socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based ringDNA , the venture-backed startup which is developing artificial intelligence tools to help sales teams, says it has acquired a popular podcast focused on sales. According to the company, it has acquired the sales podcast "Accelerate!", Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Engineers typically evaluate ideas differently than people engaged in sales, who in turn will consider ideas from a dissimilar vantage point from those responsible for product development, customer support and marketing. Share and Enjoy.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Linktree leads the space, securing a recent $45 million Series B raise to build out e-commerce features, but Beacons boasts competitive creator monetization tools with just a $6 million seed round in May. Snipfeed is free to set up, but if you make sales, the company takes 15% — this percentage is inclusive of any transaction fees.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2019

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which provides cloud-based learning and talent management tools, has linked up with a sales training company, Sandler Training, on a new sales training subscription, the two said today. Financial details of the partnership were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2013

The company, which was co-founded and is led by Jim McCarthy, also revealed that the company will have over $100 million in sales this year. Goldstar said the new app includes integration with Apple''s Passbook, includes user reviews and event information, search tools, and more. The app is available in the Apple iOS store.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2020

Santa Monica-based GumGum Sports , which develops advertising analytics tools, has named Dominic Zuccarini as its SVP of Sales, according to the company. Zuccarini previously served at such companies as Zendesk, Klout, Dachis Group, and Involver.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

We spoke with Andrew about how the company pivoted from its original model after finding a huge amount of traction for its sales software and data, and its ability to guide brokers on the best practices for them to close more deals, which it is now offering as software-as-a-service. What is Digsy? It worked well. How did that work?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2021

Richards was most recently CRO at Nintex, a provider of process management and workflow automation tools. He also previously served as Vice President of Mid-Market, Inside Sales & Renewals at Symantec.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Everyone who manages a company or its sales force wants to write as many new deals as possible, and is usually warry about doing anything that might threaten the positive outcome of a pending sale. Deadlines are an important sales tool. The most powerful tool you have in a sales environment is a deadline.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Streng was most recently Sales Director at Datto, in the Benelux, Germany, and UK. LogicMonitor is a developer of cloud IT software monitoring tools, used for moniotring the performance of hybrid cloud applications and infrastructure. Datto--like LogicMonitor--is owned by private equity investor Vista Equity Partners.

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Berkonomics

JULY 11, 2013

That’s impressive sales leverage. The major focus that used to be in using the direct mail business to drive sales is now focused upon email marketing campaigns, social networking marketing, building buzz, and location-based sales using tools to recognize shoppers at the point of sale.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The Los Angeles-based operations and security management software service, Replicated has raised $25 million to ramp up its staffing and scale its sales and marketing efforts. As developers embrace Kubernetes, Replicated launches tools to manage its deployments. “Once we started building on that success. . ” .

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2020

Irvine-based Digital Motors says it is offering up the ability to add online auotmotive sales in 24 hours to car dealerships, allowing any car dealership to turn their website into an online store.

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

Business tools — from customer relationship management ( CRM ) platforms to accounting software — help to save startups time and money by automating key processes and maximizing efficiency. Yet, with so many tools vying for the attention of business owners, navigating the over-saturated market can be overwhelming. While Hide.me

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

We’re equipping them with the tools and resources so that they can operate more efficiently and empower themselves economically.”. The company makes money on the wig and hair sales and saw revenue triple over the past year. There is a $30 monthly subscription fee that stylists pay in addition to a transaction fee for purchases.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

San Diego-based AttackIQ , a developer of continuous security validation tools for the cybersecurity market, has raised $8.8M According to the company, it will use the new funding for partner, sales, and marketing initiatives, plus for building out its services and engineering team. in a Series A funding round.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2015

I write about sales often both because it’s the lifeblood of any organization and because in my experience it is the area in which more startups are least experienced or inclined. I also write and talk about it frequently because raising capital is a part of sales and this is important for entrepreneurs to understand.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2019

Tesla said that it would begin tooling for the Model Y later this year and that the company would be producing the vehicle at its “gigafactory” in Nevada. Tesla said that to achieve this lower price it will shift all sales globally to online only, meaning the company will be closing many of its stores over the next few months.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The path I went down after a few years was to hire more process driven people and devolved more daily operational ownership to people running individual functions such as product management, sales management, finance, etc. One of the most obvious places where you see this is in sales & marketing. Ditto the CFO. I was the laggard.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. “COGS” represents the amount that each sale costs you.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on. An obvious example would be in sales. By going on sales calls you pick up directly the feedback of what customers want and also what they’re telling you about competition.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

There was also the opportunity to use our contest engine as a tool, because the challenge in daily deals is to build members and drive traffic. That tool is being used to drive traffic and acquire emails, which is why it's a part of Deal Current. Jimmy Hendricks: We make a percentage of every sale. It's similar to a franchise.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2020

Scalefast's software is specifically used by brands to scale direct-to-consumer sales. According to Scalefast, it will use the new funding to expand its team, footprint, and product offering. The company is led by CEO Nicolas Stehle. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based Velocify , which develops cloud-based, sales automation software, has scored a win over at eHarmony. Velocify said that eHarmony is using the company''s lead management tools for eH+, eHarmony''s new premium matchmaking service. velocify sales lead eharmony management software cloud funnel saas marketing leads360'

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 11, 2011

We talked about a lot of great stuff in the video including how to do sales calls and a how a new “culture of writing&# is emerging as a critical skill set in business today. One in a list, one with a quiz, one with a cut-out tool – let’s see what takes off. That’s why people turn up to Buzzfeed.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2017

The company said it will use the new funding for sales and marketing, data science and engineering efforts. The funding was led by Pelion Venture Partners, and also included Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Founder Collective, Revel Partners and TenOneTen. in total funding.

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2021

Los Angeles-based Pipeliner CRM, which develops customer relationship management software for sales teams, recently released a new update to its software, adding new reporting and analytics features.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

If it becomes a part of your long term sales message, there is risk that you will set expectations you cannot achieve. So consider this: Make “fast” a tool for use as an inducement for particularly important customers or orders, or at times when resources are underutilized. Red Adair said, “…pick any two.”

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2014

I spend a lot of time with startups and thus hear many companies talk about their approach to sales and their interactions with customers. Given customers & sales are the lifeblood of any organization you’d imagine everybody would respect their customers. and you’ll need to invest heavily in self-service support tools.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

On sales I often talk about “ Why Buy Anything, Why Buy Now, Why Buy Me ” as a tool to think about a sales process. On teams I have a framework for tech teams “ CTO vs. VP Eng ” or on sales I have “ Journeymen, Mavericks & Superstars ” 5.

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Berkonomics

JULY 26, 2018

These are so succinct, so well defined, so precise that everyone in sales and everyone involved in marketing must be able to answer these three questions without pause, and convincingly. It would pay you to work over this set of questions in a special session with sales, marketing and senior management in the room at once.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2018

Greycroft Ventures , which has a big presence in Los Angeles, has backed Silicon Valley-based BlueCart , a developer of machine learning software and other tools for the hospitality industry, to the tune of $5M. BlueCart said this week that it raised $5M in its Series B-1 funding, bringing its total raised to $22M.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The main thrust of the post is that with YouTube taking a 45% of revenue and talent taking 70% of the remaining revenue, YouTube Networks didn’t have sustainable businesses unless they invested heavily in technology as a tool to increase margin and provide defensibility. margin range to more sustainable 50-60% margin businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

And a natural sales person. There were online tools to book this stuff but the Internet booking sites were early. I’ve sat through so many meetings where sales reps didn’t ask for the order. Any great sales person will ask you at the end of the meeting, “So, how’d I do? Even today.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2021

Playa Vista-based iLife, a startup which is developing tools to help life insurance agents set up their own, branded "digital insurance agency", has raised $4M in a seed funding round, according to the company. iLife said the funding was led by Foundation Capital, and also include AME Cloud Ventures and Cherubic Ventures.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

What that means, is we have a software tool, used primarily by companies who are putting on events for marketing reasons. The most obvious, is to drive sales. We're in Santa Monica, and sometime people think we're a venue or rental space for events, but what we are, is a 100 percent software company. It's a marketing experience.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2013

Once you put your offer in, you enter your credit card, and you commit to the sale. Once that offer is accepted, that make the sale, and the retailer handles the transaction just as if it happened on their own website. We take a commission on the sale, and everybody is happy. Retailers only pay us if the sale happens.

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