Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month. I often see companies burning $100,000 per month (net) looking to raise $6-8 million.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2017

Not so long ago, every business assumed that the keys to success were the highest quality product, the best value for the buck, and the best customer service. Exploit your product and service differences. You must be able to highlight these differences between your products and services, and those of your competitors.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Product Marketing 85

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. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2015

The deal--which has been rumored since March --will combined Raytheon Cyber Products with Websense. billion in net cash for majority ownership of a new company, to be made of those two parts. billion net of cash acquiired to acquire Websense. The two said that Raytheon will invest $1.57 The deal has an enterprise value of $2.3

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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

socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Irvine-based HireRight has launched a new outplacement service and "career transition" product, which is powered by Los Angeles-based CareerArc Group, the developer of TweetMyJobs and Internships.com. Richards; the firm, which started as Internships.com, has since expanded into a wider range of employment-related software and services.

Services 153

Services Social Network .Net Los Angeles 153

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

GrubMarket , which provides a B2C platform for consumers to order produce and other food and home items for delivery, and a B2B service where it supplies grocery stores, meal-kit companies and other food tech startups with products that they resell, is today announcing that it has raised $60 million in a Series D round of funding.

Technical Review 343

Technical Review Startup Marketing San Diego 343

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

Venture Capital 243

Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 243

socalTECH

JULY 3, 2018

To launch the grant effort, Funraise said it is offering up grants for such hing as a year of free office space at WeWork in Southern California, $25,000 in Apple products, a $25,000 cash grant, brand marketing consultation from Ideation, a high net worth pitch to 10 philanthropists, and more. Funraise is led by CEO Justin Wheeler.

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Funding Southern California Technical Review .Net 113

socalTECH

MAY 9, 2016

NantHealth reported a net loss of $71.6M NantHealth is a provider of personalized medicine and diagnostics products, which uses data analysis to better tune treatments for individual patients. The IPO is being underwritten by Jeffries, Cowen and Company, First Analysis Securities Co., in total revenues for 2015.

Culver City 100

Culver City Southern California .Net Report 100

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

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 Beres , VP of Product Management, Community, and Developer Evangeleism art eh VP of Product Management, Community and Evangelism.

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JavaScript Long Beach Java .Net 93

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

People mistook extra doses of Ajax for a successful product. The last couple of years has also seen the huge initial success of Ycombinator, the Lean Startup and many other product driven approaches to going to market. I have seen really great product people espouse the death of the business plan. Do so at your peril.

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. This team is talented.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

They have have raised $2-3 million, built a product that has some amount of market traction and got to annualized revenues of around $1 million. Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). Is it one product line or multiple? If you don’t, somebody else WILL!” ” The Details.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

com, and was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA. Factual / Gil Elbaz - For the amount of success in his last startup, few people seem to know that Elbaz is behind Google's immensely successful Google AdSense product--originally known as Applied Semantics' AdSense. Let us know in the comments below!).

Southern California 228

Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

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 you want to run marketing campaigns you need to know who influences whom and in which product categories and geographies. Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66 Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

Is it one product line or multiple? For example, if you sell your product through a third-party reseller who charges 30% of any sale then your COGS will be 30% of revenue (assuming no other costs of sales). Many software companies have 85–90% gross margins, which is why it has historically been a very attractive industry.

Startup 227

Startup Venture Capital Sales Course 227

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

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

Venture Capital 212

Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 212

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. What we saw with CareerArc, was there was already a tremendous amount of investment in the middle of the market, with all of these different services and products that went into taking care of an employee when they were hired until they were let go. What is CareerArc?

Content 193

Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business If you have a unique product or service, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling your consulting service or a few products (as an alternative to eBay): Go online to reserve a website domain name.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 5, 2016

Selling new products, opening new markets outsourcing business functions and every other decision affects the bottom line. The net income is calculated by subtracting expenses from the revenue. The net income is calculated by subtracting expenses from the revenue. The Bottom Line. Process modeling presents a broad overview.

Software Review 40

Software Review Technical Review .Net Outsource Development 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2015

Qualified startups can receive up to $60K in Azure cloud credits, technical support, access to Microsoft software, and more. With support for Windows, Linux,NET, Node.js, PHP, Java, and much more. Free Microsoft Software & Tools. Free Microsoft Software & Tools. The Deets: Scale with Azure cloud credits.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Software Review Southern California PHP 40

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

Other than shortening the investor’s quarterly commute to your Board meetings, the net benefits of relocating for many startups are illusory, as I describe HERE. End result, the company’s product timeline has been pushed back substantially and the company’s morale is at an all-time low. SECTOR: Software, Energy, Bio Or Bust.

Venture Capital 233

Venture Capital Capital Funding Technical Review 233

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling a few products (as an alternative to Ebay): Go online to reserve a website domain name. You probably want at least a home page, product page, order page, and contact page. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook.

Commerce 99

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling a few products (as an alternative to Ebay): Go online to reserve a website domain name. You probably want at least a home page, product page, order page, and contact page. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook.

Sites 78

Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

The net-net, is they want to simplify their lives, and we've given them an application that allows them to simplify their life, save money, and share. How did you end up in the mobile market from last running an enterprise software firm? Al Eisaian: This time, I didn't build the product and then go test it.

Mobile 168

Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

We spoke with Dipanshu Sharma, Chairman of the firm, to learn more about the company and its products. What we want to do is solve that problem, and build the first, live project and product collaboration tool. So, our software takes a Microsoft.mpp file, and allows a whole team to manipulate it. Thanks for sitting down with us.

Startup 100

Startup Software Review Technical Review Software 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

We’ve all become so used to having Microsoft in our lives that we’ve started to take their products and services for granted. Since then, Microsoft has come out with product after product, always improving and innovating – and you can keep counting on it to keep doing so. came out in 1985. 2. 1.0, NT, 98, ME, Vista, XP, 7.

Writing 88

Writing Training Email .Net 88

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit. For the fitness professional: A simple software solution that streamlines their business operations and keeps clients engaged.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2012

Miselu’s seeks to “innovate products to create the next generation of musical experiences,” according to their statement on their website. Groesche got me intrigued with Miselu’s grand vision so I couldn’t help but ask him for a quick interview on the product: Tell us about presenting the product early at SXSW?

Press 100

Press Ideas Product Activity 100

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. Tap Into Your Network. Because smart people know other smart people.

Networking 82

Networking Startup Software Review Conference 82

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling a few products (as an alternative to Ebay): Go online to reserve a website domain name. You probably want at least a home page, product page, order page, and contact page. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

Steve Reich

OCTOBER 30, 2012

He then takes that emotionally gratifying picture—local bankers battling it out with the likes of Citicorp to serve their communities—and builds on it with the idea that Malauzai software turns the local bankers into formidable competitors armed with new technology that the big guys are slow to adopt. The net result?

Startup 65

Startup SaaS Platform .Net 65

Xconomy

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Megan Palmer, a fellow and biosecurity researcher at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, hoped DARPA’s program would encourage a more holistic approach to biosafety in a growing field where many people, such as software engineers, might not have thought much about biosafety and security risks.

Research 111

Research Technical Review Conference Software Review 111