Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Many of the start-ups my various angel funds have financed died a slow death, not because of poor concept but because of poor execution, wasting fixed overhead and draining the financial resources from the company coffers.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Here's an example of that kind of email. Make sure you go through the 32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder. I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Last night I co-hosted a dinner at Soho House in Los Angeles with some of the most senior people in the media industry with executives from Disney, Fox, Warner, media agencies and many promising tech & media startup CEO’s. In his early career he realized the importance of email lists. His email list became his power.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2014

The company--which originally started in Austria--set up shop here two years ago to further expand its footprint in the US, and most recently hired away the entire Los Angeles marketing team of crosstown CRM software developer Nimble. I''m living now in Los Angeles. How did you decide to move here to Los Angeles?

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

I''ve written before about finding Web Development Firms in Los Angeles. I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers. Are they asking good questions?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

I have a great network of fellow CTOs, especially in the Los Angeles area. I've organized the LA CTO Forum (a private group of 150+ CTOs in Los Angeles) for 10+ years. If this person is from Los Angeles, I know I can easily find a few people who have worked with them. In Los Angeles, the answer is "often."

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Email us at info@socaltech.com. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). Startups Made Simple. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com).

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Rustic Canyon Southern California Technology Council High Tech 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2012

One way is to automate the process, which is what Los Angeles-based CallFire has been helping its business customers with. Dinesh Ravishankar: We were doing software development for various companies in Southern California, out of my condo in West LA. How did you end up in this market? What's your next growth area?

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

I have a great network of fellow CTOs, especially in the Los Angeles area. I've organized the LA CTO Forum (a private group of 150+ CTOs in Los Angeles) for 10+ years. If this person is from Los Angeles, I know I can easily find a few people who have worked with them. In Los Angeles, the answer is "often."

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 225

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

Many of the start-ups my various angel funds have financed died a slow death, not because of poor concept but because of poor execution, wasting fixed overhead and draining the final resources from the company coffers. . Email readers continue here.]

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Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 212

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Email us at info@socaltech.com. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies.

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SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

upStart.LA is a startup accelerator based in Los Angeles that helps tech entrepreneurs get their business up and going. Based in Los Angeles, we are software developers and designers that specialize in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Cloud Computing, Mobile Development, Application Design, and most importantly, helping you solve problems.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Where: UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095. upStart.LA is a startup accelerator based in Los Angeles that helps tech entrepreneurs get their business up and going. Demeter Interactive is a digital marketing and communications firm based in Los Angeles, California. Event Details.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

upStart.LA is a startup accelerator based in Los Angeles that helps tech entrepreneurs get their business up and going. Based in Los Angeles, we are software developers and designers that specialize in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Cloud Computing, Mobile Development, Application Design, and most importantly, helping you solve problems.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

On top of that, we allow users to comment and read other comments, and email other users within the system. Dan Yomtobian: We already have 25 employees here in our Los Angeles office, and we have another office in India with some of our software development operations--18 people out there.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . Quilici is also a member of the board of directors of NeoEdge Networks and a member of Tech Coast Angels.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. StrongMail’s software ensures reliable and timely delivery of their critical customer communications. So much for resting!

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

One of the big, open source successes in both Southern California and the software world was Gluecode Software , which was based in Los Angeles and acquired by IBM in 2005. Certainly, the use of common components will speed software development, as people realize it's not necessary to reinvent the wheel.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

As a VC I’m acutely that a “yes&# decision to support an entrepreneur can do just that, yet I only write 2-4 of them per year and maybe another 3-4 as an angel. years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change. We all have the ability to change the trajectory of the lives of others.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

And that rep doesn’t just send an email to his boss – he has coffee with the head of customer service. He gossips with the office manager who tells 3 software developers. I don’t like distributed development teams in early stage businesses. He downs cold ones with the head of biz dev.

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