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

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.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Software Review Organic Search Startup 140

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. I have always worked on early stage products. Some of the products I’ve helped validate and launch include GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting and AppFolio.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2010

What does CatchPoint's software do? Why the need for your software -- aren't there tools out there that do this already? After the Google acquisition of DoubleClick, I decided to build my own company. We've created lots of features that help customers troubleshoot and optimize their web pages.

Tool 232

Tool Web Startup Sites 232

socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

Our clients are retail, technology, consumer product goods, and other companies who are trying to address challenges with a very complex, digital marketing mix they face every day. Smartify''s software-as-a-service platform automates all aspects of their digital marketing, across their channels, including mobile, social, email, and web.

Marketing 196

Marketing Pasadena Platform Email 196

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

There''s a huge demand for a limited supply of employees, in particularly, there a large demand for product developers, and there''s a shortage of experienced people. If you look at the career sites and pages out there right now, they look like they were built a decade ago. That''s quite a different scenario than the rest of the world.

Design 174

Design Sites Cornerstone OnDemand Startup 174

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Offers cloud-based web analytics software provider. This is astounding and myopic in my view.

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

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2016

According to most experts , business traction is evidence that somebody really wants your product. It’s business momentum, independent of whether you have a product delivered, proven the business model, or significantly penetrated the opportunity. Visibility increases over time are traction.

Metrics 57

Metrics Funding Startup Customer 57

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 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. Now, there are hundreds of millions of web sites and hundreds of billions of web pages.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

Xconomy

AUGUST 8, 2016

PTC completed its Vuforia purchase last November as part of a broader initiative to build a new platforms business through a series of acquisitions and organic investments., Prior to the acquisition, we focused primarily on computer vision. JW: Now that we’re at PTC, the mission … Next Page » Reprints | Share:

San Diego 40

San Diego Mobile Examples .Net 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

To help it along, we developed some software which makes it easy to create a mobile experience, which corresponds to a QR code you can place on any, real world object. Matthias Galica: My last role was as a product manager for another local startup, Woome.com, an online dating site. However, one way the U.S.

Startup 220

Startup West Hollywood Metrics Entertainment 220

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. Challenge the status quo.

Mobile 91

Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I took an advanced computer course in high school where I learned to build databases in Ashton Tate’s dBase III+ and to compile my designs using a product called Clipper. I then worked in a computer store called Software Centre in high school and college (UCSD). It’s how we move products. What about strategy?

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

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. Now, there are hundreds of millions of web sites and hundreds of billions of web pages.

Blogging 219

Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with The best businesses understand the difference and that communities are the single best advocates for others to buy your products. Competitors can leapfrog you on features or outspend you on customer acquisitions but communities are very hard to disrupt.

Software 234

Software Startup Tool Platform 234

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It's been awhile since we last caught up with Los Angeles-based Language Weaver (www.languageweaver.com), a venture-backed firm which develops language translation software, so we sat down the other day with Mark Tapling , the President and CEO of the firm, to hear more about where the company is nowadays--plus its strategy for growth and an exit.

Software Review 145

Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. Scuba or skydiving?

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

At the gathering, Biden took verbal shots at scofflaw cancer researchers and at drug prices, while the FDA said it would take a shot at restructuring the way it evaluates oncology products. Analysts wondered if the Tesaro news would push Medivation’s acquisition price higher. It also got a pat on the back from Bill Gates.

Buzzfeed 59

Buzzfeed News Pricing IBM 59

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Publishers can come and snap valuable data into our website, to augment end user's experience, and developers can help user our data and our API to build more innovative applications, and to be more productive because of the significant availability of this trusted data. That became the underpinning of several products.

Startup 190

Startup Google S3 Platform 190

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business. He took out an ad in the Yellow Pages (it was the early 80′s, pre Internet), which cost him $1,000 / month for a half-page ad. So the Yellow Page business was always “pay for placement.&#. If it worked in the Yellow Pages, why not on the Internet?

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Additionally, with the cloud becoming the de facto choice for product development and deployment, newer and more challenging security threats continue to emerge. They foster customer trust, which is essential in driving growth and customer acquisition. Ultimately, strong security measures do more than just prevent risks.

Startup 40

Startup Framework Statistics Customer 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Verizon , Monster Products , MerchLabs , HIRED , Instart Logic , Zeel , Shootly , Move Loot , Microsoft , American Laser Company , Zirx , DoorDash , Drizly. Green Way Labs develops high-performance cleaning products that are 100% non-toxic. Their distribution footprint consists of: Over 400 million Page Likes on Facebook.

Fractional VPE 40

Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

For the rest of us, we need a business plan, as well as a product plan. Some of you may be convinced that your product specification communicates the product message even better than a business plan, so why be redundant? Professional investors and even customers invest in people, rather than just a product.

Product 169

Product Summary Startup Examples 169

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2008

This morning, Woodland Hills-based FatTail (www.fattail.com) announced a venture round from Velocity Interactive Group for its software for managing online advertising. We like this business--they've just released one of their three or four different product lines, which are coming later. We're pretty excited about it.

Advertising 100

Advertising Media Startup Woodland Hills 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

If you buy into the argument that a strong board can actually help you then this post will lay out how to help you have more productive meetings by preparing properly in advance. There are too many pages. This is part of a broader series on Board Meetings. It passes the weight test.

Startup 226

Startup Slides Metrics News 226

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. Think the new products are the only big things happening for Apple today?

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut.

Startup 40

Startup Ideas Venture Capital Competition 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer. Quigo set up a system on specific web pages.

Google 302

Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Simply click on the title of the panel you like and you will be taken to their SXSWi panel picker page. Software Labs: Petri Dishes for Tech Innovation. Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Have you ever had an idea for a great product, but thought any of the following: "I don't have en.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Sizhao “Zao” Yang – COO and Co-founder at BetterWorks.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut.

Startup 40

Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML. It was mostly timing.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Yahoo Email 40

Frank Addante

JULY 10, 2006

Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut.

Startup 40

Startup Technical Review Venture Capital Advertising 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry. Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC. The Exit Problem.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347