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APRIL 16, 2019

Santa Barbara-based software developer HG Insights is powering a new market research offering from research and advisory giant Forrester, to power Forrester's new Business Technographics Service.

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MARCH 7, 2019

Santa Barbara-based HG Data , which has been developing software that helps companies understand the technology stack their operations depend on, has rebranded itself as HG Insights , and launched a new platform it calls the HG Insights Platform. READ MORE>>.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Jason is another local Santa Barbara CEO and we had a great chat about Make It Work, Ring Revenue, Affiliate Marketing and life in SB. He’s a great guy and taught me a bunch of new things about affiliate marketing and his company. Each company adds something different to the mix.

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JULY 22, 2020

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of brand protection software, has raised $5.1M The company says it already has customers such Domestic, Mercury Marine, Smuckers, The Weyco Group, and Zeiss. in a funding round. The founder and CEO of TrackStreet is Andrew Schydlowsky.

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MARCH 30, 2016

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , the developer of call tracking software used by marketers, has raised $30M more in a Series D funding, the company said this morning. The new funding will go towards sales, marketing, customer support, and product development, according to the company. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , the developer of call tracking software for the lead generation market, said this week that it has seen what it says is record growth in enterprise customers. The company did not disclose any finances, but said it has seen its enterprise customers grow by 375 percent since 2013.

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JUNE 13, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , the developer of cloud-based, call marketing and click-to-call technology which is backed by Accel Partners, Upfront Ventures and Rincon Venture Partners, said it has hit 100 employees, and also expanded its executive team. The company said it named Kevin Ferguson as Senior Vice President of Sales; J.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Commission Junction , the performance marketing and affiliate arm of ValueClick, said today that it is seeing significantly higher conversion rates on its PayPerCall service--which is powered by fellow Santa Barbara-based company RingRevenue --than with its online campaigns.

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Eric Greenspan

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Eric Greenspan at Macaw Coffee Company Farm. After starting my career with IBM and building three successful IT companies, I’ve decided to follow my true passion. Of course, I will bring my passion for “Mind Blowing Customer Experiences” to the business. The Macaw Coffee factory in Santa Barbara, Honduras.

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 24, 2013

So imagine for a moment that you are Pizza Hut and you are looking to expand sales. From my experience, the monthly coupon I receive from Rusty’s Pizza (a local Santa Barbara pizza delivery) is slam dunk. About my company: [link]. If it were my company Social marketing fast food Pizza Pizza Hut sales Taco Bell'

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APRIL 18, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus Systems , the cloud computing software developer headed by Marten Mickos , has raised $30M in a Series C round of funding, the firm announced this morning. IVP's Steve Harrick joins the company's board. The firm will use the new funds for product innovation, sales, and customer support.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue , the provider of pay-per-call, performance marketing technology run by Jason Spievak, said this morning that it has closed on $4M more in a new round of funding. The round was led by GRP Partners and Rincon Venture Partners, and brings the total raised by the company to $7.5M. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

I have been watching ProductPlan for several years, as the founders are both friends and pillars of the Santa Barbara Startup Community. 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.

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 27, 2015

Three years ago my company collapsed. I was left with nothing and a ton of debt as I secured the company’s loans of over $500,000. After purchasing over 160 vehicles, most in former company’s fleet, I was car-less. Since she was not effected by the downfall of my company, she bought a car in her name for me.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. I often answer the same way … * “First, yes, nearly every corner of our market is over-valued. By definition?—?I’m dot-com bonanza.

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

First Data of Santa Barbara has offered to extend below market rates to current accredited businesses like yours – again, just like they did for your BBB. Real quickly, most companies that offer credit card processing are a middle-man (most banks are middle-man). First Data of Santa Barbara. cell: (805) 280-8001.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2016

Papers that resulted in an “A” grade earned him $20, “B” papers cost his customers $10. The most enterprising aspect of King’s business model was his promise to pay his customers $20 for any paper that didn’t earn at least a C grade. Indecisive prospects diffuse a startup's focus and slow its sales velocity.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 18, 2012

As part of UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, serial entrepreneur and noted venture capitalist Mark Suster recently shared his advice with a large crowd of emerging entrepreneurs. Number one is sales. Life is sales. Business development is sales. Winning customers is sales.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

Given TimeHop’s failed experiment, I was especially intrigued when I learned that a team of a dozen remote entrepreneurs hack the typical corporate structure and creates a company that generated nearly $100 million in revenue. To gather hands-on remote team building advice, I sought out two companies that have done it: TaxJar and FastSpring.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. Now we're in over 100 cities and have over 10,000 clients, 10,000 tutors, and a platform which is working very efficiently, and gives the customer what they want. In this industry, customer acquisition costs are super high.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 26, 2010

In early December of 1818, Jose de la Guerra devised a brilliant plan to thwart the French pirate Hippolyte de Bouchard who was lurking off the coast of Santa Barbara, contemplating an attack. At Computer Motion, we created two alliances, comprised of a dozen companies with an aggregate market capitalization in excess of $28B.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 9, 2019

As a Professor at UC Santa Barbara , I constantly battle Hollywood’s stereotype of the rapacious, maniacal businessperson, by teaching my students that Honesty is a competitive advantage. Challenge the status quo and improve and innovate upon it, even if customers currently accept substandard offerings.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

The reasons companies elect to sell exclusively offline differ, but they often center on managing channel conflict with their retail partners. In addition to the Z Supply brand, which offers comfortable fashion basics, the company has created Black Swan , Others Follow , Rag Poets and White Crow.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

I review these tenets with my entrepreneurial students at UC Santa Barbara at the beginning of each quarter to reinforce many of the key topics we will cover in the following weeks. A mis-hire at the outset of your company can irreversibly alter the trajectory of your corporate culture. Be Stubborn And Flexible. “We

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. But consumers don’t always want to buy that way.

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Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

The funding, provided by Santa Barbara, CA-based Rincon Venture Partners and Venice, CA-based CrossCut Ventures, represents the first institutional investment for Zingle. The company raised $1 million last year, according to a 2015 regulatory filing. The company currently has just under 30 employees.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The company's founders are previously from Overture and Yahoo! We caught up with Jason Lehmbeck , one of the firm's founders, to hear more about the company. We started the company with the goal of making every search ad relevant. They're a local team out of Santa Barbara. Search Marketing.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 7, 2011

My entrepreneurial students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, often ask my advice regarding their career choices. In a company’s early days, it is often the developers and product marketing team who must create the product. " Robert Frost, American Poet.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

I generally encourage my UC Santa Barbara students to complete their formal education before joining or creating a startup. In Michael's case, he promised his parents that he would return to school if the sales at his startup did not meet his expectations. "I "I had to give it a full go and see what happened.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. The company''s newsletter was initially created to share their entrepreneurial journey with their family and friends. A version of this article previously appeared on Inc.

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

We spoke with co-founder Brenton Sullivan about the company''s platform, and how it''s hoping to transform the athletic recruiting process. It''s much like a sales team might use software to find leads. We''re not the company which tells athletes to jump on our site, and we''ll spam you to schools and find you a place.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. The company''s newsletter was initially created to share their entrepreneurial journey with their family and friends. A version of this article previously appeared on Inc.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Thompson''s jaded take on the travel industry, I wondered if there was a travel company that bucked his stereotypes and properly balanced making bold destinations accessible while respecting the unspoiled resources and culture that made the locales interesting in the first place. but we don''t.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2011

For our readers who haven't yet heard of your company, what's the idea behind StarGreetz? Eric Frankel: StarGreetz is a digital media content company, that allows brands to stand out in a very cluttered marketplace. It literally lets them talk to their customers in a never-before way, on a one-on-one basis.

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socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2009

Earlier this month, Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue (www.ringrevenue.com) announced that it had raised a round of venture funding. We caught up with the firm's CEO, Jason Spievak, to learn more about the firm's technology, as well as to hear about the company's experienced team, which came out of Callwave.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

Many people are too cautious in sales processes and as a result when they present their solutions they end up sounding milquetoast and undifferentiated from anybody else in the market. I recently wrote about the three rules of sales. The first of question is about qualifying your potential customers aka leads. Why Buy Me?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

That’s why it’s important to revisit your company’s mission from time-to-time. In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. We try to hire deeply analytical associates to can help companies problem solve and who make us better investors.

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