socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2012

The clean technology sector is infamous for taking a big toll on startups--requiring large investments, risky technology propositions, steep international competition, and fickle government policies. Because you're in an emerging market, your funding initially for sales and marketing is very small. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2012

To do that, we spoke with Vic Alston , the CEO of Calabasas-based Ixia (www.ixiacom.com), a publicly traded maker of network testing equipment and software. But we also have to make sure we're competitive in our existing markets. The third piece, is our sales force and customers, who give us good feedback.

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JULY 23, 2009

We spoke with Therese Tucker , CEO and founder of the Calabasas firm. They see an almost immediate payback in a month or two on the investment they make in BlackLine. It's unusual to have a CEO from the technology side, they're usually from sales. How much competition is there in this space with people like Oracle, SAP, etc?

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