Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

I take my hat off to people like Adam Miller , the CEO of LA-based Cornerstone on Demand, who started at the exact same time as I did (November 1999) and is still the CEO but now of a public company valued at around $2 billion. Mark has led two public company software companies before – both to billion-dollar outcomes.

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Demand SaaS Startup Sales 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. www.SoCconference.com ) - November 4 & 5, 2009 - Radisson Hotel Newport Beach. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Technology.

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Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 140

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. It is also a result of pent-up demand. Unemployment continues to rise – Unemployment as of September 2009 is 9.7% My advice : if you’re raising a $750,000 round and you have demand for $1.2

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Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

Mangers said that it appears that for companies that have survived the storm of 2009 and the economy, things are looking up. Mangers said Webvisible today has slightly under 300 employees, and hopes to have slightly under 500 employees by the end of the year.

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Southern California Technical Review Playa Del Rey Technology 246

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. on April 24, 2009. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Venture Capital for Technology Innovators.

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Rustic Canyon Southern California Technology Council High Tech 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Jon Ferrara was co-founder of Goldmine software, a huge customer relationship management (CRM) provider which he built into a $100M business in the PC age, and is now working on doing the same thing in the age of the cloud, with another CRM startup, Nimble (www.nimble.com). Congrats on being accepted to Microsoft's Accelerator. Explain that?

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Startup Canoga Park Email Google 113

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

We've got a suite of on-demand, manufacturing tools which means they never have to spend money upfront. Is this installed software, or web technology? Brandon Hance: It's all web-based technology, and software we've build in-house. Brandon Hance: Two in particular do on-demand, Cafepress and Zazzle. Thanks, and good luck!

Van Nuys 191

Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Startup Web 191

Xconomy

AUGUST 30, 2016

a Qualcomm-backed startup founded in 2009 to develop computer systems and software based on algorithms that emulate the “spiking neuron” processes of the human brain. in 2012, Hylton led a team that developed BrainOS, software technology designed to enable robotic systems to adapt to their environments and learn from humans.

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UCSD San Diego Artificial Inteligence Research 49

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Software provides intelligent, real-time data analytics across a wide variety of disparate, unstructured enterprise content types. Offers cloud-based web analytics software provider. DST invested $180mm last fall. 406 Ventures.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. April 24, 2009. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. We then moved our Chief Software Architect over. I wanted several of the software engineers to join me at our next startup but their employment was tied to BuildOnline. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification. 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.

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Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. “How much is that software really worth?

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Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Most of the great software startups that I’ve been involved in have at least one technical co-founder (and many have more than one.) It is important to realize that most people who are willing to work for sweat equity are not a) the best, b) in demand, and c) going to put their heart and soul into your project.

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Equity Develop 241

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Instead, Tradesy gives women access to a variety of in-demand brands and styles at incomparable discounts. Tradesy is a peer-to-peer marketplace where women buy and sell new and gently used apparel and accessories. Tradesy’s mission is help women get more of the fashion that makes them look and feel great, while spending less.

Pricing 71

Pricing Mobile Sales Sites 71

Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

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Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Develop Development Product 40

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2011

I was founder and CEO of one of the world's fastest growing software companies, PacketVideo, which created the software which is on billions of cell phones now. We really started operations towards the middle of 2009. Jim Carol: I'm still president of a software company, which I run in addition to DonateGames.

Pricing 183

Pricing Help Startup Sites 183

Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

Ford Blakely, who was previously a business and financial consultant with LECG, founded Zingle in 2009 with a stand-alone device for restaurants, coffee shops, and other service businesses that enabled customers to use mobile text messaging for their take-out orders. Hate2Wait #H8toW8 pic.twitter.com/KcMuKvoqRZ.

Technology 40

Technology Santa Barbara Venture Capital Venice 40

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Creating Incremental Strategic Value - Ask the Angels , June 17, 2010 We can easily overlook the level of demand pull when we are assessing strategic value. Don Norman at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , June 21, 2010 Imagine you’re on the first slide of your powerpoint presentation and want to move to the next slide.

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Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

A bundle of software services for SMBs to manage their inventory, accounting, manufacturing, and purchasing. On-Demand Lawn Care and Snow Plowing. B2B Demand Generation on Auto-Pilot – Metadata analyzes your inbound signups and automates b2b user acquisition by targeting new look-alike prospects. Fulfil.IO. AngelList: [link].

Startup 40

Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Software Labs: Petri Dishes for Tech Innovation. In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. The buzz words of SXSW Interactive 2010: cloud computing, social, on-demand, sharing, collaboration, Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, monetization, Startup. .

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69