Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2020

For starters Uber itself has had to lay off 27% of its workforce due to the pandemic and has been severely impacted financially from the crisis with no immediate respite in sight. they just put up with the food delivery company fees. Customers were happy and restaurants focused on their in-store business.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Fast forward to almost exactly one year later, and a lot has changed for the payments and software startup. Today, SpotOn said it has closed on $300 million in Series E financing that values the company at $3.15 SpotOn is paying $415 million in cash and stock for the Los Angeles-based company.

Technical Review 296

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

As a business advisor, I have to recommend even to established companies that they review and revamp their competitive strategy now, even if it appears to be working today. The Wal-Mart home page is customized for each shopper based on location, local weather, and the customer search and purchase history.

Competition 142

Competition Software Review Social Media Customer 142

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2022

One 11-year study of over 200 companies over a decade ago, detailed in the book “ Corporate Culture and Performance ,” found that those working on their culture improved revenue by 516%, and increased net income by 755%. Unethical behavior in business is just due to a few ‘bad apples.’ Ethics can’t be managed.

Entrepreneur 116

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InfoChachkie

JULY 7, 2016

Note: I invest almost exclusively in b-to-b software companies. I also pitched an expert marketplace to some of the world’s largest ISPs as a support tool, nine-months before the product was optimized for that purpose. An interface that is engaging can fool customers into trying a sub-par product. Don’t Demo Me Bro.

Venture Capital 176

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

The company is ServiceTitan, and its market… is air conditioners. Both programmers, the two reconnected after doing stints as custom developers during and after college, and then when they were developing tools for their families’ businesses as residential contractors in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale.

Glendale 271

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2016

They can utilize seven tools to improve employee management. Among the tools are BoostSuite, Blue Coat, Boomerang, and QuickBooks. Other tools include Zenefits, Genbook, and HipChat. The software does keyword research, and it has an SEO checklist. The software does keyword research, and it has an SEO checklist.

Tool 40

Tool Software Review SEO Email 40

socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2019

Citron previously founded and sold Mogreet, a developer of mobile marketing software, among other ventures. If you see all of the examples, like Salesforce, Warby Parker, the companies that do good outperform all of their peers. How did you decide to get into this as a company? What is Pledgeling? I'm thinking, this is crazy.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Software Review Mogreet Platform 113

TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

Josh Kaplan and Dee Murthy, both founder and co-CEO of the Los Angeles–based company, started Ghost in 2021 after previously working together at Four Five Group, a men’s apparel business. million in new funding for its predictive inventory recommendation platform, joining other similar companies, including Zippedi and Inventa.

Product 191

Product Funding Technical Review Equity 191

StartUp Beat

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

With its finger on the pulse of this global marketing trend, Los Angeles-based Paladin Software has announced the release of a new social influencer marketing software, Campaigns. James Creech- Co-Founder & CEO at Paladin Software. “In

Social Media 40

Social Media Software Review Media Marketing 40

Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2020

Customers are happy, clients are beaming, and the revenue just keeps rolling in. Companies of all shapes and sizes are now taking advantage of digital resources to help run everything from daily tasks to tedious data analysis. Field Service Software. Get started with field service software today.

Technical Review 91

Technical Review Software Review Social Media Platform 91

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Companies all around the world use Trello to help manage projects and coordinate team tasks and responsibilities. However, 10 years after the software was first released, the kanban-based system is getting a major overhaul. The software now offers Timeline, Table, Dashboard, and Calendar views. Tempted by Trello? Trello Views.

Software Review 152

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

An alternate outcome that I also unfortunately observe in some cases are companies who had extreme early success with an initial product adoption but failed in key areas that limited the growth and therefore the ultimate financial outcomes. As an early-stage VC I love this phase. Sam’s enthusiasm was infectious and his plans were bold.

Startup 286

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 20, 2014

To put this into perspective, I have less than 8,000 Twitter followers, yet 3% are classified as "fake" by StatusPeople''s online forensic tool. He noted that, " Throughout the year I review my Twitter followers looking for bots, accounts that have been abandoned, or that are tweeting links with viruses and I remove them. The Downside.

Social Media 274

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As noted in Pour and Stir Part I , the key to the successful execution of this strategy is managing the following equation: The cost to acquire a customer < lifetime value of a customer. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. This is equivalent to being handed a free customer for every ten customers you acquire.

Customer 164

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Jimmy Hendricks about where Deal Current fits into the industry, and how the company grew out of a need of a client. It's the biggest portion of our revenues at our company, and our clients include the Buffalo News, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, JDate, Spark network, and many entrepreneurs.

Platform 263

Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2019

One 11-year classic study of over 200 companies, detailed in “ Corporate Culture and Performance ,” found that those working on their culture improved revenue by 516%, and increased net income by 755%. Unethical behavior in business is just due to a few ‘bad apples.’ Business ethics are best left to philosophers and academics.

Software Review 77

Software Review Summary Examples Offshore 77

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

“Invoice price” is an equally meaningless marketing tool. It’s taking company resources – usually funded by angels or VCs – for personal gain. Work on budgets, submit RFPs, answer customers support calls, work the bug-tracking software, and trying to meet the next sprint release schedule.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. As I naturally get asked all the time why we invested in Company A or Company B, I thought I’d just put forth my thesis in writing. What does it do?

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The Disney Accelerator , held its Demo Day for its second class on Thursday, showing off ten companies to a theater packed full of venture and angel investors. A number of the companies--showing off one huge advantage of being involved in a program run by Disney--announced deals with Disney properties to use their technology and products.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2020

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?  Analytic process automation platforms are organizing what were once patchwork point solutions that cost customers time and resources, bringing streamlined processes and the human back to the center of problem solving. Contact our editors for details.

Southern California 140

Southern California Technical Review Platform Organization 140

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2013

Tools to understand and communicate with their readers. Appboy helps companies by offering deep insights about their readers and targeted communications to segments of those readers. By bringing sophisticated marketing tools to mobile, the platform empowers digital publishers to derive more value from their apps.”.

Mobile 83

Mobile Technical Review Tool Software Review 83

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2009

Pasadena-based X1 Technologies, a developer of desktop and enterprise search software, is setting its sights on the eDiscovery market, saying this morning that it has created a new offering specifically aimed at the eDiscovery market. The new tool is focused on helping companies who need to produce electronic documents, due to lawsuits.

Idealab 113

Idealab Software Review Technical Review Pasadena 113

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

While you may be able to offer a price & terms for your service and not ever negotiate (especially if you’re an Internet company that sells cheaply to small businesses over the web and without onsite support & service) – you’ll still likely have to negotiate on business development deals. Your IT Reviewer.

Development Team Review 293

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2016

Rufus Labs is one of a number of hardware startups which have started to proliferate in the community, due to low cost hardware, 3D printing, and crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Right now, the tools there are old and outdated, and mostly handheld. Our tool does the same thing. That's how we got our start.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Startup Software Review CTO Hire 100

SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 You would have met many smart people who live a mediocre life. Death By Competitive Analysis - Steve Blank , March 1, 2010 Trading emails with a startup CEO building an iPhone app, I asked him why potential customers would buy his product.

Startup 150

Startup Software Review Competition SoCal 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

One 11-year classic study of over 200 companies, detailed in “ Corporate Culture and Performance ,” found that those working on their culture improved revenue by 516%, and increased net income by 755%. times the return of other companies over the last 10 years. Unethical behavior in business is just due to a few ‘bad apples.’

Software Review 66

Software Review Summary Examples Offshore 66

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2015

One 11-year study of over 200 companies, detailed in “ Corporate Culture and Performance ,” found that those working on their culture improved revenue by 516%, and increased net income by 755%. times the return of other companies over the last 10 years. Unethical behavior in business is just due to a few ‘bad apples.’

Startup 99

Startup Software Review Summary Examples 99

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2012

Customer loyalty, one of those seemingly innocuous facets of both large and small scale businesses that can be easily overlooked, but generally understood as ultra important to how well a business thrives. You’ve taken care of the 1) product, 2) marketing, 3) overall experience (to garner positive reviews), but then what?

Software Review 95

Software Review Idealab Pasadena Customer 95

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies! And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. Spotlight: LA Tech Summer SuperDemo is all electric car company CODA.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. To hear about the company, we spoke with Ramit Varma , co-founder of the company. I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We wanted to be able to invest in our software and our learning tools.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

Apple announced more progress on their privacy initiatives, while Google remained highly product-focused, announcing numerous apps, new pieces of hardware, and more development tools for VR. Customer experience is a high priority for both companies. Here are three of the most important takeaways: 1.

Artificial Inteligence 55

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2013

One 11-year study of over 200 companies, detailed in “ Corporate Culture and Performance ,” found that those working on their culture improved revenue by 516%, and increased net income by 755%. times the return of other companies over the last 10 years. Unethical behavior in business is just due to a few ‘bad apples.’

Software Review 100

Software Review Summary Examples Offshore 100

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

This latest round valued the company in excess of a billion dollars, entering them into the overly-hyped Unicorn Club. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Jackson, CEO and co-founder of CapLinked (www.caplinked.com), which is developing tools to help entrepreneurs and investors connect. Jackson: The story behind the company, is we're trying to solve a real world problem. For entrepreneurs raising capital, the tool makes it easier to be transparent and share information.

Southern California 243

Southern California Entrepreneur Software Review Yammer 243

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Being a consultant is a role that works with big companies, but I have found that it doesn’t get much traction in small businesses and startups. Luckily, I had always been a “hands-on” professional, and I had learned the pragmatics of people leadership, marketing, management tools, and funding.

Social Media 56

Social Media Software Review Customer Custom 56