect a solid documented plan, with specific goals and targets based on data.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2010

I’ll publish the final post in this series this week and then move on to my next series – sales & marketing. I’ll be covering my PUCCKA sales methodology. My first company launched in 1999 and we were offering a SaaS document management in the cloud (we were called ASPs back then). Another example.

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

Dinesh Ravishankar: We were doing software development for various companies in Southern California, out of my condo in West LA. With the advances in open source telecom software--we use Asterisk, OpenSIPS, and others software--we're able to emulate legacy hardware which would normally cost you $10M.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

To address that, Los Angeles-based FileTrek (www.filetrek.com) announced a funding round for its cloud-based software for sharing enterprise and business files yesterday. What our software does, is it allows that collaboration to take place, but also keeps track of that. Our sales and marketing will be in Los Angeles.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

What used to be an “A” round in 2011 is now routinely called a Seed round and this has been so engrained that founders would rather take less money than to have to put the words “A round” in their legal documents. You have seed rounds but you now have “pre-seed rounds.” So he covers a ton of ground for industry knowledge and M&A chops.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

For today's interview, we thought it would be worth visiting with Carey Ransom , CEO of Irvine-based RealPractice (www.realpractice.com), a firm which develops legal-based software products. Didn't the software start out as a traditional, enterprise package? The product today on RealPractice is very much a legal content product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. Business model, executive team, marketing & sales, financials, and funding.

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MAY 20, 2018

This is true of any buying process where a customer has to make a large investment decision on your software or when an investor must decide whether to give you $5 million. These are similar to the pipeline reviews I used to do with sales reps when I was a CEO. She was imploring them to push harder in their sales process.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

So, definition: when I talk about a business plan I’m not talking about a 40-page Word document outlining your market approach. That died with waterfall software development. Ditto for enterprise software companies. Usually in a tech / software startup 70-80% of your costs will be people. Do so at your peril.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2013

It is not common for the CEO of a rapidly growing company to think of slowing down the furious pace enough to have each manager (including the CEO) document the job process managed, as well as see to the documentation for each process managed below.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. Consumer approach to software for business users. Page 6: We already have several pilot customers including a very large, unnamed software firm. My blog was wiped out. Folksonomy.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Government customers abundantly waste both of these assets by negatively impacting a startup’s cash flows while causing it to spend unnecessary time participating in laborious approval processes and elongated sales cycles. This is nearly impossible to quickly determine when the sales process is rigidly defined by arbitrary rules.”

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