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?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

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. Too often, an entrepreneur with a big idea will run head-first into a project without actually finding out if what they're producing fits the needs of the people they cater towards.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In the meantime, we’ll continue publishing thoughts and ideas we’ve learned from great product managers here. With so many APIs, SaaS ecosystems, and cloud platforms to rely on, a digital product that may have taken five years to get off the ground in 2000 can now be brought to life in a matter of months. Read more… ?? Read more… ??

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The idea is to give businesses a way to operationalize and support software developers for alerts and provide tools to manage deployments on premises. ” New Company Helps SaaS Applications Work Behind Firewall. Already, Replicated has four customers who are using its KOTS suite of tools.

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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. We build product roadmap software – it’s a SaaS company based here in Santa Barbara, California. Semick: It wasn’t our first idea.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2018

Therese Tucker: We're a SaaS company, and in fact, that's 95 percent of our revenue. Therese Tucker: Actually, I love the idea of SaaS, because with on-premise software, in the old days, you saw a lot of shelfware. The beautiful things about SaaS, is you're able to provide value to your customer on an ongoing basis.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2018

Threese Tucker: We're a SaaS company, and in fact, that's 95 percent of our revenue. Therese Tucker: Actually, I love the idea of SaaS, because with on-premise software, in the old days, you saw a lot of shelfware. The beautiful things about SaaS, is yuo're able to provide value to your customer on an ongoing basis.

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SaaS Conference Custom Customer 100

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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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I have often thought that creative endeavors where one has a quick turn-around between idea and realization of one’s work as one of the more fulfilling experiences in life. In those days we did it for the joy of problem-solving and seeing something we created in our brains be realized in the real world (or at least the real, digital world).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

SaaS companies needs to estimate the amount of sales resources spent on clients (can be measured by activities like visits, sales calls, etc) / the clients who convert to look at sales productivity. And then of course you need to layer in marketing to understand the true SaaS customer acquisition costs.

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Metrics Startup SaaS Course 150

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. Use any opportunity you have for warm intros, for networking, and to get your idea in front of an investor and be able to really explain when you get that opportunity. What is OCV Partners? Just keep at it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

Let’s say you have built a SaaS company where a large part of the early revenue comes from a few big customers or a large part of the revenue is services based vs. software based. Let me give you an example.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2014

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. I just didn''t have any idea, and it was too cumbersome to do all these reviews. What does StaffRanker do? George Collado: It''s employee management software.

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Help Hermosa Beach Technical Review Redondo Beach 223

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The company said it has launched a new online idea board it calls a "Moodboard", as part of its SocialBridge collaboration product. Central Desktop described the new feature a "private Pinterest", allowing team members to post creative ideas and images, comment on those ideas, and more as part of the creative process.

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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.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 26, 2022

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.”. On-demand grocery startup Food Rocket launches in the Bay Area, goes up against delivery giants. “We We are creating new habits of customers. locations.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 24, 2012

With over 700 customers, OptionEase has become the leading enterprise class SaaS solution for stock option and equity compensation tracking and compliance. You have to stay on focus because, as an entrepreneur, you are going to get ideas coming at you every second. We encourage it…but it doesn’t mean you have to act upon (each idea).

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2012

The following guest post is from Eric Gaydos, Buzz 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.

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Social Media RSS SaaS Email 154

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Thaeres is a SaaS-based, dashboard solution for mid-market enterprises. Where did the service idea come from? The idea was to bootstrap this to where we had enough traction that we could prove out our business model and find our niche, and find a large, addressable audience. How are you funded?

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Startup Oracle Custom Customer 159

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.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Instead, their idea was to bundle businesses together and operate on a weekly model, so all of the bakeries and restaurants have one big order by Thursday for Saturday delivery rather than a bunch of separate orders. If a loaf of bread is $7, but you pay $15 for delivery, it doesn’t work for small-ticket items.”.

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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.

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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.”.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

Prior to that, for seven years I was at Citrix in Santa Barbara, at their SaaS division. So, we'll be focusing on that, and we have many other ideas where we're innovating. My initiative at Support.com was to introduce new products into the support space, as a Software-as-a-Service product.

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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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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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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 7, 2013

For instance, some focus on go-to-market strategies, such as SaaS or Cloud-based technologies, while others concentrate on a particular industry. Thus, startups that can benefit from the cross-pollination of ideas and contacts thrive in a co-working environment.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

Your favorite investor told you this was a bad idea. If your investor worked inside of a SaaS company for years and disagrees with me then listen to them. I wrote about The Importance of Professional Services here. I know, I know. If they’re a spreadsheet jockey then on this particular issue I promise you they are FOS.

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Marketing Case Study Metrics Sales 354

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.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2013

The founders first thought up the idea for the Planana's original service, trueRSVP, at a 2011 Los Angeles Startup Weekend event. DreamIt Ventures is one of the many accelerator programs around the country focused on getting early stage startups off the group. Planana was formerly known as trueRSVP. READ MORE>>.

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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. Malauzai is an example of a company that tells its’ story well. It all flows into a great story. Mobile is important.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2018

Almost every idea worthy of funding has 5 amazing teams trying to do the same thing and execution and team determines the winners. A great teaser deck should be the kind of thing that you are totally happy if it gets leaked because more people will see just how amazing you are.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Silicon Valley Bank and Mastercard said the startups will go through a four-month virtual program that provides resources to help refine and enhance their business ideas. Editor's note: Silicon Valley Bank is a sponsor of socaltech, which does not influence our coverage. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2009

What does Mobophiles do, and what the idea behind the product is? Tags: entrepreneur access offline service software saas mobophiles startup interview chow william. William--who, among prior experience developed Stamps.com's security architecture--sat down with us to explain the firm's products and plans. more) READ MORE>>.

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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. Kevin O'Connor: I've learned a lot over the years. It's always hard with venture capital. Make sure they are actually solving a problem, a big problem.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 30, 2011

We had no idea we were making basically Excedrin and then giving it out to people. Studying Chinese Medicine in graduate school) allowed me to see intersection points to take different ideas and combine them. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Outsource Development SaaS Tool Summary 229

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

SendGrid said the new service is free to developers, and comes out of its SendGrid Labs effort, a program it has to internally incubate new software and ideas. The firm said its new Loader.io READ MORE>>.

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