socalTECH

MAY 28, 2013

You put your price into our gauge, which has the colors red, yellow, and green to help guide consumers in making the most appropriate offers. That gauge helps make sure the offers that consumers place are realistic, for example, not offering $200 for a $2000 Canon camera. Todd introduced me to Andrew, and Andrew is now our CTO.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 25, 2017

We have been reading about the LA CTO Forum and we thought it would be a great place to find him/her. I've written before about having an Initial Conversation with a Potential CTO. The above email is SO BAD that I feel compelled to treat this email as a special case so maybe I can help other founders before they send this email.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2021

I like their recommended framework for emerging firms, as well as large multinationals, to help build an optimal growth strategy for your company: Evaluate internal development versus external sourcing. There is no question that startups which manage the broadest alternatives for growth will gain competitive advantages.

Organization 132

Organization CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 132

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

In the early days the CEO is the jack-of-all-trades, doer-of-all, famously the “chief janitor” or coffee maker. Eventually you need a VP of Product to handle your product roadmap, a CTO for engineering leadership and VPs of sales, marketing & biz dev. You help them prioritize their objectives and review the results.

Entrepreneur 385

Entrepreneur CTO Hire Startup Sales 385

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Small Business Administration as a Growth Accelerator Fund Competition winner. It also got me thinking about what was important for winning this competition. The mystartupXX accelerator is focused on providing mentorship, education, and funding to female-led technology-based startups at UC San Diego.

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Funding Competition Chief Technology Officer San Diego 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on. By going on sales calls you pick up directly the feedback of what customers want and also what they’re telling you about competition.

Startup 308

Startup CTO Coach Technical Review CTO Hire 308

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2016

When we met Shireen (CEO) and Scott (Co-founder & CTO) in late 2014 they had been inspired to create Nima to address their own personal food issues and empower other people to live their healthiest lives. I’ve seen firsthand how food can impact your well-being , in my case with helping me keep my ADD in check.

Company 207

Company Companies CTO Coach Funding 207

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

We have a team of people and technology which scours the Internet, and looks for videos we like and think would be a perfect fit for our Youtube channels. We then help push those videos through social media channels, and help them go viral. Is there a lot of competition for the rights to all of that content?

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Media Content Startup IP 235

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

” But I went back to the office and talked with Stuart Lander & David Lapter and said, “no prizes for guessing which job Ethan’s going to take.” In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. Nice sweep!

CTO Coach 359

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The crux of it is we help buyers user their network to verify suppliers, primarily in Asia and China, where we started. It''s also a dog-eat-dog world over there with the competition. Once you know the space, China really helps entrepreneurs. Once you know the space, China really helps entrepreneurs. What is Tradesparq?

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2013

A wondrous place designed for kids to learn that Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math are not only interconnected, but fun to boot. Starting today , Two Bit Circus’ Kickstarter Campaign goes live and gladly invites you to help make this truly amazing concept become a reality. starting in Spring of 2014.

High Tech 108

High Tech Entertainment Education Startup 108

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I seem to encounter a lot of people who want to attach a CTO label to me as I'm the only programmer on the founding team of three. While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Fortunately for three companies from the NASA iTech Challenge, they will be teaming up with some of the finest scientific minds to help with space exploration and NASA’s mission to Mars. Plasma technology can also be used to help jet engines run more efficiently and provide more control over the combustor.

Startup 70

Startup Chief Technology Officer Technology Press 70

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. In addition to helping manage the board Chris also helps represent the interests of the angel investors / common stock holders.

Tips 365

Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit. TechZulu caught up with Michael Piermont, amSTATZ Chief Executive Officer and this is what he revealed.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Meredith came to see me along with the CTO Marc Berte. Meredith Perry came up with the idea for uBeam while still in college at University of Pennsylvania and like many great inventors won her school’s business plan competition.

Technical Review 418

Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire IP 418

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. This probably hurt Zynga’s profitability but also helped them fend off less well-capitalized rivals.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2015

Our CTO was the Senior Web Engineer at Yahoo Music, and helped launch many of its international platforms, and helped rebuild the original Yahoo Music and Messenger radio players. Our VP of Technology was at Boom Music, which Launch.com acquired and later became part of Yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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Yahoo Social Media Content Media 100

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

You should consider: Audience Product Strategy Business Model Competitive Set You probably can't talk to someone at a direct competitor (although ex employees may work), but it is generally easy to find parallel businesses. It looks like you've been through this exact thing before for a parallel kind of business so I'm hoping you can help me.

Startup 301

Startup Examples Acquisition Ideas 301

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

I like their recommended framework for emerging firms, as well as large multinationals, to help build an optimal growth strategy for your company: Evaluate internal development versus external sourcing. There is no question that startups which manage the broadest alternatives for growth will gain competitive advantages.

Acquisition 88

Acquisition CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development 88

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

Michael Chasin: LawKick.com is essentially a marketplace that makes it easier than ever to find legal help. How the website works, is the client goes to the website, and indicates what they need help with. We''ve worked out he bugs, and since then have hired a full time CTO and others. What''s LawKick about? READ MORE>>.

Help 240

Help Startup CTO Hire Pricing 240

socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2013

We had been building technology around a publisher interface, and starting seeing the same things from customers, who wanted to understand what was happening on their site, what their competition was doing, and what advertisers were doing. The new name helps describe the company better, and doesn''t give the wrong preconceptions.

Advertising 153

Advertising Startup CTO Coach Study 153

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

My team based in Glendale is probably 300, and we have another office in Sunnyvale, another in San Francisco, and other people in St. Our whole product and technology team is about 500 people. Darren Clark: Our missions is to help small businesses and communities grow. Talk about the technology behind your operations here?

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

They outline the following framework for emerging firms, as well as large multinationals, to help build an optimal growth strategy for your company: Evaluate internal development versus external sourcing. There is no question that startups which manage the broadest alternatives for growth will gain competitive advantages.

CTO Hire 91

CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development Resource 91

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

My team based in Glendale is probably 300, and we have another office in Sunnyvale, another in San Francisco, and other people in St. Our whole product and technology team is about 500 people. Darren Clark: Our missions is to help small businesses and communities grow. Talk about the technology behind your operations here?

Technical Review 211

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for. The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

Software Review 107

Software Review Entrepreneur CTO Hire Outsource Development 107

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for. The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

Software Review 103

Software Review Equity CTO Hire Outsource Development 103

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. He tells us you'll get the following benefits from talking to lots of people: There are lots of benefits to talking to people.

Startup 211

Startup IP Ideas Patents 211

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. He tells us you'll get the following benefits from talking to lots of people: There are lots of benefits to talking to people.

Startup 198

Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2012

Under the executive leadership of Michael Jones, there's a great designer, great CTO, great operations guys, and great lawyers. Those guys have all build and sold businesses, and not only do they bring an enormous amount of experience to the table, they bring a blue chip network to the table, in a highly competitive space.

Dollar Shave Club 210

Dollar Shave Club Startup Pricing Sample 210

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for. The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

Software Review 96

Software Review CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development 96

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

Whether that''s for competitive analysis or market analysis, our product is basically able to monitor--on a very large scale--things that are important to your particular company. I then spent a few years at IBM as their Chief Strategy Officer in their identity management area. It''s designed for business people.

Orange County 245

Orange County Startup News IBM 245

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for. The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. In this article, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

Software Review 92

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 92

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

Due to competitive markets we ended up with a pretty good term sheet until we needed to raise money in April 2001 and then we got completely screwed. The more senior members you have (say you already have a CEO, CTO, VP marketing, VP Biz Dev, VP Products) then the less options you’ll need and vice versa. That’s normal.

Venture Capital 405

Venture Capital Pricing Startup Funding 405

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Leading advertising networks like Commission Junction, LinkShare, Google Affiliate Network, ShareASale and many others license our platform to help their advertisers and publishers easily create, manage, track, and optimize call-based advertising campaigns.”. Who do you view as your biggest competition? Our platform helps them do that.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

What our program does, is if you get a question wrong, we help determine where you need help. Plus, teachers can only grade by completion, they can't grade and help the whole classroom of students. We also have a director of curriculum and CTO, which as enlarged the user experience on the technical team.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

Colin Kelley, the CTO of RingRevenue , left a comment in my last post about the need to “ mask interrupts &# in order to get work done. This product seems to be dead-ended the way that Microsoft products become when they have no competition. So I often try to stay off of email during the day. Unfortunately I was wrong.

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Product Startup Email Technical Review 280