TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Product descriptions and listings require tedious editing to make them engaging - especially after the fortieth one. Are you a founder or CEO or head of product? Go through your product right now and look for empty text boxes. Each one represents a great opportunity to make your users more productive and happier.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development.

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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.

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

Woodland Hills-based online marketing services and software developer ReachLocal , which offers up its services to local businesses, said today that it has added a number of analytics and reporting tools to its platform. reachlocal reporting software saas marketing local business' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

San Diego-based productivity software developer ClickUp said this morning that it has raised a huge, $400M Series C funding round, which gives it a valuation of $4 billion. ClickUp is led by Founder and CEO Zeb Evans.

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MAY 12, 2015

Santa Monica-based talent management software developer Cornerstone OnDemand has launched two new products this morning, including a new predictive analytics dashboard and a cloud platform aimed at developers. Cornerstone OnDemand is led by Adam Miller. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 6, 2021

San Diego-based workplace productivity software developer ClickUp reported this morning that it has been selected by the San Diego Padres, to power the team's IT operations. Financial details of the win were not announced. ClickUp is led by founder and CEO Zeb Evans.

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JUNE 1, 2021

Santa Barbara-based software developer FastSpring--best known for its e-commerce software tools--says it is expanding its offerings, and will offer up support to B2B, software-as-a-service and downloadable software companies with sales team. Pricing on the new software options were not announced.

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JULY 8, 2013

San Diego-based enterprise IT software developer ServiceNow has signed up a new customer in Colorado, the firm reported today. ServiceNow said that the Colorado Springs Utilities has implemented the company''s cloud-based, software-as-a-service products for managing its IT services. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Santa Monica-based enterprise, real time messaging services and software provider TigerText is bolstering its engineering ranks, saying Wednesday that it has snagged software and development veterans from both Symantec and LinkedIn as new VPs. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

In a world that is becoming increasingly knowledge-based, products are becoming highly digitized. We’ve even created an acronym for these kinds of services: software as a service (SAAS). Usually, a company provides subscription based access to subscribers allowing these subscribers to use software in the cloud.

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JULY 10, 2015

Pasadena-based customer relationship management (CRM) software developer Rexter is launching a new product, later today, at the Microsoft Accelerator Demo Day in Seattle.

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JUNE 19, 2013

Sales automation software developer Leads360 said Wednesday that it has renamed the firm to Velocify , saying the new name better reflects its focus on "high-velocity" sales environments. The firm said its product is being used by companies such as Allstate, Royal Bank of Scotland, USAA, Nationstar Mortgage and State Farm.

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JUNE 3, 2021

El Segundo-based human capital and policy management software developer NEOGOV, which is led by Shane Evangelist, has scored a round of funding from private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Warburg Pincus. The size of the investment--described as "significant"--was not announced. Warburg Pincus had an existing stake in NEOGOV.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Los Angeles-based software developer ServiceTitan , which is led by Ara Mahdessian, has linked with heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration giant Carrier. been designated the preferred field service contractor software vendor for the Carrier and Bryant HVAC brands in the U.S. According to ServiceTitan, it has been.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Los Angeles-based financial close management software developer FloQast has partnered with reporting and compliance software developer Workiva , the two said this morning.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Los Angeles-based financial automation software developer BlackLine is continuing to sign on brand name customers, saying late last week that it has added such new customers as Harper Collins, Lavazza, Nature's Bounty, Postmates and Take-Two Interactive during its Q2. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

Amazon took a consumer value proposition (buying books, then all retail products) and made the consumer experience significantly better, faster & cheaper. years of software development. years of software development. In short — how the hell did we raise $30 million?

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Los Angeles-based expense management and accounts payable automation software developer Emburse --the parent company of Chrome River--said it has launched a new, corporate payment card, which lets its customers pre-approve expenses.

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MAY 6, 2019

Redlands-based geographical information systems (GIS) software developer Esri announced this morning that it has extended its software and licensing options, to make it easier for an entire organization--not just its GIS developers--to gain access to its products.

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MAY 3, 2019

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management software developer Nimble is further enhancing its integration with the suite of products from Microsoft, saying on Thursday that it has added automated data synchronization and "data enrichment" for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, as well as Office 365.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

Carpinteria-based software developer Procore has raised $75M more in a funding round, bringing its valuation to a heady $3 billion, in a round led by Tiger Global Management, the firm said Thursday. According to Procore, the funding will go towards product development, partner platform expansion, plus hiring.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

San Diego-based online nonprofit fundraising software developer CLassy said this morning that it has just hit $1 billion in total donations through its platform. According toe Classy, the milestone represents more than 10 million donations from over 190 countries to the nonprofits on its platform.

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MARCH 11, 2019

Los Angeles-based private equity investor K1 Investment Management has acquired Digital Pharmacist , a software development firm which helps pharmacists manage refill reminders and other marketing. The deal was worth $125M. Digital Pharmacist, which is based in Austin, Texas, had been backed by LiveOak Venture Partners.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Santa Monica-based enterprise learning and human capital management software developer Cornerstone OnDemand said this mroning that it has been selected by the University of Georgia, to help support professional development and regulatory compliance at the school. Financial impact of the win was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

In one of the newest "hackathons" to hit Southern California, a group of companies are looking to draw Orange County software developers to a new hackathon, geared around WebRTC, the open "Web Real Time Communications" framework aimed at helping developers create voice and video chat applications. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 26, 2016

Los Angeles-based cloud-based expense and invoice management software developer Chrome River Technologies has signed on Sonoco Products Company as a new customer, the company said today.

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JANUARY 12, 2016

Santa Monica-based cloud software developer Cornerstone OnDemand has signed on shipping and transportation giant Maersk has its newest customer, the company reported this morning. Cornerstone OnDemand says it will deploy its Cornerstone Learning and Cornerstone Connect products to Maersk's 89,000 employees worldwide.

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JUNE 30, 2015

Los Angeles-based enterprise software maker Chrome River , which develops cloud-based software used for expense reporting and automated invoice processing, announced today that it has raised $100M in a Series D funding round. Chrome River said it will use the funding to accelerate global growth and support product innovation.

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OCTOBER 5, 2012

Santa Monica-based human resources and talent management software developer Cornerstone OnDemand said today that it has launched a new set of social features for helping companies to recruit employees. The firm said the features are part of its Cornerstone Recruiting Cloud product. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 2, 2017

The world of mobile apps has added serious challenges for software developers, who don't just have to deal with crashes�they have to deal with slow performance, strange hangs, multiple carrier networks, and more. We saw the pains of supporting apps in a live, production environments. What is Embrace.IO? Eric Futoran: Embrace.io

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APRIL 19, 2011

Santa Barbara-based RightScale , the cloud management software developer backed by Tenaya Capital , DAG Ventures, Benchmark Capital , Index Ventures , and Presidio Ventures, and PHP developer Zend Technologies , said today that they have launched a jointly developed solution for deploying and managing PHP applications.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Founded in 2013 by de Haaff and Chris Waters in the Bay Area, the company announced in July it had surpassed $40 million in annual recurring revenue from the subscribers to its software-as-a-service. Aha makes a program that helps project managers develop new product roadmaps, which are used by others in the customer’s business, from sales.

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TechEmpower

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

If you're grappling with this issue, identifying the specific cause can be difficult, especially if you don’t have a software background. The Founder-Developer Gap and A, B, C Players The challenges that business leaders face when assessing development teams are a good example of the Founder-Developer Gap.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. How are we going to manage the product roadmap?

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

I worked as a software and hardware engineer, and did lots of software development for networking and telecom firms, mainly networking. They were at UCSB, which needed a tool like this, and after they had developed it, they were trying to see what next steps to take. Talk about your background?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Software Labs: Petri Dishes for Tech Innovation. Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Have you ever had an idea for a great product, but thought any of the following: "I don't have en. Bootstrapping development, minimum viable product, startups. . Pedro Galván, Software Guru magazine.

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