socalTECH
DECEMBER 29, 2014
Over the holidays, we''re featuring a few reflections on 2014 from some of the movers and shakers in Southern California''s technology industry. We enjoyed three rewarding exits this year, which is always fun for our entrepreneurs and LPs. What was your biggest lesson learned in 2014? READ MORE>>.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 27, 2014
We both agree that the later-stage valuations are being driven up to a point that feels irrationally priced [he uses b-round SaaS valuations as an example and I am willing to be even more broad based]. While this is temporarily a good thing for entrepreneurs it will turn sour when we go through the next inevitable downturn.
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socalTECH
MAY 16, 2019
For our interview this morning, we caught up with Isaac Garcia , a serial entrepreneur who previously founded and sold his last company, Central Desktop, and now is working on a new startup, Sales Insider. Central Desktop was acquired by PGI (NYSE: PGI) in 2014. What advice would you give to other entrepreneurs?
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
That platform allows small businesses to use our processes and platform to extract all of that data out of the different SaaS platforms they are using, combine it, and provide some really useful analytics to answer questions and make faster, and better decisions. At the same time, our first platform, Shopify, completely exploded.
InfoChachkie
OCTOBER 20, 2014
Want to be an entrepreneur? In addition, Entrepreneur Magazine recently included UCSB in its Top 50 Schools For VC Backed Entrepreneurs at number 37. The company quickly pivoted to create a SaaS solution and in less than two years later, it was acquired by Intuit for $30 million. Don''t go to Wharton or Harvard.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 14, 2014
billion by 2014. Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. So I send Byron any SaaS investment I do at the earliest stage where I know we’ve nailed product / market fit. There are 2.9
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 10, 2017
The company, which started in 2014, now has over 40 employees. Mike Whitmire: We put the first version of our software out in 2014, and got a couple of beta clients. He comes from a SaaS background, and enterprise software. What's the biggest lesson you've learned so far as an entrepreneur? What are you working on?
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