Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. Looong Appendix (only for those interested in reading another story about losing a sale & key lessons): A personal story of losing a sale that haunted me for years. I later learned one of my biggest lesson in sales. That is when you potentially become complacent.

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Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

Fred Wilson wrote two posts in 2010 that were very influential with the startup community. They are more likely to be the “bottom end of the sales funnel” or in other words close to “point of purchase.” But on the other hand if you have a product with a very high gross margin (software, virtual goods, etc.)

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Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 15, 2012

In 2010, the US government reported 3092 deaths due to distracted driving and 416,000 injuries caused by the same. Thereafter one can opt for preferred paid annual software subscription. The voice technology is expected to minimize distractions caused by mobile phones during driving. Nuance now will handle solving this.

Email 61

Email Technical Review Software Review Mobile 61

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Felicia is the cofounder of Black Tech Week, Code Fever, Tribe Cowork and Urban Innovation. Siggi is a principal at Samsung NEXT in San Francisco, where she focuses on early-stage investment in frontier tech software companies. As CRO at iFundWomen, Concetta oversees sales, marketing, analytics, and revenue management.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

I was there from when the company launched until March of 2010, when I left to start MomentFeed. That might be check-ins, that might be photos, reviews, likes, all of those things are in one place. For the first time, that social media activity is actually taking place at the point of sale. We'll also be ramping sales, as well.

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Social Media Zumbox Media Startup 248

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Fan Appz, a Santa Monica headquartered firm founded in 2010, and a Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) today Tuesday launched its Personalized Marketing Platform, a next-generation social media marketing solution set to help firms convert fans into customers and increase repeat purchases by turning good customers into great ones.

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Platform Help Customer Custom 82

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

As we know, developers always give their product a code name. We built a Proof of Concept in 2010, went into closed beta in 2011 and opened up to the public in Dec 2012. Using the most current information in this space, Rob & Lance deployed a team in 2010 to build a Proof of Concept for ZunguZ. Why the name?

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Unfortunately over the period of 2000-2010 the VC industry hasn’t performed well and therefore the number of funds going forward is likely to reduce greatly. Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund.

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Venture Capital Funding Invest GRP Partners 269

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

The industry had seen unprecedented growth in the past decade due to a combination of factors, one of which was the United States’ economic recession. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. Resolving Mobile Couponing’s Redemption Pitfalls.

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Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. While he was waiting for the paperwork to be reviewed he moved to Boulder, Colorado and took a job with a local tech company there. We then moved our Chief Software Architect over. The world’s best brains are on sale.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

Their all new all electric car is set to be released for sale in limited quantities at the end of 2011. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! Critique^It is peer-review without barriers—feedback without managing emails, commentary and document versions. We hear they might bring something special to this event….wonder

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

Here’s some other things you might find interesting: There are around 20 billion in-bound sales calls in the US each year. Higher conversion rates (10-15x online conversion) and higher value at closure (up to 2x higher) due to up-sell & cross-sell potential. Most high-value or complex product vendor actually PREFER calls.

Mobile 311

Mobile Technical Review Google Screening 311

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March The following are the top items based on social signals. Wannabe entrepreneur symptoms and cures - Gabriel Weinberg , July 25, 2010 I was once a wannabe entrepreneur.

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