SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 11, 2010

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 -- Lessons Learned, Working with Distressed Company Sales What to Look for, What to Stay Away From. If you see a distressed company, should you as a vendor or potential buyer stay clear or jump in to benefit and potentially help the unfortunate situation? Rockey Steve Rockey.

Sales 100

Sales Company Companies Help 100

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Here are eight Southern California companies and the experienced, successful entrepreneurs heading up their efforts, who haven't had any problems finding investors--or customers--for their firms.

Southern California 228

Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Thursday, September 13, 2012 -- Women in LAVA Group - SALES: What every entrepreneur needs to know. How Do I Sell Sponsors Or Create Channel Partners To Help Multiply My Revenues And Reach? What Role Can Sales Play In Creating A Steady Stream Of Revenue? How Do I Increase Revenues For My Start Up? See [link] (more)

LAVA 100

LAVA Sales Entrepreneur Startup 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

The most obvious, is to drive sales. We work with them on an annual basis, around the world, and help to power their events and experiential marketing. What that means, is we have a software tool, used primarily by companies who are putting on events for marketing reasons. It's a marketing experience.

Sales 100

Sales Santa Monica Startup Orange County 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

My friend and fellow SoCal venture capitalist Peter Lee wrote a post about the different roles within a VC and spent much time on the role of an associate. The process for raising money from a VC is a sales process and as such much of what is taught in enterprise sales can be applied. Some people have authority (A).

Venture Capital 308

Venture Capital Sales Entrepreneur Startup 308

socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2020

I knew them when I was the Founding Executive Director of the MIT Desphande Center For Technological Innovation, which I set up and built to help cultivate early stage innovation. Good Growth help cultivate that deal and company early on, and he insisted we be part of his new company. We love coinvesting with great investors.

Southern California 124

Southern California Capital Technical Review Startup 124

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

We casught up with CEO Jay Ackerman to learn more about the company, its market, and how the company is looking to help its customershealth plans and managed care organizations--with risk management and quality improvement using technology. I've been a sales leader, a Chief Revenue Officer, Head of Customer Success. What is Reveleer?

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence SoCal Southern California Software 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2016

Los Angeles-based online electronics retailer Newegg and project crowdfunding site Indiegogo said this morning that the two are in a collaboration, where they will help successfully funded, crowdfunding campaigns to sell and deliver their products. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

NewEgg 100

NewEgg Social Media Sales Los Angeles 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2019

Whatever your goal is; reinforcing customer loyalty, improving lead generation, increasing sales, or driving stronger consumer engagement, the DigiMarCon West 2019 line up has been specifically designed to help you develop your audience. See [link].

Conference 100

Conference Marketing Santa Monica Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

The insurance industry today is one of the last industries to fully jump into adopting technology for offering up their products, says Wayne Slavin , CEO and founder of SURE (www.sureapp.com), and just needs some help in getting there. We're here to serve, as a technology distribution platform, to help those insurance carriers become digital.

Southern California 244

Southern California Technical Review Startup Commerce 244

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. A Stanford alum, Aaron wrote the book on sales 2.0. While Senior Director of Corporate Development & Acquisitions at Salesforce.com, he grew the B2B sales division to $100M. They include: Sponsors. To apply, go to [link].

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Orange County Southern California Westlake Village 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! They had agreed!

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! They had agreed!

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

A company like Moe will help legitimize the industry,” Bernstein tells TechCrunch. “I I feel this responsibility to my industry to put the best business practices I’ve learned along the way into a platform so I can help other influencers.”. We are in phase three of the influencer economy. Bain Capital Ventures' Jamison Hill.

Platform 170

Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Telecommunications service providers in Southern California face a unique set of circumstances and challenges which may not be apparent to providers that are not headquartered here or are unfamiliar with the SoCal landscape. A smaller provider can be more flexible, helping you scale your network up and down as the need arises.

Services 64

Services Southern California Alhambra Technical Review 64

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 8, 2016

The company, which develops artificial intelligence software which helps identify and stop malware and other threats, said the new funds will go towards sales, marketing, and engineering. Cylance, which is led by Stuart McClure, said the funding also included its other prior investors.

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Software Development Software Capital 100

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

" Kurt has a great background in sales and marketing. I'm also still busy working with Baron Miller to produce MOTM (Meeting of the Minds) , which is a curated, invite only conversation we produce in SoCal. He recently co-founded CitySourced and I think Ben Kuo nailed him when he describes him as "a connector.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Southern California Technology Angel 150

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Marketing and Sales Executives Society. Your sales team is also becoming app-centric. Learn how Mike Colombo, Partner and CEO, Partner at MAARK is helping his biggest B2B clients think beyond the browser and win the race for customers and sales productivity. The new web is here. See [link] (more)

Technology Council 113

Technology Council TCOSC Web Sales 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

But before you think of moving out of SoCal, our 19th deal also closed in 2016, and this was a growth equity investment in Brentwood based Docupace Technologies. Another achievement in 2016 was the sale of our Irvine based portfolio company, Digital Map Solutions. An interesting investment for our firm, the $16.5

Capital 113

Capital Southern California Equity San Diego 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. it has created a comprehensive rules-based ad “flighting&# system, providing you with the same tools that ad networks currently use to help themselves make more money.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

CapLinked says the round of funding and new appointment are an advancement in their move to displace the legacy left by Virtual Data Room (VDR) with their intuitive new product for coordinating on complex business deals such as asset sales, financings, and mergers and acquisitions. 25 Years of Writing Code.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Software Review Bertelsmann Technology 88

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

A lot of my time is spent helping early-stage companies get to proof points so that they can raise capital. A few things jumped out at me: - Experience in sales or technology - considered a minor negative? If you've not had a C-level but have had experience in sales or tech. What are they really looking for? Not sure why.

Startup 198

Startup Custom Development Sales Writing 198

LATechDigest

MAY 9, 2016

SoCal AgTech. Helps Get Out the Vote. Josh from @FWD_us discusses tools to help activate communities for voter turnout pic.twitter.com/a0DPgQCUHz. Winter is Coming — SF PING PONG TABLE Sales Fall to 2-Year Low. Falling ping pong table sales give a peek into the economics of Silicon Valley https://t.co/xccnL8lY9Y

Digital Hollywood 45

Digital Hollywood Snapchat Sites SoCal 45

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales. You need to for conferences, business development and often for sales. We have started to build initiatives like Launchpad LA to help bring this community together and make it easier for first time entrepreneurs.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 3, 2012

Eventbrite enable's event creation, promotion and ticket sales. They help people discover events that match their passions. Thursday, August 9, 2012 -- Startups Uncensored #29 - Eventbrite Co-Founders Kevin and Julia Hartz. Eventbrite is an online service that people everywhere use to create, share, and join any event imaginable.

Startup 113

Startup Sales Help Services 113

SoCal CTO

MAY 13, 2014

Here’s the other aspect that both Tony and I preach: get help. Getting someone who’s fully employed somewhere else to work with you on a limited basis to help close the gap is hugely important for the non-technical founder. And it’s way more fun when you have other interesting people in the room trying to also help.

CTO Coach 241

CTO Coach Startup CTO Hire Template 241

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 7, 2011

There has been much talk on internet privacy, collection and sale of user data, etc. But what about the collection, use and sale of a users location. Are we free to share our location or do we need help from Big Brother to protect us? Is this a self inflicted wound or an abuse of our privacy? See [link] (more)

Services 100

Services Sales Help 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2012

And, how do programs like YouTube's recent push to help fund original content channels on the site helping? We take the game content, wrap it with high quality shows, distributed that with YouTube, and utilize our sales organization to drive traffic and maximize revenue on that. What is IBN Sports?

Content 212

Content Google Southern California Orange County 212

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Meet Cheez CEO Ben Huh, help some animals in need, and eat free Fatburgers! All proceeds from ticket sales will be given to Ace of Hearts. This time Ben (@benhuh) is in Los Angeles hosting a book launch with Fatburger (@fatburger) as our burger sponsor. Ben Huh will be signing copies of our new book, Teh Itteh Bitteh Book of Kittehs.

Los Angeles 113

Los Angeles Sales Help Angel 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. But there still is much value in helping enterprises succeed – so good luck! Time will tell.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It has been challenging, but we both have autonomy and even just the physical separation to help, since we're 2500 miles away from corporate. This was a phone referral business, and it needs to be a marketing technology company, to provide dental practices with connections to consumers, and help them build relationship with those patients.

Startup 113

Startup CitySearch Outsource Development Organization 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 -- Strategy to Execution in These Trying Times Speaker: Barbara Nelson from Pragmatic Marketing Good strategy helps you filter out bad tactics so you can focus on whats most important to your long-term viability in the market. See [link] (more).

Develop 100

Develop Development Product Activity 100

SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Vince: I’m an author, speaker and management consultant with a special expertise in online media sales. I started out as screenwriter, went into local television, ran ad sales in the west for AOL and joined Facebook in the companies very early days. I help internet companies make money. I usually.just focus on revenue.

Startup 225

Startup Los Angeles Twiistup Social Network 225

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

We've made some investments here and there, and are now building a team, and making a lot of investments in SoCal tech companies. I had a sales force when I was at SkyPipeline, selling telecom, networking, and broadband wireless products. We went from $9M in sales to $624M in sales in eighteen months, and sold out at 19x EBITDA.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 100

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

We caught up with Eric Hovanec, the firm's CEO, and Steve Reich, the firm's SVP of Sales, to hear more about the funding. We help them distribute their product, and put it on the shelf, anywhere a customer might buy--whether that's with a tour operator, travel agency, or a travel website. Eric Hovanec: There are two things going on.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The event will feature a panel of some of SoCal’s brightest entrepreneurs who have received funding from TechStars, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, and Idealab and will be moderated by upStart.LA’s Co-Founder, Dan Dato. 10th from 7pm to 9pm at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (SMCA).

Incubator 64

Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 64