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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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Interview with Steve Jillings, TeleSign

socalTECH

Telesign provides authentication services for the largest web companies in the world. A real simple example, is someone comes to register for a particular web service, puts their name, and contact information into a site, and our clients asks them for a valid phone number. That ended up as a $200 million sale to Microsoft.

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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. they have purchasing intent ).*.

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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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Los Angeles Startup Weekend August 2011 | The Complete Breakdown

Tech Zulu Event

When tickets went on sale over a month ago, we expected the regular ticket sales cycle, however we were more than surprised when Startup Weekend LA sold out in 6 hours! Also of note was Ryan Orrico’s launch of HandJob, a new form of job applicant screening and referral tracking.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Matt Miller – Co-Founder and CTO of CareerBliss.com. Matt Miller is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of CareerBliss.com – an online career community that helps everyone find happiness in the workplace. Clark Benson is the founder of Ranker , a consumer web startup that is a platform for ranking.