socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2015

For our startup interview this morning, we caught up with Satish Varma , co-founder of Torrance-based Clorder (www.clorder.com), which is developing restaurant ordering software. We are an online ordering platform, that helps restaurants enhance their web presence and the profitability of their brand. What is Clorder?

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Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Social Media Outsource Development 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. If your software or your manufacturing process is your “secret sauce,” you need to keep the work in-house. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

Eric Sikola is CEO of ExpenseBay (www.expensebay.com), a Los Angeles-based, online, software-as-a-service startup which has created an online application which uses Web 2.0 finance software such as Wesabe and Mint, and applied it to the corporate expense area. How did decide to start a company on focused expense software?

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Web 2.0 Startup SaaS Report 100

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Dave’s note: This week we invite long-time CEO of Quicksilver Software to respond to our question: “How have you remained relevant in the gaming software business over so many years?” Interestingly, we’ve won a number of deals by being the not–offshore alternative.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Dave’s Note: William Fisher is CEO of Quicksilver Software, a software and Internet game development company in Southern California. I’ve gotten into a bit of a hole in the past few years because of the slowdown, but always tried to bend over backward to help people out and treat them as well as possible.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2011

We have heard that there are significant tax advantages in doing business offshore. Manufacturing offshore could impact intellectual property. Documentation and software have to be translated into each local language. This comment applies especially to manufacturing in China. Electrical and safety requirements have to be met.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

We have heard that there are tax advantages in doing business offshore. Manufacturing offshore could impact intellectual property. Documentation and software have to be translated into each local language. This comment applies especially to manufacturing in China. Products must be adapted to local conditions and regulations.

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Offshore Startup Patents Outsource Development 48

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I originally came from the entreprise software world (for 10 years) and before that I was in mobile & telecoms (8 years) so the last three years of immersing myself in consumer Internet, digital media & advertisings has been very eye opening. I’ll help promote it. The wisdom of the crowds. Or so it seems.

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News Blogging Search Engine Optimization SEO 284

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

In the era of Skype, web conferencing tools and collaboration software conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person. The conversations bleed into the sales messages the next time, they wend their way into software designs and form the plan of attach against competition.

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