socalTECH

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. So what's your plan to ramp things up at HG Data?

Santa Barbara 113

Santa Barbara High Tech Outsource Development Startup 113

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

I have been watching ProductPlan for several years, as the founders are both friends and pillars of the Santa Barbara Startup Community. Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

socalTECH

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. My own background, is I built and sold two software-as-a-service companies. Why do I say that?

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

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.

Outsource Development 100

Outsource Development Santa Barbara Education SaaS 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Can you talk about some concrete examples of what you're managing? Zareh Baghdasarian: For example, in grade school or high school, students and teachers can communicate, and we allow them to submit homework and forms, do their grade work, post assignments, and receive assignments. Talk about your background?

Education 124

Education Startup Course Tool 124

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

This is true in consumer but it’s also true in enterprise software. All four companies were in Los Angeles (or adjacent … Santa Barbara) and our community has now matured and regularly produces billion dollar+ outcomes. Invoca, for example, had interest in being acquired along the way at $300 million or so.

Venture Capital 363

Venture Capital Capital Funding Startup 363

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

I built my first software company in the early days of SaaS and there were few models to go by. One thing I observed was that many customers wanted an “on premise” version of our software and were willing to pay extra money for it. It is the opposite of what SaaS is supposed to be. So we took a stand.

Sales 150

Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 150