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Document Your MVP for a Developer

SoCal CTO

I asked some of the same questions I ask in my Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions and then I get to a very common conversation: Me : Do you have specs? Just make note of it in the document and/or in an email when you send it. Founder : Ummm. what do you mean? Quite often these things get old quickly.

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Social Media for Service Professionals

SoCal CTO

I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). Value of Blogging I started the presentation talking about the value of blogging. Each blog post should be something that will interest that audience.

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What are the Technical Performance Requirements for your Startup?

SoCal CTO

By far the most popular post on this blog is 32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder. I find myself sending it to startup founders all the time – maybe just slightly less than Free Startup CTO Consulting. It was originally written in 2011 and has had amazing staying power.

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

SoCal CTO

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. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

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Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouhi

SoCal CTO

And I'm looking forward to more interaction now that she's blogging. I'm married to Mike Freehling , M&A and financial management consultant. BLOG: [link] LINKEDIN: [link] TWITTER: [link] What's a phone booth? Maybe you can blog about that? What are some good posts that I should check out on your blog?

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

Tech Zulu Event

Eric Ries is the author of the blog Startup Lessons Learned and the lean startup methodology. He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. Leila first developed the idea behind Samasource while working as a management consultant at Katzenbach Partners (now Booz & Co.), Robert Scoble.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” He is a founder of Strengths Doctors, a consulting firm which helps leaders design energizing work environments.