Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Stitcher - San Francisco-based service that lets users customize talk radio programming on their mobile devices. The reason is that like Hollywood these seem to require large up-front investments and seem to be hit driven. My take was that this follows three trends: a) customer involvement in product design, b) mass customization [e.g.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Yes the real Oscars were also on this past Sunday but if you’re in LA or Hollywood, you wouldn’t be tuning into anything but Startup Weekend LA). All attendees really did such an amazing job building out their products, talking to customers and putting on a great show of presentations. Thanks again Tyler Crowley! What a SWLA.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Hollywood has even made a movie about the founding of Facebook that glamorizes startup life instead of showing what it really is: a day in day out marathon of work with very little glamor. No Business Plan Survives First Contact With A Customer – The 5.2 Your First Iteration of an Idea Will Be Wrong. billion dollar mistake.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

- SoCal CTO , January 13, 2010 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 No Accounting For Startups - Steve Blank , February 22, 2010 Startup Advice In Exactly Three Words - #StartupTriplets - OnStartups , January (..)

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