Yardi Launches Product In The UK
socalTECH
MAY 10, 2021
Santa Barbara-based property management software developer Yardi says it has launched a new product in the United Kingdom. Pricing on the new software was not announced.
53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators
TechEmpower
JULY 24, 2023
At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development.
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Nimble Partners With Call Center Software Developer
socalTECH
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. The integration includes automatic synchronization of contact data across the two software products, including emails, calls,chats, tickets, notes, and more.
Generative AI – The End of Empty Textboxes
TechEmpower
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Product descriptions and listings require tedious editing to make them engaging - especially after the fortieth one. Customer support emails require both accurate information and a professional, helpful tone. Are you a founder or CEO or head of product? Go through your product right now and look for empty text boxes.
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SaneBox Connects Into Ingram Micro's Cloud Marketplace
socalTECH
MARCH 14, 2019
Los Angeles-based email software developer SaneBox , which develops artificial intelligence software that helps people prioritize and sort their emails, is now available on the cloud marketplace run by technology distributor Ingram Micro. READ MORE>>.
3 Mistakes Software Developers Make That Can Cost You Your Business
Inverted Software
JUNE 15, 2018
At Inverted Software we often help our clients manage offshore and onshore development teams. Our proprietary processes and unique experience helps us evaluate and correct software development practices that have proven inefficient and instill practices that insure productivity and success. Inverted Software.
A heartbreaking story about time and money.
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.
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Are you or your business “time bankrupt?”
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 26, 2023
You’re fighting to put out the fires from customer complaints, or incomplete work, or are suffering from an inability to focus upon new development or new customers before cleaning up the mess inside your organization. So, you stop work on the newest product or installation to complete unfinished work. Why use this term?
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Bridg Aims At Restaurants With New CRM Software
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
Los Angeles-based software developer Bridg said this week that it has launched a new customer relationship management (CRM) software product specifically aimed at restaurants. READ MORE>>.
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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood
TechEmpower
AUGUST 21, 2023
Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. These are classic inflection points for a development team.
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SendGrid Boosts Hiring, Expands In Colorado
socalTECH
MAY 16, 2014
Anaheim- and Boulder-based SendGrid , which develops email delivery software and services to developers, is expanding its presence in Colorado, saying that it has relocated to a new and larger space in its Boulder location. sendgrid colorado anaheim orange county software jobs employment email delivery'
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Good, cheap, fast. Pick any two.
Berkonomics
MARCH 3, 2022
Quality” products and services…. should not be positioned as “cheap,” or your potential customers will question your message from the start and will be more critical of the delivered product than if offered as one or the other, but not both. Fast” applies to either service speed (including delivery) or product manufacturing time.
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Nimble Selected For Microsoft Accelerator
socalTECH
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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113 Contur Sorts Your Email From Clutter To Save You Hours | Interview With The Founders
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 20, 2012
According to the founders, Contur is a virtual assistant that sorts and organizes your emails automatically. The founders add that Contur takes all of your emails, groups the related ones together so that you can see your emails in context. It’s much harder to be productive in a room where everything is strewn around.
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63 Are you or your business “time bankrupt?”
Berkonomics
AUGUST 31, 2017
You’re fighting to put out the fires from customer complaints, or incomplete work, or are suffering from an inability to focus upon new development or new customers before cleaning up the mess inside your organization. So, you stop work on the newest product or installation to complete unfinished work. Time bankruptcy.
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Nimble Sets Chief Marketing Officer
socalTECH
MARCH 19, 2013
Santa Monica-based customer relationship management software developer Nimble has hired Eric Quanstrom as its new Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Marketing and Sales, the company announced today. The firm's product is focused on small businesses and teams. READ MORE>>.
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Are you the bottleneck in your organization?
Berkonomics
JULY 12, 2018
I have used that book’s lessons to teach process improvement to many types of businesses, including software development, supply chain management and retail fulfillment. In a manufacturing or production environment, that means people are stuck at their positions with completed work waiting for the process to move on.
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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder
SoCal CTO
AUGUST 4, 2011
Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask So here are some of the questions that developers may not have thought to ask and a little bit of commentary around each question. Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email?
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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder
SoCal CTO
AUGUST 4, 2011
Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask So here are some of the questions that developers may not have thought to ask and a little bit of commentary around each question. Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email?
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Wasted time is money lost.
Berkonomics
AUGUST 10, 2017
Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.
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243 Managing Your Startup Board?—?A Short Presentation
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 21, 2019
For years software development worked on a “waterfall model” in which you did research, design, build, test, deploy and then watch how users reacted to your product. Often these projects took 12–18 months so by the time companies shipped product they often found out that the product didn’t meet customer needs.
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234 What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 22, 2010
He stood up, grabbed the mic and gave a heartfelt overview of his experiences in experimenting with new technologies to build relationships with his audience, get feedback on his product quality and to market his music all the way to the top of iTunes. In his early career he realized the importance of email lists.
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Good, cheap, fast. Pick any two.
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 12, 2015
Quality” products and services should not be positioned as “cheap,” or your potential customers will question your message from the start, and will be more critical of the delivered product than if offered as one or the other, but not both. Fast” applies to either service speed (including delivery) or product manufacturing time.
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There is always a bottleneck. Sometimes it is you.
Berkonomics
JUNE 24, 2011
Email readers continue here.] There is a great book, “The Goal – The Process of Ongoing Improvement” by Eliyahu Goldratt. I have used that book’s lessons to teach process improvement to many types of businesses, including software development, supply chain management and retail fulfillment.
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Pipeliner CRM's Nikolaus Kimla On Moving to LA, Sales Entrepreneurship
socalTECH
JULY 24, 2014
The company--which originally started in Austria--set up shop here two years ago to further expand its footprint in the US, and most recently hired away the entire Los Angeles marketing team of crosstown CRM software developer Nimble. What kinds of customers use your product? Tell us about Pipeliner CRM? Who are your customers?
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Wasted time is money lost. (And another story of lost opportunity.)
Berkonomics
MARCH 30, 2010
Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.
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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup
SoCal CTO
MARCH 12, 2012
I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Here's an example of that kind of email. Make sure you go through the 32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder. Hire a Product Design Lead First Nailing that elusive technical co-founder
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Know and avoid “time bankruptcy.”
Berkonomics
APRIL 21, 2010
Time bankruptcy results from the deliberate over-commitment of core resources. . I created the term “time bankruptcy” almost thirty years ago when the computer software business was young, and I was a software developer building a young company based upon quality first. Email readers continue here.]
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Selecting a Web Development Company
SoCal CTO
APRIL 9, 2013
I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers. And you will want to make sure you see what the particular designers have done, samples of their work product, their process, etc.
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Startup CTO Speaking
SoCal CTO
MAY 21, 2012
Matching for Startups Having been involved in eHarmony from the start, Tony has naturally consulted with startups who are making matching a core aspect of their product including matching for social networks, careers, clothes, jobs, projects, college, tutoring services, doctors, service companies, investments, and many more.
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How CallFire Is Enabling Business Text and Phone, with Dinesh Ravishankar
socalTECH
DECEMBER 7, 2012
Dinesh Ravishankar: We were doing software development for various companies in Southern California, out of my condo in West LA. To be honest, all five of our founding partners are developers, and we were all software developers or in computer science. How did you end up in this market?
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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites
InfoChachkie
DECEMBER 10, 2012
If we hadn’t done well on Hacker News we would have needed to have some serious product/market fit discussions.". When a discussion about the merits of responsive design spontaneously erupted on our thread, we commented from a industry perspective, without simply pitching our product. Share and Enjoy.
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Where LinkedIn Works for Me
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 17, 2007
Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.
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150 Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Presenting Companies at UCLA
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 20, 2011
We offer an intensive three-month program and provide up to $18,000 of seed capital, extensive mentorship and a shared work environment to help entrepreneurs go from idea to product to fundable business. Or emailed a video clip to a sibling or friend across the country just to put a smile on their face? mt) Media Temple, Inc.
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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 28, 2011
We offer an intensive three-month program and provide up to $18,000 of seed capital, extensive mentorship and a shared work environment to help entrepreneurs go from idea to product to fundable business. Or emailed a video clip to a sibling or friend across the country just to put a smile on their face? It happens every day.
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Creator…Know Thine Users! | Making Apps the Markets Want
Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 15, 2012
If you’re new to software development, you may be asking yourself, “What the heck is a User Story, anyway?” I can’t count the number of times that a client has told me they want their product to appeal to every demographic, every age, and every type of user. What is a User Story?
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84 Innovating Telecom – Emir Aboulhosn (CEO) of Ready SIM
Tech Zulu Event
JANUARY 8, 2014
If you need to keep calls, texts and emails confidential, than this is the product for you. It offered the first product with roaming replacement services for travelers between Canada and the United States. The goal was to remove retailer assistance out of the product. “Our goal is to commoditize wireless.
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86 Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 28, 2011
We offer an intensive three-month program and provide up to $18,000 of seed capital, extensive mentorship and a shared work environment to help entrepreneurs go from idea to product to fundable business. Or emailed a video clip to a sibling or friend across the country just to put a smile on their face? It happens every day.
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Creator…Know Thine Users! | Making Apps the Markets Want
Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 15, 2012
If you’re new to software development, you may be asking yourself, “What the heck is a User Story, anyway?” I can’t count the number of times that a client has told me they want their product to appeal to every demographic, every age, and every type of user. What is a User Story?
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Interview with Adam Lieber, Webtide
socalTECH
JULY 20, 2009
We also provide production support, and we're also very proactive in monitoring items that might affect them, supporting the specific versions of software they are running. Our open source powers Hadoop, Jetty powers Google--if you look at our community site, the list of products that use use is exhaustive.
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100 Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)
Frank Addante
JUNE 4, 2006
Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. StrongMail’s software ensures reliable and timely delivery of their critical customer communications. Build a SWAT team 3.
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Whose Life are You Going to Change?
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 2, 2010
You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change. I left an Octel (think email but with voice … yes, that’s what some businesses used before email!)
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352 Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 7, 2011
Lesson: You dn’t want your customers to feel locked into using your software. While customers will be willing to try your product, they think two steps ahead. Juno provided a free email service. Juno used your modem to to download and send email, and it was paid for by placing ads in the email client.
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285 The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 5, 2010
The CEO weighs in with his perspectives, the head of product management disputes his conclusions and the marketing VP has a different take. The sales rep that brings back news from the front line that is shared with the office adds to our collective knowledge about customer needs, product design flaws or partnership opportunities.
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