TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

When talking to startup founders or other innovators, we always ask questions to better understand their business as a core. Conclusion Startup metrics are an invaluable tool for founders and innovators. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas What does the business do? How does it meet customers’ needs?

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MAY 17, 2019

For today's interview, we sat down and spoke with David Loo , the founder and CEO of Perspectium (www.perspectium.com), a startup which is developing service management applications designed to help connect different, enterprise service management software products together. That's how we started. What specific problem were you seeing?

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MAY 16, 2019

Isaac Garcia: I think of sales recruiting as being a highly frustrating component of being a software founder, and trying to scale up a company. You can find reps from other industries, and recruiters will throw resumes at you, but finding software sales reps with experience, particularly, B-to-B SaaS, is difficult.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based LogicBoost Labs, a startup accelerator which focuses on pre-revenue and early-stage B2B SaaS startups, says it has made a $300K investment in Clarevent, which supplies video infrastructure for virtual events. Clarevent is led by founder and CEO Scott Lock; LogicBoost is led by founder and CEO Jonathan Cogley.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Irvine-based healthcare practice management software developer Kareo has a new, high profile member of its board this week: Travis Kalanick, former CEO and founder of Uber. Rodrigues went to college with Kalanick at UCLA, and they were co-founders together at music startup Scour. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based NationBuilder , which develops software that helps groups, political campaigns, nonprofits, and others manage their their supporters, donors, and members, reported on Friday that its founder, Jim Gilliam , has passed away.

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Los Angeles Report Software Networking 113

Berkonomics

JANUARY 27, 2022

Raising too much too early dilutes the founder interest to unacceptable levels. In recent years, I have counseled founders to raise enough to accelerate to a significant milestone that is over a year away, and to scale the business to find breakeven with two early rounds if possible. So, here’s the rub.

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News SaaS Platform Sales 156

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JULY 22, 2013

contatta goldmine customer relationship management nimble software saas' However, it will be interesting to see how two of the most experienced people in the world of CRM succeed--or fail--in the new world of software-as-a-service; and if one of these two veterans will succeed, or some other, upstart will instead seize the market.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

I had met my co-founder, Shawn, at Fullscreen, where he was also based here in LA, and one week in particular, his hair was a complete mess. They specialize in B2B and SaaS software, and they were very important as a local lead and as our first institutional investor. How did you start the company?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 14, 2020

Join Peter Cowen (Managing Director, Sutton Capital Partners) as we explore what SaaS investors are looking for in the current climate. 5/20/20 - Mark Mullen, Co-Founder, Bonfire Ventures. Wednesday, May 20, 2020 -- The Mindset of an Investor Today. Sutton Capital Partners and the Recurring Revenue Conference. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 7, 2020

Join Peter Cowen (Managing Director, Sutton Capital Partners) as we explore what SaaS investors are looking for in the current climate. 5/13/20 - Tim Draper, Founder, Draper Associates. Wednesday, May 13, 2020 -- The Mindset of an Investor Today. Sutton Capital Partners and the Recurring Revenue Conference. See [link] (more)

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Draper SaaS Conference Capital 100

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APRIL 16, 2021

According to the company, it is developing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) specifically for solving complex problems such as supply & demand forecasting, optimizing inbound and outbound logistics, or maximizing yield in controlled environment agriculture. Anthony Howcroft is CEO and founder of SWARM Engineering.

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JULY 22, 2020

According to the company, the round--a Seed-2 funding--was led by Okapi Capital, and also included The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners and Brad Perry (co-founder of Dealer Socket), along with others. The founder and CEO of TrackStreet is Andrew Schydlowsky. in a funding round.

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Artificial Inteligence Santa Barbara SaaS Venture Capital 124

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NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Goleta-based AutoVitals , which develops software-as-a-service (SaaS) products for the automotive repair and maintenance software business, has raised a round of private equity, the company recently announced, from private equity investor Tritium Partners. Financial details of the private equity deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Equity Invest Southern California SaaS 140

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Dan LeBlanc , a veteran of ProFlowers and FTD, on how he started the company and he problem the startup is solving for direct to consumer brands. San Diego-based Daasity (www.daasity.com)  which just raised $2.3M What does your startup do?

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Startup Platform Commerce San Diego 113

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld’s Dave Linthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA’s most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management. Paths to SaaS and cloud computing that will work for your enterprise. Scott Kriz.

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SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Los Angeles-based software developer NationBuilder , which develops an online system to help political campaigns create websites, organize, coordinate volunteers, fundraise, and more, has just lost its co-founder and President, Joe Green. Green will remain on the company's board.

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Software Development Los Angeles Organization Sites 153

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JANUARY 28, 2014

TigerText co-founder and CEO Brad Brooks says if found that investors have recognized the company is at the intersection of a number of big trends in the market--the smartphone, text messaging, widespread enterprise adoption of SaaS solutions, and employees using their own devices at work. Image courtesy Bigstock. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Software SaaS SoCal 241

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FEBRUARY 10, 2017

For today's interview, we sat down and talked with Mike Whitmire , the CEO and Co-founder of Los Angeles-based FloQast (www.floqast.com), a developer of financial close management software for enterprise accounting. He comes from a SaaS background, and enterprise software. So I said, okay, I'll go make that happen.

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Startup Cornerstone OnDemand Software Review Woodland Hills 124

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Revenue Conference. Also more serial founders are doing their second, third, even fourth companies. What was the big news for you or your company this year?

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Capital Southern California SaaS SoCal 124

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

They might be ideas they hatch internally (via a Foundry) or a founder who just left SpaceX and raises money to search for an idea. two founders in a garage?—?(HP The most connected and high-potential founders start with wads of cash. The legends of Silicon Valley?—?two HP Style) are dead. just to name a few!

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Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

According to Carrick Capital Partners, it co-founder and managing director, Jim Madden, as well as its CTO, Steve Unterberger, will both join Mavenlink''s board as part of the funding. mavenlink venture capital saas software project management cloud collaboration' The funding came from Carrick Capital Partners. READ MORE>>.

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Tool SaaS Venture Capital Software 190

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Happy customers mean happy CEOs and founders - and that’s what makes us happy. Are you a founder or CEO or head of product? cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas Now that AI is here to help, every textbox is an opportunity to help a customer through the challenge. You might be surprised how many there are.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 295

InfoChachkie

JUNE 30, 2011

Messenger : Benjamin Satterfield , Co-Founder & CEO TestFlight , Founder Rootdown and Twiddla. This is about the lowest barrier to use I have seen online for a SaaS solution – no registration, no trials, just straight usage. Value Prop Twitter Style : TestFlight helps developers build better apps.

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Outsource Development SaaS Tool Summary 229

InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2011

Part I of this series describes the 360-review that I conducted at a growing, dynamic SaaS business which has recently graduated from the startup stage and entered the early-growth phase. One of the most compelling conclusions I drew from the reviews is that both Founders need delegate more of their day-to-day tasks. Competency.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup Outsource 182

InfoChachkie

MARCH 24, 2011

Messenger: Dan Engel, Co-Founder and CEO, SaaSy, Co-Founder and CEO, FastSpring, former Marketing Manager at Google, VP of Market Development at Picasa Value Prop Twitter Style: SaaSy is: “the 1st all-in-one payment & subscription management service designed for SaaS, Web.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2019

Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Revenue Conference, which we co-host every year. We continue to focus on companies with Recurring Revenue (SaaS, Subcription) and in FinTech.

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Capital Southern California Technical Review SaaS 113

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The new funding round included Moore Venture Partners, Serra Ventures, Okapi Venture Capital, SaaS Venture Capital, and JAM Capital. The startup is led by founder and CEO Luke Fox. WhiteFox says it has been looking to deploy its systems at such areas as prisons, power generation, and defense.

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SaaS Venture Capital Tool Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Should SaaS companies trade at a 24x Enterprise Value (EV) to Next Twelve Month (NTM) Revenue multiple as they did in November 2021? But it will be patiently deployed, waiting for a cohort of founders who aren’t artificially clinging to 2021 valuation metrics. What is a VC To Do? I can’t speak for every VC, obviously.

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Venture Capital Marketing Technical Review Seed Funding 416

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

Nimble is headed by CRM veteran Jon Ferrara, who was the founder of contact tracking pioneer Goldmine. growth saas tools management relationship customer nimble' Nimble develops software used to track customer contacts and relationships, tracking everything from email messages and phone calls to social outreach. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica SaaS Tool Customer 164

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JULY 30, 2014

GTCR said that founder and CEO Lale White will continue to lead the company. xifin gtcr merger acquisition private equity software saas healthcare molecular diagnostics cloud' San Diego-based XIFIN , a developer of cloud-based software for the healthcare diagnostics market, has been acquired by private equity investor GTCR.

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Windward SaaS Enterprise Partners San Diego 138

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OCTOBER 29, 2013

Zwelling is a serial entrepreneur, who sold his last firm, Echosign, to Adobe, and was also the founder of YLighting. convertro executive marketing analytics attribution saas software' READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica SaaS Advertising Software 153

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.

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SaaS Platform CTO Hire Class 68

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MARCH 12, 2014

TaxJar said that the angels involved in the seed funding included Dan Rose (VP Partnerships, Facebook), Harris Barton (H Barton Asset Management), Roy Rubin (Co-founder, Magento), as well as others. software saas compliance government state online ecommerce sales funding angel capital venture taxjar' READ MORE>>.

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Sales Software SaaS Seed Funding 159

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

We both agree that the later-stage valuations are being driven up to a point that feels irrationally priced [he uses b-round SaaS valuations as an example and I am willing to be even more broad based]. I wrote my version here and Scott wrote an excellent write-up of his views here.

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Venture Capital SaaS Writing Funding 309

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Today, we have Kelly Perdew , Co-founder and General Partner of Moonshots Capital. Are you a founder, CEO, or investor who would like to participate?

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Capital Technical Review Truecar Southern California 124

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. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies. Until we weren’t.

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