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MARCH 7, 2019

Santa Barbara-based HG Data , which has been developing software that helps companies understand the technology stack their operations depend on, has rebranded itself as HG Insights , and launched a new platform it calls the HG Insights Platform.

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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. So, I cam on board. What were you doing before this?

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Impact , the developer of fraud protection, marketing attribution, analytics, and performance partnership management software, said today that it has opened up a new office in Singapore. Impact said the new Singapore office will help it further extend its footprint in APAC. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

Santa Barbara-based HG Data said this morning that it has rolled out a new, enhanced app on the Salesforce AppExchange. The company's software is used by sales teams to sort, filter, and target B2B customers. HGData is venture backed by Updata Partners and Rincon Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2014

Santa Barbara-based HG Data , a developer of B2B sales and marketing tools, said today that it ahs raised $2M in an additional Series A funding. HG Data offers up business intelligence software used to help in sales and marketing programs, specifically for technology clients. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of software to help manufacturers monitor their channel and e-commerce sites--and in particular, minimum-advertising-price (MAP) policies--has raised $2M in seed funding, the company said Wednesday. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2020

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of brand protection software, has raised $5.1M TrackStreet said it will use the new capital for further enhancement of its technology, and acceleration of its go-to-market strategies. in a funding round. The founder and CEO of TrackStreet is Andrew Schydlowsky. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus , which develops open source, cloud computing management software, has linked with a developer of scaling software for the Java programming language, Terracotta, the firms said Tuesday. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Impact , which develops software used by brands to manage partnership and affiliate programs, has launched a new product to help those companies with managing mobile linking. The company said the move will help marketers drive more revenue and higher mobile conversion rates.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Santa Barbara-based AnsibleWorks announced today that it has raised $6M in a Series A round, to go towards the company''s open source, IT automation tools. AnsibleWorks was founded by Michael DeHaan, and develops software used for automating IT operations. ansibleworks automation software tools venture capital open source'

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MARCH 30, 2016

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , the developer of call tracking software used by marketers, has raised $30M more in a Series D funding, the company said this morning. The new funding will go towards sales, marketing, customer support, and product development, according to the company. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Security software developer Lastline announced this morning that it has named two new executives, to bolster its leadership team. The Santa Barbara-based company--which is backed by Redpoint Ventures and e.ventures--said it has named Thomas Miller as its Executive Vice President of Sales, and Brian Laing as its Vice President of Products.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , the developer of call tracking software for the lead generation market, said this week that it has seen what it says is record growth in enterprise customers. The company did not disclose any finances, but said it has seen its enterprise customers grow by 375 percent since 2013.

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JUNE 8, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Givezooks , a developer of social fundraising software for nonprofits, told its users today that it has launched a new way to allow nonprofits to offer up tickets or sponsorships of their events from Facebook, as well as from their website. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus Systems , a developer of private cloud management software, said this morning that it has raised $20M in new funding. Eucalyptus said the funding will go to scale development, marketing, and sales of its commercial open source private cloud management software. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 18, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus Systems , the cloud computing software developer headed by Marten Mickos , has raised $30M in a Series C round of funding, the firm announced this morning. The firm will use the new funds for product innovation, sales, and customer support. in capital. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. In today’s market, so much focus is placed on transacting business online. 10) Rob, why does the world need RingRevenue? . “In

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Commission Junction , the performance marketing and affiliate arm of ValueClick, said today that it is seeing significantly higher conversion rates on its PayPerCall service--which is powered by fellow Santa Barbara-based company RingRevenue --than with its online campaigns.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Our interview today is with Andrew Schydlowsky , the CEO and founder of Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet (www.trackstreet.com), a startup which is backed by Okapi Capital, The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners. We provide analytics on the velocity of sales across their channels.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

I have been watching ProductPlan for several years, as the founders are both friends and pillars of the Santa Barbara Startup Community. Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of IP communications software for the embedded market, said this morning that it has promoted two of its executives and created two new business units. Tags: technologies voip embedded software executive. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

OpenX is profitable, and its ad serving software dominant among online publishers. positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. range of software products, and which has offices in Calabasas and Santa Barbara. Deploying software in the cloud? RightScale.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

As part of UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, serial entrepreneur and noted venture capitalist Mark Suster recently shared his advice with a large crowd of emerging entrepreneurs. Number one is sales. Life is sales. Business development is sales. Winning customers is sales. Raising money.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

So, if you're a marketer, how do you track and encourage those word-of-mouth recommendations? San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. The software does most of the job of vetting the tutor, but once that tutor is visible and our team knows they are interested in the job, that's where the hands-on touch comes into play. The second part, is our matching technology.

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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. Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency.

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JULY 21, 2016

The funding, provided by Santa Barbara, CA-based Rincon Venture Partners and Venice, CA-based CrossCut Ventures, represents the first institutional investment for Zingle. Blakely said he also intends to add sales and marketing resources to take advantage of increasing demand from businesses for Zingle’s messaging technology.

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OCTOBER 10, 2008

Santa Barbara-based SendMeHome (www.sendmehome.com) is looking to solve that problem, with a free service to print out labels which attach to your item, and where you can register items in case they are lost. After my degree, I traveled for a year, and stopped by Santa Barbara, where we are based.

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JULY 6, 2015

Many people are too cautious in sales processes and as a result when they present their solutions they end up sounding milquetoast and undifferentiated from anybody else in the market. I recently wrote about the three rules of sales. In sales we often call these USPs (I wrote about them here: Unique Selling Propositions ).

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MAY 24, 2021

It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales. The Valley has obsessed with a quick up-and-to-right momentum story because we were thought to live in “winner take most” markets.

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JUNE 16, 2009

Earlier this month, Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue (www.ringrevenue.com) announced that it had raised a round of venture funding. But, today, that still online combines to equal less than ten percent of the advertising market. 250 billion is spent to drive about 20 billion, inbound sales call to U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. He is a recognized leader in the Voice 2.0

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JANUARY 20, 2012

In 1985, Lotus Development Corporation acquired GNP and Bill became a software entrepreneur at Lotus Development. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. He is a recognized leader in the Voice 2.0 Still Time to Submit Your Company!

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