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ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup

TechCrunch LA

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.

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6 Cost-Cutting Recommendations For New Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Gone are the days of required $50K computer servers onsite, with big software license fees up-front. Social media facilitates marketing and sales.

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Why Hopscotch Is Behind Your Favorite Mobile Sports App, with Laurence Sotsky

socalTECH

Hopscotch, led by Laurence Sotsky , has built software which enables sports teams, venues, and others to rapidly create mobile apps for their fans. Laurence Sotsky: I've been working in the software-as-a-service space for some time, in medium-sized, venture capital backed companies. Laurence Sotsky: That's a great question.

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Entrepreneurs Today Don’t Need A Big Budget To Start

Startup Professionals Musings

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Gone are the days of required $50K computer servers onsite, with big software license fees up-front. Social media facilitates marketing and sales.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. "Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. Putting customers first. Enjoyed this post?

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A Night Of #Hackfest With BetterWorks

Tech Zulu Event

A senior marketing director that will run online marketing, customer acquisition, and customer development efforts, 2. Several junior sales associates to handle online customer acquisition and orientation; and, 3. Senior and junior Rails and mobile (javascript) developers familiar with b2b software.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. Build your own Startup Death Clock - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , November 1, 2010 A few months ago I created a fun device at WPEngine to focus everyone's attention the most important thing. This post is an accusation.