socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

This morning, we have Kevin Winston of Digital LA (www.digitalla.net), the organization which is LA's largest digital networking group and which is behind the Silicon Beach Fest, the first and largest tech, startup and entertainment conference in LA. You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Los Angeles-based Causecast, a new startup focused on promoting causes and non-profits, launched this week at the TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco. The firm said will "harness the power of pop culture" to help social causes and non-profits.

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MAY 28, 2013

Dave’s industry experience includes tenures as CTO and CEO of several successful software companies, and upper-level management positions in Fortune 100 companies. He keynotes leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, enterprise application integration, and enterprise architecture. He lives in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 2, 2013

I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. They regularly speaks at conferences, used to work at Google, and have other similarly impressive aspects to their background.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal. There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. Should she take a chance and potentially ruffle feathers? A couple of quick stories / examples: 1.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 25, 2011

Video chat by Stickam.com Last Friday, about 80 business leaders assembled at the Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica, CA, for CallFire’s first ever “un-conference&# called Biz2Beach. Vijesh Mehta, CallFire’s CTO, discussed some of the new features and changes to the CallFire UI.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

Los Angeles-based XCast Labs (www.xcastlabs.com) announced earlier this month that it has raised a $2.7M round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and Frontera Capital for a voice-over-IP service, and we thought we'd talk with Cliff Rees, the firm's CEO, to understand how the firm is different from those many providers.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? The Startonomics conference at UCLA Anderson business school, hosted by DealMaker Media, was a great event for the talks as well as the networking. Who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles? Tell Rod about the LA CTO Forum.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. Ask for short conference calls.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Venture Capital and New Media Summit on June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles. Last July the Variety Venture Capital and New Media Summit was one of the best conferences of the year. Aber Whitcomb , CTO of Mindjolt and Co-founder of i/o Ventures.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2016

Los Angeles-based Netki (www.netki.com) is addressing that complexity, with a product called WalletNames, which replaces those long, complex, easy to confuse strings with easy to remember, domain-like text strings. I was primarily responsible for getting the technology side pulled together when they went public.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Venture Capital and New Media Summit on June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles. Last July the Variety Venture Capital and New Media Summit was one of the best conferences of the year. Aber Whitcomb , CTO of Mindjolt and Co-founder of i/o Ventures.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Again, maybe a blog post. :) What do you think of the concepts of visible networking and online business networking in Los Angeles ? What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? AlwaysOn has some of the best conferences I've ever been to. What was the best one you've been to recently?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Building relationships, partnering with social media experts on events (SBTwestival and 140 Conference Meetup), learning at events, building a following, testing any and all formats/venues, integrating social media into our radio show. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

It’s why I still go to after-conference parties and hang out until the end of the night with whomever wants to chat. It’s why I can still be caught playing beer (and tequila) pong at 4am at the Local Response offices. Or riding a crazy party bus and sitting next to Aaron Batalion the co-founder & CTO of Living Social.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. By noon it had fully synched itself. 8211; Garry Tan.

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MAY 5, 2011

There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. In Los Angeles we don’t have “patron technology companies&# that are big enough to matter – we’re still hoping to see them emerge. because every community needs its local tech press to report on companies and run conference. Marketing Muscle.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

In a world where 90% of communications is non-verbal imagine what is lost on conference calls. And from all the office chatter come norms and beliefs. CEO, VP Products and CTO must all be in the physical location. I’m not arguing that 100% of a team need to be in a single location although that would be ideal.

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