socalTECH

JULY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based financial automation software developer BlackLine has boosted its leadership in the Asia Pacific region, saying on Monday that it has named Terry Smagh as Senior Vice President overseeing its Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Smagh will be based in Singapore.

IBM 100

IBM IBM .Net Software Development 100

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 7, 2009

This is a private group of CTOs who are responsible for software development within their companies. They are generally the senior most person responsible for custom software development, database design, database administration, web development, etc. Yes, there are some events around particular technologies.

Southern California 150

Southern California Software Development Software Develop 150

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2014

San Diego-based sports activity registration and software provider ACTIVE Network reported two wins today at YMCA centers. ACTIVE Network said it has signed up the YMCA of the North Shore in Massachusetts and YMCA of the Brandywine Valley in Pennsylvania as customers for the company''s ACTIVE Net cloud platform. READ MORE>>.

Activity 138

Activity Networking SaaS San Diego 138

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Management undertakes a simple exercise of calculating the increased profitability of shutting down all R&D, sales and subordinate operations, and universally notes with shock the high net profit that results – from shutting down all operations except customer service to recurring customers (as in software support operations.).

.Net 226

.Net Sales Customer Custom 226

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 31, 2015

Telecom has announced that it has filed suit against the United States government in response to the recent ruling by the Federal Communications Commission on Net Neutrality. Telecom Association to Sue United States Government Over Net Neutrality appeared first on TechZulu. The suit was filed in the U.S. The post U.S.

.Net 40

.Net Networking Content Services 40

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Calabasas-based network testing equipment and software developer Ixia is reporting a win with the University of Texas at Austin this morning, saying that its products have been selected to provide end-to-end network visibility in a security effort at the school. FInancial details of the win were not announced.

Calabasas 100

Calabasas .Net Software Development Networking 100

socalTECH

JULY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based Funraise , the Los Angeles startup which develops customer relationship management (CRM) and other technology for nonprofits, says it has created a new, $600,000 fund to provide grants to nonprofits. Application for its first round of grants are due by July 31st. Funraise is led by CEO Justin Wheeler. READ MORE>>.

Funding 113

Funding Southern California Technical Review .Net 113

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

GrubMarket has built itself as a profitable but quiet giant that underpins the fuel that helps companies in all of these categories by becoming one of the critical companies building bridges between food producers and those that interact with customers. Its opportunity comes in the form of disruption and a gap in the market.

Technical Review 343

Technical Review Startup Marketing San Diego 343

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

Outsource Development 51

Outsource Development Outsource Software Offshore 51

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2017

Tim Grace , who co-founded San Diego-based PointPredictive with Frank McKenna and Joe Jackson, is a startup veteran, who sold BasePoint Analytics to CoreLogic in 2009, and is a former executive from HNC Software. Tim Grace: We all get our started at HNC Software in San Diego. What is PointPredictive?

Artificial Inteligence 124

Artificial Inteligence Software Review San Diego .Net 124

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

That died with waterfall software development. It should talk about how many customers you think you will acquire and how much you’ll charge for your product. Do you really want to spent $100k building a product to discover through Customer Development that the market is too small? Do so at your peril.

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Here are eight Southern California companies and the experienced, successful entrepreneurs heading up their efforts, who haven't had any problems finding investors--or customers--for their firms. com, and was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA. His latest startup, Factual, is aimed at the data mashup and open data market.

Southern California 228

Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In a collaborative effort, Ria Consulting, LLC and Los Angeles Net Developers Group are hosting this event on November 10th, 2012 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Jason also spearheads customer-driven, innovative features and functionality throughout all of infragistics’ products.

JavaScript 93

JavaScript Long Beach Java .Net 93

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

If you had huge customer growth but just didn’t focus on revenue that’s a different story. Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). And assuming they both had the same net profit margins (profit / revenue) then the former company would be much better off at the end of the year.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It would not be a big stretch to image a well run service business like this making 15-25% net profit margins. Customer financing often comes in the form of your company agreeing to build a product with a “sponsor&# customer or two and helping them with the rollout / implementation. You own the IP you create.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

I want to understand how many units the company is selling, whether this is increasing over time and how well they’re doing at retaining the customers that they do acquire. Do 20% of the customers make 80% of the revenue or do the top 3 customers represent 80% of the revenue. My first priority is to understand “growth drivers.”

Startup 227

Startup Venture Capital Sales Course 227

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

. “Cognitive computing,” artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced data analytics are evolving companies’ understanding of their customers in game-changing ways. The Device-Agnostic Customer Experience. Customer expectations now demand seamless and satisfying user experiences.

Artificial Inteligence 106

Artificial Inteligence Screening Google Customer 106

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. If Klout can become an embedded solution in every marketing software companies’ toolkits then they could be a valuable company. Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66 Yes, that’s right.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

Outsource Development 89

Outsource Development Outsource Software Development Software 89

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

Outsource Development 90

Outsource Development Outsource Software Development Software 90

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

This costs nothing, and allows you to safely collect money from customers all around the world. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers.

Commerce 99

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. Now we have a thousand large companies into it, and if you name a big company, they're a customers of ours, from Starbucks to NASA. Richards also has been an active angel investor in local startups. What is CareerArc? That's been very effective.

Content 193

Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

This costs nothing, and allows you to safely collect money from customers all around the world. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers.

Sites 78

Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

Steve Reich

OCTOBER 30, 2012

The core idea is very simple—give community banks a powerful, customizable platform that allows bank customers to bank via their smartphones. One of his early investors is a key banking software provider with hundreds of customers. The net result? The bigger story? It all flows into a great story. Mobile is important.

Startup 65

Startup SaaS Platform .Net 65

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Spend the absolute minimum for what you need (equipment, software, and services) to keep your business running. Take little to no net profit. Use voicemail, a world-class website, and personal customer service, with small expenses, to beat your big competitors. If you do, there probably won''t ever be a long run! Do it yourself.

Organization 111

Organization Startup Summary Entrepreneur 111

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

This costs nothing, and allows you to safely collect money from customers all around the world. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

Below we’ll outline how to squeeze those last drops of talent out of your own social circles, how to incentivize current employees to lure in potential candidates in their networks, and how to entice “superconnectors” to recruit through their own far-reaching nets. I suggest to customize your pitch for them. Tap Into Your Network.

Networking 82

Networking Startup Software Review Conference 82

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked also netted in new customers such as Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, and Equity Partners, NextView Ventures and crowd-funding service AI Verified which will take advantage of its iPad compatibility, bulk uploading, and reporting tools.

Mobile 91

Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

As an employee of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets from 1999-2003 and of the Indianapolis Pacers from 2003-2008, I learned first-hand from the likes of Rod Thorn, Byron Scott, Jason Kidd and Larry Bird about the importance of leading by example and keys to assembling a championship-caliber team. We have 115 paying customers right now.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2018

This is true of any buying process where a customer has to make a large investment decision on your software or when an investor must decide whether to give you $5 million. I believe people generally hate making decisions and especially so when they involve commitments and risks. It is perfectly acceptable (and should be required!)

Funding 189

Funding Software Review Entrepreneur Venture Capital 189

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire’s business model focuses on providing complete application solutions to businesses, while its open API enables applications to be customized in virtually any fashion. He joined WebVisible, a leading provider of local online marketing software and services, as chief operating officer in 2009 and was elevated to CEO in 2010.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2013

Spend the absolute minimum for what you need (equipment, software, and services) to keep your business running. Take little to no net profit. Use voicemail, a world-class website, and personal customer service, with small expenses, to beat your big competitors. If you do, there probably won''t ever be a long run! Do it yourself.

Equity 96

Equity Startup Summary Tips 96

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

NewCo has filed a patent on one of their software tool algorithms, which is very positive, and puts them several steps ahead of others who may be venturing into the same area. Early customers and contracts in progress add value. Every customer contract and relationship needs to be monetized, even ones still in negotiation.

Startup 108

Startup Invest Patents Outsource Development 108

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Any organization which has common interests and members and attendees has become our customer. What Zenvoy did, is we said great�we know who your attendees are, we know who your members are, and we can help customize a networking environment for your members. Assume that people will do less, assume that people will pay attention less.

Startup 100

Startup Organization ACG Networking 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

AGN was sold to Net-TV pioneer Pseudo Programs and Rubin served as VP of Games and Sports programming. Custom ad deals and partnerships. At G4, Scot served as VP of Program Editorial and Internet, and developed, Produced, and Hosted G4TV.COM, the network’s interactive talk show. Before G4, Scot founded All Games Network (AGN).

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 94

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

NewCo has filed a patent on one of their software tool algorithms, which is very positive, and puts them several steps ahead of others who may be venturing into the same area. Early customers and contracts in progress add value. Every customer contract and relationship needs to be monetized, even ones still in negotiation.

Funding 98

Funding Startup Patents Outsource Development 98