Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 19, 2015

Computers and the Internet have now brought in a new era that relies on data to make profitable business decisions in the competitive environment. Below is a full explanation of how small businesses can leverage technology to earn a competitive advantage in the marketplace. BPM Software. Cloud Services.

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Competition Technology Social Media Tips 40

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Unlike a lot of grants on this list, the competition is open to all US small businesses, as long as they have fewer than 99 employees, have been operating for at least six months, and have a FedEx business account that's been open before September 1, 2023. It's competitive though – last year 18,000 applicants competed for only 12 slots.

Technical Review 194

Technical Review Software Review Startup Competition 194

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. This can be a significant competitive advantage over major competitors, and overall reduces competition in the market place. New management skills.

Acquisition 85

Acquisition Startup Organization Competition 85

Xconomy

JULY 31, 2017

It’s been a long time since tech’s biggest companies could be sorted into discrete buckets according to the products they pioneered—-Google, the search software giant; Apple, the computer and mobile device innovator; e-commerce leader Amazon; business software stalwart Microsoft; and social media engine Facebook.

Competition 64

Competition Social Media Web Commerce 64

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Los Angeles-based Velocify , the developer of sales lead management software, has been acquired by Ellie Mae , in a deal worth $128M in cash, Ellie Mae said last week. Velocity's software is used for sales lead management. READ MORE>>.

Tech Coast Angels 124

Tech Coast Angels Sales Competition Los Angeles 124

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

For example, I once worked for a small software company selling a sophisticated enterprise workflow solution. In many cases, the products from competitive companies are complementary, or many customers are natural candidates for both. Good strategic partnerships often lead to strategic investments, or great acquisition relationships.

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Startup Outsource Development Examples Customer 173

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Equipped with diagnostic software that can assess problems with vehicles based on their owners descriptions and service trucks that can handle most maintenance and repair work, Wrench meets fleet operators and consumers at their vehicle’s to provide servicing and repairs.

Demand 100

Demand Services Los Angeles Mobile 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

employs approximately 600, who provide wireless product development, software engineering, and product testing for Kyocera Wireless, and also develops custom handsets for Indian service providers. Kyocera Wireless explained the move would improve its cost structure and competitiveness.

Software Engineering 133

Software Engineering San Diego Competition Acquisition 133

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2012

We thought it would be insightful for our readerswho are usually looking to get acquired by other companieson what the thought process of those large companies making those acquisitions are. For a company like yours, what goes into your acquisition strategy and what thoughts went behind the Anue acquisition?

Acquisition 173

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Apple did this with the introduction of the smartphone, which altered the value chain for computers, video, and software, which were already staples that they knew well. Implement a plan of regular strategic acquisitions. Richard Branson is doing it with Virgin Galactic space rides, without impacting his Virgin Airlines.

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Examples IP Acquisition Social Media 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2015

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came quickly. This can be a significant competitive advantage over major competitors, and overall reduces competition in the market place. New management skills.

Organization 100

Organization Startup Competition IBM 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Almost every online business I know (eCommerce, online software, mobile games) invests heavily in “customer acquisition” This includes investments often not properly measured (SEO, PR, Social) as well as costs that people measure more precisely (advertising, SEM, FB CPA/CPI ads). Take for example, an eCommerce company.

SEM 150

SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The exit through acquisition by ReliaQuest is the first of what we expect will be many exits for our Fund 1 portfolio. Due to this, seed rounds have become more competitive, with more expensive valuations and more oversubscribed rounds. We also had our first exit for Moonshots Capital Fund 1 --Threatcare. Since 2010, $6.3B

Capital 100

Capital Technical Review Truecar Venture Capital 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. The list goes on and on.

Technical Review 123

Technical Review Oracle Software Review Ideas 123

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

For our Friday interview, we thought we'd catch up with Los Angeles-based MarketShare , the Elevation Partners-backed software provider, to hear where the firm is nowadays. You mentioned that you've been growing the company recently, and made a recent acquisition? We also just made an acquisition of Jovian over the summer.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. This can be a significant competitive advantage over major competitors, and overall reduces competition in the market place. New management skills.

Entrepreneur 99

Entrepreneur Organization Startup Competition 99

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

They don’t realize that knocking competitors is assessed as a weakness and denying that you have any competition suggests there is no market for your solution. When comparing competition, don’t use fuzzy terms such as improved usability, faster, less expensive and more productive. Quantify your value over current market alternatives.

Capital 63

Capital Competition Case Study Patents 63

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

The importance of the conference is that it assembles most of the top privately held early-to-mid-stage technology companies in the country (and some globally) as well as most VC’s, growth equity funds and corporate development departments from large industry players looking at technology acquisitions. ITA Software. TechCrunch.

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Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

www.pitchtheangels.com) Join Tech Coast Angels members and other start up investors at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

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Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2018

Female-first dating app developer Bumble has countersued Match Group , the parent company of Los Angeles-based dating app developer Tinder , alleging theft of trade secrets, fraud, unfair competition, and more, and seeking $400M in damages. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Dallas County, Texas.

Patents 100

Patents Competition Los Angeles Develop 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. This can be a significant competitive advantage over major competitors, and overall reduces competition in the market place. New management skills.

Startup 93

Startup Organization Competition IBM 93

Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

But billions of dollars in acquisitions will be left by the side of the road. Merck also saw some expected fruits of its 2014 big-ticket acquisition of Cubist Pharmaceuticals wither away this week, as the Supreme Court wouldn’t reverse a decision that shaved years off the patent life of the top-selling antibiotic daptomyicin (Cubicin).

San Diego 62

San Diego Patents Acquisition News 62

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. We build product roadmap software – it’s a SaaS company based here in Santa Barbara, California. I have always worked on early stage products.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? Sam’s enthusiasm was infectious and his plans were bold.

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 21, 2011

I dropped in to check out the contest a few times during the competition and the environment was uplifting and exciting. Sparqlight – parts prebuilt before competition. Quick Web App Builder (QWAB) – parts prebuilt before competition. Welcome to the accelerated version of Startup Weekend. Teams: CoderTie.

Santa Monica 90

Santa Monica Startup PHP HTML 90

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, That died with waterfall software development. What about your competition – how much do they charge? The COGS (costs of goods sold) tells me about how big your customer acquisition costs will be. Ditto for enterprise software companies.

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. The list goes on and on.

Startup 97

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

Xconomy

JULY 19, 2016

This has been evident with recent acquisitions beyond Symantec and Blue Coat – Avast and AVG, Cisco and CloudLock , IBM and Resilient Systems , and most recently Carbon Black and Confer. Symantec Forces the Industry to Stay Competitive. A Startup’s Opportunity to Thrive.

Symantec 40

Symantec IBM IBM Acquisition 40

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

There have been a series of tie-ups, as security-tech companies try to boost their businesses and amplify their products via acquisitions. Such credentials enable access to an organization’s software systems for tasks like implementing updates or managing devices on the network.

Press 40

Press Symantec Organization IBM 40

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life. If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life. You can build software a lot quicker and cheaper as well.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Software provides intelligent, real-time data analytics across a wide variety of disparate, unstructured enterprise content types. Software Helps companies rapidly convert unstructured online data and content into structured data assets that can be used to create new products, revenue Streams, and enhance current online data sets.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

Jackson added that the firm was proud of its product, and even uses its own software to manage their capital raised from investors. CapLinked’s new investors include Conversion Capital , Inflection Ventures,The Artesian Group, Chris Harris (software engineering manager at Google), and Lee Essener (founder of AccessDNA).

Draper 68

Draper Google Software Engineering Invest 68

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

According to the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), competitive markets and talent acquisition is driving big data analytics. These technology solutions allow large companies to utilize software products to source, screen and select hiring candidates. Here are four ways that big data is affecting the hiring process.

Software Review 40

Software Review Statistics Technical Review Screening 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

However, Savored says it will continue to serve diners and restaurants independently even with the acquisition and is giving a free 30 day trial for new merchants. percent per swipe to beat the competition. Savored is a win for both merchant as they get their restaurant tables full as we dine while an automatic discount awaits us.

Software Review 64

Software Review Email Competition Acquisition 64

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

But a lack of competition has also lead to a lack of innovation, resulting in low customer satisfaction and frequent complaints of difficult-to-use products. Jackson added, “Their pricing and technology are hold-overs from the 1990s—it goes to show how they have been shielded from competition for too long.

Mobile 91

Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior. This is why investors really like SaaS software companies where you have recurring revenue and your largest customer accounts for < 5% of your revenue and your renewals rates are > 90%.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Server-side software infrastructure – virtually all modern web applications rely on virtualization, scaling, load-balancing, and database technologies, among many others. Once Larry and Sergey developed search’s secret sauce, PageRank, they backwards-integrated into server-side software technologies to power and scale search.

Google 92

Google Web .Net Yahoo 92