Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2015

This is why I loved Brad Feld’s recent post about the “ illusion of product / market fit.” Are our users addicted to our product? But if users don’t come back to your product directly and often I question whether you have a sustainable product / company. Are we making their lives better?

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2010

Irvine-based StrataCare , a provider of Internet-based, worker's compensation bill review software, announced this morning that it has acquired the MedBillPro division of CS Stars, a business unit of insurer Marsh, Inc. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. MedBillPro provides medical bill review services.

Software Review 133

Software Review Acquisition Software Invest 133

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Products that can be easily produced and sold via multiple channels, including the Internet, are more easily scaled world-wide. Customer feedback, including blog comments, usability reviews, and early user testimonials, build relationships and provide credible marketing to the broader customer community.

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Outsource Development Social Media Software Review Customer 154

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

Stacy Stubblefield: We do two factor authentication, which basically means we send text messages with the codes you get when you log into a web site or even when you're just registering for a website. We were really focused on customer acquisition. Talk about Telesign and what you do? How did the company start?

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Marina Del Rey Software Review Startup Incubator 113

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Jackson , “This financing round, coupled with hiring Adam Sroka as our head of technology, puts CapLinked in a position to further enhance our enterprise product offerings.”. Jackson added, “FinTech has traditionally lagged behind the innovation that’s happening in other areas of enterprise software. 25 Years of Writing Code.

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Technical Review Software Review Bertelsmann Technology 88

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

We caught up with co-founder Joey Flores on the story behind the company's brush with death, and its recent acquisition by You42, which was announced last week. Joey Flores: Yeah, we spend the earlier part of 2014 exploring acquisition options, because we had a pretty hard time raising money. Joey, thanks for the time today.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Companies that have leveraged technology to make the procurement and delivery of food more accessible to more people have been seeing a big surge of business this year, as millions of consumers are encouraged (or outright mandated, due to Covid-19) to socially distance or want to avoid the crowds of physical shopping and eating excursions.

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Technical Review Startup Marketing San Diego 343

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Ken Button: I am a corporate attorney, and started in private practice at O'Melvany and Myers, and later served as General Counsel for a software business. We have been around software for a long time. We've been really happy with the product itself. We've gotten great reviews from our user surveys.

Doc 100

Doc Software Review Help Startup 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In 2020, the pandemic radically changed the customer acquisition process for many consumer-facing industries. We successfully accelerated our product innovation schedule to deliver, in record time, solutions to meet these challenges.

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Technical Review Software Review Organic Search Startup 140

socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2010

iSkoot Technologies includes substantially all of the assets of San Francisco-based iSkoot, a developer of social networking and Skype-compatible voice-over-IP software for mobile phones. Tags: qualcomm iskoot merger acquisition mobile software skype social networking. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Social Network 157

Social Network Software Review Technical Review IP 157

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

I recommend a trial run with an experiment or MVP (minimum viable product), at full price and cost, before the big bang launch, risking your investment money and a major time commitment. With my software background at IBM, I’m well aware that technical early adopters value more and more features, and are able to deal with complexity.

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Technical Review Case Study Mentor Software Review 131

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

However, savvy startups can leverage LinkedIn to create a customer acquisition and a churn reduction tool. Just as SimpleLegal has success ousting competitors, its Customer Success team must be diligent to avoid being likewise a victim of employee churn. It’s not about helping them use our software. Bro Benefits.

Customer 100

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

An alternate outcome that I also unfortunately observe in some cases are companies who had extreme early success with an initial product adoption but failed in key areas that limited the growth and therefore the ultimate financial outcomes. How profitable is my product or service? As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

The loss came due to a $27.6M The revenues were boosted by two acquisitions, including the firm's buy of Agilent's N2X Data network Testing Product Line in October, and the acquisition of Capapult Communications in June. Ixia is a developer of hardware and software used for testing high speed networks. READ MORE>>.

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Report Software Review Calabasas Writing 100

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2018

San Diego-based Mitchell International , a provider of technology and information products for the property and casualty and collision repair industries, has scored a private equity funding from Stone Point Capital. Size of the investment was not announced. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co.

Equity 113

Equity Funding Technical Review San Diego 113

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai.

Technical Review 123

Technical Review Oracle Software Review Ideas 123

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

Perhaps the most misused terms I see these days from entrepreneurs involve CAC (customer acquisition costs) and LTV (life time value) and a lack of understanding these critical components is driving many companies to premature failure. CAC is often measured incorrectly and doesn’t often doesn’t capture the true costs of acquisition.

Metrics 150

Metrics Startup SaaS Course 150

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

We help them identify products that are safe and health for them and their families, from organic baby food, to household items. We do deep research on every single product we advocate for, using the criteria and condition that they create a healthy child and a healthy world. They had a store, but weren't selling much.

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

People mistook extra doses of Ajax for a successful product. and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, The last couple of years has also seen the huge initial success of Ycombinator, the Lean Startup and many other product driven approaches to going to market. portfolios. Do so at your peril.

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Andy Wen was the CTO of Christianity.com, and the CTO of early online education firm VCampus, and he also ran the product and web security for eTrade, as well as started a company called Lighthound deals, like a Groupon. It's a pretty credible team and we're starting to staff up on the product and development side.

Startup 271

Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

Before that, I was running product at Spotrunner. I''ve grown from driving part of the technology within the company, to driving all of the product development side, and also picking up product management and business development, around traffic acquisition and third party products. How big is YP?

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

Before that, I was running product at Spotrunner. I''ve grown from driving part of the technology within the company, to driving all of the product development side, and also picking up product management and business development, around traffic acquisition and third party products. How big is YP.com?

Technical Review 211

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2014

Not only can wearable technology make our lives easier, but it can also help to make the lives of many with illnesses or disabilities more comfortable and productive. Although there are many companies making variations on the product, Google’s seems to be the most advanced and streamlined. Google Glass. Smart Clothing.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Technology Software Review Google 88

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Tech Diligence - Consider The Source. Rather, we value entrepreneurs' time and thus our diligence generally includes introducing them to potential customers and partners. Our approach is often additive to all parties, resulting in ongoing, productive relationships. Painful Past - We are all also victims of our past.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

We’re going to start aggressively spend money on marketing our product. We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok. but that’s our firm’s money on your balance sheet.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

According to SGL, developers can now submit their apps for review and have their press releases and updates distributed on the Stained Glass Labs website, which gives them the quick feedback from other developers and the ability to submit press releases, which are sent to members of the media interested in Google Glass and wearable technologies.

Google 87

Google Technical Review Press Software Review 87

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. Ultimately, your overall customer acquisition costs should calculated as an average of a variety of marketing channels. No one wakes up and says to themselves, “I need to buy that product I have never heard of before.” If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

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

Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

MindBodyOnline is a terrifically succesful SaaS company, based in San Luis Obispo, that provides scheduling and transactional software for Yoga studios, hair salons, and spas. They read product reviews obsessively. The user base revolted, and their glowing reviews on the App Store suddenly turned negative.

Customer 97

Customer Custom Software Review SaaS 97

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

This was in large part due to the marketing efforts of Jason that created a great top end of the funnel (100+ companies applied) and the herculean efforts of Tyler Crowley who spent days going through all of the submissions and serving up 5 very interesting companies. The game then interacts with the physical world product.

Angel 254

Angel Technical Review Software Review Platform 254

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai.

Startup 97

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

TechZulu & Gadget Review present REACH. Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. He also leads mergers and acquisitions and ran the acquisitions of SGN, MindJolt and HallPass Media. Josh Yguado - President SGN.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 94

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?” They have have raised $2-3 million, built a product that has some amount of market traction and got to annualized revenues of around $1 million. ” The Details.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2011

Currently in closed beta testing, the company’s “Avenue&# client and online storefront offers consumers a quick and easy way to find, acquire and maintain Windows-based software on all types of PCs – from desktop computers to netbooks, tablets and other devices that lack traditional disk drives.

Twiistup 45

Twiistup Angel Technical Review Software Review 45

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Sam did all this analysis before even deciding to build V1 of his software and before we put serious money behind him launching.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

We all make important, complicated decisions in our life and having accurate, objective data about our choices allow us to find and compare products that meet our needs. You can build software a lot quicker and cheaper as well. 10) Kevin, why does the world need FindTheBest (FTB)? . “We 1) The economy sucks, but you guys are hiring.

Blogging 219

Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

If Bird has thousands of scooters in a neighborhood (and if it can acquire these scooters at cheaper prices due to scale advantages) then it’s significantly more difficult for new entrants to launch without serious capital and it’s hard to get serious capital from investors who perceive you’re late to the game. Brand matters.

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Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256