Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. get the attention of the market they choose.

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Growing too slowly is particularly dangerous in a business with network effects, which the best startups usually have to some degree.” In revenue terms our first two years of sales were $2.1 And it launched this author’s career and taught me everything I know about sales, marketing, hiring, firing, fund raising and so on.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review 390

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Facebook won – but it was still a big business). You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales. So it’s always a trade-off.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The campaign was so successful it eventually catapulted 7-Up’s sales to rival that of both Coke and Pepsi, making it the third most popular soft drink in the US. We also incurred substantial software licensing charges from Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and Oracle. All rights reserved.

Entrepreneur 140

Entrepreneur Cloud Computing Invest Funding 140

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The campaign was so successful it eventually catapulted 7-Up’s sales to rival that of both Coke and Pepsi, making it the third most popular soft drink in the US. We also incurred substantial software licensing charges from Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and Oracle.

Entrepreneur 157

Entrepreneur Invest Funding Capital 157

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Dinesh is a highly entrepreneurial executive with a track record of driving sales through innovative biz-dev and online marketing techniques. He is a recognized leader in the Voice 2.0

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

you can build that with your personal peer network. I had the former head of Oracle, UK, Philip Crawford , on my first board and I found his advice and experience invaluable. As your company ages this becomes less important with investors and with independents. You also cover off this type of experience with most VCs.

Startup 187

Startup Writing Venture Capital Oracle 187

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

forward sales with some as high as 12x sales. Collectively we chose growth and the market was rewarding high growth rates over any other factor so we felt that we ought to bring in an experienced CEO who had taken companies public, who had led large, international sales organizations and who was poised to take Invoca to the next level.

Funding 150

Funding Startup SaaS Venture Capital 150

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

L90 (Startup 3.0) , my third company, was the "premium advertising network". It will help your company stay focused, it will build confidence in your entire organization (especially your sales/marketing team) and most importantly, your customers/users will think to go to you first.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Advertising Email 40

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Another client, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, just closed on a deal to buy ex- Yahoo. Last November, the Web-search giant opened a flashy new office in Venice to focus on engineering, sales and advertising; the company will lease close to a quarter-million square feet in the neighborhood by 2014. Community Home Loans: FOR SALE.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343