InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

I have been watching ProductPlan for several years, as the founders are both friends and pillars of the Santa Barbara Startup Community. Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2010

Santa Barbara-based RightSignature , the electronic signature site run by Daryl Bernstein, announced today that it is powering a new electronic signature solution for Farmers Insurance Claims. According to Farmers Insurance, its eZsign initiative allows customers to settle claims using electronic signatures. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara SaaS Sites Software 113

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We can’t wait for customers to use the product for 12–18 months and do customer interviews or look at purchase cohorts. Before Twitter he held similar roles at SuccessFactors (SaaS), Akamai (telecoms infrastructure), McAfee (Security Software) and was an investment banker. It’s just now that we’re Seed Investors.

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Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems , a developer of real estate and property management software, has sued Texas-based RealPage , a competing provider of software as a service for the apartment and rental market. According to RealPage, Yardi Systems sued its EverGreen Consulting division, which it acquired in 2009.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Citrix Online said this morning that it is in a definitive agreement to acquired Netviewer AG , a developer of software-as-a-service tools for business collaboration. The company said Netviewer has more than 18,000 customers using its products. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

The first of question is about qualifying your potential customers aka leads. I built my first software company in the early days of SaaS and there were few models to go by. One thing I observed was that many customers wanted an “on premise” version of our software and were willing to pay extra money for it.

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Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

This is true in consumer but it’s also true in enterprise software. All four companies were in Los Angeles (or adjacent … Santa Barbara) and our community has now matured and regularly produces billion dollar+ outcomes. Case in point, Procore just went public and is trading at an $11 billion valuation.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Startup 363

InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

In contrast, TaxJar, a SaaS solution which makes automates online sales tax calculations, reporting and filings, is an entirely virtual company. Dan is now CEO of Mobile1st , makers of Mobilizer, the mobile customer experience optimization platform. One way this advantage was evident was with regard to customer service.

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Entrepreneur Santa Barbara Email Outsource Development 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. Custom ad deals and partnerships. There will be plenty of FREE food and drinks! Want To Sponsor?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

I worked as a software and hardware engineer, and did lots of software development for networking and telecom firms, mainly networking. In the meantime, I was getting frustrated with the software being used at my son's school. Anything beyond basic features, the customer will pay for it, depending on the use.

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