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MARCH 19, 2014

Sales tax compliance is not a typical sexy startup area. So, it was a surprise when a number of smart, insider angels -- including Roy Rubin (founder of Magento, which he sold to eBay), and Dan Rose (VP of Partnerships at Facebook)--put their money behind TaxJar (www.taxjar.com), a San Diego startup developing sales tax compliance software.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based ringDNA , the venture-backed startup which is developing artificial intelligence tools to help sales teams, says it has acquired a popular podcast focused on sales. According to the company, it has acquired the sales podcast "Accelerate!", Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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JUNE 2, 2020

Los Angeles-based Trait Signal , a new, automatic analytics startup, said this morning that it has launched a software platform to provide car dealers insights on cars for sale. and Europe, aggregates information on automobile mobiles, providing information to help buyers understand a vehicle's "defining traits."

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JULY 24, 2014

The company--which originally started in Austria--set up shop here two years ago to further expand its footprint in the US, and most recently hired away the entire Los Angeles marketing team of crosstown CRM software developer Nimble. A few years ago, we saw there was a need, and that there was something wrong with CRM software.

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JUNE 23, 2013

Every sales organization with more than a handful of reps or that is across multiple offices or time zones would benefit from having a sales methodology. I’ve been writing a series on a simple methodology that we used at my first enterprise software company. There are many out there and many books have been written on the topic.

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JUNE 16, 2017

Irvine-based antivirus software developer Cylance said on Thursday that it has named two new executives at the firm, to help it with global growth. Cylance said it has named Rahul Kashyap as Chief Product Officer and John Giacomini as Executive Vice President, Global Sales. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2013

help you integrate your product with other systems making it harder for your product to be replaced by competitors. 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. That is the software business. rollout support. configuration.

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JANUARY 29, 2016

Irvine-based Kareo has named Drew Hamilton as its new Chief Sales Officer, the company said this week, to help scale the company's sales organization. Kareo is a developer of cloud-based medical office software, and is led by Dan Rodrigues.

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MARCH 19, 2013

Can an algorithm help improve the conversion rate of leads? Los Angeles based Leads360 , the developer of sales leads management software, thinks so, announcing today that it has launched a new product which uses a fancy algorithm to better assign and drive leads and sales followups. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

Key Functions with High Impact Generative AI is revolutionizing sales by enabling dynamic pricing and personalized customer interactions, boosting conversion rates and customer satisfaction. Post-sale, AI analyzes customer data to improve service and loyalty, making it a cornerstone of modern sales methodologies.

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AUGUST 25, 2015

Los Angeles-based sales lead management software developer Velocify says it has tied its software into the Encompass mortgage management software from Ellie Mae, allowing lenders to access its software directly through their loan origination processes. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

The company is focused on the enterprise software area. We''ve created one system to pull it all together for them, so that they operate more efficiently on sales, operations, order entry, fulfillment, and billing. Ultimately, we also offer up all the analytics to help them make better decisions for their business. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 4, 2015

West Hollywood-based Orbitera , a developer of a cloud-based software product to help companies the sales of cloud-based software and services, including managing leads, trial subscriptions, billing, and operations, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The company disclosed the funding Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Los Angeles-based software developer Bridg said this week that it has launched a new customer relationship management (CRM) software product specifically aimed at restaurants. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 11, 2016

Los Angeles-based Velocify , the developer of leads management and sales software, has rolled out a new tool call SalesCaddy. According to Velocify, the new tool uses social and professional networks to help its users discover and convert potential buyers.

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JUNE 17, 2013

In my first enterprise software company we developed a methodology for sales that we called PUCCKA. Having a methodology instead of just going on random sales visits helped force a bit of rigor and honesty amongst team members about how well or not we thought we were doing. The best sales meetings are discussions.

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AUGUST 16, 2013

TouchCommerce provides an online, live chat software product which is used by e-commerce sites to engage with consumers on their web site, and also helps guide consumers to products. sales ecommerce chat executive touchcommerce' Maire was formerly the company''s Country Manger in France. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Astound , a company selling automated employee help desk services, has raised a new round of $15.5 The company’s software integrates with ServiceNow, BMC, Jira, Cherwell and Workday, among others. It’s the seventh company that Turchin has been involved in around applying technology to help employees, he says.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Aliso Viejo-based CitizenHawk said today that it has hired a new Regional Sales Director. Venture-backed CitizenHawk develops software and services to help find domain squatters, brand and trademark infringement, and other issues. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 16, 2016

Los Angeles-based FloQast , a new software startup developing month-end closing software for accountants, has raised $6.5M FloQast says it has developed software which works alongside Excel to help accountants do their monthly close of books. in a Series A funding, the company said today.

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MAY 2, 2017

Andrew Bermudez , co-founder and CEO of Irvine-based Digsy (www.getdigsy.com) wasn't looking to build software to help commercial real estate brokers close more deals. Is that when you switched to focusing more on the software end of this rather than sourcing deals? What is Digsy?

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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. Nimble said the link is aimed at helping companies create virtual, social call centers for their sales teams. integration saas talkdesk software center call nimble'

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2013

This is part of a series that describes a sales methodology for technology companies or frankly many other types of companies, too. The first key player I talked about in the previous post was the Champion, who is a person that is rooting for you or helping you through the process and has both influence and authority – IA. (as

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MARCH 4, 2013

Nimble , the developer of customer relationship management software, said today that it has launched a program for startups, which will offer up a free year of its service. The company said the effort is part of an effort to both support the startup community--as well as connect with future integration partners.

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JUNE 4, 2015

Irvine-based sales and marketing company Advantage Sales & Marketing said late Wednesday that it has acquired Atlas Technology Group >, a technology company which develops applications for helping retailers improve their product sales in stores. Advanced Sales and Marketing is led by Tanya Domier.

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JULY 30, 2014

According to the three, they have created O Labs as an independent company specifically to create, grow, and operate portfolio companies focused on helping large and growing enterprises. olabs manatt accelerator incubator originate hale boggs keyvan peymani jeff scheinrock enterprise software startup' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Health Data Vision , a new startup based in Burbank, said this week that it has raised a Series A funding round, to go towards its software-as-a-service platform for medical records analysis. Size of the funding was not announced, however, a regulatory filing indicates the funding was worth $2.8M. The firm is led by Michael Klotz.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

San Diego-based MindTouch , a developer of software-as-a-service tools to help companies create self-service, customer support sites, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. MindTouch's software provides customer support search tools, product information, and more to end users.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Los Angeles-based software developer ServiceTitan , which makes software to help residential and commercial contractors manage their businesses, has linked with sales finance firm Service Finance Company, LLC. Financial terms of the deal between the companies were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2012

According to the firm's website, its software, RingDNA for Salesfroce.com, pulls in lead and contact data from Salesforce.com, Facebook, Twitter, and business news feeds into an iPad device, helping sales representatives to better act on business opportunities. No details of the funding have yet been announced by the company.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Pakedge Device & Software , a provider of home and business networking products and services, has been acquired by Control4 in a $32.7M Control4 said that the acquisition will help it expand its networking, power management, and cloud-based remote management capabilities. deal, the companies said this week. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based Leads360 reported today that it has linked its sales lead management software with offerings from web-based mortgage software firm Optimal Blue. Tags: leads360 sales lead management software saas mortgage optimal blue. Business details of the integration were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

San Diego-based OpenCandy , which is developing products to help software publisher increase downloads and sales of their products, said Thursday that it has signed up PDF software firm PrimoPDF as a customer. Tags: opencandy primopdf software download. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In the age old world of real estate, it''s often referrals, friends, door to door visits, and sometimes shopping carts which help connect home buyers and sellers with local real estate agents. We mine historical home sales data, years and years of data, and determine who is the highest performer for a given type of house.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2021

Santa Monica-based ,a href="[link] the online car buying marketplace, said late Tuesday that it has launched a pilot program with Roadster, a digital sales software provider which helps dealers sell automobiles to consumers.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Irvine-based Kareo , a developer of cloud-based practice management and medical billing software, announced today that it has raised $10M in an equity investment round. The company said the new funding will go towards sales and marketing, enhancing its products, and also for channel partnerships. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 14, 2021

Los Angeles-based Bridg, a venture backed company which develops software to help e-commerce retailers improve their sales, has been sold for $350M in cash to Cardlytics. The company's software uses artificial intelligence and big data to help retailers with their e-commerce efforts.

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