socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Woodland Hills-based BlackLine Software , the developer of accounting and financial close software, has priced its IPO, saying late Thursday evening that it will sell 8,600,000 shares of its common stock at $17.00 BlackLine priced at the high range of an already increased estimated IPO range, which was set to $16.00 earlier this week.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of software to help manufacturers monitor their channel and e-commerce sites--and in particular, minimum-advertising-price (MAP) policies--has raised $2M in seed funding, the company said Wednesday.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 13, 2015

Avoid a simple pricing mistake which could sink your startup. Technology buyers long ago learned this game and routinely stall their purchases until the end of the quarter. Vendors often respond by discounting their prices at the 11th hour, in the hopes a lower price will spur a purchase. The “D” word - Discounts.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2012

San Diego-based ServiceNow , the developer of software-as-a-service for enterprise IT management, is expected to price its IPO Thursday, as the first, technology-focused IPO since the Facebook debacle. The firm, which has set initial pricing range of its IPO at between $15.00 and $17.00 READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

<== Our conclusion was that this isn’t a temporary blip that will swiftly trend-back up in a V-shaped recovery of valuations but rather represented a new normal on how the market will price these companies somewhat permanently. When you look at how much median valuations were driven up in the past 5 years alone it’s bananas.

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socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2012

San Diego-based ServiceNow priced its IPO on Thursday, at $18.00 The firm's IPO performance is being closely watched, as it is the first, technology IPO to hit the markets since the Facebook IPO debacle. per share, above its estimated initial offering range of $15.00 READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Although I’m not an aficionado of checklists in general, I really appreciate one he has included for keeping up with the latest technological trends that are reshaping business strategies, which should be the driver for startups to fill in the gaps. Are you driving the technology, or is it driving you? But don’t be bound by it.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software that particularly caught your eye in 2017?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Sure, we built SaaS products before the term even existed but at 31 it was hard to delineate reality from what all of the monied people around us were telling us what we were worth. In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers. Until we weren’t.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

This week, we saw the interconnectedness of major institutions as crypto lending protocol Celsius stuttered and brought down Ethereum prices with it as investors feared a price collapse brought on by reportedly over-leveraged players like 3 Arrows Capital. I think it’s a technology that is now wrapping all asset classes,” Dorman said.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Source: gumroad.com Gumroad really started to take off in 2023, smashing revenue records for three months straight, a feat that was attributed to a price hike it carried out at the start of the year. Brightwheel is a SaaS childcare management solution that provides technology to preschools. million site visits in October alone.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2020

Pricing on the new tool was not announced. MomentFeed is led by technology veteran Nick Hedges, who was previously CEO and President of Velocify. According to MomentFeed, its new Proximity Search Optimization Dashboard allows multi-location brands to easily monitor and manage how well their local marketing efforts are performing.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2020

billion, putting it into the exclusive list of Southern California technology unicorns. Rowe Price READ MORE>>. Seismic recently raised another $92M in funding, which valued the company at approximately $1.6

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

The Vice President of Business Development reports to the CEO and is responsible for the direction and management of all worldwide sales operations direct and indirect, including market competitiveness, pricing, compensation, and distribution. Business Development Director, Colony Logic - Los Angeles. Product Lead, GridMeNow - Aliso Viejo.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2019

Carpinteria-based Procore Technologies , which develops construction management software, is expanding its offerings into invoice management, with a new product. Pricing on the new product was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? Definitely Software as a Service (SAAS).

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socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2019

Carpinteria-based Procore Technologies , which develops construction management software, has added a new, 3D modeling product-- Procore BIM --which lets teams access 3D models at construction job sites. Pricing on the new software was not announced.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

We discussed why in Q4 you will see large renegotiations of SaaS contracts and increased churn rates. In a bear market executives are paid to: consolidate the number of contracts and renegotiate prices. Valuations may have changed and “price discovery” in private markets is harder to determine. Should you focus on growth?

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

The firm said it is targeting hosting, SaaS, social network, content distribution networks, and cloud computing companies with the hardware. Pricing on the new product was not released. The firm's technology is based on software research at Caltech, originally designed to accelerate file transfers over the Internet2.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

If you acquire 10 customers a month at $100 per customer and this scales to 100 customers at the same price you may make assumptions about 1,000 customers that don’t hold. And then of course you need to layer in marketing to understand the true SaaS customer acquisition costs. That is what finances rapid growth.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

They failed to recognize an inflection point in technological history in which profits would shift from hardware to software. This is manifesting as OS and software licensing revenues are shrinking as cloud-hosted SaaS apps are growing. ” The IBM executives weren’t stupid.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2017

Carpinteria-based construction software developer Procore Technologies has launched two, brand new cloud-based software products to the market, Procore Construction Financials and Procore Quality & Safety , according to the company. Pricing on the new offerings was not announced. Tooey Courtemanche is CEO of Procore Technologies.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Our interview today is with Andrew Schydlowsky , the CEO and founder of Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet (www.trackstreet.com), a startup which is backed by Okapi Capital, The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners. What is TrackStreet? How are you able to do all this?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

Although I’m not an aficionado of checklists in general, I really appreciate one he has included for keeping up with the latest technological trends that are reshaping business strategies, which should be the drivers for many startups. See if you understand each of these technologies: Internet of Things. But don’t be bound by it.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

We've built an open architecture, so we can pull in the latest and greatest technology. Combining that with my previous experience, which was in the platform and SaaS market, and sports, was really a home run. Once you're inside, we do a lot of things during an event or on game day. You can navigate to your seat and find concessions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Although I’m not an aficionado of checklists in general, I really appreciate one he has included for keeping up with the latest technological trends that are reshaping business strategies, which should be the driver for startups to fill in the gaps. Are you driving the technology, or is it driving you? But don’t be bound by it.

Cloud Computing 61

Cloud Computing Startup Social Media Networking 61

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2012

This can be high risk if your solution doesn’t work, or your price is more painful than the problem. Yet, new technology can quickly blindside you, and market dynamics change, plus you need to broaden your opportunity. Plan to replace your product with a better and cheaper one. Implement a new business model. Partner with a competitor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Although I’m not an aficionado of checklists in general, I really appreciate one he has included for keeping up with the latest technological trends that are reshaping business strategies, which should be the drivers for many startups. See if you understand each of these technologies: Internet of Things. But don’t be bound by it.

Cloud Computing 99

Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur Networking 99

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2017

My side was really the publishing business, the technology, and monetization, the technology platform itself. We also looked at people who had great mobile portfolios, media and content, and Saas, which included Karlin Ventures and Rincon in Los Angeles. Eric Futoran: I was one of the co-founders at Scopely.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

when a technology startup, its investors or the market believe in robust growth rates writ large. On the other hand a certain amount of growth is fauxmentum caused by the over-funding of the startup markets and ebullient buyers of technology products (both businesses and consumers). __. faux·men·tum. fōˈmen(t)əm,fəˈmen(t)əm/.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

Business opportunities are popping up around cloud computing technology, too, according to cloud computing consultant and blogger Phil Wainewright. Providers make their pricing model transparent and easily available on the web, so it’s simple to calculate the cost savings of the cloud.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2011

This can be high risk if your solution doesn’t work, or your price is more painful than the problem. Yet, new technology can quickly blindside you, and market dynamics change, plus you need to broaden your opportunity. Plan to replace your product with a better and cheaper one. Implement a new business model. Partner with a competitor.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

On some level we felt we did because being a SaaS company in 1999 was trailblazing. When you’re a start-up it is far easier to cut your teeth on companies that are easy to serve, not as demanding yet can afford to pay you fair prices for your product. Tags: Start-up Advice startup technology. See definition of a whore.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Storygami is a SaaS tool that allows content creators and brands add overlays such as relevant context, social streams and call to action buttons to videos. Rufus Labs is a wearable technology startup in Los Angeles with a heavy focus on building devices for the industrial sector (EMS, police, campus/event security, warehouse, etc).

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

We have a very unique capability in scalability, but at an agreeable price point. We are handling IT processes which are normally the purview of large players like BMC and CA Technology, HP, and IBM--considered the Big 4 in IT administration. The technology has just exploded. The automation we provide is unique.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2010

This can be high risk if your solution doesn’t work, or your price is more painful than the problem. Yet, new technology can quickly blindside you, and market dynamics change, plus you need to broaden your opportunity. Plan to replace your product with a better and cheaper one. Implement a new business model.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Pricing SaaS Competition 97

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Ironically, studies have shown that the majority of value associated with high-tech innovations involve unique advancements in non-product areas, such as: pricing (SaaS subscriptions vs. licensing), delivery (downloads vs. retail) and customer experience (Apple vs. Microsoft). smaller, faster, cheaper, lighter, etc.)

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