InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2019

Even Salesforce abandoned it’s silly “No Software” tagline, after the company had to explain in 2015 that it meant, “No legacy software, just cloud software.”. Rather, the software companies I’ve invested in, such as JazzHR , TaxJar and SimpleLegal , compete with Web 1.0 You’re not a SaaS company, you’re a software company.

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SaaS Software Artificial Inteligence ASP 113

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

Here are four new strategies that every entrepreneur must now include in their marketing platforms to survive and thrive in this digital and highly mobile age, ranked by effort and cost on your part: Frequent new content on the web, social media and via mobile. Blogs must provide value to customers.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 9, 2018

That expanded into a 10-city tour in 2015, and a world tour in Europe and Asia in 2016, Pinnell says. That year the couple, both trained in design, founded a startup in San Francisco, then called KaleidoscopeVR. Its first mission was to launch a Bay Area VR festival to showcase works in the new immersive art forms. It was a pivotal year when.

Content 71

Content Training Design Startup 71

Xconomy

MAY 25, 2018

million in 2015 for IDchecker , a Dutch provider of identity and document authentication technology, and $15 million last October for iCar , a Barcelona-based specialist in digital identity verification software, Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS. After paying $10.6

Mobile 55

Mobile Technology Software Artificial Inteligence 55

Xconomy

MARCH 21, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried to reassure users Wednesday that its new and old modifications will prevent the wholesale capture of millions of personal profiles, like the 50 million that fell into the hands of political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica by 2015.

Software Development 49

Software Development Software Customer Custom 49

Xconomy

AUGUST 28, 2018

San Francisco-based Puls, founded in 2015, offers to dispatch technicians quickly to a customer’s home or office to replace malfunctioning parts, mount a widescreen TV on the wall, or install smart home devices such as security systems, voice-activated assistants, and Internet-connected thermostats.

Services 43

Services Screening Demand Activity 43

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

million Series D round in early 2015, re-upped in the latest round, which included all existing investors and some debt, Tealium CEO Jeff Lunsford said last week. Tags are a creature of Web analytics, generating data that enable marketing teams to determine if users viewed a Web page or e-mail. It’s been about data.

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Customer Custom San Diego JavaScript 40

Xconomy

DECEMBER 7, 2017

In 2015, Chaturvedi conceived his mission to “spoil” health product development managers a bit by creating an online marketplace where they could quickly hunt for outside experts needed to shepherd a new treatment to its next stage.

Companies 45

Companies Company Product Develop 45

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

Providers make their pricing model transparent and easily available on the web, so it’s simple to calculate the cost savings of the cloud. Providers make their pricing model transparent and easily available on the web, so it’s simple to calculate the cost savings of the cloud.

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Cloud Computing Marketing CIO Organization 85

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

Fifty-six percent of retailers surveyed in a 2015 Shop.org/Forrester Research repor t say apps aren’t a key component of their mobile marketing strategy, even as 58 percent placed mobile at the top of their priority lists. RetailNext data shows that sales over the 2015 Thanksgiving weekend were down by 4.7 98 percent for mobile sites.

Mobile 40

Mobile Sites Customer Custom 40

Xconomy

MARCH 19, 2017

Heller founded Wrapify in early 2015 with the idea of creating a business that would pay motorists to wrap their cars in digitally printed advertising.

Advertising 45

Advertising Glendale San Diego Incubator 45

Xconomy

JANUARY 11, 2017

They departed in 2015, after selling a majority stake to an investor group led by Accel and Technology Crossover Ventures that reportedly valued GoFundMe at $600 million. Financial terms were not disclosed in a statement issued Tuesday by GoFundMe. Brad Damphousse and Andy Ballester founded GoFundMe in San Diego in 2010.

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Funding San Diego Hollywood Platform 40

Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

The company raised $1 million last year, according to a 2015 regulatory filing. The company said its Web-based technology can automatically respond with a programmed response, (For example, responding automatically to a hotel guest who asks: “What is the wifi password?”)

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Technology Santa Barbara Venture Capital Venice 40

Xconomy

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Gomez said he was inspired to start Canopy San Diego after spending time at CanopyBoulder , the cannabis industry fund and accelerator founded in 2015, less than three years after Colorado voters approved a similar marijuana legalization initiative. billion in 2015—a number estimated to grow by 25 percent this year to $6.7

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San Diego Startup Southern California Invest 40

Xconomy

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The latest quarter also was down by 33 percent from the same quarter in 2015, when VCs pumped $420.3 That was 32 percent lower than the $414.4 million that venture firms invested in San Diego during the prior quarter, although the deal count was up by 10 percent from the 39 companies that received funding. million into 61 local companies.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Startup Report 40

Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

He said MoneyTree data shows the second quarter of 2015 as one of the biggest ever in terms of venture dollars invested. Over the last few quarters, we’ve definitely seen the funding levels come down” from 2015, said Tim Holl, an EY audit partner in San Diego who heads the firm’s technology practice.

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Marina Del Rey Invest Venture Capital San Diego 40

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

million in 2012 to more than $59 million in 2015. million in loans to small and medium businesses, up about 45 percent from the first half of 2015. Since 2012, Gilbert said National Funding has grown annual revenue (generated from charging interest) by about 225 percent—from $18.1

San Diego 40

San Diego Help Software Review Funding 40

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

million in 2012 to more than $59 million in 2015. million in loans to small and medium businesses, up about 45 percent from the first half of 2015. Since 2012, Gilbert said National Funding has grown annual revenue (generated from charging interest) by about 225 percent—from $18.1

Software Review 40

Software Review San Diego Funding Customer 40

Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

That’s roughly the same investment pace as 2015, when Intel Capital invested a total of $514 million in 63 new companies and 79 follow-on deals.

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Capital San Diego Invest USC 40

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Four of the companies here were founded in 2014, another three were started in 2015, and two—CureMatch and Lymber—debuted earlier this year. Generally speaking, the companies selected this time are at an earlier stage than last year’s list.

San Diego 40

San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

Xconomy

JANUARY 24, 2018

The company was co-founded in 2015 by Michael Marks, the former CEO of contract electronics manufacturer Flextronics. Katerra , a building construction startup inspired by the efficient practices of electronics manufacturing, announced today it has raised $865 million in a Series D fundraising round led by the SoftBank Vision Fund.

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Funding Invest Startup Venture Capital 52

Xconomy

MARCH 26, 2018

The FTC decision comes in the wake of recent reports about the ease with which political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica gained access to as many as 50 million Facebook user profiles by or before 2015.

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Social Media News Report Media 52