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JANUARY 24, 2012

Santa Monica-based GraphEffect , the venture-backed developer of social marketing software, said today that it has hired both a Sales and Marketing VP. The firm said it has appointed David Pollet as Vice President of Sales, and named Jennifer Cooley as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development.

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JUNE 13, 2013

Like most startup entrepreneurs, when I began my first company in 1999 I had no formal sales experience. Steve Blank calls this “ customer development ” in which you built an initial product that is in search of “product / market fit.” question in sales. This article originally appeared on Inc.com.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

Santa Monica-based game publisher Activision says the latest installment in its popular Call of Duty game line, Call of Duty: WWII , has just passed up $1 billion in global sales. The game publisher said that it also is behind Destiny 2, developed for the publisher by Bungie, which is ranked number 2 in terms of total sales.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Santa Monica-based videogame developer Activision Publishing , which is a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, reports that its newly launched title, Call of Duty: Black Ops II , just crossed the $1 billion mark in retail sales. Activision said it reached that retail sales mark just fifteen days after launch.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision Publishing reports that it sold more than $500M of its latest title, Destiny , as of day one. Destiny was developed by game studio Bungie. Destiny was developed by game studio Bungie. activision destiny videogame sales opening console' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based Twistory Entertainment Studios , which had been a mobile game development and graphic novel design company, is being sold in an asset sale, according to auction company CMA Auctions. Twistory Entertainment was founded in 2009, and had developed Ouch! Couch and other titles.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Santa Monica-based Nimble , which develops contact management software-as-a-service, has linked up its tools with call center software developer Talkdesk. Nimble said the link is aimed at helping companies create virtual, social call centers for their sales teams. Financial details of the link were not announced.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

Santa Monica-based Coda Automotive , the developer of electric cars, seems to be getting a sluggish start to sales, six months after it began selling its first model. Coda Automotive has not released any official sales figures yet for its electric automobiles. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

Santa Monica-based Arrive, a developer of a technology and reverse logistics services, says it has added resales to its enterprise rental platform. Arrive says it refurbishes, cleans, and grades those returns to be re-sold directly on branded, re-sale e-commerce sites.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing has updated sales figures for its latest blockbuster release, Call of Duty: Black Ops , saying that the title has now grossed more than $650M in worldwide sell through in the last five days. Call of Duty: Black Ops was developed by Santa Monica studio Treyarch.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

If you''re a sales or business development professional, you probably use your own system for making sure to keep in touch with your contacts and customers on a regular basis. To change that, Nimble , the developer of the cloud-based contact management system, has begun rolling out a new feature to help automate that process.

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JULY 27, 2020

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Arrowroot Capital Management says it has completed its sale of its interest in SocialChorus , to another private equity investor, Sumeru Equity Partners. Financial details of the sale were not announced. SocialChorus is a developer of employee communications software and tools.

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MAY 14, 2020

Irvine-based Prodoscore , which develops software for monitoring employee productivity, has raised a Series A funding round, led by Troy Carter. According to Prodoscore, the funding goes towards sales and product development. Size of the investment was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Arrowroot Capital is the lead investor in a funding round for parking technology developer ParkHub , in ParkHub's first instituional funding. According to the company, the funding is its first institutional funding round.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of a contact activity tracking tool for Office 365 and G Suite which is led by Jon Ferrara, says it has enhanced its browser extension for helping teams with their sales prospecting efforts.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management (CRM) software developer Nimble has launched a newly upgraded Android version of its app, saying on Wednesday that its new Mobile CRM 3.0 for Android includes new enhancements and integration with Office 365 and G Suite. Nimble is led by longtime CRM veteran Jon Ferrara.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Santa Monica-based TigerText has hired on two new healthcare veterans to its executive team, the company said this week. Kirkman was previously VP of Enterprise Solutions at athenalheath, and also has served at TamberHealth, Zix Corporation, and Amicore.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

According to the company, it is hiring across marketing, sales, engineering, and product. The company--which currently has offices at ROC in Santa Monica--says it is in the mist to moving to a new office in Santa Monica in order to accomodate that growth in Q1 of 2015. YapStone was founded in Santa Monica in 1999.

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JUNE 24, 2010

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have a contribution from Jason Nazar, co-founder and CEO of Santa Monica-based Docstoc , an online site for sharing and finding professional documents. I often get asked for advice on Business Development. Read the rest of Jason's 10 Tips for Better Business Development.

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JUNE 14, 2016

We spoke with co-founder Ryan Costello about Santa Monica-based Event Farm (www.eventfarm.com), on how its software technology is being used to power high end, VIP events for large companies. We're in Santa Monica, and sometime people think we're a venue or rental space for events, but what we are, is a 100 percent software company.

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JUNE 19, 2019

Santa Monica-based return and logistics startup Happy Returns announced on Wednesday morning that it has named a new Chief Revenue Officer. McMahon previously served as CEO of St. John Knits, and also served at Dolce & Gabbana, Liz Claiborne and Giorgio Armani. Venture Partners and Upfront Ventures.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Santa Monica-based TrueCar announced on Friday that it acquired DealerScience , a developer of digital retailing software for the automotive industry. According to TrueCar, DealerScience will become a subsidiary of the company, and will focus on product development, sales and customer training.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Santa Monica-based cloud-based human capital and resources management software developer Cornerstone OnDemand announced this morning that it has opened up a new office in Utah, where it expects to hire up to 350 people.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

In an unusual move, Santa Monica game development studio Naughty Dog is donating all of the proceeds of its "Limited Run" sales of four games--Jak and Daxter, Jak 2, Jak 3, and Jak X: Combat Racing--to charitable organizations, including at least one in the Los Angeles area.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management software developer Nimble , led by CRM software veteran Jon Ferrara, has launched a new, add-in for Microsoft Outlook on Android. The new plug-in is free, but offers up additional features for business and sales teams as an add-on feature. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 9, 2019

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps national brands keep information on their stores up to date across mapping and mobile services, has named Nick Hedges as CEO of the company, MomentFeed said this morning. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Santa Monica-based Activision reported today that it passed up more than $500M in sell through for the opening weekend of its new title, Call of Duty: WWII. The company pointed out those sales exceeded the combined box office openings for Thor: Ragnarok and Wonder Woman combined. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the business contact management software developer led by Jon Ferrara, said today that it has launched a new app for Android. nimble android contact management mobile sales' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Santa Monica-based voice and text-platform provider CallFire is bolstering its executive ranks today with a new hire, saying that it has named Barbara Palmer as the company''s new Chief Revenue Officer. Palmer will head up business development, marketing, and sales for CallFire. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 5, 2016

Santa Monica-based VideoAmp , which develops TV and video advertising analytics software, said on Tuesday that it has named Michael Parkes as its new Chief Revenue Officer. Parkes was most recently SVP of Sales at Amobee, and also served at the same position at Adconion Direct. VideoAmp is led by Ross McCray.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management (CRM) software developer Nimble is looking to bolster its customer base in the nonprofit sector, saying that it has started to offer a 30 percent discount on its service to nonprofits, for life. contact track sales management relationship customer nonprofit pricing nimble'

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JUNE 21, 2018

Santa Monica-based sales and marketing customer relationship management (CRM) tools developer Nimble is further integrating its tools with partner Microsoft, and its Office 365 software, as well as Google's G Suite, with a new business dashboarding tool. The new feature is free to all Nimble users.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps multi-location, retailers and brands better understand and interact with customers, has raised $16.3M in new funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus and DFJ Frontier.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Santa Monica-based CRM software developer Nimble has been selected to join Microsoft's startup accelerator in Seattle, the company said today, in a major move which will help tie Nimble into Microsoft's ecosystem. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Join local Inside Sales leaders: Scott Tretsky, Ken McAnall and Joshua Pittman on Wednesday, October 19th. The meeting will be held at Oracle's Santa Monica office. Joined by guest speakers: Neil Sahota of IBM to discuss cognitive computing solutions (e.g. See https://www.aa-isp.org/registerEvents.php?id=961.

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JULY 18, 2018

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management (CRM) software developer Nimble said today that it has signed a global distribution agreement with Microsoft , which will create a bundle of Nimble's CRM tools with Microsoft's Office 365. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 19, 2018

Santa Monica-based PatientPop , which develops cloud-based practice management software for healthcare providers, has added two new executives to its team. PatientPop said it has named Jeb Burrows as Vice President of Business Development & Channels, and Caitlin Reiche as Head of Strategic Product Management.

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