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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

Both Sides of the Table

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). We feature a prominent speaker at every event.

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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

And do I fit as a Part-Time CTO , Technology Advisor , CTO Founder , Acting CTO ? And he was still in the process of raising additional capital, so it was equity only. These “startups” are almost always mostly-non-technical founders offering 1-2% premoney for a “lead developer” position. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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San Diego FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop

SoCal Tech Calendar

Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in San Diego, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one! Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -- San Diego FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop. We're doing it again! See [link] (more)

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Bringing The Benefit Of Managed Cloud To Enterprises, With Metacloud

socalTECH

Many companies would love to be able to get the benefits of cloud--easy configurability, low cost, scaling, and more--but, due to various reasons, can''t take advantage of public cloud services like Amazon. We spent lots of time with enterprises where technology was not their core product. That worked, to some degree.

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Interview with Matthew Jenusaitis, OCTANe

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Clearly, 2009 was not a good year, from the perspective of the technology innovation ecosystem. Technology and innovation has historically been the thing that has pulled the economy out of recessions, and I think that is especially true right now. For OCTANe to be successful, we want to see our technology ecosystem grow.

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Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010

SoCal CTO

10 Ways To Be Your Own Boss - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , June 18, 2010 The folks at Behance and Cool Hunting asked me to talk at their 99% Conference a couple months ago. had two occasions recently to review products which had clear market leadership. Here are the top 30 along with a brief snippet from the post.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

Loading… Tech. SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. The tech industry is going south. Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these.