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It’s a new year – 2016. A great leader knows customers and has direct relationships with them. She can anticipate reactions to price increases or product changes by customers and she can sustain competitive challenges because she knows the customer will stick by her. Chip Kelly had bunker mentality.
This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Grant Hosford: codeSpark's biggest news in 2016 was closing on $4.1M You can see all of our holiday reflections here. You can see all of our holiday reflections here.
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Today's contribution comes from Jaspar Weir , co-founder of Santa Monica-based TaskUs : Customers know what they want. In fact, eighty-nine percent of companies expect customer experience to be the most important factor as they compete for business in 2016, according to research firm Gartner. READ MORE>>.
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Irvine-based cloud storage service provider Zadara Storage said Tuesday that it has seen record results in its fiscal 2016. That service puts storage on-site with its customers, but allows those customers to pay on a subscription basis only for storage used.
This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. We have made a big push this year to bolster our team with healthcare industry expertise to help provide our customers with exceptional outcomes. You can see all of our holiday reflections here.
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This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Michael Jones: Earny, a bot that tracks purchases, files and redeems price protection/adjustment claims automatically for customers. This reflection comes from Michael Jones of Science, Inc.
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Or, if your startup is already dominating the market, do you want to thank your customers in a special way? The 2016 Silicon Beach Startup Fair will give you that opportunity. Do you struggle connecting with your users or gathering mission critical data that will determine your products success? Yes, USERS , not other techies.
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Los Angeles-based Internet services and online publishing giant j2 Global says it has acquired four more companies, all completed in the third quarter of 2016. The company said all four acquisition will help it grow its global customer base, provide access to new markets and expand its lineup.
According to TurboTax, it has opened up for the 2016-2017 filing season, including again offering up its TurboTax Absolute Zero free edition. That free filing edition lets customers with simple tax returns (1040A and 1040EZ) file their Federal and State taxes for free with TurboTax, via its online filing tool.
Irvine-based Digital Map Products , a developer of mapping and location tools used by enterprise and government customers, has been acquired by LightBox , a provider of real estate information products. Silversmith acquired Digital Map Products in a recapitalization deal in August of 2016. The deal had been announced in May.
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San Diego-based SmartDrive Systems , which develops video-based, driver monitoring systems, announced today that it had record growth in its second quarter and first half of 2016. The company did not disclose any financials, but said it saw nearly 200% growth in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2015.
a provider of outsourced, customer service and financial collections services. billion in 2016 revenues, with 48,000 employees in the U.S., Irvine-based business outsourcing provider Alorica said Thursday that it has acquired Expert Global Solutions, Inc. , EGS was based in Plano, Texas.
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million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016. In just one year we captured 2% of all new customers in NYC who wanted to store household items other than furniture. It worked perfectly. Expanding to Cities.
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