Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Back in 2013, Google reported that 90 percent of multiple device owners switch between screens to complete tasks, using an average of three different combinations every day. Through screen mirroring, users have greater flexibility over how they view – and share – content. The Continued Growth of Cloud.

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Artificial Inteligence Screening Google Customer 106

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Director of Ad Sales and Business Development , Huntington Beach, Freebinar.com. You can also use socalTECH.com's database of high tech companies in Southern California to locate employers near you, companies which have recently received funding and are likely to hire, or screen for companies in certain industries.

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Southern California Malibu Oversee.net High Tech 160

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2009

One of the startup areas where we've been seeing renewed activity in the last few months is in the enterprise software space--specifically, in software-as-a-service applications targeted at corporate customers. Coming out here, I wanted to focus on what my specialty was, which is driving sales as a VP of Sales.

Oracle 145

Oracle Sales Startup Screening 145

InfoChachkie

MARCH 3, 2011

In the summer of 1999, Expertcity (creator of GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting, acquired by Citrix) released a free service called BuddyHelp. In the spirit of the “land grab” mentality of the day, we emphasized usage of our screen sharing technology with no thought applied to how we would convert such users into paying customers.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2014

Prior to the digital age, high-profile people deployed brute force to screen out unsolicited, inbound communications. Sam trusted his Assistant to set his calendar and screen out irrelevant encounters. It could be a significant sale to a large enterprise, the opening of a new office, a key hire or a promising partnership.

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Networking Software Review Email Press 241

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2020

Hiring requirements must be anticipated and implemented with the same precision and tracking as manufacturing volumes, sales leads, and customer service. Trying to save costs by seeking resumes on the Internet will result in poor quality candidates, more time required for screening and interviews, and high turnover.

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Organization Satisfaction Entrepreneur Screening 135

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2018

Anyone who has ever bought or sold a home is most likely familiar with the Multiple Listings Service (MLS), the big database of homes for sale used by traditional real estate agents. Where is the company now in terms of the service? However, is it better to skip the MLS (and agent) entirely the next time you sell your home?

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Woodland Hills Orange County Startup 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

Patrick Kennedy: Our customers are very active using our technology and analytics as a solution to increase the content sales from all kinds of customers. What happened with smart phones, is consumers are buying more and more applications, but a screen can only fit a dozen icons. We're really headed for three screens.

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Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

Who is the ideal audience for this service--studios, independents, others? Darren Marble: I spent the last ten years in enterprise sales, selling enterprise software and services to Fortune 500 companies. I was selling products to Live Nation, Demand Media, Kelly Blue Book, Rovi, and the Screen Actors Guild.

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Hollywood CTO Hire Social Media Platform 256

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

The power of large screen real estate. They are location aware, which is important in personalizing the service offering. They are more likely to be the “bottom end of the sales funnel” or in other words close to “point of purchase.” The power of a keyboard. Fred’s post was right.

Web 334

Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. In the US alone there are 30 billion inbound sales calls every year. There are 2.9

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

That allows marketers to drive a significant increase in sales, and a reduction in cost on the back end. On one side, we're able to take what a marketer is offering, whether that is a product or service, and semantically understand what part of that offer or service will resonate with consumers.

Yahoo 171

Yahoo Platform Advertising Startup 171

Berkonomics

JUNE 11, 2015

When one of my clients was recruited away from a user, and all his new officemates saw his computer, pretty soon I was invited into the new companies for all those ‘me, too’ sales. And I would learn customer service. We went from our largest-ever sale of 3 licenses at one time to a thousand.

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Customer Custom Writing Southern California 120

Eric Greenspan

APRIL 25, 2013

Mac sales will eventually slow as people switch to tablets. iTunes will eventually morph into a Spotify competitor in my opinion and iCloud will grow to become the leader in cloud based services. Convert iTunes to a subscription service and take Rhapsody and Spotify off the map. Apple is a remarkable company. Wait, retract.

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Company Companies Netflix Email 126

Eric Greenspan

APRIL 9, 2013

It’s a flat screen. ” Another issue that has plagued Best Buy’s image is the add-on sale that became a focus at the register. Provide off the charts service when people use the warranty or service plan, whether paid for or not. BB could sell access to these services as such: 1. Per course: $9.99.

Pricing 229

Pricing Course Technology Screening 229

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve is now in charge of Marina Del Rey-based TeleSign (www.telesign.com), which has quietly become a huge force in providing authentication services to nearly every major Internet service out there. Telesign provides authentication services for the largest web companies in the world. To learn more, we caught up with Steve.

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Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

socalTECH

JULY 28, 2014

With around a hundred employees in Los Angeles, and $40M in revenues, Fonality (www.fonality.com) --a developer of voice-over-IP phone software and systems--has managed to rise above the crowd of commodity voice-over-IP and PBX service providers. Typically we have one owner, and they have three offices, and lots of really young sales people.

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IP Culver City Customer Custom 138

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

Users of the Instagram mobile application--which runs on iPhone and Android--are familiar with how that app has become one of the key ways people socialize and share their life with others, all via the service's photo sharing and comments. Edward Park: My background is screen printing and production. What is Insteegram about?

Startup 174

Startup Commerce Web 2.0 Screening 174

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

I started with a list of companies already screened by the San Diego Venture Group’s annual venture summit, and consulted with investors and startup mentors to refine the list. Tim Rueth, a UC San Diego entrepreneur in residence and member of the EvoNexus selection committee, also screened the list, and offered his perspective.

San Diego 40

San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

Nordstrom sales reps are trained to do this to, but of course they can’t know every customer that walks around the store. Publishers have been reluctant to put phone numbers on Internet ads because then they lose the ability to track the fact that they drove the sale in the first place. Or can they? to 2x the average order value.

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. The SimpleGeo API will provide you access to these services. Time will tell. OTHER DEALS: 1.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech.Co

AUGUST 16, 2017

Finding potential customers continues to be a huge challenge not only for established marketing and sales teams but also for startup executives and solo entrepreneurs. You need to find lead gen tools that will convert leads, fill your sales funnel, and increase your revenue effectively. You need to have a strategy.

Tool 79

Tool Startup Help Template 79

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

” The large social media screen is Enplug, five iterations later. Nanxi had no idea what to expect, going from Biotech to David’s world of digital signage : “We were able to provide an innovative service by focusing on helping businesses increase value to their customers. Focus on Value, Not Advertising. Face Forward.

Social Media 106

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 106

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

At Citrix, GoToAssist customers would occasionally ask if they could just pay for our screen-sharing functionality because they didn''t intend to use the product''s other features, such as reporting and session recording. Even sales reps will invoke a cost plus logic when negotiating with me on behalf of their customers.

Pricing 100

Pricing Product Startup Customer 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. But at the highest level they’ve created a marketplace for “flash&# sales. And of course we had, TheMan.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

In the world of many online television, movie, and video sites, scores of music streaming services, and other entertainment content, it''s often a difficult task to find what you really want to watch, listen to, or read. We''ve got a really great group testing it, and we''re excited to add more service next year based on feedback.

Entertainment 206

Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

He asked each sales / biz dev person to call customers and tell them they had to change their contracts. I just knew that our sales sucked wind and we were burning through tons of cash. Do you like our product & service? A new and experiened CEO was brought in and cleared house. We were SMOKING cash. I’m sorry.

Entrepreneur 306

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Customer 306

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

In my experience it is essential for the head of international to clearly define his needs, hire a professional to locate individuals and perform the initial screening. Retain the services of a local (in country) law firm specialized in labor laws. Mistakes can be costly. Don’t be afraid to venture into international markets.

Social Media 85

Social Media Screening Commerce Marketing 85

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

We thought we'd get the background on the new effort directly from Jason Nazar , CEO and founder of Docstoc, to learn more about the new service. Do you screen all of the documents on the marketplace, or how does that work? Jason Nazar: We screen the profiles, but we don't screen the content.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

Take, for example, the recent City Council vote to end ride-sharing services and effectively shut down an entire sector of emerging tech startups – putting both their app developers and their enterprising users stranded in no man’s land. People don’t just solely watch TV nowadays; they multitask with a handful of screens.

Los Angeles 98

Los Angeles Startup Angel Southern California 98

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 15, 2012

The voice technology enables a driver to dictate a phone call, an email or SMS, edit it or read (listen) and respond to emails and SMS texts received without the touch of a button or touch screen. The automotive service offers a fully integrated mobile assistant messaging experience similar to having an assistant on standby in the car.

Email 61

Email Technical Review Software Review Mobile 61

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

If you are in the retail sales, hospitality, technology, inventory, administrative or fall under larger commercial companies, then you know you will require extra help during the holiday season. Stress Tests and Phone Screens. It is strongly advised to save some time to screen candidates in a form of a phone interview in advance.

Tips 40

Tips Screening Training Customer 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

” The large social media screen is Enplug, five iterations later. Nanxi had no idea what to expect, going from Biotech to David’s world of digital signage : “We were able to provide an innovative service by focusing on helping businesses increase value to their customers. Focus on Value, Not Advertising. Face Forward.

Social Media 81

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 81

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 20, 2015

If Smucker’s can annually generate hundreds of millions in sales for a variety of food products, there is little risk that a mediocre company or product name will preclude you from achieving similar success. However, if this is true, “Aardvark” would have been a more clever choice and equally as relevant to online book sales.

Customer 100

Customer Custom Technical Review Software Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

But it’s mostly customer service. Or ask Tasha to send you a screen shot of my weekly calendar. But what kind of business person would I be if I allocated 100% of my time to customer service and zero to marketing? I am looking at a company that provides a service supporting node.js I get tons of. implementations.

Email 314

Email Product Startup Writing 314

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

MuckerLab has already secured its reputation as one of the hottest startup accelerators in town with a particular emphasis on product for incubation-stage software, services and media ventures. The Black Tux online tuxedo rental, which is reinventing the customer experience in the antiquated $10B+ tuxedo rental and sales industry.

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Buddytruk is the latest peer-to-peer vehicle service to hit the streets of LA. Like Lyft and Uber , the service is utilized through the use of a smartphone app to request a driver to aid you in your quests. Unlike the two ride-sharing services, Buddytruk isn’t a ride-sharing service. AJ: Absolutely!

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FAQ Startup Technical Review Santa Monica 98