socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2014

Remember the Crock-Pot, that stable of busy mothers (and garage sales) everywhere? The new Crock-Pot is quite an upgrade on what has--until recently--been one of the least high tech devices in any home, consisting of just a ceramic container with a heating element. The new six quarter cooker costs $129.99. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2010

The firm said the funding came from high tech execs Vahid Manian and Massoud Dabir. The firm said it will use the funding to expand marketing and sales efforts at the company. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Center in Los Angeles, with plans to build out a team providing product management, sales, and engineering in the location. The company explained that the new Los Angeles offices comes as it recognized "the value of being in the high-tech center of America." READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 15, 2019

The company said, as part of that growth, it has named Jason Blais as Executive Vice President of Sales, Linda Souza as Senior Vice President of Marketing, and also promoted Yair Riemer to President of its Career Transition Services Division. The company says it has already been expanding its product, engineering, sales and marketing teams.

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Burbank High Tech Sales Los Angeles 145

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Iguchi most recently ran his own high tech sales and service consulting firm, serving clients Intruvert Networks, Senforce Technologies, and Brightmail Technologies. Local.com said Iguchi has previously also served at Cisco Systems and Software Publishing Corporation.

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High Tech Networking Sales Sites 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Belmonte is a veteran of Southern California's high tech industry, having previously been CEO and COO At Active Network (ACTV). AutoVitals said that Belmonte helped to grow Active Network's revenue to over $400 million and guided the company to its eventual sale for $1 billion.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

The Founder was kind enough to mentor me for several years, allowing me to experience all the roles involved in running a software company, including: sales, marketing, support and product development. Fast forward twenty years, a couple IPOs and two multi-hundred million dollar trade sales later, and I remained mentorless.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

socalTECH.com has mined its proprietary database of high tech companies and entrepreneurs and identified just a few of the repeat entrepreneurs to watch in the region. Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Resources Required – At high-tech startups, required resources include developers’ time and the opportunity cost associated with alternative uses of the developers’ 12-hour workdays. Due to the high-drama endemic in a startup organization, it can be challenging to evaluate opportunities in a systematic and dispassionate manner.

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Tool Startup Ideas Resource 255

socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2010

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder is able to self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). Are you a part of Southern California's high tech economy, and do you have some knowledge and expertise you'd like to share?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. Examples: After successful sales of their prior companies to Google, Ryan and Chad Steelberg are back with BAT, while Gil Elbaz is making big news with Factual. READ MORE>>.

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Miramar Southern California High Tech Clearstone 140

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

TWTFelipe and everybody like him who want to start high-tech, green tech or other scientific companies in the US should be encouraged to do so. The world’s best brains are on sale. Roughly 25 percent of successful high-tech start-ups over the last decade were founded or co-founded by immigrants,” said Litan.

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Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2009

Southern California's high tech news and companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP. A Stanford alum, Aaron wrote the book on sales 2.0.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

Camarillo-based DEX, a provider of supply chain services to the high tech industry, said Wednesday that it has bolstered its executive ranks. Kohnke was most recently Executive Vice President of Logistics and Distribution at UPS, and Cain was most recently VP of Service Sales at Solectron.

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High Tech Organization Sales Services 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2016

In what looks to be an unprecedented surge in high profile, high value exits for high tech companies in Southern California, there have now been six big exits in the region over the last month worth over $100M. Those exits--worth more than a collected $3.8

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Dollar Shave Club Southern California Agoura Hills West Hollywood 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

socalTECH's High Tech Company Database provides you with the tools to locate and research companies in Southern California -- and beyond -- who might be in the market for your products or services. The database is an ideal tool for business development and sales professionals, service providers, and others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The sales professional. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented. A sales fanatic on the founder team helps to contain that risk. These people also have the credibility to attract investors. The operations superstar.

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Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 123

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The sales professional. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented. A sales fanatic on the founder team helps to contain that risk. These people also have the credibility to attract investors. The operations superstar.

Technical Advisors 123

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 123

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

I ended up doing consulting work for high tech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area in the software messaging area, and then came back to Los Angeles doing corporate sales for 3M, of all things. I got the bug from that startup, plus the hard work and work ethic of bootstrapping.

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Social Media Startup Sites Advertising 241

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

Patrick Kennedy: Our customers are very active using our technology and analytics as a solution to increase the content sales from all kinds of customers. They have hundreds of millions of dollars deployed against energy and digital and high tech investments. So how does this fit into the mobile world and B2B?

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Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

In Michael's case, he promised his parents that he would return to school if the sales at his startup did not meet his expectations. "I In case you are wondering, I do not weigh in on such monumental choices, as I do not believe a Professor's opinion is relevant. "I had to give it a full go and see what happened.

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Tips Startup Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 247

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

The sales professional. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented. A sales fanatic on the founder team helps to contain that risk. These people also have the credibility to attract investors. The operations superstar.

Technical Advisors 105

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

The sales professional. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented. A sales fanatic on the founder team helps to contain that risk. These people also have the credibility to attract investors. The operations superstar.

Technical Advisors 98

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 98

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Nick helped orchestrate the successful sale of the company to Velocify partner and leading cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, Ellie Mae.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Software Review Organic Search Customer 140

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. High-travel sales and buyer positions. Retail sales to Gen-X and Gen-Y.

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Entrepreneur Mentor Demand High Tech 107

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. At Archer, we had two very successful exits with the sale of Swoop, our healthcare data business and the sale of Credit Karma to Intuit.

Venture Capital 124

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Brentwood 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. Equally important, marketing and sales people should be able to identify benefits and marketing strategies, set prices, and validate a business model. Business model, executive team, marketing & sales, financials, and funding.

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Product Entrepreneur Outsource Development Competition 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2013

The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. High-travel sales and buyer positions. Retail sales to Gen-X and Gen-Y.

Startup 98

Startup Mentor Demand High Tech 98

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

We were high tech at the very start of the boom. Obviously if you’re in a customer support role, a sales role or a customer service industry this can be impossible. I learned much and had great experiences. I used it as my “live now&# vehicle. I chose a different path.

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Startup Email Technical Review Course 295

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. Equally important, marketing and sales people should be able to identify benefits and marketing strategies, set prices, and validate a business model. Business model, executive team, marketing & sales, financials, and funding.

Product 92

Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 92

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I wanted to do business projects and I got in touch with a guy from the strategy consulting practice in the telecoms & high-tech practice in London. You’re a tech guy. I told her I wasn’t yet convinced that she’d make a good: product manager, designer, sales person, leader, CEO. I had had enough.

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Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

The housing market is not recovered : Sales in existing homes in the US fell 27.2% Sales fell in every region of the country with the Midwest suffering the worst at 35%. between June and July 2010 (and 25% from a year ago).

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

“Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean, Needs not the painted flourish of your praise: Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye, Not uttered by base sale of chapmen’s tongues” . Most US high-tech companies begin the utility patent process by filing a provisional patent application. Provisional Approach.

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IP Patents Company Companies 256

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Even in these cases, all other options should be explored first: Sales are strong – too strong. If your solution depends on high-tech chips, injection molding, or medical devices, and you can’t get financing from suppliers, giving up a portion of the company to investors is a rational approach. You need specialized equipment.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Equity 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Sales and marketing costs. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K.

Startup 102

Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM Social Network 102

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Even in these cases, all other options should be explored first: Sales are strong – too strong. If your solution depends on high-tech chips, injection molding, or medical devices, and you can’t get financing from suppliers, giving up a portion of the company to investors is a rational approach. You need specialized equipment.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2011

These efforts proved to be a major distraction from our main objective, namely sales and service of our high tech products. In practice that meant that we could once again focus on running our sales and service activities. However, in reality the U.S.

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Outsource Development High Tech Outsource Examples 88