socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

Carlsbad-based MaintenanceNet , the developer of software-as-a-service used for managing service contracts and service quotes for manufacturers and others, reported today that it has had a record year. The firm said it had year-over-year revenue growth of nearly 115 percent worldwide, and increased its staff by 60 percent.

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Report Outsource Development Platform Software 200

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based Leads360 reported today that it has linked its sales lead management software with offerings from web-based mortgage software firm Optimal Blue. Tags: leads360 sales lead management software saas mortgage optimal blue. Business details of the integration were not announced. READ MORE>>.

Rustic Canyon 154

Rustic Canyon Software CIO SaaS 154

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

All of the big SaaS movement was causing this problem with business processes and data. The CFO requires financial acumen driven from metrics, which can be had from sales and operational information, however, they're often locked into these silo'ed application stacks. That's how we started. What specific problem were you seeing?

SaaS 113

SaaS Startup Custom Customer 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Funded B2B SaaS is looking for a VP, Engineering. The Financial Analysts primary functions include data base query, financial planning, data analysis, and reporting of DreamHosts financial activities. This role has a heavy emphasis on retrieving information and reports from various data bases, using SQL, Access, and Crystal Reports.

SoCalTech 138

SoCalTech Outsource SaaS Report 138

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2018

Jon Ferrara: I firmly believe that Service is the New Sales and that the Sales starts after a customer buys. Customer service is critical to customer retention in the SaaS subscription model. You're hiring new sales and customer support team members as fast as you can. How does customer service tie into all of this?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Built from the ground up using technologies leveraged by Internet giants like Facebook, and the feedback of hundreds of customers over a five-year period, the new CallFire is a cross-datacenter SaaS platform with no single point of failure. The new interface is easy to use and is accessible from anywhere using almost any device.”.

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SaaS Platform CTO Hire Class 68

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Torrance-based LiveOffice , which provides hosted email archiving, email compliance, and backup services, reports today that it has what it says was another great quarter for growth. LiveOffice attributed the growth to its channel sales efforts. Tags: liveoffice email saas software archiving compliance growth. READ MORE>>.

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Torrance SaaS Email Report 140

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

According to ServiceTitan, the integration allows garage door sales and service technicians to easily configure and present quotes and track and process Clopay doors. ServiceTitan said the move is aimed at helping improve efficiency and drive sales for garage door dealers and contractors served by Clopay.

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Sales Los Angeles Pricing Tool 100

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. NO OTHER APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED.

SoCalTech 124

SoCalTech Los Angeles SaaS Platform 124

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

VMIX said it will provide market and sales support, training, tech support, and reporting to those partners as part of the program. Tags: saas software video online vmix. VMIX is looking to attract interactive agencies and web integration firms. READ MORE>>.

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SaaS San Diego Training Web 100

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

technology to make submitting expense reports extremely easy. There was nothing out there in the market which would be the personal assistant, or the personal finance tool to do expense reports. My thought was, why couldn't you do that with expense reports? Again--another place where expense reports are being turned in.

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Startup SaaS Report 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The firm, which develops software-as-a-service used by companies to automate warranty and maintenance contract management, reported another win this morning, with Panasonic. In the case of Panasonic, MaintenanceNet's software is apparently being used to help generate sales leads for its various product lines. READ MORE>>.

Outsource Development 164

Outsource Development Software Report Sales 164

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

San Diego-based ACTIVE Network , the provider of online, activity, ticketing, and registration services for sports and other recreation providers, reported today that it has been selected by the Philadelphia Zoo. ACTIVE NTEwork said that it will power ticketing, point-of-sale, and other zoo operation efforts via its RTP|ONE commerce engine.

Activity 140

Activity Networking San Diego Commerce 140

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2012

Human resources service provider TriNet confirmed Thursday that it has acquired Los Angeles-based expense report management software provider ExpenseCloud. Financial terms of the sale have not been announced. According to TriNet, it will incorporate ExpenseCloud's offering into its client service platform later in 2012.

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Resource Report Acquisition Los Angeles 150

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: They are. That causes friction internally.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2012

Carlsbad-based MaintenanceNet , the developer of sales channel management and service agreement renewal software, reported that it's expanding Down Under today. The firm said it has signed a new, value added distributor in Australia, Westcon Group Australia, who will offer its product to its resellers for free.

Software Review 124

Software Review Outsource Development Sales Software 124

socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

Those features include iPad compatibility, bulk uploading of files, secure communications and conversations, custom branding, and automated PDF report generation features. The company is now focused on providing a platform to help streamline deals like asset sales, financings, and mergers & acquisitions, according to the company.

Services 218

Services Venture Capital Equity Los Angeles 218

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2011

San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY , the provider of online software for health and wellness companies, reported today that it has launched a new, custom daily deal feature to its software.

Tech Coast Angels 140

Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels Pasadena Software 140

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

At Citrix, GoToAssist customers would occasionally ask if they could just pay for our screen-sharing functionality because they didn''t intend to use the product''s other features, such as reporting and session recording. Even sales reps will invoke a cost plus logic when negotiating with me on behalf of their customers.

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Pricing Product Startup Customer 100

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. What does Chrome River's software do? That's given us a lot of the attention in the space.

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Software Report Startup IBM 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

My background was 8 years of telecoms & mobile and 8 years of cloud computing & SaaS – so these two themes were a given. Nordstrom sales reps are trained to do this to, but of course they can’t know every customer that walks around the store. To be clear, that is excluding the sales uplift from the calls.

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Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Instant growth = huge valuation from follow-on investors = big VC mark-up on our quarterly reports = LP interest. In revenue terms our first two years of sales were $2.1 We sold the company when we hit $36 million in bookings and $16 million in SaaS GAAP revenue. It happens more than is reported. Grow or die. Not Google.

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Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review 390

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Combining that with my previous experience, which was in the platform and SaaS market, and sports, was really a home run. That provides much better reporting to sponsors. Beta customers are key, and listening close to make sure you have product-market-fit with that beta, before you expand lots of sales and marketing effort.

Mobile 162

Mobile Platform El Segundo UCLA 162

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

This is why investors really like SaaS software companies where you have recurring revenue and your largest customer accounts for < 5% of your revenue and your renewals rates are > 90%. You are reliant upon ad revenue (this is a variable spend which corrects quickly during a market correction).

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 15, 2018

The company counts major clients like TripAdvisor, Lululemon, HD Supply, Express Scripts and Spirit Airlines, among its roster of customers and will use the funding led by Battery to further expand its sales and marketing and product development efforts. “We were impressed with AuditBoard’s product and its customer traction.

Startup 155

Startup Los Angeles Cerritos IBM 155

Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

MindBodyOnline is a terrifically succesful SaaS company, based in San Luis Obispo, that provides scheduling and transactional software for Yoga studios, hair salons, and spas. MBO is very metrics driven, and their shareholder reports are dense with detailed, disciplined reporting that remind you that Rick is former Naval officer.

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Customer Custom Software Review SaaS 97

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. What is Laughstub? For anyone that small, Ticketmaster doesn't make sense.

Ticketmaster 140

Ticketmaster CTO Hire Tech Coast Angels Social Media 140

InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

In contrast, TaxJar, a SaaS solution which makes automates online sales tax calculations, reporting and filings, is an entirely virtual company. Both companies’ success proves that it is possible to coordinate and motivate disparate team members, even during a startup’s early, chaotic days.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Santa Barbara Email Outsource Development 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Ultimately, what that means is customers want to enter their data once, and have that carry through clearing, to back office settlement, to system reporting, to confirmation delivery, to trading partners you are involved with, and all of that. One of our main themes, was straight-through-processing.

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Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Users can share and sync and access their data from everywhere, and we keep track of where it's going, who is sharing it, what the genealogy of that data is, and can report on all of that history. Our sales and marketing will be in Los Angeles. Is this a mobile application, web service, or how does it work?

EC2 150

EC2 Los Angeles Anthem Web 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

As the economy soured and people grew wary of buying Internet software (we were SaaS as early as 1999 – our buyers were certainly “early adopters&# ) and life grew more difficult. Reporters were no longer interested in talking about B2B eCommerce. Reporters were no longer interested in talking about B2B eCommerce.

Startup 331

Startup Press Custom Customer 331

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales. Today they announced that they acquired a large competitor in their space for what is reported to be a $100 million transaction.

Venture Capital 363

Venture Capital Capital Funding .Net 363

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

File this under both Startup Adivce and Sales & Marketing Advice. lament the coverage they get from journalists who reported the details unfairly. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Sales & Marketing Advice Social Media Start-up Advice Startup Advice. I’ve heard many startup CEO’s (and VCs!)

Tips 307

Tips Startup Press Blogging 307