socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

We caught up with Julie Schoenfeld , the firm's CEO, to hear about how the firm's offerings have evolved, an interesting comparison of the firm's software to what Demand Media is doing, and what this new funding will go towards. Right now, news organizations write off the news cycle. Congrats on funding.

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Marketing Funding Content Writing 232

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

If you’re an early investor like I am that often means writing the first $2-3 million check into a business that previously had either survived on fumes or on a $500,000 angel round. I have seen many companies raise their first $3 million and still act like a company that has no resources at all. But at what cost?

Startup 381

Startup Resource Venture Capital Activity 381

Xconomy

MARCH 24, 2017

In a blog describing the formation of a company-wide Artificial Intelligence Products Group, Rao writes, “The new organization will align resources from across the company to include engineering, labs, software and more as we build on our. Rao plans to remain in San Diego, according to a spokeswoman for Intel Nervana.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence San Diego Blogging Writing 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2019

Even if it’s only a few PowerPoint slides or typed paragraphs, writing something down is the first step toward making it real. Always write in the future tense, what you will do, and name yourself as the key person responsible. The best are determined to do one thing well, rather than many things poorly, with limited resources.

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Ideas Slides Writing Startup 99

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

When building a new application, the fundamental rule is that you should choose any services that allows you the greatest combination of flexibility and resources to meet your application’s needs. For example, IaaS providers will give you raw infrastructure like compute and storage resources.

SaaS 90

SaaS Framework Resource Google 90

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

We not only have our Series A funds that can write $500k?—?$15 If you invest early and then pull back in the next 3 rounds your multiples on cash invested are much higher than if you keep writing checks. As I tell our LPs, “if I’m not making you slightly uncomfortable when I’m writing my first check I’m not doing my job.

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Venture Capital IP Startup Google 223

Inverted Software

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

At Inverted Software we advise our customers to start planning as early as Q4 in order to maximize results and prepare for the upcoming year. Writing something that is agreed upon by all of your stakeholders and holding you and your team accountable to its completion is an invaluable technique. The Inverted Software Team.

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Help Outsource Guide Startup 48

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2013

In my first enterprise software company we developed a methodology for sales that we called PUCCKA , which I wrote about previously. Having a good sales methodology can help you ensure your company runs more disciplined campaigns and focuses scarce resources on your best opportunities. The first post covered the topic of “P” or pain.

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Sales Startup Competition Custom 336

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

There are hundreds of consultants out there who will take your money for guidance in this area, but I recommend that you start with some free resources on the Internet, or one of the many recent books on this topic. Check your brand definition against the clarity of this one from Xerox for office software.

Social Media 58

Social Media Media Platform Tool 58

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. Sunil Rajaraman: We provide free, web-based screenwriting software to aspiring writers and professionals in the community. What's Scripped? That is the way to attract writers.

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

I’ve wanted to write a blog post called “Mobile Second” for a long time to make this point more forcefully. But on the other hand if you have a product with a very high gross margin (software, virtual goods, etc.) Try writing long reviews of a restaurant. I recognize there is an issue with resource scarcity.

Web 334

Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

You left the meeting dreaming about money and finally having resources to do all of the things you wanted to do. But your co-founder had been senior at one of the big enterprise software companies and if I remember correctly American Express had run a big pilot with you. everything.

Software Review 381

Software Review Startup Email Conference 381

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Jim Semick: I’ve been launching and managing software products for 15 years now, going back to when you and I worked together at Expertcity before it was acquired by Citrix. We build product roadmap software – it’s a SaaS company based here in Santa Barbara, California. Who is Mr. Semick and what is ProductPlan all about?

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

If you have a software development background like mine, Im sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. If your software or your manufacturing process is your secret sauce, you need to keep the work in-house. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.

Outsource Development 95

Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Software Review 95

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2013

I’ve been writing a series on a simple methodology that we used at my first enterprise software company. I know many modern software companies that are abandoning email in favor of more open systems as a way of reducing bureaucracy. There are many out there and many books have been written on the topic. Maybe they don’t?

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Sales Customer Custom Examples 328

Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

Update Antivirus Software . This is where tools like project management software can really help. Even better, many of these software provide other helpful features that can make tracking productivity even easier. Project Management Software. Update Your Antivirus Software. Check In Effectively. Use a VPN .

Tips 160

Tips Software Review Study Email 160

Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

Nervana initially developed a software-based model of its technology, based on Nvidia graphics processors. Earlier this year, Nervana began offering its AI technology in the cloud to business customers , using a software-as-a-service model. Nervana Systems co-founders (from left) Arjun Bansal, Amir Khosrowshahi, and Naveen Rao.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence San Diego Framework Blogging 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2013

The idea is a community space where people can come together, learn something from one another, build that electronics project, software, or even arts and crafts, in a supported environment. Tara Tiger Brown: My background is in software. I have been leading software projects for my entire career. There are tons. READ MORE>>.

Startup 227

Startup Tool Ideas Class 227

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

The biggest problem with over-stealthing yourself is that you cut off some of your most valuable resources in terms of testing your ideas, getting feedback from smart entrepreneurs & investors and helping you figure out the potential flaws in your approach. Nobody likes writing re-hashed stories. Read their articles.

Marketing 380

Marketing Startup Press Technical Advisors 380

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

I was previously at Salesforce Ventures for almost four years, focused on investments in companies in the enterprise software space which were strategic to Salesforce. For myself, I'm largely focused on investments in enterprise software, primarily in the areas of application software and intelligence.

Capital 162

Capital Entrepreneur Invest Artificial Inteligence 162

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2012

Tech Reporters: These individuals will write and edit informative and practical articles on a range of topics including Startups/Entrepreneurs, Gadgets, Mobile Tech, Tech in Entertainment, Gaming, Apps & Software, productivity, and cover breaking tech news. Think you may be interested? Take a look below and give us a shout.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Software Review Writing News 71

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term. Unfortunately, we are web, mobile, software, database guys. Do I have to write up the overview? Generally I can provide quite a bit of help in that brief time. Of course, I provide part-time CTO services. Can you help me get funding?

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CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 264

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. We took the recent round, because Jake and I feel very passionately about our social missions, and, about four years ago, we started developing the software to create software. That's a big part of it.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term. Unfortunately, we are web, mobile, software, database guys. Do I have to write up the overview? Generally I can provide quite a bit of help in that brief time. Of course, I provide part-time CTO services. Can you help me get funding?

CTO Hire 259

CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 259

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. If your software or your manufacturing process is your “secret sauce,” you need to keep the work in-house. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.

Outsource Development 53

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 53

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The firm has created a tool which uses software and semantic search to help in the whole process of curating content. We're a content curation platform, software-as-a-service for content, and we are focused on helping companies engage their customer more directly using content. It's all about what is happening on the realtime web.

Web 237

Web Newsletter Content Startup 237

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

You may have great credentials as a public servant in your home town, but that won’t get you money to build a social network on the Internet, or start a software company. Relentlessly resourceful. Being relentlessly resourceful is definitely not what you learn in big companies, or in most schools. The buck stops here. ”

Startup 94

Startup Resource Social Network Networking 94

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

To grow faster businesses need resources in today to fund growth that may not come for 6 months to a year. The first company represents a normal software company that sells its products directly (either via sales staff or directly off of the internet). (They actually lost about $175 million in cash in that quarter, FWIW.

Startup 227

Startup Venture Capital Sales Course 227

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

You join teams that got good write-ups on TechCrunch, have great VCs, have star CEO’s, whatever. Writing a book will be fun. Tim can match up with any Silicon Valley product manager and has been doing the role for global software businesses for 20 years. You hire people who look good on paper. You REALLY know.

CTO Hire 320

CTO Hire Startup CTO Coach Venture Capital 320

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. They often can help a lot in navigating to expertise and to possible resources. Here are a few perspectives on the topic of finding technical cofounders: In Building a sweat equity team , Joel on Software tells us: You simply need to network.

CTO Hire 211

CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 211

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers, or a mobile smartphone app. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Blogging Sites 100

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Most relevant to startups is the push to fund initiatives and technologies that can help prevent or protect against extreme wildfires; rising sea levels and hurricanes; new agriculture resource management; and “climate-smart” technologies.

Startup 229

Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

As a result I’ve really resisted writing about negotiations. If I forget to write, “Don’t Negotiation Piecemeal” after that then remind me. Software Packages. ” As a VC I’m required to negotiate constantly. submitting term sheets. doing pre-emptive follow-on rounds. This is the first.

Pricing 305

Pricing Startup Examples Writing 305

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. Two weeks after winning the deal and well into implementation planning we released a new version of our software. An internal resource inside Thames Water used our upgrade and lack of 5.5 Best to ask after the dust from the decision has settled.

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. Two weeks after winning the deal and well into implementation planning we released a new version of our software. An internal resource inside Thames Water used our upgrade and lack of 5.5 Best to ask after the dust from the decision has settled.

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 14, 2015

Automated mailing tools are a major resource for entrepreneurs. That can save a lot of time and effort setting up different subdivisions of your subscribers and writing messages for each of them. You just need to find the right software to suit your needs and go. Collect & Use Customer Data. Workflow Management.

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Technology Email Tool 40

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2010

You may have great credentials as a public servant in your home town, but that won’t get you money to build a job board on the Internet, or start a software company. Relentlessly resourceful. Being relentlessly resourceful is definitely not what you learn in big companies, or in most schools. The buck stops here. ”

Startup 93

Startup Resource Mentor Writing 93