Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Cloud Computing.

Technology 133

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based Dray Alliance , which operates a on-demand, short haul container delivery marketplace, has raised $10.2M The company's service helps provide rate quoting for freight forwarders and import/export shippers, using artificial intelligence and other software. in funding, via a Series A funding, the company said this week.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

I take my hat off to people like Adam Miller , the CEO of LA-based Cornerstone on Demand, who started at the exact same time as I did (November 1999) and is still the CEO but now of a public company valued at around $2 billion. We grew 100% in SaaS revenue year-over-year and 650% over the past three years. In other words, Why now?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Traditional software vs. SaaS. To be clear – I’m not saying huge successes make a VC less likely to be helpful to you – I’m just saying it’s not a guaranteed predictor. In my experience 90% of VCs fall short on their promises of how helpful or not they can be with intros. Helpfulness / Availability.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

You’ve got some friends interested in helping out and you think you can make this work. I’m largely talking about whether to use an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) or a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and to some extent, how much to rely on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers or write your own application components.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2017

The company said the funding will go towards growth efforts and to help meet demand for its CrowdStrike Falcon endpoint protection software. The new funding was led by Accel, and also included CapitalG (formerly Google Capital), Warburg Pincus, March Capital Partners, and Telstra. CrowdSrike has now raised $256M in total.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

We discussed why in Q4 you will see large renegotiations of SaaS contracts and increased churn rates. Other companies have only seen a slight decline and may be expecting demand to return to normalcy later in the year. The reality is that when unemployment sinks in demand is likely to get worse. That may happen. But I doubt it.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

Our defensible infrastructure comes from the fact that we now have huge volumes of customer storage earning the equivalent of SaaS revenue and any new entrant would have to invest in the fleet of cars, bins, drivers and warehouses that we now have not to mention 4.5 years of software development.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I am highly unlikely to fund your company strictly based on math and my only motive for publicly telling you what is going on privately is to help prepare you if in fact I’m right about the funding environment. I better roll up my sleeves and help my companies get funded.” The Laws of Supply & Demand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Cloud Computing.

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

” It helps to have seen the way down twice before to know many of the signs. If your investor worked inside of a SaaS company for years and disagrees with me then listen to them. These can’t be the main event – sales are sales after all – but can help shape good behavior.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Its primary goal is to focus on identifying what is truly driving demand, analytically, so that our customers can optimize their activities. We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

We had to promise really steep service SLAs and help desk hours. On some level we felt we did because being a SaaS company in 1999 was trailblazing. Deer are not so big that they can make huge demands on you for your development resources or customer support. We had to do intense training sessions. See definition of a whore.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 9, 2015

The three most common ways to safely reduce the utility of a free service are: Limited Usage - Effectively deployed by numerous SaaS companies in which their users consumer more of the company''s services over time, including: file sharing (Dropbox, Box), photo sites (PhotoBucket, flikr) and online storage ( ElephantDrive , Mozy).

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Technical Support Custom Customer Demand 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

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. EnvoyNow is innovating in the on-demand food delivery space, targeting the underserved college market. Sensay is the most helpful person you’ve never met. Records.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Cloud Computing.

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Startup Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur 107

InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2012

The following guest post is from Dan Monarko, Online Marketing Manager at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

There's a bunch of SaaS products, like NetSuite, with nowhere with the breadth that our tool has, but companies are using that. The next thing is there's a new crop of SaaS companies for time management and professional service automation (PSA), thinks like OpenAir/bought by NetSuite, and a handful of others. How big is the firm now?

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

The same phenomenon occurred at ProCore , when the company shifted the market focus of its SaaS solution from small contractors to large commercial builders. Despite a tremendous price increase, overall demand jumped substantially while churn dropped dramatically. Anecdotally, it seems that SaaS products often behave as Giffen goods.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Cloud Computing.

Cloud Computing 61

Cloud Computing Startup Social Media Networking 61

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Cloud Computing.

Cloud Computing 99

Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur Networking 99

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects. In the same year Salesforce.com launched a SaaS CRM platform to compete with Siebel. And that Palm Pre.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2009

Steve Goldman: Ace Metrix is actually the first, on-demand measurement service of TV advertising effectiveness. All the calculations are done automatically, and everything is delivered online, and on-demand for our Ace Analyzer. In many cases, it helps them sell great work. Tell us a bit about your company? in social psychology.

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Advertising Palomar Startup Custom 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. On Demand). There will be plenty of FREE food and drinks!

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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

He’s helped shut down more companies than he’s started. . India’s Mobile first eBates and its digital assistant helps consumers find the best savings online. On-Demand Lawn Care and Snow Plowing. SaaS for Cloud application lifecycle management. Drivio, Inc. The easiest way to manage and pay your government fines.

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Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture. For the past four years, TECH cocktail has been journalistically covering and helping rally together. Joel Bush, Amplifier.

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