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DECEMBER 29, 2017

Our third fund made some intriguing investments during the year (Postie, Nordsense, LiftIgniter and Qordoba) and we're now out of our investment phase. As such, I'm also looking forward to helping non-SaaS Founders, which has been my primary focus for the past 15-years. What was the big news for your company this year?

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

ServiceNow , the developer of service management software led by Frank Slootman--and which started in San Diego--has launched its own venture capital arm, ServiceNow Ventures. ServiceNow did not say how much it is dedicating to investments. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. One of our SaaS companies made great strides with a new product. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

This morning, we have a contribution from investor and investment banker Peter Cowen of Sutton Capital Partners. Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Revenue Conference.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Manhattan Beach-based CapLinked , which develops online, software-as-a-service to help entrepreneurs connect with and keep their investors updated, is opening up its public beta today. Tags: management investment investor saas software venture capital entrepreneur interview paypal caplinked jackson eric.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

For today's interview, we sat down and spoke with David Loo , the founder and CEO of Perspectium (www.perspectium.com), a startup which is developing service management applications designed to help connect different, enterprise service management software products together. Perspectium recently raised a funding round from TVC Capital.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2018

Today's interview is with Jon Ferrara of Nimble (www.nimble.com), the maker of contact management software-as-a-service. Customer service is critical to customer retention in the SaaS subscription model. Finally, how can entrepreneurs make sure they're creating something their customers will keep coming back for?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. We had great news in 2018 from the companies weve invested in and supportive over the years. Here's Jim Andelman of Bonfire Ventures.

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. As the founder of an accelerator, I'm constantly being approached by ambitious people with big ideas, and generally we invest in 1/100th of what comes to us.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

The best entrepreneurs in our industry focus on it year-round as opposed to just once every 18 months. Let’s say you have built a SaaS company where a large part of the early revenue comes from a few big customers or a large part of the revenue is services based vs. software based. Let me give you an example.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Jackson, CEO and co-founder of CapLinked (www.caplinked.com), which is developing tools to help entrepreneurs and investors connect. Eric is an experienced entrepreneur, and was a very, very early employee at PayPal, where he was recruited by Peter Thiel. Jackson: It's actually two audiences, both the entrepreneur and investor.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

The reason one would accept losses is when they are investments in fueling faster growth. Perhaps the most misused terms I see these days from entrepreneurs involve CAC (customer acquisition costs) and LTV (life time value) and a lack of understanding these critical components is driving many companies to premature failure.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2018

Today's interview is with Therese Tucker , the founder and CEO of BlackLine (www.blackline.com), which she took from a tiny startup to now, a big, public company by providing accounting software used to automate the financial close at enterprises. Therese Tucker: We're a SaaS company, and in fact, that's 95 percent of our revenue.

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APRIL 21, 2020

We discussed why in Q4 you will see large renegotiations of SaaS contracts and increased churn rates. Nobody will be immune because in a bull market executives are paid to “innovate” so they sign software contracts and run projects. Not anywhere nearly as hard as being an entrepreneur. Harry posed these questions. Yes, critical.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2018

Today's interview is with Therese Tucker , the founder and CEO of Blackline Systems (www.blackline.com), which she took from a tiny startup to now, a big, public company by providing accounting software used to automate the financial close at enterprises. Threese Tucker: We're a SaaS company, and in fact, that's 95 percent of our revenue.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The challenge a lot of those businesses have, is likely have built their sites and are using a lot of different software-as-a-service platforms. How supportive is that environment to third party software and partners? Their mindset is that everyone should be an entrepreneur if they want to be, that's their mantra.

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JANUARY 25, 2015

I have written about the deceiving nature of early successes before – in particular in the SaaS or B2B world leading to a phenomenon called “shelfware.” ” This, too, is a must read for any entrepreneur. And of course it’s true in personal productivity apps, SMB apps, B2B software and so forth.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Southern California--despite the lack of huge, name brand firms-- has a significant number of enterprise software companies, of which Network Automation is just one. Gary Bishop: The founder of the company is Dustin Snell, who is a classic, bootstrap entrepreneur. Can you give a concrete example of how that might work?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Manhattan Beach-based Morphlabs , the provider of software for managing private and public cloud infrastructure, has raised $1M in funding from a strategic partner, the firm said this week. According to Morphlabs, the investment came from BroadBand Tower, a provider of Internet services, hosting, and other services in Japan.

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Xconomy

JUNE 10, 2016

Seattle’s UP Global, now part of Techstars, oversees the operation of Startup Week and other programs for tech entrepreneurs across the U.S. But while Startup Week San Diego has always collaborated with UP Global, San Diego entrepreneur and Startup Week organizer Austin Neudecker said, “We’ve always been an independent entity.”.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

It's the same way that both investors and entrepreneurs used to think about New York with financial technology or advertising, because of the relationship to Madison Avenue and Wall Street. We have companies here from enterprise SaaS to Internet of Things, to the on-demand economy, to virtual and augmented reality, and health care.

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JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. We invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2

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AUGUST 24, 2015

So why invest in that period of uncertainty unless it’s early-stage and thus valuation matters less. If the next 30 days stays calm then investment will pick up. So, too, investments. It will also mean a certain amount of triage and also some mortality rates amongst investments. So plan your start date accordingly.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Sandalbay Life is actually run by a serial entrepreneur with ties to Marks, Neil Malhotra. The challenge for those manufacturers is providing a software platform for those devices to run on for the consumers. We provide the white labeled, consumer software for the manufacturer to utilize. What's your background? READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Lisha is a member of Pipeline Angels , a social impact angel investing group focused on women and non-binary femmes, and serves as the Deal Flow lead. She has created a successful model to bridge entrepreneurs, investors and the federal government. At NextGen Venture Partners, Ashley discovers and vets potential investments.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Hopscotch, led by Laurence Sotsky , has built software which enables sports teams, venues, and others to rapidly create mobile apps for their fans. Laurence Sotsky: I've been working in the software-as-a-service space for some time, in medium-sized, venture capital backed companies. Laurence Sotsky: That's a great question.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2016

Phil Hui-Bon-Hoa , the CEO of El Segundo-based Kaleo (www.kaleo.com), is a serial entrepreneur who has previously built and sold four companies, including one acquired by IFILM, and another by Sun Microsystems. How has it been building an enterprise software company in Southern California?

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Traditional software vs. SaaS. I’ve been involved with SaaS companies with VCs who don’t understand demand generation, lead qualification, sales coverage ratios, sales forecasting or frankly when deals should be inside sales vs. outside sales. Fred Wilson wrote perfectly about sticking with struggling investments.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less). In a world where the economy only heads in one direction (read: 2009-2014) most investors & entrepreneurs forget to pay attention to gross burn. But software companies often take longer to scale top-line revenue than retailers so it takes a while to cover your nut.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Our interview today is with Andrew Schydlowsky , the CEO and founder of Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet (www.trackstreet.com), a startup which is backed by Okapi Capital, The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners. Andrew Schydlowsky: I'm a serial entrepreneur. What is TrackStreet?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

With small amounts of money invested (sub $3 million) the risks are reasonably low for most VCs and the consequences of bad decisions or decisions a VC has limited say in is tolerable. And here’s an important point that I think modern entrepreneurs often forget: Investors are “co-owners” of your business.

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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. We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in.

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socalTECH

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. I've been an entrepreneur for many years. I was itching to get my hands on them.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 27, 2016

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2016 Startup and Entrepreneur Forecast taking place Thursday, February 11 from 7 p.m. More recently in 2015, Kiel helped launch Machine Shop Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in early-to-growth stage companies with a global scope. at Cross Campus in Santa Monica.

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JULY 1, 2015

I don’t meet many rational invests (VCs or LPs) who believe this will last but of course nobody knows whether we have 6 weeks, 6 months or 2 years. Let me give you some examples I see of fauxmentum: In the SaaS world I see many business plans where companies have achieved 100-300% year-over-year growth and this is truly impressive.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

I worked as a software and hardware engineer, and did lots of software development for networking and telecom firms, mainly networking. After that, I was involved in a lot of angel investing, starting companies, and helping entrepreneurs to get going. Zareh Baghdasarian: My training is as an engineer.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2013, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2013 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Thursday Jan. Venue Sponsor.

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