socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Woodland Hills-based FatTail , a developer of software for managing online advertising for web publishers, announced today that it has launched a new, self-serve display ad selling system called PageGage Direct. The firm's prior products were used by major online publishers and their sales teams to quote and book more traditional, direct ads.

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Woodland Hills SaaS Advertising Web 140

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Taelor Style , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. Do your homework before jumping in with both feet.

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Startup Pricing Customer Custom 117

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Our fund (Upfront Ventures) recently returned >1x an entire $200 million fund just selling small minatory in secondary sales while still holding most of our stock for an ultimate public market exits. He also wrote this excellent book on the Venture Capital industry that I highly recommend ? Secrets of Sand Hill Road.

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Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales. This is true in consumer but it’s also true in enterprise software. This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Startup 363

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

profitable and companies like Amazon who chose to focus on growth > profitability were not losing money on each book sale (ie they were gross margin positive). But often this doesn’t tell the whole story because often companies are also spending money on PR and other marketing activities in order to support the sales process.

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Metrics Startup SaaS Course 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. Do your homework before jumping in with both feet.

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Startup Customer Custom Netflix 168

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Most VCs are book smart. In fact, book smart can be a negative. Traditional software vs. SaaS. Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. Smart is simply not a differentiator. Think of web vs. mobile. Connections?

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Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

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. It’s chaotic.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

For today's interview, we sat down and talked with Mike Whitmire , the CEO and Co-founder of Los Angeles-based FloQast (www.floqast.com), a developer of financial close management software for enterprise accounting. Mike tells us about the company, who uses its software, as well as how he was initially turned away from the Amplify.LA

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Startup Cornerstone OnDemand Software Review Woodland Hills 124

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

I should note that my friend Brad Feld has written a new book on the subject that I would recommend if you want the bible on the topic. I’m going through this situation now with the first investment that I ever made as a VC in Invoca – (Inbound voice call), a SaaS marketing automation company. And here’s the thing.

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Startup Sales Technical Review Software Review 325

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

We built a business with $36 million in bookings and real customers who relied upon our service. We grew 100% in SaaS revenue year-over-year and 650% over the past three years. Mark has led two public company software companies before – both to billion-dollar outcomes. In other words, Why now?

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Demand SaaS Startup Sales 150

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 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%. Gross Burn vs. Net Burn.

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Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2015

Subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via SparkBoxToys. Do your homework before jumping in with both feet.

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Startup Customer Custom Netflix 106

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2011

According to Michael Tasner, in his book “ Marketing in the Moment: The Practical Guide to Using Web 3.0 Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications now allow on-demand collaboration. It’s too expensive to fly across country for marketing trade shows and big sales meetings. are appearing.

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Web Entrepreneur Doc Examples 95

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2016

Subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via Pley. Do your homework before jumping in with both feet.

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Startup Customer Custom Netflix 56

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2010

According to Michael Tasner, in his new book “ Marketing in the Moment: The Practical Guide to Using Web 3.0 Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications now allow on-demand collaboration. It’s too expensive to fly across country for marketing trade shows and big sales meetings. are appearing.

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Web Web 2.0 Doc Examples 88

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

File this under both Startup Adivce and Sales & Marketing Advice. I became quite good friends with a journalist at the Financial Times and eventually helped her as she wrote a book on the venture capital industry. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Sales & Marketing Advice Social Media Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

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Tips Startup Press Blogging 307

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. There will be plenty of FREE food and drinks! Sponsorship Opportunities for Events, and other channels.

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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

A bundle of software services for SMBs to manage their inventory, accounting, manufacturing, and purchasing. Rajesh’s first book was a murder mystery which got published at the age of 13. SaaS for Cloud application lifecycle management. Sales Huddle Group. Fun Fact: Björn still plays Super Mario on the original Nintendo.

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Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

Think of looking at a dot graph of your business sales in virtual reality. Their speech recognition software has a high level of accuracy, as though a human was transcribing the information. This modular, stand-alone hotel room is a private, soundproof, box with a bed that can be booked right through one’s smartphone.

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Startup Mentor Platform Help 79

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Software Labs: Petri Dishes for Tech Innovation. Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales. . In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. Pedro Galván, Software Guru magazine. How UX and the Cloud are Transforming Software. Spencer Fry, Carbonmade, LLC.

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