Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012. The product integrates with Salesforce, Twitter, Zendesk and many other popular SaaS products.

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

SaaS 101: 7 Simple Lessons From Inside HubSpot - OnStartups , July 19, 2010 It’s been a little over 4 years since I officially launched my internet marketing software company , HubSpot. So, I’ve had about 4 years on the “inside” of a fast-growing, venture-backed B2B SaaS startup. Angel vs VC? - Make it unique. Not so bad.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

There are a lot of other competition shows and reality show, which are much more predatory and cut-throat, and it's nice for our entrepreneurs to not only get a real investment, but get great feedback. How did you get involved with angel investing, initially? The good thing, is there are lots of products that could go on HSN.

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Invest Competition 100

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. Semick: They are.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I had an enjoyable conversation this morning with a young team straight out of college this morning and they were calling to ask advice on how to approach fund raising (angels vs. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) Traditional software vs. SaaS. and I realized that without years of experience it is tough to answer this question.

Venture Capital 364

Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2016

For one�according to Los Angeles startup mPulse Mobile (www.mpulsemobile.com), you can help remind people about their appointments, and make sure they take their prescriptions�along with many other use cases. It's a pretty diverse set of customers, who are all driven of our SaaS-based, contact engine we have created.

Mobile 100

Mobile Southern California Startup Marketing 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. If your investor worked inside of a SaaS company for years and disagrees with me then listen to them. And importantly we’ve had revenue. Sales Startup Lessons'

Marketing 354

Marketing Case Study Metrics Sales 354

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2013

Founded during 2012 in Los Angeles (and Amplify alum), Squabbler believes the web can serve as the perfect platform for staging and settling debate. For sports publishers, the very nature of the Squabbler platform lends itself perfectly to fans who are naturally drawn to debate, competition and winning,” he concluded.

Metrics 79

Metrics Platform Content Web 79

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Also at Startup Night will be 25 diverse and innovative startups showcasing their latest products, competing for prizes including: $1K from LaunchKC , Business Extra Points from American Airlines , and a fast tracked spot to the Startup of the Year semifinals competition at Innovate Celebrate 2018. Alice is a member of Pipeline Angels.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

What really differentiates us from our competition is the data set we have. Our competition doesn't have that data. You did find some angel funding, didn't you? We're excited to have his experience, since he's got a savvy SaaS background. He's got a good, solid SaaS background. He is a friend of mine.

Startup 100

Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What’s our purchase, licensing, SaaS strategy? Here in Los Angeles, it's the LA CTO Forum - a private, invite only group of 250+. What are the biggest areas of technical risk? How can we address this risk? What technologies will we use?

CTO Coach 231

CTO Coach CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop 231

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

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%. If you have raised a limited amount of money from angels, accelerators or seed funds be very careful about having a high burn rate.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. As a result, I'm looking at a lot of software-as-a-service companies, and have run a number of SaaS companies. Mark Suster: I founded a group called Launchpad LA. Why do I say that?

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Current round: $8mm in Series B from RRE Ventures (Will Porteous)(lead), SoftBank, Hearst Interactive Media, SV Angel (Ron Conway), Founder Collective.Total raised: $11.5mm. Founded in 2007.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There are too many deals to look at, too many seed funds or angels asking you to look at deals and weekly “demo days” with manicured and monocultural presentations crafted by experienced story tellers to help even the mundane idea sound like it will. They’re doing how much in SaaS revenue? You own how much?”

Software Review 150

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Invest 150

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. We now have teams in our headquarters in Los Angeles, and offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Tokyo, and Bangalore.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry. Every founder can directly access any investor or mentor in the Amplify army of cohorts, which adds up to more than 70 of the most influential business professionals in Los Angeles and beyond.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2016

That’s why I’m so excited to announce today that we’ve hired Kobie Fuller as a Partner at Upfront Ventures — he will move down to Los Angeles with his wife and 1-year-old son and start later this summer. Kobie then headed to Los Angeles to join LA-based startup REVOLVE as its CMO where he got his direct operating experience.

Venture Capital 260

Venture Capital Startup SaaS Social Media 260

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

Tapping into a niche community is part of Quirktastic Media’s competitive advantage. Spinbackup is a Google Cloud Partner and provide Cloud-to-Cloud backup and cyber security solutions for SaaS data. The company said on average, users can pay off an extra $600 per year on debt through their service. Price: $1.99

Startup 79

Startup Mentor Platform Help 79

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

From: Los Angeles, CA. He was fortunate enough to attend three competitions: Atlanta, Sydney and Athens. From: Los Angeles, CA. SaaS for Cloud application lifecycle management. A SaaS Platform to help online stores in Brazil create their own loyalty program. Once he slept on a horse during a horse-riding class!

Startup 40

Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry. Every founder can directly access any investor or mentor in the Amplify army of cohorts, which adds up to more than 70 of the most influential business professionals in Los Angeles and beyond.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, Entrepreneurism, SaaS. . Collaboration Over Competition: Competitors as Business Partners. Entrepreneurism / Monetization competition, ecommerce, small business. . Angels in the Infield. Funding / VC angel, incubator, startups. . Kim Coalson, Mindflash. Having the.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. “10 angel investors walk into a bar …” Do you remember AngelGate at Bin38 ? Right now it’s more pain than gain. In short – no.

Startup 150

Startup Company Companies Venture Capital 150

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

You’ve got to put the competition into perspective. I then flew from London to Los Angeles to meet with the partners of GRP. It was the worst year in history to be selling Enterprise Software and worse yet we were selling SaaS software, which was still experimental in buyers’ minds. Not lose your cool.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Startup GRP Partners Venture Capital 298

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

The conversations bleed into the sales messages the next time, they wend their way into software designs and form the plan of attach against competition. This is a topic that comes up often in Los Angeles because many CEOs are tempted to hire their tech teams in the Bay Area.

Technical Advisors 335

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Offshore Startup 335