SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 12, 2009

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 -- Driving Efficiencies thru Outsourcing Partnerships. Many companies are hiring temporary and contract workers in the U.S. Speaker: Raj Krishnan, Industry VP, Fujitsu America. at a faster clip than they're sending jobs to India and other overseas locations. See [link] (more).

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 23, 2010

Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything Startup Software Developers Symptoms of a Weak Development Team Technology Roles in Startups Startup CTO or Developer Part-Time CTO Technology Advisor CTO Founder Acting CTO Software Development Company Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles Startup Opportunities in SoCal Really (..)

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. You can see all of our holiday reflections here. They want to text or in-app message the brand they are communicating with. Brands need to meet their customers where they want to be met, on their terms.

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Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Experts estimate that the average cost of downtime per hour is estimated at $8500 for a small enterprise, $215,000 for a mid-sized company, and $686,000 for a large corporation. With a regional provider, companies benefit from local representatives that are familiar with local concerns. Local staff.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 4, 2019

As enterprises outsource more of the business operations to hosted platforms, more emphasis needs to be placed on ensuring mission-critical applications are always accessible. They do more than collect data for your company, they can also provide early warning signs of a network problem. Do Not Fall for the Common Redundancy Pitfall.

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socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

Forsblom is now in Los Angeles and San Diego, and reinventing himself with a mobile application company called TenFarms (www.tenfarms.com). Everyone from our team is from Finland, one is from Portugal, and we come and go between California and Finland. How did you end up here in Southern California? What happened there?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

We spoke with Bryce Maddock , founder of TaskUs, about the company and how it has been providing the manpower behind a lot of LA''s technology startups. So, what is TaskUs? Bryce Maddock: TaskUs is the best provider in the world of customer care and back office services for emerging growth companies.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

San Diego-based TAG, a provider of outsourced accounting and IT services, said Tuesday that it is in a merger agreement with Southern California Computer Services (SCCS), a business application and IT consulting company. According to TAG, the deal adds 113 San Diego-based companies to its customer base.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

We recently sat down with Luc Berlin, co-founder of Miigle, a SoCal startup that has an aggressive global mission to bring entrepreneurs together from around the world. When I first talked with TZ, it was pretty much me just working on the platform and I had outsourced the development to a firm. Scandinavia and Africa as well.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

To solve that issue, Mike, as well as a number of other entrepreneurs here in Southern California, is in the midst of organizing Students4Startups (www.students4startups.com), a group which hopes to connect graduating students in the area to local startup companies. Some people like working with more well-established companies.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. It’s very difficult to communicate the value of my services and it’s even harder to find people/companies looking to outsource their product development to a business guy like myself.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

They were making some significant choices that were going to have lasting impact on their company. This is important whether you are outsourcing or building it in-house. I quite often get a call where a founder raised $150K of initial money and has spend $120K on in-house or outsourced development and the software is 90% done.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MAY 15, 2011

As these companies grew and matured, the agenda shifted from one focused on small and medium-sized businesses to one representing more established companies. This is not about paying lip-service to helping small companies — it’s about the genuine representation of their needs and interests in Washington D.C.” 714-501-0674.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

One of the biggest areas where the cloud is transforming business is in small and medium sized businesses--where suddenly, companies are able to leverage software which wouldn''t be available, or are too costly for them to implement individually, but where the cloud access suddenly makes it affordable and easy.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

Low performance networks also impact staff morale if they become frustrated with page load and file retrieval times, which can cause them to dislike their job or their company over time if left unfixed. Businesses that don’t outsource network maintenance tasks put the onus on their internal teams, which can quickly max out their bandwidth.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 3, 2011

What kind of CEO would want to turn over the companys bank account and tax ID number to a partner vendor? Its the CEO who understands how mitigating risk and achieving efficiencies can be realized through outsourcing the HR function to a single vendor. Our featured speaker is Sonia English. As a business consultant for TriNet.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

A panel of both service providers AND satisfied client companies will share their experiences using and providing contracted resources. Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- "Partnering With Product Design Firms To Accelerate Your Product Development Cycle" PDMA.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2012

And that should be the focus of the founders -- to find the special fit that will make your company take off. When I talk with early-stage companies, often the discussion starts with them asking me about Hiring a CTO for Your Startup , or Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup or How to Find Programmers for Your Startup.

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Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Managed Network Service Providers (MNSPs) have the equipment, staff, expertise, and experience necessary to take on infrastructure tasks so companies can focus less on network upkeep and more on strategic business goals. MNSPs can provide companies with the knowledge and expertise needed to optimize their infrastructure.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

We sat down with Brian McCarthy , SVP of Dentistry.com (www.dentistry.com), a startup within a much larger company Futuredontics, which itself is a part of a big company called Sirona. Brian McCarthy: We're somewhat different than the companies that you usually interview, as we're effectively a startup inside an existing company.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

We spoke with Jim Franklin , the firm's CEO, to hear more about how the company went from an accelerator startup at TechStars just a few years ago, to now more than 100 employees spread across offices in Boulder; Colorado, Anaheim, California; Frankfurt; London, and elsewhere, to tackle the problems of transactional email.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

New and old interactive companies alike have been wrangling their online communities for panelpicker votes since mid-August when voting commenced for a coveted shot to win a chance to present their vision to a guaranteed crowd of A-List digital and tech influencers that will gather together in Austin, TX the week of March 8, 2013.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. I used an image from Roger Smith that describes the varying roles of a CTO as the company matures. What do we build in-house or outsource? How are we going to manage the product roadmap?

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Steve Reich

MARCH 23, 2012

There was a broad consensus among both founders and investors that the boom in incubators provides tremendous leverage for young companies. Only one controversial topic emerged—the portion of a company’s equity bought by some accelerators. The takeaway? Then drive for the best funding you can get.

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SoCal Delicious

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Read more » Recent Press The New York Times April 22, 2009 - A Company Plans to Market Illiquid Assets CNBC.com April 8, 2008 - Social Stock Picking Reuters April 6, 2009 - Bit.ly Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Although a new company, it is already gaining momentum—being featured in European CEO, Playboy, and Da Man Magazine.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

But I don’t think so. 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. Who better to answer than the company's engineering lead. It may be that all the doomsayers are right. This post is an accusation.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

This leads to a set of questions: What is the role of a CTO in the early stages of a company, and does that role change later on as both the company and that individual matures? It specifically answers the first questions about role and how it changes as the company matures. What do we build in-house or outsource?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. see When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley? First Principles.

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