SoCal Tech Calendar
APRIL 15, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 -- Build vs Buy. With offshoring, custom solutions became much more cost effective, but at the expense of increased management or sometimes increased project failure risk. Sometimes the function being outsourced is just across the street. So what do you outsource: Core or Context or both?
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 1, 2010
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. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. but: Something is Still Missing.
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SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 25, 2011
A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. You own the IP you create.
Tech Zulu Event
MARCH 2, 2013
Hulme also argues that organizations will always need IT, business experts, security experts, and engagement managers to handle relationships with the growing number of third-party and outsourcing vendors cropping up around the cloud. In 2010, businesses trimmed management roles, lowering the ratio to the current 11 percent, Longwell said.
Tech Zulu Event
MARCH 2, 2012
So in October 2010, I evaluated the competitive landscape and realized that there weren’t any app companies out there focused on what I thought mattered the most: the brand, the look, and the experience a client would have with an app. Cleaner, simpler, more custom and less Human Interface Guideline reliant.
SoCal Delicious
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. It is generally a soft touch at the beginning of the development process, perhaps identifying 1-2 early alpha/beta customers to help flesh out use cases to be built upon over time.
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