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Interview with Patrick Kennedy, Sidebar

socalTECH

We went out on the Android and Blackberry, and as we were going out to market, we realized that we could use that consumer launch as a proving ground for our technology, and leverage that to the B2B market. When I joined the company, I found an amazing technology platform and analytics capability. How is the company funded?

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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

On a phone call it’s too easy to be distracted and thumb through paperwork, stare out the window or glance at your computer screen. Last time we met I didn’t have my CTO with me. Would it be alright if I brought her by your offices for a super quick coffee?” I always tell people that fund raising is a sales process.

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How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble

socalTECH

Darren Marble: I spent the last ten years in enterprise sales, selling enterprise software and services to Fortune 500 companies. I was selling products to Live Nation, Demand Media, Kelly Blue Book, Rovi, and the Screen Actors Guild. I'm a guy that gets things done as a sales person. Where's the service now?

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

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. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. Tech support is sales.

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MuckerLab Unveils Second Graduating Class to Investors

Tech Zulu Event

The co-founder core team, including a CTO, should be fully formed and passionate enough to be working on the project full time. The Black Tux online tuxedo rental, which is reinventing the customer experience in the antiquated $10B+ tuxedo rental and sales industry. Forget the second screen, play and interact with video content today.

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Interview with Steve Jillings, TeleSign

socalTECH

That users get the PIN code, enters it into the registration screen, and if they typed in the right code, they can complete registration and get access to all of what a service provider gives them. That ended up as a $200 million sale to Microsoft. We take that number, and send them a one-time PIN code. It's been fantastic.

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How YP Is Growing A Giant Tech Team In Glendale

socalTECH

An example of that, is we have a product in alpha in a couple of our markets, where, in real time, a user can fill out a form and it goes out to the top five service providers who we already have vetted and screened. We''re now figuring out to take that to market and driving it through our sales channel. READ MORE>>.