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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

We’ve even created an acronym for these kinds of services: software as a service (SAAS). The software itself is hosted by a third party, SAAS service provider, which is responsible for maintaining software or hardware associated with the application. Collaboration among these parties often exposes SAAS networks to greater risks.

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AUGUST 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , which operates an online platform for managing fundraising by startups, has linked with the Startup America Partnership. According to CapLinked, it will make its premium capital raising and investor reporting tools available to the more than 8,500 startups enrolled with Startup America.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. By definition?—?I’m two founders in a garage?—?(HP

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MAY 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based Modern Trust said this morning that it has launched a new online site to help people create and maintain living trust and estate planning documents.

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MAY 4, 2010

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the software-as-a-service project management startup headed by Isaac Garcia, announced a new tool aimed at Microsoft Office users today. The company said the new co-authoring tools are aimed at letting people collaborate on documents such as project plans, budget forecasts, and sales presentations.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Manhattan Beach-based CapLinked , the developer of a software-as-a-service tool for managing venture capital and angel fundraising efforts for companies, said today that it has launched a free library of document templates covering the startup process. CapLinked, which is headed by PayPal alum Eric M.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Santa Barbara-based RightSignature , a startup providing an online, software-as-a-service offering for tracking signatures on documents, is launching a complete redesign of the firm's site today. Tags: rightsignature saas document tracking signature. The firm said its new, RightSignature 2.0 READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

To address that disaster, Ken Button and Randy Bishop�two veterans of the startup industry�created ContractSafe (www.contractsafe.com), a new online service aimed at helping companies to tame that mess and manage and store their contracts in the cloud. Typically, these documents are a mess. So how'd you end up starting the company?

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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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APRIL 30, 2018

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. How'd you end up at HG Data?

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

The startup, led by CEO Doug Winter, develops software used to enable sales and marketing efforts in the enterprise. The company's software is used to automate and personalize sales documents and marketing materials. The funding round came from Lightspeed Venture Partners, T. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 22, 2009

Central Desktop runs a software-as-a-service product which allows business teams to share documents, track schedules, and collaborate on other team activities. The new microblogging feature puts Central Desktop in competition with another local startup, Yammer, which has created its own enterprise and business focused take on Twitter.

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JUNE 7, 2012

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the online service which helps startups manage their fundraising process, announced this morning that it has linked with half a dozen startup accelerators to help those firms' companies help raise their funding rounds. CapLinked is headed by Eric Jackson and Christopher Grey.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Eric is also author of the book The PayPal Wars: Battles With Ebay, the Media, the Mafia, And the Rest of Planet Earth , where he documented that experience. He also gave us some of his thoughts on why the "Paypal Mafia"--former PayPal employees--have gotten so much success from their startups. Eric, what's the story behind CapLinked?

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MARCH 27, 2013

The new feature helps users of the software figure out if, for example, an investor has viewed due diligence documents, or if another party has downloaded and viewed a new agreement. The firm is backed by FF Angel, Siemer Ventures, 500 Startups, Peter Thiel, and a number of other notable angels.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

The new, subscription service offers up such enhancements as allowing users to message users outside their network, get real time notifications when people view their deal rooms, special reports and analytics on people interested in their profiles, as well as upgraded customer support.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Rarer still is the startup CEO who can make the transition effectively on their own. Unwillingness to devolve power is the bane of many management teams at startup companies. I see the problem directly at many startups I know. The problem is that we started with an SLA that was too favorable to us. This seldom works.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

San Diego-based eSUB Construction Software , a startup developing mobile and cloud-based project management and document control software for the construction industry, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, the company announced this morning. The funding came from Revolution Ventures.

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AUGUST 20, 2012

CapLinked , the online, cloud-based service which helps startups and others manage their fundraising, has added a new sharing feature which makes it easier for users to share their information via email, Skype, and AngelList.

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APRIL 18, 2011

I am on the Board of a growing, dynamic SaaS business which has recently graduated from the startup stage and entered the early-growth phase. I documented these highlights on PowerPoint slides, using as many direct quotes as possible and splitting the comments into “Positive” and “Negative” feedback for each question.

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JANUARY 30, 2012

The startup, headed by attorney Tom Zuber, said it is developing a all-in-one legal software system that handles the needs of managing a legal practice. The startup said it will be offering its software via a monthly subscription, without any setup costs, but did not announce pricing. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 27, 2009

We started the company based on my own personal experience, as everyone these days has a laptop, and everyone has their application out on the cloud. It's like an intranet, but has collaborative features like document management. William Chow: I started the company a couple of years ago.

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MAY 18, 2009

This morning's interview with Daryl Bernstein , CEO and co-founder of Santa Barbara-based RightSignature (www.rightsignature.com), a firm which has created an online, software-as-a-service offering to collect legally binding signatures on documents. We've also got a huge list of additional document types in the works. and the E.U.,

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JUNE 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based Gobbler , the online, cloud-based backup and collaboration startup headed by Chris Kantrowitz, said this week that it has tied together its platform with online storage provider Box. Gobbler's software is aimed at media creators, letting them store, collaborate, and share their projects via cloud-based storage.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

15desks.com), a new startup focused on the education market. We talked with him on why he decided to head up this startup, and what 15desks is all about. It's started with managing courses and grades, on to a whole array of other services. When you are in college, there's a whole array of things that open up.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

This is part of my ongoing posts on Startup Advice. There are people who tell startups that they should hire the most senior people that they can find. Bringing in a senior person who’s “done it all before&# is often a mistake in a startup. So what if you’re already a mid-stage startup.

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JULY 6, 2010

They are starting to expect their name to appear at the top of Web sites, personalized e-mails, and even advanced checkout options that suit their habits. U sers can now interact in real time on documents, collaboration, including making changes. Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications now allow on-demand collaboration.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2011

They are starting to expect their name to appear at the top of Web sites, personalized e-mails, and even advanced checkout options that suit their habits. U sers can now interact in real time on documents, collaboration, including making changes. Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications now allow on-demand collaboration.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

A good use case is where you're building a business plan, which incorporates a spreadsheet and PowerPoint, and written documentation worked on by half a dozen people in a project. It looks like there is some story behind how you ended up at FileTrek and the company ended up in Los Angeles--the firm was in Canada?

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FEBRUARY 24, 2019

When you set up a board it is often initially a combination of the founders and the early investors. It can start 2–1 founders to investors and then sometimes moves to 3–2 but sometime around the A, B or C round the idea of “independent” directors comes up. I will also outline how to select them and incentivize them.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

Either way, don’t assume that the entire room is up to speed on your company. My plan would be to start the presentation at the 50,000 foot view and then dive down to a more granular level once we’re all base-lined. Vice versa is it’s a SaaS platform company where I spent nearly 10 years running companies.

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MARCH 10, 2015

I write about sales often both because it’s the lifeblood of any organization and because in my experience it is the area in which more startups are least experienced or inclined. The starting point is to ask yourself whether the person you’re dealing with has a problem that is solved by the solution you offer.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

My long-time friend Jason Lemkin is on the verge of launching a spectacular SaaS conference called SaaStr this week. I’m gonna to start all SaaStr posts with “One Weird Trick To …” from now on and see how much better they perform. I had been doing SaaS for 7 years. Lemkin (@jasonlk) January 31, 2015.

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