2011 Competition Customer Outsource Development 
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 30, 2011
In the initial phases of any new market you’re developing a product (hopefully with a minimal set of features), getting feedback from customers, refining your product based on user feedback and then re-launching your product. Markets develop for a complex set of factors that are often beyond all of our control.
socalTECH
JANUARY 28, 2013
We've only got 40-45 people, versus if you look at a Verizon or AT&T, where they have tens of thousands of people having to support their network and provide customer support. Our customer support is in-house, and we have a light-touch customer support model, and we don't have to manage a massive network.
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Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. If you had huge customer growth but just didn’t focus on revenue that’s a different story. It allows you many more exit opportunities. What makes up revenue?
socalTECH
MAY 19, 2015
If you have a retail store and want to provide delivery of flowers to your customers, Schlep and Fetch is an on-demand, plug and play serviec for that. In May of 2011, we finally got a delivery, after two months of doing that. It really makes the customer happier when you do that. We got lots of miles on that stroller.
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 1, 2010
Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." Sometimes fear is a good motivator.
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