InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

In fact, for the past 27-years, he has specialized in bringing exotic travel destinations to those of us who are healthy and active but whose competitive sporting days are long behind us. Greathouse : Let''s start with a question that will be especially helpful for my UC Santa Barbara students.

Entrepreneur 187

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Resource 187

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Ice Energy (www.ice-energy.com) has quietly been working away at developing energy storage systems to help smooth out the demand for energy on the nation's power grid. Plus, we do it in a much greener way, by not adding fossil fuel generation, not adding more peak power, and not having to add wire or dig up streets.

Southern California 100

Southern California Technical Review Demand Outsource Development 100

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Eucalyptus’ underlying technology was developed at UC Santa Barbara. A good example is the shoemaker Puma. In addition to heading up Eucalyptus, Marten is also on the Board of fellow-cloud company, RightScale. To the casual observer, it may appear that Eucalyptus and RightScale’s respective solutions are competitive.

Cloud Computing 212

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara Platform Resource 212

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The group--which was started by Richard Koffler and John Morris , two well known investors in Los Angeles--has been trying to help connect CEOs with interesting university and other technology projects. It's trying to determine if there is a viable way to go to market, and also deal with competitive issues.

Networking 215

Networking Research Startup USC 215

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. How was it you ended up in San Diego? We were most excited about Santa Barbara and San Diego.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. Mark Suster: Let's start at the 50,000 foot level, then I'll segue into that question.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. The reality of most startups is about survival. If people don’t know the mission there is no way to achieve the objective and you end up with a team pulling in 100 different directions – even if only by small amounts.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

Open up a “sales process” and solicit bids from multiple companies. Establishing a sales process was the least attractive option, even though this approach might have resulted in a bidding war that could have driven up the purchase price. Doing nothing was the most realistic and potent competition faced by Citrix.

Company 160

Company Companies Pricing Santa Barbara 160

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. Assume competition and assume within the buying organization you have enemies. I recently wrote about the three rules of sales. Why Buy Anything ?

Sales 150

Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 150