socalTECH

MAY 16, 2019

For our interview this morning, we caught up with Isaac Garcia , a serial entrepreneur who previously founded and sold his last company, Central Desktop, and now is working on a new startup, Sales Insider. How did you start Sales Insider from your past company, Central Desktop, after you sold it? It's very, very specific.

Sales 133

Sales Startup Software Marketing 133

InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2014

Prior to the digital age, high-profile people deployed brute force to screen out unsolicited, inbound communications. Sam trusted his Assistant to set his calendar and screen out irrelevant encounters. Review the company''s press releases, the recipient''s LinkedIn profile, etc. Old School Charm. Congratulations.

Networking 241

Networking Software Review Email Press 241

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Companies typically rebrand themselves for two distinct reasons. Such attempts are seldom successful, as rebranding typically does not address the systemic issues causing the company to fail. RIM''s management made the brilliant decision to change the company''s name to BlackBerry, Ltd. Jimmy To James.

Technical Support 250

Technical Support Marketing Advertising SaaS 250

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

Once a buyer decides they want to make a purchase the first thing most companies will do is check out what other options are out there to make sure they’re not making an uninformed decisions. I built my first software company in the early days of SaaS and there were few models to go by. So we took a stand.

Sales 150

Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 150

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

PICS Auditing , a software-as-a-service developer which provides contractor screening and credentialing software, has raised $35M in a funding round, the firm sai dtoday. Jon Kossow and Rob Arditi, both at NVP, join the company's board with the funding. The minority funding came from Norwest Venture Partners.

Software Review 138

Software Review Outsource Development Screening Training 138

InfoChachkie

MARCH 3, 2011

In the spirit of the “land grab” mentality of the day, we emphasized usage of our screen sharing technology with no thought applied to how we would convert such users into paying customers. Anyone, including well-healed, Big Dumb Companies, could offer state-of-the-art technical support for free. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

Custom 162

Custom Customer Technical Support Startup 162

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Many of us argued at the time that the browsers would get more powerful and we bet our companies on that by not developing client applications. My first company was a SaaS software company started in 1999. We could update small portions of the screen rather than an entire refresh. non-mobile).

Web 300

Web HTML SMTP Google 300

InfoChachkie

MARCH 9, 2015

Unfortunately, many of these companies fail to properly monetize such non-paying users. In the spirit of the “land grab” mentality of the day, we encouraged usage of our screen sharing technology with no thought applied to how we would convert such users into paying customers. Let''s face it. GitHub, Divshot ).

Technical Support 100

Technical Support Custom Customer Demand 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But like lemmings, every company in the market rushed to proclaim they were launching WAP versions of their products. In the same year Salesforce.com launched a SaaS CRM platform to compete with Siebel. Their company, my company and countless others espoused cloud-based applications. Enter Apple.

Brentwood 326

Brentwood Mobile Google Web 326

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

At Citrix, GoToAssist customers would occasionally ask if they could just pay for our screen-sharing functionality because they didn''t intend to use the product''s other features, such as reporting and session recording. Anecdotally, it seems that SaaS products often behave as Giffen goods.

Pricing 100

Pricing Product Startup Custom 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

He first worked hard to get him to be an advisor to the company. Because I built two SaaS companies and sold my second one to Salesforce.com (where I then took on the role of VP Products) I am often asked to look at SaaS and/or sales-oriented deals for others. From there Rob decided to make a small investment.

Guide 293

Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Verizon , Monster Products , MerchLabs , HIRED , Instart Logic , Zeel , Shootly , Move Loot , Microsoft , American Laser Company , Zirx , DoorDash , Drizly. Storygami is a SaaS tool that allows content creators and brands add overlays such as relevant context, social streams and call to action buttons to videos. Utility: Envoy Now.

Fractional VPE 40

Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

My background was 8 years of telecoms & mobile and 8 years of cloud computing & SaaS – so these two themes were a given. Digital Media was an obvious theme because it’s one in which LA (where I’m based) and NY (where I spend a lot of time) have strong assets, companies and management teams. Why Pay-Per-Call?

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Among them was Stribe , a company TechZulu originally interviewed at the TechCrunch50 conference earlier this year. The company's main target is e-commerce sites with rich media. Scan & Target - a SaaS solution for real-time text mining and analysis of User Generated Content. Teacheo was a RedHerring 100 finalist in Europe.

Incubator 40

Incubator Develop Development Social Network 40

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2013

Excellent customer service isn’t just something that happens from company to consumer. Customer service starts within a company. This article is to shine a digital light on a few other companies who have “WOWED” me and their secret sauce to create long term impact that makes at least my day a little bit easier. and LeadPlayer.

Custom 97

Custom Customer Training Services 97

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. But having different funds available for different stages of one’s company is actually a really good thing. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

In a short, densley packed timeline, our panel of industry experts discussed the fine line topics of wearables technology, bitcoin, SaaS, cloud, mobile gaming, and social markets. The company hopes to prepare advertisers for varying screen sizes. This year’s TZ #startupforecast (Jan 28, 2014) was no exception.

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95