socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2019

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's technology industry. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Practice being a good communicator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Practice being a good communicator.

Startup 174

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Early-stage companies shouldn’t: outsource core product development, have consulting firms build it for them to speed up time-to-market, shouldn’t hire too many business people until product is complete and early product/market fit tested. Engineering is critical but it is not everything. Know the difference.

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Startup Slides Outsource Development Sales 388

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2011

I often hear the qualms of business-smart but non-technical entrepreneurs, wondering if they really have a chance in this high-technology marketplace. I tell them that if their idea or solution is technology intensive, they clearly need technology strength on the team. Outsource your technical requirements.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Entrepreneur Outsource Development Outsource 94

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

This technology is not only spawning a new generation of entrepreneurs, but is also changing the educational landscape, all the way down to early grade school. Relationships are best built while working and learning together, rather than over drinks at a mixer or industry conference. Breeds success through people diversity.

Ideas 61

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Education 61

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2014

Technology is so key to every business these days that experienced business-smart but non-tech entrepreneurs are falling deeper and deeper in the hole. Startups succeed most often when the founding partners know how to build and run a business, rather than how to build and run technology.

High Tech 103

High Tech Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 103

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Practice being a good communicator.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

And of course the most successful technology companies: Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com [duh], Oracle, Microsoft all have loads of sales people. Referenceable means they are willing to be part of your sales collateral, willing to take calls from key leads, willing to speak at your conferences, etc. They know your customers systems.

Startup 403

Startup Sales Software Review Technical Review 403

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2016

Technology is so key to every business these days that experienced business-smart but non-tech entrepreneurs are feeling deeper and deeper in the hole. Startups succeed most often when the founding partners know how to build and run a business, rather than how to build and run technology.

High Tech 58

High Tech Startup Social Media Entrepreneur 58

socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

xWe spoke with a few companies in the recurring revenue area space, ahead of the Recurring Revenue Conference ([link] which we are helping to sponsor next week. Georg Richter: OceanX is a technology platform, and a company, solely focused on physical subscriptions. That's actually what we've done at OceanX. Thanks, and good luck!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Practice being a good communicator.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. Yet you can run a conference and mint money. Tech blogs can theoretically scale, tech conferences are pure service businesses. This team is talented.

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Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Practice being a good communicator.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

It is that time of year again, when the digital and tech world looked up from their busy workload just long enough to make sure that they are “represented” with a kickass submission for a panel or two at the most prestigious conference all year, SXSWi (South by Southwest Interactive Festival). Outsourcing Startup Operations.

Entertainment 73

Entertainment Startup eBook Outsource Development 73

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Startup Grind was a truly awesome conference and Derek the consumate host. He talked about how for centuries education had “no technological core” (meaning it was bound by physical locations) and thus disruption was very difficult. Internationalization of Technology. So what did he actually say?

Venture Capital 403

Venture Capital Education Offshore Outsource Development 403

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. This should not deter you. This doesn’t make sense.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Frank Addante

AUGUST 2, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary!

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. where her clients included global leaders in the outsourcing and telecom sectors and a number of prominent non-profits. Eric Ries is the author of the blog Startup Lessons Learned and the lean startup methodology. He is a frequent public speaker. Rick Heitzmann.

Twiistup 40

Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. m the f%*kin’ boss.”. More tiers = more complication = more confusion. Say you want some code that does X. Want to be Mercenary? Final Thought.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Frank Addante

JUNE 10, 2007

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary!

Startup 40

Startup Technical Review Software Review Advertising 40

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. There is a core that exists in human connectedness that no amount of technology can replace. What about outsourcing? For me outsourcing in a pure startup is the kiss of death. I’ve seen it go full cycle.

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Technical Advisors Outsource Development Offshore Startup 335