socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Santa Monica-based Docstoc , the online document sharing site run by Jason Nazar , is launching a new marketplace this morning which will allow users to sell their own content on the firm's site. Tags: docstoc docstore document sharing marketplace jason nazar ecommerce. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2016

Around half of employees in all areas were satisfied with what they were being paid--for example, 51% of men and 47 percent of women were happy with their pay in engineering--but only 36 percent of women in operations, versus 53 percent of men, and only 28 percent in sales/business development versus 54 percent of men were happy with their pay.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 14, 2016

“ Please join the Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and the City’s Entrepreneur in Residence Jason Nazar , for one of the City’s largest Technology Job Fairs taking place on Thursday, January 26th from 11-8pm at The Reef in Downtown Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Santa Monica-based Docstoc , the online professional document sharing site run by Jason Nazar , is announcing this morning that it has added around 100,000 books and 150,000 documents to the site, as part of a deal with Overdrive.com. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Jason Nazar, Co-Founder and CEO of Docstoc , and a self-professed "Mentee Whore," discusses his secrets to finding and keeping a mentor in this compelling article. Jason''s mentors gave him over $500k to start Docstoc, before he had even created his product. Mentee Whoring.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation with some of the most successful founders and operators of web based subscription business talking about the keys to success to building and growing online businesses that are driven by subscription sales. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Ward was most recently VP of Operations and Strategy at Verified Person; Ehrlich was most recently in sales, marketing, and management at Business Wire. Docstoc CEO Jason Nazar said the hires come as the firm has just broken its 1,000,000 public document mark.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2010

DocStoc, based in Santa Monica, is headed by Jason Nazar , and offers a way for people to share and purchase professional documents. HauteLook, one of the first firms to capitalize on the sample/private sales market, is already profitable and is growing rapidly. DocStoc vs. Scribd. DocStoc - Profile. Funding: Around $4.0M.

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Jason Nazar

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation with some of the most successful founders and operators of web based subscription business talking about the keys to success to building & growing online businesses that are driven by subscription sales.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The startup, led by co-founder and CEO Gabriel Halimi , is backed by Crosslink Capital, Anthemis Group, an affiliate of USAA, and such angels as Jamie Siminoff (of Ring fame) and Jason Nazar (who founded Docstoc). We also have launched directly to customers, and this became available for sale on our website back in January.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 18, 2010

It was inspired somewhat by a comment that Matt Coffin (founder of LowerMyBills) made at a technology event hosted by Jason Nazar. He was able to raise money from a VC in Minneapolis called Split Rock , grow the business to over $200 million in sales and sell to Experian for nearly $380 million. The rest is history.

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LATechDigest

MAY 9, 2016

Jason Nazar. Winter is Coming — SF PING PONG TABLE Sales Fall to 2-Year Low. Falling ping pong table sales give a peek into the economics of Silicon Valley https://t.co/xccnL8lY9Y THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: see full calendar. Monday May 9. Cornerstone Convergence (-5/11). Chris Anderson (TED). Tuesday May 10.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

o Everything is for sale but it’s the price that moves the timing. Jason Nazar is the classic guy for follow up, persistent but respectful. (we we both love Jason). He told them it was now or never. o Put a timeframe/money – competition in the picture. Passion is infectious – people respond to it.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Sales owns the former, the latter get marketing emails so you’ll be top of your prospects’ minds. Some of the masters at this VC relationship business are Jason Nazar (DocStoc), Jon Bischke (EduFire) and Ophir Tanz / Ari Mir (GumGum). You have buyers who are ready now and those that aren’t.

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Jason Nazar

APRIL 2, 2016

Sales / BD. Participate in key sales functions and deals ( watch : The 5 Step Sales Process ). Genuinely care about the interests of the customer more than their personal financial gain ( watch : The Value of a 100% Money Back Guarantee ). Focus on execution over ideas.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Create a sales forecasts and financial projections regularly. Execute the 5 Step Sales Process. Use a sales management service (one that fits your business size, from smaller to larger companies). Get a state-specific Seller’s Permit or Resale Permit to properly collect sales tax. Recommended. Recommended.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 22, 2010

I’ve spent most of my career in sales (or some sales like function), and here are my thoughts on how to be better with your BD. The Sale Begins After the Deal is Done – You closed the deal, so what! I often get asked for advice on Business Development. 10 Tips for Better BD. Now the real work begins.

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Jason Nazar

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

. * Docstoc splits the revenue with you 50/50, but for the first 60 days you keep 100% of all sales so there is no risk to you. Here are some screenshots and a document of mine own for sale: Last Will and Testament -. Embed documents you sell through Docstore on your own personal blog to make even more revenue.

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Jason Nazar

APRIL 7, 2011

Are words like “Conversion, Sales, Revenue Optimization” dirty language at your parties? Sales and making money is the purest exchange of value, and without that no great tech invention would be a permanent fixture in our lives. Who Are You: Do you have a disdain for making money?

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Jason Nazar

APRIL 2, 2016

Sales is very easy when others explain what they want and need from you. Watch “The 5 Step Sales Process”). What would get you interested in our product/service? Selling is the art of asking good questions, listening, and matching your value to people’s needs. Such a simple but powerful question with so may applications.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 1, 2016

The CEO who promises a 20% increase in sales and delivers a 30% increase is rewarded, while the same CEO who promises a 40% increase and delivers 35% is punished. In sales we’ll often hold back from offering our products/services because we assume others don’t have the money or interest.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 2, 2016

Tech entrepreneur Jason Calacanis is a master of this. TIP: more details in the 5 Steps Sales Process ). Purposefully Offend – sometimes the only way to get someone’s attention is to call him or her out. But, you can always positively turn the relationship around with persistence and some mea culpa.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 1, 2016

In many cases, before the sale is complete, you’ll also measure your cost per lead (CPL) as in-between step in order to collect data about the user to remarket to them. For example, if it costs $1,000 on Google paid search to get 500 people to visit your site and five of those people purchase an item, your CAC is $200 ($1,000/5).

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Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

In many cases, before the sale is complete, you’ll also measure your cost per lead (CPL) as in-between step in order to collect data about the user to remarket to them. For example, if it costs $1,000 on Google paid search to get 500 people to visit your site and five of those people purchase an item, your CAC is $200 ($1,000/5).

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

We tend to be better at things like team building, negotiations, sales, and fundraising – which are arguably the most important skills entrepreneurs should posses. Challenge #2 – There is Not Enough Great Tech, Product and UI/UX Design Talent in LA.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Matt McKinney is the Founder of TiesForCharity.com, a trendy tie company that donates a percentage of each tie sale to unique charities. He is currently CEO of ThisWeekIn.com , a web television network he co-founded with Jason Calacanis and comedian/actor Kevin Pollak. to the masses… This is how The Grilled Cheese Truck was born!

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

Work with the studios to have premium Hulu-ish content prominently branded and for sale. . • Music – enable a dead simple player on band and profile pages that lets users upload their songs and have them purchased for any price they set. Movies – no website has more Hollywood DNA.

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