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Interview with Gary Bishop, Network Automation

socalTECH

Southern California--despite the lack of huge, name brand firms-- has a significant number of enterprise software companies, of which Network Automation is just one. The traditional way to handle that is to write code. He spent a number of years with another, Southern California bootstrap, Goldmine.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. Here's an example of that kind of email. Most of them suffer from lack of activity, but it's worth a shot. Ask them about your concept.

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Interview with Ryan Scott, CauseCast

socalTECH

One trend in the Southern California high tech startup market has been an increasing number of startups--and executives--who have been looking to combine their interests in business with their enthusiasm for giving back through nonprofits and causes. Your prior background was in email marketing--how has this been different for you?

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

InfoChachkie

Hi John - if I recall correctly, this was the very first investor meeting we had for Twilio so I bet it was interesting I considered Kevin to be a friendly to get feedback on the pitch. <Note: <Note: I edited a few comments from Jeff's email, none of which related to our meeting in 2008.> > -jeff.

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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

If you have a team of 10 people then by definition 90% of the time spent on activities is not put in by you and on a team of 100 it’s 99%. In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. And because “communications” is a two-way activity, great leaders are listeners.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Presenting Companies at Caltech

Tech Zulu Event

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. All it takes is an email address to start receiving our exclusive deals for sports tickets to your favorite teams in your city. The time has finally arrived!

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him. There simply are NOT enough venture capital firms in the Southern California. In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments.

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