InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 16, 2013

If you''re doing something, or thinking about doing something, and nobody else in the world is doing it, then there''s a 1% chance that you are a freaking genius and there''s a 99% chance that your idea sucks. At that time, a typically inferior Microsoft remote access product(NetMeeting), was bundled with every copy of Microsoft Office.

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Competition SaaS Santa Barbara Entrepreneur 254

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2020

What Swoop does, is we build technology for them, SaaS tools, which allow them to run their businesses more effectively. That's where our domain expertise comes from, and where the idea came from, and also our understanding of how outdated this space really is. We're really focused on the product. wanted to start my own thing.

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SaaS Startup Tool Doc 113

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

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. I have always worked on early stage products. Some of the products I’ve helped validate and launch include GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting and AppFolio.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2014

We spoke with George Collado , CEO and founder of the company, to hear about how his own battles trying to manage a number of restaurants was the genesis of the company''s product. We use a SaaS model, and we work with hospitality companies, such as hotels, restaurants, food service, and we help track employee performance in real time.

Help 223

Help Hermosa Beach Technical Review Redondo Beach 223

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

You’ve got a great idea for an app. I’m largely talking about whether to use an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) or a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and to some extent, how much to rely on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers or write your own application components. You’re a startup. So how do you figure out where you’ll host it?

SaaS 90

SaaS Framework Resource Google 90

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

I think that the biggest news for StartEngine this year is our productivity. As the founder of an accelerator, I'm constantly being approached by ambitious people with big ideas, and generally we invest in 1/100th of what comes to us. Definitely Software as a Service (SAAS). SAAS is here to stay.

Southern California 168

Southern California High Tech SaaS Social Media 168

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 26, 2022

is still manageable, which is why we have the opportunity to become leaders in the sphere of fast delivery of basic products and household goods. From day one, we’ve had the idea of eventually converting all of our dark stores to micro fulfillment centers that will have local marketplaces to deliver their items.”. locations.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

In product business it is often measured over multiple purchases and assumptions are made about the repeat rates and in the enterprise or services world LTV can be based on churn rates, which are notoriously hard to predict in an early-stage business. In SaaS (or any recurring revenue business) this is also a very difficult task.

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Metrics Startup SaaS Course 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based Central Desktop , the provider of cloud-based collaboration tools, is targeting creative agencies with a new product today. The company said it has launched a new online idea board it calls a "Moodboard", as part of its SocialBridge collaboration product.

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Ideas Advertising Los Angeles Tool 187

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2021

“We wondered why they weren’t on DoorDash, and the reason was two-fold: a bakery has to plan production days ahead of time, and every delivery sales takes away from retail customers. If a loaf of bread is $7, but you pay $15 for delivery, it doesn’t work for small-ticket items.”.

Help 192

Help Startup Los Angeles Customer 192

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

The business model, is people use this to do better marketing and sales targeting when they sell their own products. For example, if I'm a competitor to the Citrix Virtual Desktop software, from Vmware, I might want to know all of the companies who are using Citrix, so I can talk to them about how my products are better, and meet their needs.

Santa Barbara 113

Santa Barbara High Tech Outsource Development Startup 113

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The following guest post is from Dan Monarko, Online Marketing Manager at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. What ideas did you contribute to your current role?

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Tips RSS Ideas SaaS 182

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

accelerator--which only inspired him to keep working on making his startup a reality and go from just an idea, to a real company. The idea for FloQast really came from the experience we had in that department, which grew to about 50 people. He comes from a SaaS background, and enterprise software.

Startup 124

Startup Cornerstone OnDemand Software Review Woodland Hills 124

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

You’d imagine that companies selling tons of shelfware would quickly meet their deserved fate in the market, yet the spin around a category of software can fool buyers into thinking they “must have this product to compete.” How frequently they’re using the product? ROI studies were published. I know, I know.

Marketing 354

Marketing Case Study Metrics Sales 354

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2019

We invest in life sciences, medical devices, but we're also a generalist investing in SaaS technologies and real estate, as well. On the therapeutic side, we're looking for something with a product engine, where you can generate a lot of different mechanisms of action for targets with different indications. What is OCV Partners?

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Venture Capital Invest SaaS Entrepreneur 113

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 7, 2013

For early stage entrepreneurs seeking funding, building their product and formulating their product / market fit, an Accelerator is a great alternative. For instance, some focus on go-to-market strategies, such as SaaS or Cloud-based technologies, while others concentrate on a particular industry. Many Sizes, Many Fits.

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Incubator Startup News Entrepreneur 238

socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2013

The startup said that it will be demonstrating its products at SXSW at March 8th, at the conclusion of the program. The founders first thought up the idea for the Planana's original service, trueRSVP, at a 2011 Los Angeles Startup Weekend event. Planana was formerly known as trueRSVP.

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Class Los Angeles Ideas Startup 178

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2019

The companies we're generally looking for are software-as-a-service-based companies, and although we don't just invest in SaaS companies, it's our primary focus. We're looking for companies that have already brought a product to market, with $500,000 to a million dollars in revenues in ARR. It's always hard with venture capital.

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Venture Capital Startup Invest Capital 145

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Thaeres is a SaaS-based, dashboard solution for mid-market enterprises. Effectively, when an organization uses our product, the can scale any subscription service with ease. Where did the service idea come from? Where''s the sweet spot for your product? I built the software on my own, initially, and brought it to market.

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Startup Oracle Customer Custom 159

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

For investors, it's like Schwab -- you can track you investments in one place, and have an idea of what is going on with your companies. This was back when you had to do a couple of rounds of funding to just get your product out of the door. So back to the company--is the product live yet? Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

Southern California 243

Southern California Entrepreneur Software Review Yammer 243

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

In it he talks about the skills of willing an idea into existence and whether those are the same skills to take the company to the next level. As we went from a small band of missionaries hell bent on making our idea a reality, raising capital, getting press, and selling to customers – we were all having fun.

Demand 150

Demand SaaS Startup Sales 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

For the first half of our show, we actually set up a store front on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, and put their product in a retail setting, and let consumers and investors run through the gamut, allowing them to interact in real time, and get feedback on their packaging and products, and even recommend it to their friends.

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Startup Entrepreneur Invest Competition 100

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

The idea really came from a lot of the online personal finance tools--like Wesabe, Mint, and Quicken Online--where the world has adopted pulling in credit card data, and you can use it, you can categorize it. There's a bunch of SaaS products, like NetSuite, with nowhere with the breadth that our tool has, but companies are using that.

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Web 2.0 Startup SaaS Report 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

If you're an NCAA fan, and you've loaded the app for your favorite team, there's a high likelyhood that the app is actually the product of El Segundo-based Hopscotch (www.gohopscotch.com). Combining that with my previous experience, which was in the platform and SaaS market, and sports, was really a home run.

Mobile 162

Mobile Platform El Segundo UCLA 162

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

” The idea is that teams that allow everybody to speak, allow dissent, encourage safe discussions where it’s ok to be wrong – succeed more. It seems to me that we obsess too much with product features, sales pipelines, competitive pressures, fund raising and such. I often find myself having the opposite reaction.

Coach 150

Coach Technical Review Framework Google 150

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2009

William--who, among prior experience developed Stamps.com's security architecture--sat down with us to explain the firm's products and plans. What does Mobophiles do, and what the idea behind the product is? What we wanted to do is allow people to be productive when they wanted to be productive.

SaaS 127

SaaS Web Google Sites 127

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Traditional software vs. SaaS. I’ve been involved with SaaS companies with VCs who don’t understand demand generation, lead qualification, sales coverage ratios, sales forecasting or frankly when deals should be inside sales vs. outside sales. Think of web vs. mobile. SEO marketing vs. social marketing. Nail on the head.

Venture Capital 364

Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 1, 2012

The following guest post is from Courtney Englert, Customer Success Intern at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. There’s no better time to try this than now.”.

Startup 184

Startup RSS SaaS Press 184

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2015

Hosted by SAAS giant Salesforce, it is more akin to a circus than a professional event. The idea behind the Hulk campaign was simple - get noticed and drive booth traffic. you get the idea. Even at a show the size of Dreamforce, you can cut through the noise, but you have to push the envelope to do it. . And that was it.

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Conference SaaS Ideas Sales 100

Steve Reich

OCTOBER 30, 2012

The company builds a SaaS mobile banking platform for community banks. The core idea is very simple—give community banks a powerful, customizable platform that allows bank customers to bank via their smartphones. They have 100 customers on the platform already, and they are so excited about the product that they put it on billboards.

Startup 65

Startup SaaS Platform .Net 65

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

The constraint between good ideas and growth operates in both directions. It’s not merely that you need a scalable idea to grow. If you have such an idea and don’t grow fast enough, competitors will. We sold the company when we hit $36 million in bookings and $16 million in SaaS GAAP revenue. Growth, again.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review 390

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

spent 2011 raising our seed round, which we used to build our team.and launched the product into beta about a year ago, at the end of 2011. We then spent the first half of 2012 beta testing the product, getting feedback and input to the point where we could start selling it. The platform can be divided into three products.

Mobile 197

Mobile Startup Platform GRP Partners 197

InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2011

Part I of this series describes the 360-review that I conducted at a growing, dynamic SaaS business which has recently graduated from the startup stage and entered the early-growth phase. A = Product Strategy. D = Overseeing Product/Feature Stories. C = Product Coding. K = Time to Innovate/Incubate New Ideas.

Technical Review 182

Technical Review Software Review Startup Outsource 182

InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2011

Central Desktop was founded in 2005 to provide an easy-to-use, SaaS collaboration solution to the SMB market. I am curious to hear how you and your Co-Founder Arnulf Hsu came up with the idea for Central Desktop. "We Article first published as Isaac Garcia – Taking Down Microsoft on Technorati.

Newsletter 213

Newsletter Conference Marketing Advertising 213

InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

Their SaaS product saves web developers and designers time, while allowing them to create cutting-edge websites. On March 28 I randomly thought of the idea, pitched it to the team and got an immediately positive response.

Customer 195

Customer Custom Template Startup 195

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

No amount of persuasion would work so I asked simply if I could be staffed on one of his projects to teach some of his MBA geniuses about computer networks since they were working on defining telecom product offerings for the Internet age. I talked with a few VCs and batted around the idea of becoming a VC. 25, ISDN, T3s, etc.

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2016

We're trying to save companies money, and increase the productivity of employees. The idea of waiting, asking, and waiting for answers is gone. That can be a subject matter expert, product head, a sales head, any category in the enterprise, and they can use our lightweight platform for answers.

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El Segundo Southern California Startup CTO Hire 169