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Interview with Scot Richardson, Laughstub

socalTECH

Really, what it does is it allows a small venue--anyone with less than 500 seats--to handle everything from admissions, to reporting, to reporting, to accounting, to marketing, and customer relationships. Scot Richardson: We started our product in the middle of 2009, and the product has been basically available since January of 2010.

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

Both Sides of the Table

Instant growth = huge valuation from follow-on investors = big VC mark-up on our quarterly reports = LP interest. It’s been high tide since 2009 so an entire batch of entrepreneurs don’t know what low tide even looks like. Ryan Lissack is the CTO of Maker Studios. It happens more than is reported.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 4. Build a SWAT team

Frank Addante

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. ► March (1) Office 2.0:

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Dec 26, 2009). One of the big questions, probably the biggest questions that I get from reporters, is 'what trends do you see?

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Call it facts for hire. It would be a bit like the hired gun in the old west, but more suited for today’s times. You got it.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: So, you need to develop a product?

Frank Addante

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. ► March (1) Office 2.0:

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. ► March (1) Office 2.0:

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