socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2020

Cubic, which provides services to the transportation, defense, and training markets, said that Wei will lead a new customer experience function, handling global quality, configuration management, logistics support and customer experience. Wei has been at Cubic since 2009. READ MORE>>.

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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. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? Why Build a Services Business in the First Place?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Friday, November 20, 2009 -- The Emerging Wireless SIG Presents. Femto Services: The Next Wave of Wireless Innovation. Femtocells are one of the hottest new wireless technologies on the market today. For the past few years it was not a question of if but when. See [link] (more).

Services 100

Services Marketing Technology 100

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2011

According to Google Thursday, it has launched Google Advisor , a new service to help users find mortgage, credit card, CD, or checking and savings account offers and rates. The new service puts Google into the same space as such local companies as LeadPoint , LowerMyBills , Oversee's Low.com , and others.

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Google Product FAQ Marketing 180

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 15, 2009

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 -- TechBiz Connection: Marketing 101. Sustainable, organic growth in a company;s revenues requires excellence in the creation and successful introduction of products and services that provide customer value. What is its role in the product creation / innovation process?

Marketing 100

Marketing TechBiz Activity Organization 100

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2017

Burbank-based Machinima said last week that it has named Russell Arons , Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing of Machinima owner Warner Bros. Arons will now lead Machinima's creative, marketing services, data analytics, business development and operations. Gutstein has been CEO of Machinima since 2014. Warner Bros.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The Medallia (NYSE: MDLA ) IPO earlier this year was one of a number of successful public market debuts by companies offering cloud-based software, often dubbed software-as-a-service. Carlsbad, CA-based Zingle, founded in 2009 by CEO Ford Blakely, allows businesses such as hotels to view and manage many.

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Software Startup Satisfaction Custom 95

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 19, 2009

Thursday, June 25, 2009 -- Using Social Media to Market Your Business. Social networking tools are being integrated in the marketing efforts of many corporations, from start-ups to multi-nationals. One of the hottest recent stories in the tech industry has been the rapid rise of the messaging service Twitter.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

Santa Monica-based The Search Agency joins a number of privately held, Southern California firms this week reporting strong growth in 2009. The firm said the growth came as a result of increasing demand for the firm's online marketing services. Tags: searchagency thesearchagency growth marketing online. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 -- Maximizing Value Through Strategic Product Marketing. s capital efficiency, market traction and valuation. s experience with hundreds of product and service innovations and the core insights of the leading thought leaders in the space.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He did note that in the four markets where the company has gone live since launching its business in January 2019 — San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire , and Sacramento — has yielded an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million in gross merchandise value (the total value of home sales transacted on its platform).

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

The company--which develops software-as-a-service which helps local businesses manage scheduling, staff management, point of sale, ecommerce, marketing, and more--said the funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Catalyst Investors, W Capital Partners and Montreux Equity Partners.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Friday, September 18, 2009 -- CommNexus Capital Markets SIG Presents: What to do when you need a SAS 70. See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Thin Line--formed in partnership with LA's Wavemaker Partners--is hoping to take advantage of the growth in the clean technology market to find startups able to tapping into those now established markets, without the huge investment requirements of those first wave of clean technology companies. Lots has changed since 2009.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

Goldberg was previously Chief Strategy Officer for the company, and has been an advisory board member for the company since it was founded in 2009. Goldberg was previously the CEO of Youbet.com, and also was EVP of Global Music Services at Ticketmaster. ScoreBig is venture backed by Bain Capital Ventures, U.S. READ MORE>>.

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Ticketmaster Entertainment Los Angeles Invest 133

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the publisher of real-time automotive pricing information headed by Scott Painter, said yesterday afternoon that it has appointed Todd Daum as Chief Marketing Officer. Automoti.com was sold to Hertz in 2009. Daum has also served at Overture Services/Yahoo, and also was at American Express.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Software 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

According to Morphlabs, the investment came from BroadBand Tower, a provider of Internet services, hosting, and other services in Japan. Morphlabs said that BroadBand Tower has been using its platform since late 2009. Morphlabs is headed by serial entrepreneur Winston Damarillo. READ MORE>>.

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Manhattan Beach Cloud Computing Platform Invest 157

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

It is YouTube marketing at its best. 01% conversion rate again to the people who clicked over to the website from the YouTube video, that’s 185 new customers, 185 people who would have never thought to google search for a tampon service, who will now be signing up to spend the 15 bucks a month to get tampons delivered to their door.

Dollar Shave Club 101

Dollar Shave Club Custom Customer Marketing 101

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Santa Ana-based CoreLogic , a provider of consumer, financial and property information, analytics and services to the real estate, mortgage, and other markets, said this morning that it has soled its Employer Services and Litigation Support business to private equity firm Symphony Technology Group (STG). READ MORE>>.

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Equity Sales Services Technology 157

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems , a developer of real estate and property management software, has sued Texas-based RealPage , a competing provider of software as a service for the apartment and rental market. According to RealPage, Yardi Systems sued its EverGreen Consulting division, which it acquired in 2009.

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Santa Barbara Software Organization Services 157

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2020

What you probably don’t realize is that the term disruptive brings its own set of baggage, implying to investors extra high risk, high market building costs, and a long slow ramp before payback. De Beers produced industrial diamonds, but found a market as well in engagement rings. Focus on a large opportunity in a low-growth market.

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Startup Artificial Inteligence Examples Google 129

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Los Angeles-based GameFly , which operates an online video game rental service, has filed for a $50M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market. The firm reported it had net income of $2.97M on revenues of $47.68M for the six months ended September 30, 2009. For its fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, it had net income of $4.0M

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.Net Los Angeles Report Capital 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The firm's IPO is being underwritten by BofA Merrill Lynch, Citi, Allen & Company LLC, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, ThinkEquity LLC, and WR Hambrecht+Co. Active Network operates a network of online sports registration, community activity and group sites, and other related Internet services. on revenues of $242.8M

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2010

Los Angeles-based GameFly , the videogame rental service which is waiting in the IPO wings, revealed Thursday afternoon that its yearly revenues have hit $101.5M The privately held firm, which is looking to IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "GFLY", revealed the revenue numbers in an updated S-1 on Thursday afternoon.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2010

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , a provider of online, software-as-a-service project management tools and applications, is in the midst of a growth spurt, says CEO Isaac Garcia. Garcia said the company is looking for employees across sales, marketing, support, client services and development. READ MORE>>.

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SoCalTech SaaS Pasadena Sales 160

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Total raised: $83mm; Series B round (July 2009 for $43mm) valued company at $400mm.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Marketing Director for Paypal Inc. CapLinked was founded in late 2009 by Eric M. Jackson previously ran the marketing team at PayPal, where he was responsible for the campaign to monetize the online payment service. marketing and interim Vice President of Marketing. Jackson and Christopher Grey.

Marketing 92

Marketing Entrepreneur Competition Custom 92

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The firm--citing "record" growth during the year--said it has named John Woolard as Chief Financial Officer, and promoted Dave Gaston to Regional Vice President of Survey Solutions, and Melanie Courtright to Senior Vice President of Client Services. Tags: sample united research market sampling panel executive usamp. READ MORE>>.

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Sample Buzznet Encino Research 178

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , which is developing an electronic bill payment service, has raised an additional $9.7M in funding in August of 2009. in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. The firm previously raised $8.0M

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

While many of my friends bragged about their 5 condos in Florida I kept talking about how the real estate market was in a bubble – their gains an illusion. above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. “Yeah, but there is a shortage of supply.

Invest 299

Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2010

Irvine-based YouMail , the advanced voicemail service, isn't afraid of Google Voice, which announced today that it was finally opening up general access to its unified calling and voicemail services. Tags: youmail google voice voicemail services communications. READ MORE>>.

Google 140

Google Tech Coast Angels Mobile Services 140

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

How could it be when they always have “schlocky” ads or PSAs (public service announcements). BookRenter – plus a discussion about Chegg … what is going on in the university book market? We talked about the analogies between what NetFlix achieved in movies and whether this is relevant to the book market.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. It’s why opt-in marketing databases can be so incredibly valuable for companies like Gilt Groupe, One King’s Lane and AdoreMe. People don’t want to speak to customer service reps. There are 2.9 billion email accounts.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2010

The new funding will go towards developing and launching new value-added services, expand its network, and for sales and marketing. EdgeCast said it reached profitability in Q4 of 2009, and according to Anthony Citrano, VP of Communications at the firm, the new round is a true growth round.

Networking 145

Networking Steamboat Ventures Santa Monica Content 145

AeA Los Angeles Council

JANUARY 7, 2009

A report just released by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation says that spending $30 billion in taxpayers' money in 2009 on broadband infrastructure, health IT, and electric grid technologies could create or save approximately 949,000 U.S. More than half of those jobs, the report claims, would be in small businesses. (

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AeA Research Technology Report 40

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

to market a line of Internet security products using Wiley's popular "For Dummies" brand. CyberDefender said that the agreement gives it the exclusive rights to market, in North America, a full line of Internet security products and services using "For Dummies". Financial details of the licensing deal were not disclosed.

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Los Angeles Tool Software Marketing 113