SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 3, 2012

Saturday, June 9, 2012 -- Lean Startup Machine is a three-day workshop where attendees use Customer Development and Lean Startup principles to validate an idea for a new product or service. See [link] (more)

Startup 113

Startup Custom Development Ideas Customer 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2012

Friday, June 8, 2012 -- Lean Startup Machine is a three-day workshop where attendees use Customer Development and Lean Startup principles to validate an idea for a new product or service. See [link] (more)

Startup 113

Startup Custom Development Ideas Customer 113

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

He wanted to launch his next venture in financial services because it was a bigger industry. But I pointed out that he would be up against competitors that had spend years building relationships with the big financial services companies (as well as channel partners) and he was going to have to start from scratch. He’s a star.

Entrepreneur 267

Entrepreneur Startup SaaS San Diego 267

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 10, 2012

For many companies, custom software provides the edge they need. Improved productivity and efficiency leading to cost reductions, easier to use services leading to increased customer satisfaction and retention, a new needed product or service that is not available anywhere else. Unique to your company.

Customer 100

Customer Custom TechBiz Software 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

some came from our customer service, some were to improve performance / scalability from tech ops, some were bug fixes, etc.) This is a huge industry dominated by Western Union with a very limited service to its users. Our sales guys were on the front line and heard what they needed to win deals. Back then it seemed foreign.

Organization 280

Organization Customer Custom Tips 280

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

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. For startups, social media and color printers have essentially replaced the need for external public relations and marketing services.

Entrepreneur 162

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Outsource Development 162

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

I opened up an office for them, doing early stage selling, then I built a client services department for HotJobs, and then after Yahoo acquired them, I moved back into sales, in Sales Management, and I helped manage and rebuild a team in San Francisco. A customer development person is a cross between a sales person and a product marketer.

Sales 113

Sales Startup Custom Development Framework 113

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2018

We occupy the space in ecosystem to service companies who are getting ready for seed or have just started to go out for seed funding. They fail to understand what the market is, what their differentiation is to their customers. Blake Caldwell: We believe heavily in customer in customer development.

Startup 172

Startup Seed Funding Mentor Ideas 172

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

So when he saw the browser it instantly dawned on him that this would be the greatest customer development tool ever. He thought, “This way any product you launch you can talk instantly with and get feedback from customers.&# Yes, long before Yelp or any similar service.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Stitcher - San Francisco-based service that lets users customize talk radio programming on their mobile devices. My take was that this follows three trends: a) customer involvement in product design, b) mass customization [e.g. Many other people over paid for Chemdex, VerticalNet, Pets.com, etc. Time will tell.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Laurence Sotsky: I've been working in the software-as-a-service space for some time, in medium-sized, venture capital backed companies. Previous to this, I ran a custom, mobile application development shop. For them to use us, it's a fraction of that to subscribe to our service. How did you get into this?

Mobile 162

Mobile Platform El Segundo UCLA 162

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

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. For startups, social media and color printers have essentially replaced the need for external public relations and marketing services.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Commerce 104

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2014

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Evangelism marketing is an advanced form of word of mouth marketing (WOMM), now largely replaced by Facebook and Twitter.

CTO Hire 100

CTO Hire Funding Cloud Computing CIO 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2016

SaaS – or Software as a Service – platforms are all the rage. Founded by Amit Rathmore in California, Quintype delivers modern-day media operations via this cloud-based SaaS service. Fenero is a provider of cloud-based contact center solutions for sales and customer service operations worldwide. RelinkLabs.

SaaS 49

SaaS Artificial Inteligence Netflix Platform 49

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Evangelism marketing is an advanced form of word of mouth marketing (WOMM), now largely replaced by Facebook and Twitter.

Startup 97

Startup Invest CTO Hire Cloud Computing 97

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

We are living in an age where we are surrounded with fantastic new products and services. So much so that as a society we are somewhat spoiled (but we will leave that topic to another blog) and therefore focus on attributes such as: ease of use, customer service and entertainment value as much as we do the actual product or service.

Customer 72

Customer Custom Blogging Startup 72

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2010

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Evangelism marketing is an advanced form of word of mouth marketing (WOMM), now largely replaced by Facebook and Twitter.

Startup 90

Startup CTO Hire Cloud Computing CIO 90

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Hamilton CapTel provides a captioning service that allows the phone to transfer the audio in calls into text through the application. The specific preference for one application depends entirely on the severity of hearing impairment and the type of utility you desire.

Mobile 40

Mobile Pricing Tool Customer 40

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. But startups can shoot themselves in the foot when founders use consultants at the wrong time or in the wrong way. Here’s why. Your Process Doesn’t Work. friend of mine asked me to chat with a startup he’d invested in.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

How to Enchant Your Customer - How to Change the World , November 23, 2010 I love to do business with small businesses—in-store, online, for myself, for others, for pleasure, for work—it doesn’t matter to me. love to find great products and services made by entrepreneurs who are trying to change the world. This doesn’t make sense.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

and Flipboard Rock - How to Change the World , August 24, 2010 In the last few weeks two companies have released services that enable you to take tweets and turn them into a newspaper or magazine format: Paper.li Know Your Objective. We declined. How to Make Paper.li and Flipboard. Alltop is a great source of information for both Paper.li

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

Paying customers. My business has a bunch of them, and a lot more users who really depend on our service. People gave you money to use your service. Failing fast is to disrespect the very customers who placed their trust in you. They’re relying on us. And they’ve invested their time and trust in you.

Startup 308

Startup Entrepreneur Customer Custom 308

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

The Phantom Sales Forecast – Failing at Customer Validation - Steve Blank , July 22, 2010 Startup CEO’s can’t delegate sales and expect it to happen. Customer Validation needs to have the CEO actively involved. Customer Development Diagnostics over Lunch. Showscase your products and services.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217