Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Jackson added, “FinTech has traditionally lagged behind the innovation that’s happening in other areas of enterprise software. For years now, companies have been forced to choose between cumbersome, expensive Virtual Data Rooms and decentralized, unsecure email to manage their complex transactions. 25 Years of Writing Code.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Software Review Bertelsmann Technology 88

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2021

I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. For entrepreneurs, effective networking is required to find investors, partners, and customers. Product development. Customer retention. More customers are lost to apathy after the sale than poor service or quality.

Activity 133

Activity Startup Ideas Technical Review 133

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

Stacy Stubblefield: We do two factor authentication, which basically means we send text messages with the codes you get when you log into a web site or even when you're just registering for a website. What enabled you to get that first customer on board? We were really focused on customer acquisition. How did the company start?

Marina Del Rey 113

Marina Del Rey Software Review Startup Incubator 113

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As noted in Pour and Stir Part I , the key to the successful execution of this strategy is managing the following equation: The cost to acquire a customer < lifetime value of a customer. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. This is equivalent to being handed a free customer for every ten customers you acquire.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

Ghost is not alone in developing technology focused on inventory. to develop some sweet inventory-planning software. Kaden joins Rick Zullo from Equal Ventures on the board and told TechCrunch via email that excess inventory “filled the news and it definitely spikes in more volatile markets, but it is in fact part of any market.”

Product 191

Product Funding Technical Review Equity 191

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Sign up to Tech.co's weekly newsletter today Please fill in your name Please fill in your email Subscribe By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Privacy Policy. However, its unique-for-the-industry monthly subscription model has helped it maintain healthy profits from its loyal customer base in 2023.

Startup 206

Startup Generative AI Newsletter Tool 206

Berkonomics

JANUARY 3, 2013

Most every business can take advantage of continuing, recurring revenues from its customer base. We immediately recall the razor and blade analogy to illustrate the point when planning product development and release. Email readers, continue here.] Think of the portion of fixed overhead covered by recurring revenues.

Outsource Development 197

Outsource Development Software Review Sales Demand 197

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 22, 2014

Whether it’s a killer software or physical inventory, don’t leave yourself open to a major loss or legal claim with no protection. You will need this granularity not only for successfully managing your business, but also when preparing for funding pitches and during investor due diligence. Legal Expertise.

Startup 97

Startup Outsource Development Software Review Sales 97

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Fan Appz, a Santa Monica headquartered firm founded in 2010, and a Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) today Tuesday launched its Personalized Marketing Platform, a next-generation social media marketing solution set to help firms convert fans into customers and increase repeat purchases by turning good customers into great ones.

Platform 82

Platform Help Customer Custom 82

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. Maybe you are wondering if you have a Weak Development Team ? Do you have a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Who's the customer?

CTO Hire 264

CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 264

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

We actually built that about a year and a half ago, and are bringing that back due to overwhelming demand. But, with the economy turning south in 2008, lots of those customers went out of business. In the meantime, Groupon came along, and our media customers started to lose advertising. We were crowd sourcing artists and design.

Platform 263

Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. Maybe you are wondering if you have a Weak Development Team ? Do you have a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Who's the customer?

CTO Hire 259

CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 259

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Our customers tend to be mostly moms, but also some dads who support their families, uncles, aunts, and their friends, but primarily moms. So we did a merger, and developed a new site and infrastructure, so we could integrate more content and communications features, and relaunched this week. What EcoMom is all about?

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

. <Note: I edited a few comments from Jeff's email, none of which related to our meeting in 2008.> Tech Diligence - Consider The Source. Rather, we value entrepreneurs' time and thus our diligence generally includes introducing them to potential customers and partners. > -jeff. John Greathouse <john *@ *.com>

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Traction can simply mean showing that you’re making progress with customers, product development, channel partners, initial revenue as a proof point, attracting well-known angel investors, winning industry awards / recognition. Funding is about developing a relationship over time. They hire key staff. They make progress.

Venture Capital 309

Venture Capital Guide Startup Technical Review 309

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2014

On one end, entrepreneurs who have (at minimum) built something customers love and are willing to pay for, and the other hand, investors who are looking for the very companies who fit that profile. You’ve built a great business, your customers love you. But you can’t secure the funding needed to scale. .

Invest 100

Invest Startup Technical Review Software Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2013

I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. For entrepreneurs, effective networking is required to find investors, partners, and customers. Product development. Customer retention. More customers are lost to apathy after the sale than poor service or quality.

Ideas 110

Ideas Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review 110

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

TechZulu & Gadget Review present REACH. The REACH event will bring together some of gaming’s most influential thinkers, creators, and developers who will guide us through their vision of the next evolution of gaming. Gaming developers. Please email us reach@techzulu.com. Josh Yguado - President SGN.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 94

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It's been awhile since we last caught up with Los Angeles-based Language Weaver (www.languageweaver.com), a venture-backed firm which develops language translation software, so we sat down the other day with Mark Tapling , the President and CEO of the firm, to hear more about where the company is nowadays--plus its strategy for growth and an exit.

Software Review 145

Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2012

For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive. Once your company is past the startup stage, you do need a board of directors.

Startup 95

Startup Technical Review Software Review High Tech 95

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 1, 2010

For instance, if you were trying to establish a partnership with a BDC, the front door would be a direct inquiry to the VP of Business Development. Customers – Similar to VARs, BDC customers who believe that your solution will add value to a BDC’s offering also make effective Escorts. More likely, you will be ignored.

Company 124

Company Companies Email Press 124

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Developments Blog. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. » More. » More. Loading… Mansion. House of the Day. Commercial. October 5, 2012.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2013

Many companies would love to be able to get the benefits of cloud--easy configurability, low cost, scaling, and more--but, due to various reasons, can''t take advantage of public cloud services like Amazon. We are also pushing out updates all the time to our customers. What does MetaCloud do? That''s very powerful, if you think about.

CIO 207

CIO Southern California Technical Review Software Review 207

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

Everyone is a rock star developers, every company is crushing it and when they’re not crushing it they’re killing it. In some ways having seen these trends before and being a bit more mature (code for I’m 47) I think I feel just a little bit less pressure than I did when I was younger. Year in, year out.

Software Review 150

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Invest 150

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

This is set to complement Groupon’s efforts in yield management due to its 40 percent discounts for each table. Full Tables, Happy Customers. Groupon said it launched the system due to customer demands. “In Serves Over 1000 Top US Restaurants. Simplest and Lowest Cost Option. Follow Transaction History.

Software Review 64

Software Review Email Competition Acquisition 64

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

.&# They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

To make it easier to explain, we come from a part of the world where there's been email, display, retargeting, programmatic, and social advertising, which allows us to heavily leverage data, testing, and optimize real time results, so marketers can make good, informed decisions. We build on those audiences, and find others that look alike.

CTO Hire 100

CTO Hire Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Marketing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2011

For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive. Once your company is past the startup stage, you do need a board of directors.

Startup 95

Startup Technical Review Software Review High Tech 95

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2010

I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. For entrepreneurs, effective networking is required to find investors, partners, and customers. Product development. Customer retention. More customers are lost to apathy after the sale than poor service or quality.

Ideas 95

Ideas Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review 95

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Before they’re presenting I want to know “what unique experiences you bring to the table that are going to give your business a faster time to market, a better designed product, more knowledge of your customers problems – a higher likelihood of success.&# It’s what many VC’s call, “An unfair advantage.&#.

Entrepreneur 267

Entrepreneur Startup SaaS San Diego 267

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

It's somewhat unusual in this economy to find companies who are seeing strong growth, so we were intrigued recently in running into BlackLine Systems (www.blackline.com), a firm which develops software for helping in the financial reporting process. Initially, our software focused on wealth management.

Startup 124

Startup Software Review CTO Hire Oracle 124

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

IPPLEX researches and develops pioneering cross-platform applications and services focused on interactive communication – between people and the information, contacts and places they need to access through their mobile phone, PC, and other devices. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! wonder what that might be?

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Sam did all this analysis before even deciding to build V1 of his software and before we put serious money behind him launching.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

TechZulu & Gadget Review present REACH. The REACH event will bring together some of gaming’s most influential thinkers, creators, and developers who will guide us through their vision of the next evolution of gaming. Make sure to tune in! Before G4, Scot founded All Games Network (AGN). Josh Yguado - President SGN.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2009

That's what the Cogi service offering is all about--giving you the ability to capture, review, and share the content of your important conversations. I can review it myself, both in audio form, or text form, and share it with others. Even before we began the process of starting work on our software, we did extensive market validation.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Startup Software Review Technical Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2010

For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive. Once your company is past the startup stage, you do need a board of directors.

Invest 50

Invest Technical Review Software Review High Tech 50

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Those with their ideas selected were out on the prowl, looking to recruit the top designer or developer in the room. Teams reconvened Saturday morning at 9:00 AM and continued to code and build their startup throughout the day. By 10:00 PM, teams were working away into the night. What a SWLA. making this their first SWLA.

Startup 66

Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66