socalTECH
JULY 23, 2012
As a hiring manager, and as the former CTO of Buy.com, Navid Nobakht , Co-Founder of Recmnd.Me ([link] had a problem--how to really figure out if someone he was hiring could actually execute. The problem we're trying to solve, is one I found from in my experience as a hiring manager in the IT industry.
socalTECH
JULY 22, 2016
Gabe Grifoni: I had actually transitioned to the writing side, and focusing on tech. That got me to CES for some technical writing and journalism, and I started checking out the scene. Plus, we've hired a new CTO and CRO to help grow the tech and business side. It's kind of the two halves that got me here.
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socalTECH
MARCH 12, 2013
The Internet doesn't work right, and is broken, and without a CDN, you can't do what you need to do if you're the CTO of a large website. Software-as-a-service companies write good software, and network companies build good networks, but rarely do you find both that do that well as the same time.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 17, 2017
We hired the ex-CTO of Sears, and other senior executives out of Disney in software. So, I've been hiring people and creating an organization around that. I'm now looking at hiring some traditional analysts and infrastructure employees, to facilitate a much bigger fund than the $20M we have in the near term.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 4, 2010
It might not be problems in geometry, it might be because students can't add fractions in algebra. So, we give basic instruction and then signal teachers on where to better focus their classroom time. We also have a director of curriculum and CTO, which as enlarged the user experience on the technical team.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. In LA we have SoCalTech , for which I am grateful. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA. How do we make that happen?
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