Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2023

Obviously, the business of business has been around a long time, with many “best practices” well-defined and well documented, so creativity that ignores these is usually not a good thing.

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JUNE 8, 2018

Los Angeles-based software developer CapLinked , which develops secure document sharing software for the business market, has linked with secure identification software developer Civic , the two companies said this week. Financial details of the partnership were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

San Diego-based AbacusNext , a provider of technology solutions for the legal and accounting market, has acquired UK-based HotDocs , a provider of document automation technology. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. HotDocs is based in Edinburgh, UK.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One that he particularly struggled with was "word-of-mouth marketing,”which he consistently referred to as "mouth-to-mouth marketing." We adopted his phrasing and made it our mission to devise creative, mouth-to-mouth marketing initiatives. I now realize why guerrilla marketing is not for the timid. we sure do.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2018

As a long-time advisor to aspiring entrepreneurs, and a technology fan myself, I still meet dozens of techies with great solutions who assume they don’t need marketing to change the world. In fact, with today’s information overload, modern marketing is the key to raising even the most innovative solution above the crowd.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2024

They write in their investment documents that they will occupy a seat on the board for as long as they are invested in the company, thinking of this as a protection for their investment and tool for them to influence growth. All other board functions are secondary.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Irvine-based Cirrus Insight , which develops software for helping aid in sales followups, email marketing, and customer relationship management, has acquired Attach.io , a developer of real time document tracking software. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. was based in Knoxville, Tennessee. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 8, 2021

Adlib's software is used to automate the discovery, classification, extraction, and structure of data from unstructured documents. Diversis invests in software and technology companies, investing in lower middle-market companies. The company says its customers include B2B brands and Fortune 1000 customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2013

And with scarce resources it’s your job to decide which door this lead must go through – sales or marketing. ” Hand this deal over to marketing to nurture for you. They should be owned by marketing. ” So the best run companies have marketing running activities to nurture their C deals.

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JUNE 2, 2011

Fountain Valley-based Kingston Digital , the flash memory unit of Kington Technology, is targeting the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch storage market today, saying it will be rolling out a new, wireless portable storage product specifically aimed at the popular devices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Innovation in marketing is perhaps more important than product innovation. Yet in the business plans I see, the marketing content and budget are smaller than ever.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2018

San Diego-based Seismic , a developer of sales and marketing software, has raised $100M more in a funding round, which values the company at $1 billion, the company said on Tuesday. The startup, led by CEO Doug Winter, develops software used to enable sales and marketing efforts in the enterprise. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2023

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

This is the last step of the process, where surprises in the evaluation of the management team, documentation, and personnel problems can derail the investment. Some startups do nothing to prepare for the due diligence process, assuming the people and business plan documents will speak for themselves. Size of the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2023

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. Most consulting services, like marketing, are not scalable, since they must be delivered by experts, and cloning experts is slow and expensive. These are more likely scalable and investable.

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

Nemetschek said the deal will help it reinforce its market presence in North America, and will expand Bluebeam''s access to European and Asian markets. architecture document international nemetschek acquisition merger software bluebeam' Bluebeam Software was led by Richard Lee. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

West Hills-based Peloton Document Solutions , a company developing software which helps investment bankers, private equity investors, and companies to communicate financial information via interactive documents, has scored a strategic investment from R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. According to R.R. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 20, 2020

You know that the buyer will be crawling the offices with legal and accounting personnel, reviewing contracts, financials, governance documentation, intellectual property, leases, and much more. [Email readers, continue here…] First, should you inform your employees of the deal? When to make an internal announcement.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Los Angeles-based ContractSafe is taking on the online, legal documents storage market, and has launched a new online legal document storage service. The startup says its service is already being used by California Pizza Kitchen, Living Spaces and Ross Organics.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 15, 2018

It’s next week or never (until 2019, that is) for two San Diego companies that have filed documents with securities regulators indicating plans to go public. Will “CBUS” and “SI” join “THOR” and “RMED”?

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2018

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group said this morning that it has acquired Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Provation Medical , a developer of software for the healthcare documentation and coding market. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One that he particularly struggled with was "word-of-mouth marketing,”which he consistently referred to as "mouth-to-mouth marketing." We adopted his phrasing and made it our mission to devise creative, mouth-to-mouth marketing initiatives. I now realize why guerrilla marketing is not for the timid. we sure do.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Los Angeles-based Parallel Agile , a developer of software focused on the Agile coding market, says it has rolled out a new product, CodeBot UX.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Irvine-based document capture and automation systems developer Kofax announced this morning that it hs products are now being used to process more than 1.1 kofax mortgage document processing mobile capture' million mortgages--or approximately 375 million pages--in the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 23, 2012

Santa Monica-based Docstoc , the business document sharing and online small business site run by Jason Nazar, has gone app happy, saying today that it has launched 30, free iPhone and iPad apps aimed at the small business and entrepreneur market. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 1, 2019

Docusign is a mainstay of the legal services market, enabling easy digital signature of legal documents. Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship. That position was earned by Cal Lutheran alum Joe Fuca and his Docusign co-founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued?

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Pasadena-based X1 Technologies announced Monday that it has appointed a new Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. The firm said it has appointed John Maxwell to the position, to lead the marketing initiatives for the firm. According to X1, Maxwell joins the company from MTI Technology, where he also served at VP of Marketing.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

According to MomentFeed, it has gained early access to the API documentation from Facebook, and has been adjusting its platform to support Facebook's new product. MomentFeed is an official Facebook Marketing partner. Facebook's new updates to its recommendations are all aimed at helping its users interact better with local businesses.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. In today’s market, so much focus is placed on transacting business online. 10) Rob, why does the world need RingRevenue? . “In

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OCTOBER 23, 2014

Glendale-based online legal documents firm LegalZoom announced Thursday that it has linked up with Sam''s Club , the membership warehouse club owned by Walmart, to offer up its services to small businesses. The deal was announced as part of an expansion of services at Sam''s Club for the small business market. READ MORE>>.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

I watched a webinar the other day from the King of Video Marketing, Perry Lawrence with guests Sean Malarkey and Lewis Howes called “Mastering YouTube and Video Marketing.&# From it, I learned about the Flip MinoHD video camera that I can carry around and video my life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. Make sure all business processes are documented and integrated. If everyone has a different view of reality, you have no reality. Take time to review and resolve any personnel distractions.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2017

Upthere is a provider of cloud-based photo, music, video, and document storage services, aimed at the consumer market. Irvine-based storage products maker Western Digital , said on Monday that it has acquired Redwood City, California-based Upthere. Financial details of the acquisition wer enot announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2023

Finally you create and document your recipe (business plan). For a new business, you can provide unique ingredients, but the preparation steps in your business plan must follow a tried and true recipe for startup success: Identify a market with a real need. (not You need a good cook, good marketing, and first-class service.

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JUNE 24, 2010

CapLinked's software helps entrepreneurs manage the information they give to their investors, including tracking milestones and documents, storing and exchanging documents, and handle to-do lists for building a business and managing funding efforts. The firm's CEO and co-founder is Eric M. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

The site says it offers up appointment scheduling tools, appointment reminders, secure document sharing, marketing tools, and much more to tax accountants and CPAs, and is looking to emulate ZocDoc and Avvo, similar marketplaces for other professionals. TaxBuzz.com says it was created by technology firm ClientWhys. READ MORE>>.

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