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SaaS Is Dead, Long Live Software

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It’s high time we kill the term Software As A Service (SaaS) and call it what it is – software. Even Salesforce abandoned it’s silly “No Software” tagline, after the company had to explain in 2015 that it meant, “No legacy software, just cloud software.”. You’re not a SaaS company, you’re a software company.

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What I Learned In 2015: Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital

socalTECH

Jeb Spencer: For TVC, closing on our new $115 million software focused growth equity fund at the end of last year made for an exciting 2015. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? What was the biggest news for you or your firm this year? be the pig and don't get greedy.

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Bionic Hands, Mind Control, and AI Oh My! | Techstars Disney Accelerator Class of 2015

Tech Zulu Event

Techstars Disney Accelerator class of 2015 was announced yesterday. Decisive is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that uses real time data to enable advertisers to optimize mobile ad creative and targeting based on user engagement. Techstars Disney Accelerator Class of 2015 appeared first on TechZulu.

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Heal: Survey Shows Higher Patient Satisfaction, Better Results From House Calls

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Heal , which operates a mobile app driven, in-person, "house call" service which lets users schedule in person doctor's visits at their home or work, says it is seeing higher satisfaction, cost savings, and "significant" time savings from its patients. The methodology behind the company-conducted survey was not announced.

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How mPulse Is Using Your Smartphone To Improve Health Care

socalTECH

Now that just about everyone has a smartphone, how can you use that nearly ubiquitous, mobile access to help improve healthcare? For one�according to Los Angeles startup mPulse Mobile (www.mpulsemobile.com), you can help remind people about their appointments, and make sure they take their prescriptions�along with many other use cases.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

I’m going through this situation now with the first investment that I ever made as a VC in Invoca – (Inbound voice call), a SaaS marketing automation company. See as a board we can already see very clearly how our 2014 & 2015 years pencil out with a fair degree of predictability.

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What I’ve Learned from Fred Wilson

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Fred has of course been a public mentor to us all with his market-defining terminology that he popularized including “freemium” and “mobile first.” ” I applied this advice and started writing about SaaS and about Online Video and have found Fred’s advice spot on. This works brilliantly.”