socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Bettencourt previously was Founder and Managing Partner of management consulting firm Propelus; she also served as SVP of Customer Solutions at Accruent, and was at Oracle, ChannelPoint (now Trizetto), and J.D.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2016

San Diego-based MindTouch , a developer of software-as-a-service tools to help companies create self-service, customer support sites, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding came from PeakSpan Capital, along with SK Ventures and SAP SE. The company's clients include Whirlpool, Zuora, Docker, MakerBOt, Remington, and many others.

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socalTECH

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. We looked for a solution, and we couldn't find anything that was accessible.

Doc 100

Doc Software Review Help Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Many pundits will point to great entrepreneurs, including Steve Jobs at Apple, and Larry Ellison at Oracle, as examples of opinionated and egotistical leaders who succeeded without consideration for relationships. Don’t be afraid to ask for help from people who are ahead of you. Avoid naysayers and downers.

Oracle 113

Oracle Entrepreneur Outsource Development Mentor 113

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2023

Larry Ellison (Oracle) preferred a candidate who had accomplished something genuinely difficult over one with formal qualifications. This is a win-win approach, since it often helps people accomplish more than they ever thought possible. Take chances on unconventional talent. Always searching for new talent sources.

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Oracle Organization Examples Coach 94

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

As a first-timer at Oracle OpenWorld , I’ve been quite impressed by the sheer number of people thronging Howard Street, Moscone Center and the local San Francisco area in business-suits and professional attire. Kevin Akeroyd , GM & SVP of Oracle Marketing Cloud and their own Matthew Collins , SVP of Global Marketing.

Oracle 40

Oracle Custom Customer Marketing 40

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

According to NativeTung, it has developed a product which helps companies translate websites into other languages, and helps them to manage the entire translation process. The firm's founders come from Oracle, Yahoo!, and PeopleSoft. READ MORE>>.

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Oracle Yahoo San Diego Conference 133

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 18, 2011

In this interview, Mark discusses how his experiences at Oracle, eHarmony and the Rubicon Project contributed to the creation of his latest venture, SteelHouse Media. Well the people who really care about us are Internet retailers (because) we help them figure out what incentive they should offer each of the shoppers on their site.

eHarmony 204

eHarmony Media Oracle Commerce 204

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2020

Many pundits will point to great entrepreneurs, including Steve Jobs at Apple, and Larry Ellison at Oracle, as examples of opinionated and egotistical leaders who succeeded without consideration for relationships. Don’t be afraid to ask for help from people who are ahead of you. Avoid naysayers and downers.

Oracle 124

Oracle Entrepreneur Outsource Development Mentor 124

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

You need to move to right location and get connected before you ask for help. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. Being in the right location helps you to maintain pace because of access to skilled and experienced people. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution.

Technical Review 123

Technical Review Oracle Software Review Ideas 123

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2011

Hulse joins from iPass, and also has served at Frontbridge and Tumbleweed; Harries was most recently at Oracle; McHargue joins from AutoWeb. Rubicon Project is headed by Frank Addante, and develops ad optimization technology for web publishers, helping them to pick the best ad networks to optimize revenue on their web site.

Clearstone 113

Clearstone Oracle Web Advertising 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

Here is my list of some key recommendations to help you get your fair share of business: Customize and personalize every communication you can. Unless you represent one of the huge brands in the services arena, such as Accenture or Oracle , clients today want to hear why you personally are the right answer for them.

Services 121

Services Technical Review Social Media Case Study 121

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Larry Ellison (Oracle) preferred a candidate who had accomplished something genuinely difficult over one with formal qualifications. This is a win-win approach, since it often helps people accomplish more than they ever thought possible. Take chances on unconventional talent. Always searching for new talent sources.

Oracle 124

Oracle Organization Examples Coach 124

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

You need to move to right location and get connected before you ask for help. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. Being in the right location helps you to maintain pace because of access to skilled and experienced people. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution.

Startup 97

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2009

I'd used every CRM tool out there--Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft--you name it, I've used it. They don't use it because it can help them close opportunities and to win business. My business partner and I kept thinking, what is missing to help solve this problem? The common denominator of what I'd done was sales, sales, and sales.

Oracle 145

Oracle Sales Screening Startup 145

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

So I would go to lunch with our senior architect and ask 50 questions about the differences between Postgres , MySQL and Oracle databases. At my first company we went with Oracle because it had better handling of “ clustering &# at the time where we could have multiple instances of databases that we could keep synchronized.

Startup 308

Startup CTO Coach Technical Review CTO Hire 308

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2012

Bogue and Ocko work full-time as partners at Data Collective, while Michael Driscoll and Bradford Cross work full-time in their firms but also consult, help find deals and evaluate technologies in return of a stake in the fund. Big Data Shift. Doors open. The good news is Data Collective fund is now open to the public.

Technical Review 74

Technical Review Entrepreneur Oracle Software Review 74

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

We had been talking about data visualization as we saw the iPHone come out, and got excited and couldn't help seeing the possibilities of what you could do there. That data can come from an existing business intelligence system, like SAP, Oracle, IBM, or Salesforce.com. Or, it can come directly out of a database.

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Mobile Oracle Startup Content 170

socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2014

On the other side of that is manufacturers and suppliers, where we help them figure out what happening with their trucks, so that they are not tying up their trucks and drivers and killing their margins. Todd Davis: I''m a veteran of Oracle, and had been CEO of an equipment finance company for the construction industry globally.

Mobile 133

Mobile Startup Oracle Los Angeles 133

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

And of course the most successful technology companies: Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com [duh], Oracle, Microsoft all have loads of sales people. And you can’t use the API argument to get out of helping with integration. But the “no sales people” mantra isn’t what I’m here to take on.

Startup 403

Startup Sales Software Review Technical Review 403

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

You need to move to right location and get connected before you ask for help. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. Being in the right location helps you to maintain pace because of access to skilled and experienced people. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution.

Startup 109

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2016

Many pundits will point to great entrepreneurs, including Steve Jobs at Apple, and Larry Ellison at Oracle, as examples of opinionated and egotistical leaders who succeeded without consideration for relationships. Don’t be afraid to ask for help from people who are ahead of you. Avoid naysayers and downers.

Entrepreneur 56

Entrepreneur Oracle Outsource Development Mentor 56

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). Before I tell you the reasons I’m concerned about investment banking intros, I should start by saying I think bankers are enormously helpful for entrepreneurs in raising money. Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. I attended events.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2014

If you really believe that IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle are your competition, you probably don’t have a business. Even in the short term, customers and investors alike will help you carry a simple and clear focus all the way to the bank. Realistically frame the competition. Marty Zwilling. business entrepreneur focus startup'

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Competition Oracle Technical Review 103

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). Before I tell you my reasons for never doing a deal that a banker intro’d I have to preface by where I think bankers are enormously helpful on VC deals. Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. I spent time on college campuses. I hustled.

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

Jason was adamant that selling the great company he had helped build wasn’t his objective. He spent years in the early days of many great Silicon Valley enterprise software companies including Oracle and McAfee. We all agreed that if we’re truly going big, then bringing in a big gun exec was the best thing for the company.

Demand 150

Demand SaaS Startup Press 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

You need to move to right location and get connected before you ask for help. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. Being in the right location helps you to maintain pace because of access to skilled and experienced people. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution.

Sites 59

Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2013

If you really believe that IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle are your competition, you probably don’t have a business. Even in the short term, customers and investors alike will help you carry a simple and clear focus all the way to the bank. Realistically frame the competition. Marty Zwilling. entrepreneur startup investor focus business'

Startup 103

Startup Competition Technical Review Oracle 103

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

Obviously they wish they would have figured this out a bit more quickly, but as a young team I personally cut them a little bit more slack than I would if it were Oracle, for example. It doesn’t help you. Startups often have advisors that help on recruiting, fund raising, biz dev, sales, etc. Help them with other stories.

Startup 329

Startup Press Training Media 329

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

You need to move to right location and get connected before you ask for help. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. Being in the right location helps you to maintain pace because of access to skilled and experienced people. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution.

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2010

You need to give them advance notice of your product development or better yet let them help influence your direction. Salesforce.come is brilliant at marketing heroes and I think Marc learned it in turn from Oracle. You need to give them “back stage&# passes to your company. Sure, they need a little social proof.

Marketing 294

Marketing Customer Custom Technical Review 294

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2016

Larry Ellison (Oracle) preferred candidates who had accomplished something genuinely difficult over one with formal qualifications. This is a win-win approach, since it often helps people accomplish more than they ever thought possible. Take chances on unconventional talent. Always searching for new talent sources.

Oracle 53

Oracle Organization Entrepreneur Examples 53

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

But assuming that you do have a good starting point for sales, you’ll need to hire somebody to expand your pipeline of leads, help build customer relations and to allow you also to have some time for the hundred other things you’re responsible for like fund raising, recruiting, products, customer support, etc.

Sales 346

Sales Startup Technical Review Customer 346

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2013

Now there are many resources out there to help engineer entrepreneurs, such as the book by Krishna Uppuluri, “ Engineer to Entrepreneur: The First Flight.” Certainly there are many examples of great companies led by engineers, including Microsoft with Bill Gates, Oracle with Larry Ellison, and Google with Larry Page.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Oracle Custom Customer 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2010

And after Siebel’s death the Salesforce rallying cry has extended to Oracle and Microsoft. And in a world where complex ideas are hard to mass markets to synthesize, the simplicity of the message, the differentiation & who is good vs. evil helps journalists, market analysts & customers. Software, software, software.

Cloud Computing 320

Cloud Computing Competition Press Startup 320

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Now there are many resources out there to help engineer entrepreneurs, such as a recent book by Krishna Uppuluri, “ Engineer to Entrepreneur: The First Flight.” Certainly there are many examples of great companies led by engineers, including Microsoft with Bill Gates, Oracle with Larry Ellison, and Google with Larry Page.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Oracle Custom Customer 104

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

billion in recurring run-rate revenue and growing while Siebel is sold to Oracle for a mere $5.8 Perhaps the best they can do is to help fund their successors. The take aways for me are: The incumbent eventually realizes what is happening to them. Or at least diversify the future fortunes of their shareholders in the way that Yahoo!

Startup 376

Startup Framework Marketing Custom 376