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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Our interview today is with Amos Schwartzfarb , the author of Sell More Faster: The Ultimate Sales Playbook for Start-Ups , which comes out tomorrow, Wednesday. Schwartzfarb is currently Managing Director of Techstars Austin, but spent a significant time in the Los Angeles technology community working with Jake Winebaum at Business.com.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

Upgrade’s e-commerce marketplace has two sides: one that enables consumers to choose a vetted stylist and have their wig colored or customized based on their desired look. However, although they are providing such significant value, a lot of them operate with limited funding and resources, which ultimately affects the customer experience.

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MAY 23, 2018

Playa Vista-based Appetize , which develops modern, tablet- and handheld-based point of sale (POS) systems, has added a number of high profile customers, and says it has seen record growth this year. The company's point-of-sale terminals and software are a significant upgrade from legacy point-of-sale terminals.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Customer loyalty and marketing automation software developer FiveStars said this week that it is "aggressively" expanding in the Los Angeles market, after recently receiving a $26M funding round from Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed, DCM, Rogers and Y-Combinator. jobs expansion marketing retailer rewards loyalty customer angeles fivestars'

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2020

Los Angeles is one of the most desirable locations for commercial real estate in the United States, so it’s little wonder that there’s something of a boom in investments in technology companies servicing the market coming from the region. and increased its user base to 6 million customers, according to a statement.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2014

Southern California has a growing number of companies in the customer relationship management area, including a fairly new company in the area, Pipeliner CRM (www.pipelinersales.com). I''m living now in Los Angeles. The people we spoke with told us that CRM sucks, and sales people have to use this software, but don''t like to use it.

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MAY 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based online and mobile advertising technology provider OpenX announced this morning that it has named Tish Whitcraft as the company''s new Chief Customer Officer. OpenX said that Whitcraft will head up OpenX''s partner services team, which includes support, sales engineering, and customer operations.

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APRIL 27, 2017

Los Angeles-based Chrome River , which develops expense and invoice management software, said this morning that it had its largest first-quarter sales in the company's history. It says it now has more than 600 customers. The company is backed by Great Hill Partners, which invested $100M in the company in 2015.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Los Angeles-based e-commerce retailer Newegg said this morning that it is expanding its lineup of products, and has expanded into textbook sales for high school and college students. The company said the move makes sense because it already has a base of students as customers, who are using the site for their technology needs.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Two publications this morning--the WSJ and the Los Angeles Times , have dissected the fall of Los Angeles-based NastyGal --once, one of the symbols of the rise of Silicon Beach--and how it went from nearly $100M a year in revenue to bankruptcy. Nasty Gal's bankruptcy sale closes next week. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2018

As part of the lead in to the conference, and as a part of our sponsor relationship with the conference, we're running a series of interviews with speakers from the conference about their experience in the area of recurring revenues, customer service, and similar topics. We respond very quickly to all of our customers. Kevin Anderson.

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Tech.Co

MAY 18, 2017

Los Angeles, for one, is not only brimming with innovative ideas, it’s also home to a wide range of unique startups that are solving the problems of the world. This is evident from the fact that they are owned and run by EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year award finalists in the Greater Los Angeles area. StackCommerce.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The Los Angeles-based operations and security management software service, Replicated has raised $25 million to ramp up its staffing and scale its sales and marketing efforts. Last year, the company unveiled its tools for managing Kubernetes deployments and immediately saw sales increase.

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JANUARY 8, 2015

For our Insights and Opinions section today, where we share advice, thoughts, and more from the local community, we have a piece from Nick Hedges , the President and CEO of Los Angeles-based Velocify. 2015 will be the year that transforms the daily activity of the sales rep. nick hedges insights sales force' Continued.).

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Vonjour (www.vonjour.com), a Los Angeles startup, has developed a cloud-based customer support and phone system which, in addition to handling all of a company''s usual enterprise phone needs--also lets employers harness employee smartphones to deal with customer support issues, make calls, and interact with customers directly from a mobile app.

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JUNE 16, 2016

Los Angeles-based Appetize , which develops tablet-based, enterprise Point-of-Sale hardware and software for venues, said on Thursday that it has scored a win in Minneapolis. The company said that the new, U.S. Bank Statdium in downtown Minneapolis will use the company's products as its exclusive, POS solution.

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MAY 16, 2016

Los Angeles-based ChowNow , which develops tablet-based, online ordering and marketing software for restaurants, has inked a partnership with Google , to help its restaurants accept Android Pay. ChowNow said the support will be a standard feature, and will not cost additional for its current restaurant customers. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2022

In numerous interviews throughout the past two years, Weiss and other executives have emphasized the company’s focus on its direct-to-consumer online shipping model and obsession with iterating the customer experience based on feedback. billion valuation from Lone Pine Capital, Sequoia, Forerunner Ventures and others.

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MARCH 19, 2014

Sales tax compliance is not a typical sexy startup area. So, it was a surprise when a number of smart, insider angels -- including Roy Rubin (founder of Magento, which he sold to eBay), and Dan Rose (VP of Partnerships at Facebook)--put their money behind TaxJar (www.taxjar.com), a San Diego startup developing sales tax compliance software.

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APRIL 5, 2021

Los Angeles-based Pipeliner CRM, which develops customer relationship management software for sales teams, recently released a new update to its software, adding new reporting and analytics features.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2010

San Diego-based IntraStage , a developer of quality management software for companies who design and manufacture electronic products, including statistical process control (SPC) and other testing and data analytics tools, has raised a round of angel funding. According to the firm, it raised a Series A investment led by the Tech Coast Angels.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 11, 2015

Our guest insight this week is from Frank Peters, well-known in the angel and in the bicycle worlds for his podcasts and passion. In my case as a young software entrepreneur, I had a different approach: Fail Locally, one customer at a time. And I would learn customer service. By Frank Peters. – Dave.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

Co-founded by Matt Lafferty and Brian Gonzalez, Curri aims to solve one of the major hurdles for local construction suppliers who miss out on sales because of an inability to deliver to contractors when they need it. The company estimates that it saves its customers roughly half the cost of deploying an in-house fleet for delivery. .

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Locale, based in San Francisco, enables customers to order from dozens of businesses, including bakeries and restaurants, and get them delivered in one box for just a $5 delivery fee. In addition to San Francisco, the company is now operating in Los Angeles. Other investors include Goodwater Capital and Esas Ventures.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2021

The Los Angeles-based company has a new residential solar plus energy storage program for homeowners in Queens that’s going to be rolled out in partnership with ConEd. It’s a project that will create solar-powered home batteries for eligible ConEd customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money. At an angel round you can get away with no market validation.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). Professional angels: This is the arena where I work and play. For those of you who fit that description, nice work.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2021

You can listen to the entire conversation above or via this link , but I also wanted to highlight one topic we discussed that I feel strongly about, which is how I think enterprise sales and venture fundraising are basically the same muscle. And again, just like in enterprise sales, this is all about differentiation ?—?what

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). He’s bound to be able to help a company or two at the time of a sale. It’s hard for me to imagine that angel investing outcomes judged 10 years from now will have a drastically different profile.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 2, 2021

Making money on livestreams has never been easier thanks to a suite of tools from the Los Angeles-based startup Maestro , which just nabbed $15 million in financing to grow its business. “ We were targeted to a small number of very premier customers. Sales, Sony Music Entertainment, in a statement. .

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JANUARY 6, 2020

San Jose-based PayPal Holdings said this morning that it has completed its $4 billion cash acquisition of Los Angeles-based Honey , the developer of a browser plug-in that helps consumers find the best coupons for purchases when they are shopping online.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The market is changing so fast these days, and if you are not planning a solution today for tomorrow’s customers, you may be setting yourself up for failure and don’t even realize it. As an angel investor, I routinely toss business plans that focus too much on today, and don’t talk about tomorrow.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Los Angeles-based social video sharing app Triller announced this morning that it has acquired Thuzio, which runs business-to-business premium influencer events and experiences. According to Triller, those events are run as a "way to inspire their customers and sales teams.". Financial terms of the buy were not announced.

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JUNE 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan, which provides software used by contractors and the trades to manage their business, has acquired another company, Aspire Software, which develops software for the commercial landscaping business. ServiceTitan said it is hiring, particularly in customer support, sales, product, and engineering.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2021

Proof of any business model starts with a finished product or solution, sold to a new customer for full price, with high satisfaction for the value received. Word of mouth is not adequate for marketing and sales. Customer support is more than handling exceptions. Customer support is more than handling exceptions.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based Ordermark , the online delivery management service for restaurants founded by the scion of the famous, family-owned Canter’s Deli, said it has raised $18 million in a new round of funding. We’ve been gratified to see positive results come in from our restaurant customers nationwide,” said Alex Canter, in a statement.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Los Angeles-based Pipeliner CRM , which develops customer relationship management (CRM) software tools, said on Wednesday that it has rolled out a cloud-only version of its software. Pipeliner's CRM tools are used for managing customer accounts, sales prospects, sales pipelines and dashboards, and more.

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