socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2009

Santa Barbara-based QAD , a maker of manufacturing resource planning software, said Thursday that it has cut its staff, as the firm was "significantly affected this quarter by the impact of the global economic downturn." Tags: jobs employment layoff manufacturing software.

Santa Barbara

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

Garcia said that with the economic downturn and layoffs, he suspects there's been a push towards more virtual workers. Garcia reported that it added ten mid-market customers in December, including consulting firm IBI Group and human resources management firm Workday. The firm is privately held. READ MORE>>.

Layoffs

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Look for operations that are hogging resources without generating significant revenue. Past layoffs at big companies usually means more great employees on the market now for newer companies. Maybe it’s time to outsource that call center operation, or complex manufacturing setup. Snap up top talent.

Geni

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Resources. A team that doesn’t have the resources to do their job will lose their motivation rapidly. In a startup, key resources include funding, facilities and tools, and the time to get the job done. The most important resource may be your help and support. Show by your words and actions that you value their role.

Startup

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Dave’s note: Our guest author this week is John Huston, founder of the 300+ member Ohio TechAngel Funds and a past Chairman of both the Angel Capital Association and the Angel Resource Institute. . By John Huston. There are only two types of companies -those which have achieved positive cash flow and those which have not.

Layoffs

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Resources. A team that doesn’t have the resources to do their job will lose their motivation rapidly. In a startup, key resources include funding, facilities and tools, and the time to get the job done. The most important resource may be your help and support. Show by your words and actions that you value their role.

Entrepreneur

Berkonomics

MARCH 23, 2023

It won’t be long before another round of layoffs comes, and these new tools will create new jobs to fill the gap. We recruit and hire using LinkedIn or other resources, replacing job fairs, campus events and paper resumes. We bypass the middle person for services and information. We are learning to use new tools.

Mobile

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2023

Look for operations that are hogging resources without generating significant revenue. Past layoffs at big companies usually means more great employees on the market now for newer companies. Maybe it’s time to outsource that call center operation, or complex manufacturing setup. Snap up top talent.

Capital

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2013

Look for operations that are hogging resources without generating significant revenue. Past layoffs at big companies usually means more great employees on the market now for newer companies. Maybe it’s time to outsource that call center operation, or complex manufacturing setup. Snap up top talent.

Startup

socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2009

Often human resources departments want plain text resumes, etc. Josh Stomel: We're seeing more and more layoffs every day. The exciting this, and the biggest benefit from bootstrapping this from recruiting, is I've been able to develop, and hand-pick a world class technology team. Josh Stomel: That's the cool thing about ResumeBucket.

Startup

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

The firm said that it is in a "strong financial position with significant cash in the bank" but made the moves to be more focused and thoughful about its resources. READ MORE>>

SoCalTech

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2012

Look for operations that are hogging resources without generating significant revenue. Past layoffs at big companies mean that there's a surplus of great employees on the market now. Maybe it’s time to outsource that call center operation, or complex manufacturing setup. Snap up top talent.

Entrepreneur

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

In what is a huge blow to Silicon Beach, Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the software-and-technology-meets-employee-perks startup run by Paige Craig, told its users today that it is sunsetting its site on May 31st.

Santa Monica

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Epicor, which develops enterprise resource planning, supply chain, and customer relationship management software, said it would take a incur $4M in restructuring charges during Q4. The cuts came along with stricter controls on the firm's discretionary spending and other efforts to reduce operating expenses and improve efficiency at the firm.

Resource

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2015

The good news is that recent big company financial woes and layoffs have generated a flood of candidates with real experience seeking positions at startups. Most startups don’t have the time or resources to send team members to formal training classes, either in-house or off-site. This doesn’t work in a startup.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Look for operations that are hogging resources without generating significant revenue. Past layoffs at big companies mean that there's a surplus of great employees on the market now. Maybe it’s time to outsource that call center operation, or complex manufacturing setup. Snap up top talent.

Startup

Berkonomics

APRIL 10, 2025

[Email readers, continue here…] But there are many more times in which the near-term future is far less predictable, and when early hiring decisions may be just the wrong move, reducing flexibility and reducing reserve resources.

Training