socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

billion acquisition of Aliso Viejo-based Quest Software has been approved by Quest's stockholders, the firm said Tuesday afternoon, after a meeting of the company's stockholders. The approval is one more step along a lengthy approval process for the acquisition, which was originally announced in July. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The burn rate was extremely high, with no one working for equity or deferred compensation. In enterprises, performance objectives are usually tied to internal processes, rather than beating competitors, customer acquisition, and revenue growth. Required pivots and budged changes are painfully slow and over-analyzed.

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IBM IBM Entrepreneur Technical Review 85

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Jim Semick: I’ve been launching and managing software products for 15 years now, going back to when you and I worked together at Expertcity before it was acquired by Citrix. We build product roadmap software – it’s a SaaS company based here in Santa Barbara, California. Who is Mr. Semick and what is ProductPlan all about?

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2011

In this case, a private equity firm engaged me to assist in the purchase of a German software supplier. Upon successful completion of the acquisition I was asked to initiate a major turnaround or business restructuring, since the current course had led to bankruptcy. Determine key customer satisfaction levels and requirements.

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Course Software Review Customer Custom 88

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked also netted in new customers such as Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, and Equity Partners, NextView Ventures and crowd-funding service AI Verified which will take advantage of its iPad compatibility, bulk uploading, and reporting tools. According to Eric M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

In this case, a private equity firm engaged me to assist in the purchase of a German software supplier. Upon successful completion of the acquisition I was asked to initiate a major turnaround or business restructuring, since the current course had led to bankruptcy proceedings. Clearly required was ‘leadership from the front’.

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Course Startup Software Review Customer 48

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. It may be that all the doomsayers are right. But I don’t think so.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175