socalTECH

JULY 27, 2012

Retention Science is venture backed by Baroda Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Double M Partners, as well as a long list of local angel investors (Paige Craig, Bong Koh, Clark Landry, many others). Jerry Jao, the CEO of Retention Science, tells us how the firm is using big data to help e-commerce firms convert more customers.

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Commerce Platform Southern California Customer 196

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

To give you an idea, if you host your own store on CafePress and Zazzle, you're going to get a payout of about 10 percent on your sales, which ends up being $2 or $3. BetterWorks is actually down the street, and we love what Paige Craig, Zao Yang, and George Ishii, were doing with the company.

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Startup Commerce Web 2.0 Screening 174

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Saturday evening came to a “closing” with the Coloft tradition of the famous scene from Glengarry Glen Ross where Alec Baldwin defines the meaning of “closing” while he gives a nearly Oscar winning sales talk to motivate his staff. As Avesta Rasouli, SWLA Co-organizer and Founder of Coloft says, “Go sell something! Coffee is for closers!”

Startup 66

Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

When tickets went on sale over a month ago, we expected the regular ticket sales cycle, however we were more than surprised when Startup Weekend LA sold out in 6 hours! That’s right… just about the same amount of time it takes to sell out a Radiohead show at the Forum.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

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. In fact Paige Craig has coined it Silicon Beach. Challenge #2 – There is Not Enough Great Tech, Product and UI/UX Design Talent in LA.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 11, 2011

Using open source projects, the idea is to create a technical masterpieces that will make the workplace better whether it’s project management, a customer relations management system, a point of sale system, expense reports, bug creation tools, developer tools, and/or a diferent system that no one’s ever heard of.

Santa Monica 72

Santa Monica Yammer Geni Southern California 72

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. Paige Craig – CEO and Co-Founder of BetterWorks. to the masses… This is how The Grilled Cheese Truck was born! Matt McKinney – Founder of TiesForCharity.com.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

They dropped their number one selling product and switched to a competitor’s product while managing not to lose a single sale. Paige Craig initially showed absolutely no investment interest but agreed to meet Jody and ended up investing. EcoMom’s metrics improved throughout this process and that’s when I decided to invest.

Startup 292

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Summary 292

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

I’m looking for somebody who can sell, but not better than our head of sales. You want somebody who can raise $15 million to build out your R&D, business development and sales organizations. When I see what Paige Craig has done at Betterworks in just a few months I’m humbled.

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CTO Hire Technical Review Startup Demand 363