Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

Kerr, “ The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change.” There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). So for those of you that love checklists, I saw some real value in the classic book by James M.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2020

What Swoop does, is we build technology for them, SaaS tools, which allow them to run their businesses more effectively. Where they previously were using separate tools for text messaging, paying fees that were too high for credit card processing, and employing 5 part time people, they can now cover all of that with our SaaS platform.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

According to the company, its new product, Guided Selling, uses data learned from billions of sales interactions to prioritize the next best actions--whether that is whom to contact, when and how to contact them, and what to say.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 22, 2016

I had the honor of moderating a panel of three SaaS CEOs who have collectively raised nearly $40 million of venture capital and are on their way to breakout success: Reed Shaffner of Workpop , Jerry Jao of Retention Science and Ara Mahdessian from ServiceTitan.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2020

The startup says it offers up personalized, step by step, interactive guide to help navigate through a variety of planning options, make informed decisions and ultimately create their living trust online where it will be archived and remain accessible in digital form.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Startup Survival Guide: Beating the 800lb Gorillas. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, Entrepreneurism, SaaS. . Hitchhikers Guide to Hypermonetizing the "3rd Wave". Also, if you are big on food our friends over at Bakespace has put together an ultimate Foodie's guide to SXSW Panel Picking :).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Kerr, “ The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change.” There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). So for those of you that love checklists, I saw some real value in the classic book by James M.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 28, 2019

All this is done while they guide startups through other external challenges such as fundraising droughts and overall market downturns. Venture capital firms invest in potentially disruptive technologies with the hope of profit, then keep watch for further advances that could overtake their existing portfolio companies.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Our name was so disconnected from our SaaS business model that we were in the process of rebranding the company when Citrix approached us. In addition, Brett Queener, Executive VP at Salesforce.com, recently joined Invoca’s Board of Directors to help guide the company''s enterprise marketing efforts. However, after the Internet 1.0

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

Kerr, “ The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change.” There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). So for those of you that love checklists, I saw some real value in a recent book by James M.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

You can use your phone to really guide yourself through game day or through a live event. Combining that with my previous experience, which was in the platform and SaaS market, and sports, was really a home run. We're also experimenting with food delivery, providing wait times on food, and more. How did you get into this?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

. · Milk & Honey has had shoes designed by Rachael Ray, Ginnifer Goodwin, Malin Akerman, and Kate Mara amongst others and has appeared in People, Redbook, Inked, Lucky, Bridal Guide, InStyle, Marie Claire, and numerous other publications. The product integrates with Salesforce, Twitter, Zendesk and many other popular SaaS products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Kerr, “ The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change.” There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). So for those of you that love checklists, I saw some real value in the classic book by James M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Kerr, “ The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change.” There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). So for those of you that love checklists, I saw some real value in a new book by James M.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2012

The following guest post is from Dan Monarko, Online Marketing Manager at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2011

According to Michael Tasner, in his book “ Marketing in the Moment: The Practical Guide to Using Web 3.0 Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications now allow on-demand collaboration. After some work, I’m still convinced that much of the Web 3.0 are appearing. Real time on-demand collaboration.

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Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

MindBodyOnline is a terrifically succesful SaaS company, based in San Luis Obispo, that provides scheduling and transactional software for Yoga studios, hair salons, and spas. You will see patterns in their responses that will guide you to the next innovation. You can do this, too, and you don’t need a big budget or a big team.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Email marketing and cross-channel interactive marketing saas solutions provider ExactTarget has acquired Pardot, a marketing automation provider and iGoDigital, web personalization provider in a move that will revolutionize its marketing platform. Over 100million in Cash. million for Pardot, $85.5 million of it in cash and $10.0

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

However, he quickly discovered the deal data the company was collecting was not just data--but a guide to the best practices on helping brokers close more deals, quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2010

According to Michael Tasner, in his new book “ Marketing in the Moment: The Practical Guide to Using Web 3.0 Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications now allow on-demand collaboration. After some work, I’m still convinced that much of the Web 3.0 buzz is hype, but things are changing on the Internet, and bits and pieces of Web 3.0

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Scan & Target - a SaaS solution for real-time text mining and analysis of User Generated Content. CityZeum - travel guides that mix professional and User Generated Content. The company's main target is e-commerce sites with rich media. Zoomorama was a finalist at the Microsoft BizSpark event at South by Southwest Interactive 2009.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

This is why investors really like SaaS software companies where you have recurring revenue and your largest customer accounts for < 5% of your revenue and your renewals rates are > 90%. A Framework to Guide You: So putting it all together, you should always be mindful of your personal circumstances and market conditions.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. There will be plenty of FREE food and drinks! Babak Razi - Founder Third Wave Ventures.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2015

In the mid-1980’s, while on a rafting trip in Colorado, Doug noticed that the guide had modified his sandals with a velcro watchband strap to keep them on his feet when he stepped in and out of the river. When not hitting the waves, he sold his flip flops to several surf stores, which locals called “deckas.”

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Those were the early days of SaaS and you might remember that even Salesforce.com has major outage problems. First, I’m embarrassed now that we didn’t just start with a hugely customer oriented SLA and stand confidently on our ability to successfully manage our service. So we thought we were just managing our economic risks.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

They were looking for someone to help and guide them. It allows students to have better communications, and cuts down the cost of IT to any school They don't need to staff anyone, because we're SaaS based. They were at UCSB, which needed a tool like this, and after they had developed it, they were trying to see what next steps to take.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments. Its primary goal is to focus on identifying what is truly driving demand, analytically, so that our customers can optimize their activities.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Most big companies initially rejected use of the cloud, just as they rejected SaaS solutions when we launched GoToMyPC in 2001. New technology tends to have a lot of dark areas that the experienced users know to avoid but newbies step right into, so if you have a chance to guide them, the success rate is much higher.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

Our goal is to produce a $10 billion+ winner and remain the market leader in this SaaS category of AI in Sales & Marketing. And while it hasn’t been an “overnight success,” we’ll happily follow in ProCore’s footsteps. Interim liquidity plus long-term capital gains work really, really well.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

SaaS for Cloud application lifecycle management. Toys, treats, and training guides customized for your puppy. A SaaS Platform to help online stores in Brazil create their own loyalty program. Google for nature. AngelList: [link]. Founders: Giles Ochs, Cameron Strachan. From: San Francisco, CA. AngelList: [link].

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Amid criticism, Uber’s CEO fights back: ‘On bad days, I look at our revenue graph’ channels. Editor’s picks. Featured stories. Cloud services. Cloud storage. Enterprise. Acquisition. Venture capital. Developers. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. Infographics. Windows Phone. Social media. Google Plus. Social networking. Interviews.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

And you can always bring on a senior person as a mentor / coach to help guide you personally to become a better sales leader until you’re ready for somebody more senior on your team. SaaS was hot so I was able to land a very impressive guy. In LA I know that people like Vince Thompson do a great job with this.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

You need to let the energy of the room guide you. Vice versa is it’s a SaaS platform company where I spent nearly 10 years running companies. My plan would be to start the presentation at the 50,000 foot view and then dive down to a more granular level once we’re all base-lined. Does that sound ok?&#.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

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