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How to Make Sure Professional Services Don’t Take Over Your Software Company

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I recently wrote a blog post in which I pointed out that many investors & advisors discourage enterprise startups from having a professional services (PS) business and I think this is a big mistake. I think it’s important for enterprise startups to layer in professional services into your revenue stream. rollout support.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

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There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? Why Build a Services Business in the First Place?

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Beyond Limits, Fresh Off $133M Funding, Links With Management Consulting Firm

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Los Angeles-based Beyond Limits , the artificial intelligence software developer which recently raised a big, $133M funding round, has linked with management consulting firm The Carnrite Group , the two said on Wednesday. The Carnrite Group focuses on oil and gas, utility, power, and industrial customers.

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Voxox In Deal With Lenovo

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San Diego-based cloud communications service provider Voxox said today that it has signed a deal with PC maker Lenovo , on a pre-load deal, which will feature Voxox''s icon and embedded link on Lenovo''s consumer laptops. voxox lenovo cloud communications service manufacturing preload software' Voxox is led by Bryan Hertz.

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ThreatSTOP Blocks Malicious DNS

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Carlsbad-based cybersecurity software developer ThreatSTOP announced on Wednesday that it has rolled out a new software product, which detects and automatically blocks malicious DNS queries. The new product is an expansion of ThreatSTOP's existing product line, which updates firewalls, routers, switches and DNS servers.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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Do you have legal (Founder Agreement, IP, etc.) For customer service? Does it tap into geolocation services provided by the browser or rely on a third-party lookup table? Customer Support Do you need specific interfaces and support for customer service? Tell me about the business. How are you funding this? Fulfillment?

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Tone Software Buys Voice Analytics Product

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Anaheim-based Tone Software , a developer of network monitoring and management tools for the telecom industry, said today that it has acquired a product and all of the underlying technology for a voice analytics platform from Communicado. The product is used for voice-over-IP network assessment.

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