socalTECH

MAY 19, 2017

How it is you were at Etsy, and ended up here in Southern California? Andrew Peterson: We've been really lucky to have a lot of investors who have great experience in working with both SaaS companies, and especially, security. We decided we'd take this solution out, and help solve that same pain for a broad group of people.

Web 138

Web Startup Southern California Software 138

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 28, 2009

Besides general approach and strategy, the unique challenges facing enterprise-class software and SaaS product lines will be addressed. Please join us for an informative and interactive session. A panel of industry experts will share their knowledge and experience on this topic in a panel discussion format. See [link] (more).

Product 100

Product SaaS Class Software 100

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

FreedomSpeaks is a startup developing a business around connecting people with information about their political representatives, and also enabling organizations and others to do the same. It really discouraged me, and frustrated me, and I thought--there has got to be a better way to do this--so I created FreedomSpeaks. It was a pain.

Startup 100

Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Southern California--despite the lack of huge, name brand firms-- has a significant number of enterprise software companies, of which Network Automation is just one. He spent a number of years with another, Southern California bootstrap, Goldmine. We spoke with Gary Bishop, the firm's CEO, to learn more about the company.

Networking 214

Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2018

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with two of Southern California's most successful serial entrepreneurs, Alex Kazerani and James Segil , now of Los Angeles-based OpenPath. Cloudification was really important to us, as cloud guys, who had build SaaS in the past.

Startup 100

Startup Customer Custom Mobile 100

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2009

With our application, and the sensitive nature of their contract--which might contain confidential information such as financial terms, etc.--security I developed an interest and specialty in software-as-a-service as an angel investors, and as an advisor to companies you've come across in Southern California.

Outsource Development 100

Outsource Development Santa Barbara Education SaaS 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

An obvious example that comes to mind is Roger Ehrenberg, whose fund Information Arbitrage , is looking at companies in these categories. Lookout – SaaS provider of security and data back-up services for smart phones. Total Raised: $9.64mm. Read more: TechCrunch , ReadWriteWeb , TheNextWeb.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Baghdasarian was co-founder of Monterey Networks, which was sold to Cisco Systems back in 1999, has been an active angel investor in Southern California. It allows students to have better communications, and cuts down the cost of IT to any school They don't need to staff anyone, because we're SaaS based.

Education 124

Education Startup Course Tool 124

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

Data portability itself, outside of social graph information, is slowly improving with many online services supporting OAuth and other means of 3rd party data access such as open APIs , but there’s a long way to go as we’ll see before we have full flexibility and control of our online identity and data.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

What’s our purchase, licensing, SaaS strategy? Finding an informal mentor or two would be a great way to be able to continue to focus on this and make sure you are caught unaware. What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? Where and how will we host the systems?

CTO Coach 231

CTO Coach CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop 231

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

My long-time friend Jason Lemkin is on the verge of launching a spectacular SaaS conference called SaaStr this week. We shared information about building sales teams. I had been doing SaaS for 7 years. I thought about the fact that I knew SaaS better than most. Maybe I could be SoCal guy? I was Johnny NoMates.

SaaS 150

SaaS Venture Capital Conference Technical Review 150