SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

I'm going to be looking at aspects like: Things to consider before building your MVP Features often overlooked when documenting an MVP for developers Understanding important metrics you want to measure Risks and challenges in developing an MVP. Have you conducted Problem, Solution and Feature Interviews with customers?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Building your public image and presence should start even before product development, through your website, logo, and blogging.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Schwartzfarb is currently Managing Director of Techstars Austin, but spent a significant time in the Los Angeles technology community working with Jake Winebaum at Business.com. The reason why, is my experience is in early stage sales and more specifically, in early stage customer development. The answer is almost always NO.

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Inverted Software

AUGUST 9, 2021

“I hired a software development company from India. They outbide all the US based companies I contacted and offered developers at a cheap price. The above quote is a real customer that ended up at our office. The following are 5 measuring standards we follow when developing any new system. So what makes good software?

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The conversation centered around a founder who's key question is "Where Do I Find a Developer for My Startup?" His goal was to find a programmer who would come in as an early partner and work as an Equity-Only Developer. Have you tested the concept with customers using paper? Have you signed some test customers?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Audiolife was built on a framework to handle all the back-end work through store fronts allowing musicians to focus on what they do best. Loaded with his technology and merchandise background, GoodThreads was born. Brandon and his team are always continuing to build and develop key partnerships with heavier and customized integrations.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The conversation centered around a founder who's key question is "Where Do I Find a Developer for My Startup?" His goal was to find a programmer who would come in as an early partner and work as an Equity-Only Developer. Have you tested the concept with customers using paper? Have you signed some test customers?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008 -- "Recession-proof Pricing Strategies for a Multi-platform World" Technology Council. Today's technology companies increasingly must deliver products on multiple platforms to satisfy customer demand and competitive pressures. See [link] (more).

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Tech.Co

JULY 25, 2017

It also takes only an hour to develop your own using a rapid development framework like CakePHP. The Exit-Intent Technology also makes it easy to squeeze conversions out of website abandoners. Everything can be done via the drag-and-drop interface.

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Tool Custom Customer Sites 39

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

This week we’ll focus on the city of Austin, gain insight into Uber’s spending habits, do a little scooter number crunching, the Tesla Model Y, and the so-called “race” — an overused and inaccurate term — to develop autonomous vehicles. ONM … There are OEMs in the automotive world. Cymbal clash!)

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

Most technology startups seem to be founded by three types of people: product managers, engineers or biz dev types (MBAs and the like). That’s why I started the Sales & Marketing Series and at one point I will do a bunch of posts on the sales methodology we developed at my first company called PUCCKA. Enough said.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Social media will be pervasive in the enterprise and is primarily driving by customer interactions. He shows data that the overwhelming majority of major enterprise in the US is currently adopting or looking to adopt social networking technology. We had to develop whole frameworks of “middleware” to deal with this problem.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

Two of the hottest sectors in the market today for investments and startups are in the area of machine learning/big data and advancements in automotive technology. We have built an application services platform for vehicles, and our first customer was actually USAA. We had an advanced application development and innovation team.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Platform 113

Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

Everywhere, technology is starting to percolate into an otherwise prosaic, non-tech industry—apply big data, apply machine learning—and revolutionize it.”. Rao added, “With this acquisition, Intel is formally committing to pushing the forefront of AI technologies.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 26, 2011

At the big consulting firms, investment banks and established large technology companies we’re taught to produce long reports, make sure that every document is perfect quality and that every possible bit of diligence has been done. They over think the decision framework. Check your legal framework. Good enough isn’t.

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Startup Technical Review Framework Entrepreneur 335

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Building your public image and presence should start even before product development, through your website, logo, and blogging.

Startup 61

Startup Social Media News Framework 61

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

Croquet is developing software for collaborative applications, which has applications in virtual worlds and augmented and virtual reality. The big win is, first of all, since it looks like a single computer to the developer, they just have to program their software as a single computer. David Smith: We actually have customers now.

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Platform Startup Web Examples 168

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Their unique “provide value to customers first” mantra sets them apart in the digital signage industry. The remaining members came as personal referrals – Alex Ross, Zach’s roommate (also a programmer) signed up a day later to become their lead developer. “We’ve built an app framework.

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Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 106

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Their unique “provide value to customers first” mantra sets them apart in the digital signage industry. The remaining members came as personal referrals – Alex Ross, Zach’s roommate (also a programmer) signed up a day later to become their lead developer. “We’ve built an app framework.

Social Media 81

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 81

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2012

We are targeting businesses that can use Journey in-house for their industry-specific needs, as well as technology vendors who can use Journey as an enabler to deliver mobile solutions rapidly. In the light of this, our product development efforts are focused on making it increasingly easier and faster to build apps. Why the name?

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Mobile Platform JavaScript Web 65

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I've previously addressed the role of a CTO in early-stages in my post Startup CTO or Developer. for a Lead Developer: How much will it cost to build what we need to build? for a Lead Developer: How much will it cost to build what we need to build? How can I control costs but effectively get stuff developed?

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 9, 2014

Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle framework “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it” Simon Sinek If your customers believe in your mission, then they’ll warm to you and listen to what you offer and how. Unless the thing you’re building has real value to someone, it’s just a vanity project, no matter the technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2014

On one end, entrepreneurs who have (at minimum) built something customers love and are willing to pay for, and the other hand, investors who are looking for the very companies who fit that profile. You’ve built a great business, your customers love you. And those who have gone through the process, know. Where SeedInvest Sprouted.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

It is here that 25 of the most diverse startups from around the world will showcase their latest technology and compete for prizes and a chance to be fast tracked as one of the Startup of the Year semifinalists at Innovate Celebrate 2018. Beast Mobile (Kirkland, WA). Beast Mode is taking on a new meaning in the startup world.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Ultimately, cyber risk is the potential of loss or harm related to technical infrastructure or the use of technology within an organization. And what could cause personal harm to employees, customers, partners, or visitors? And an organization’s cyber risk appetite is the level of tolerance that organization has for risk.

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Organization Framework Startup Software Engineering 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Christine Lee Chartboost – founders can from Tapulous – game developers. How to cross-promote within their own users and work with other developes to find a solution. She also urges mobile app developers to think about how to respectfully leverage their audiences for mass participation.

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Mobile Technical Review Platform Artificial Inteligence 71

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The second bullet, getting feedback from customers is most often not valid either. Even with these, you will have paper-tested your MVP, but the reality is that customers will not be able to assess the value to them until they actually use it. The real reason to build an MVP is to do early tests of key Startup Metrics for the business.

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Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

Presenter: Patrick Mork, VP of Marketing, GetJar 10:45am: Redefining A Cluttered App Market: Brand marketers and media companies are rushing to develop apps, since they seem to be a buzzworthy, foolproof way to deliver content and advertising to consumers on-the-go. Jennifer Byrne, Director of Business Development, Verizon.

Mobile 40

Mobile Media Case Study Advertising 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Creativity in our business lives – The average tech startup these days spends time talking with colleagues & investors about a multitude of things: customer acquisition, viral adoption, raising capital, hiring / firing employees, product features, technology trends, marketing / branding, and on and on.

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Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

But my take: Gaikai had superior technology & a superior business strategy. By not forcing the publisher to go through a Gaikai portal where they tried to control customers, they engendered trust from the publishers. 57:45 Nate: The differences between Gaikai and OnLive’s development. I agree with him.

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Rustic Canyon Venture Capital Southern California Userplane 279

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The following is not meant to be a deep dive but rather a framework for understanding the issues. they’ll continue to look for independent technology partners. The launch of their new Boxee Box in November and the user acceptance of that will be telling for their future development.

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