SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 24, 2016

Thursday, June 30, 2016 -- Alternative Accelerators and Start-Up Resources. Today, start-ups have more choices for accessing business resources and seed funding than ever. The next Mobile LAVA will present some of these different equity partners available to start-ups in today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Startup 100

Startup Resource LAVA Seed Funding 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 17, 2016

Thursday, June 23, 2016 -- Alternative Accelerators and Start-Up Resources. Today, start-ups have more choices for accessing business resources and seed funding than ever. The next Mobile LAVA will present some of these different equity partners available to start-ups in today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Startup 100

Startup Resource LAVA Seed Funding 100

SoCal CTO

APRIL 18, 2012

Todd Gitlin of Safire Partners - a go to resource here in LA for recruiting C-level positions at startups - was nice enough to compile some data again this year (see last year's Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data ). Or they are looking at Hiring a CTO and want to see what salary and equity ranges look like.

CTO Hire 294

CTO Hire Equity Demand Resource 294

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

I was asked by a reader how much equity he should give out to early employees and to service providers in a very early stage startup. Founders are likely not paid for a long time and have a sizeable equity percentage for early risk and having the concept. Same Value for Sweat Equity as Investment Dollars?

Equity 391

Equity CTO Hire Startup Examples 391

Tech Coast Venture Network

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

TCVN, a nonprofit technology group, was founded in 1984 to educate and assist entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies in Orange County and to connect them with money, advice and other resources to help their businesses grow. Foley has founded or been an equity partner in several companies. He is currently CEO of PitchMeTV.

TCVN 113

TCVN Orange County Southern California News 113

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

I think there are a lot of opportunities across all of these areas of technology, especially as it relates to Southern California. We know you invest globally, but are there specific kinds of companies you hope to focus on here in Southern California? Southern California, in particular, has a lot of talent in ad tech.

Southern California 113

Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

K5Launch (www.k5launch.com) is modeled after the successful Y-Combinator and TechStars acceleration programs, and invests equity, provides mentors, and runs a three month program to get very early stage startups off the ground. We are in Orange County, but we're also focused more largely on Southern California.

Orange County 192

Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

For today's interview, we spoke to Dave Eastman, the Director of the Viterbi Startup Garage, a startup incubator that is run by the University of Southern California, out of its location in Marina Del Rey. Dave Eastman: For one thing, although we're not completely unique in this, is we don't take equity.

Marina Del Rey 150

Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

Okay, so now you have it narrowed down and have determined that you need: Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor to help guide you and close a bit of the Startup Founder Developer Gap , and Equity-Only Cofounder Developer - the first real developer that will work for equity and produce the bulk of the application.

CTO Hire 211

CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 211

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Here are some resources that come from other sources: Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do? Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO Attracting a CTO to your startup Startup CTO: Could It Work?

CTO Hire 175

CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 175

Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

Whether it be renowned athletes looking to enjoy some sun in the off-season or movies stars basking in the glory of stardom in between takes, the number of recognizable faces in this southern California city can be too much for some fans to bear. And for those L.A. The startups in the showcase will be considered for the Tech.Co

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Angel Startup Newsletter 70

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2012

We caught up with Sam Altman, the firm's founder, to hear more about the company, and how we went from working in private equity to heading up a company all about finding nightlife. Sam Altman: I was not born and bred in Southern California. How did you make the leap form private equity to nightlight? What is PartyEarth?

Content 196

Content Equity Startup Platform 196

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

His goal was to find a programmer who would come in as an early partner and work as an Equity-Only Developer. At that point, you can't really just try to find someone to build it on the side, do equity only, etc. Tech Events / Meetups - There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented.

Guide 349

Guide Startup Mobile Framework 349

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

His goal was to find a programmer who would come in as an early partner and work as an Equity-Only Developer. At that point, you can't really just try to find someone to build it on the side, do equity only, etc. Tech Events / Meetups - There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented.

Guide 296

Guide Startup Mobile Framework 296

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term. I'm looking for free (equity only) development, should I contact you? See Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers for more on this. Generally I can provide quite a bit of help in that brief time. Of course, I provide part-time CTO services.

CTO Hire 264

CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 264

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term. I'm looking for free (equity only) development, should I contact you? See Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers for more on this. Generally I can provide quite a bit of help in that brief time. Of course, I provide part-time CTO services.

CTO Hire 259

CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 259

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

These grants do not require payback or equity in your company. What local resources can help you get started? The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program provides grants and, in some cases, contracts to qualifying small businesses. How can you qualify? What are the criteria?

Help 100

Help Outsource Development Research Education 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

We talked with Richard Yen, the firm's Director of Venture Capital and New Media, about the company's link to Univision, what kinds of investments it is making, and his impressions as an investor of the opportunity here in Southern California. I also grew up in Southern California, where I also went to business school.

Southern California 100

Southern California Media Venture Capital Invest 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

We talked with Richard Yen, the firm's Director of Venture Capital and New Media, about the company's link to Univision, what kinds of investments it is making, and his impressions as an investor of the opportunity here in Southern California. I also grew up in Southern California, where I also went to business school.

Capital 100

Capital Southern California Media Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

Bricault was the founder of The Mailroom Fund, which was focused on early stage investments in Southern California digital media, and prior to that spent significant time at William Morris Agency. whereas in Los Angeles, there's sort of a paucity of those kinds of resources. The amount of capital varies by accelerator.

Startup 254

Startup Los Angeles Entrepreneur Media 254

SoCal CTO

MARCH 2, 2015

This includes links to CTO Salary and Equity Trends, Technology Roles in Startups , Initial Conversation with a CTO or Technical Advisor , Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup , Hiring a CTO for Your Startup and many others. Ideally, they’ve thought through all of these characteristics.

CTO Hire 150

CTO Hire CTO Coach Los Angeles Angel 150

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

We do share resources, in terms of if someone needs web help at Champion, we might borrow guys from the web, or if we need something for video, we'll go over to the video folks at Champion. So, we do share resources, but we operate as two different companies and staffs. How are your two companies connected?

Social Network 100

Social Network Entertainment Startup CTO Coach 100

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

However, in my opinion, a startup should focus most of its resources on building a great product and track total users and user engagement as gauges of success. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? because I would like KlickFu to remain primarily a SoCal company and success story!

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need.

CTO Hire 282

CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 282

Steve Reich

MARCH 23, 2012

Only one controversial topic emerged—the portion of a company’s equity bought by some accelerators. Ben Kuo’s herculean attempt to list them all on SocalTech.com is a great resource, but many of the investments are on a deal by deal basis. The takeaway?

Santa Barbara 49

Santa Barbara Incubator Technology Outsource 49

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

One of the more successful serial entrepreneurs here in Southern California has been Robin D. Robin's latest startup is Internships.com (www.internships.com), an online site focused on aggregating internship opportunities and providing resources to potential interns. com, and managing director at Tickets.com.

Startup 223

Startup Content Sites CTO Coach 223

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

When you had an explosion of content developers that wanted to be in LA with all the resource that the entertainment industry has available here, all the creative people want to be here. I think from the perspective of real credibility, what we need is venture capital in the private equity marketplace. There will be some problems.

Los Angeles 84

Los Angeles Media Invest Startup 84

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need.

CTO Hire 225

CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 225

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Ways to Make Your MVP More Minimum We spent quite a bit of time talking about a complexity scale and the kinds of resources you can viably use at different levels of complexity. If you do not break it down into small pieces, its hard to make progress with part-time resources, freelancers, etc.

Technical Review 338

Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. As a leader you live in a world with limited resources. You don’t have unlimited equity to dole out. We can be blunt but we believe that builds healthier relationships. I’m not talking about being aloof from others.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Under the program, the firm will offer five to six pre-funding entrepreneur groups, on a rolling basis, co-working space as well pro-bono access to the firm’s resources including legal services and introduction to sources of capital and other trusted services providers.

Sherman Oaks 44

Sherman Oaks Riot Games Tips Redpoint 44

SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

This is something I’ve explored several times already in my blog: Startup Founder Developer Gap Startup CTO or Developer Technical Advisors – Why Every Startup Needs Them Bottom line - for most startups, what they really need is a technical advisor or part-time CTO along with some development resources.

Develop 280

Develop Development CTO Coach CTO Hire 280

SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

CTO Founder – Direct responsibility for technical direction and development, sometimes operations, implies greater authority on product and company direction and higher equity position. see When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

Technical Review 170

Technical Review Technical Advisors CTO Coach Startup 170

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Some great free resources listed this month that I thought were interesting. Let's recap. Yes we can!

Startup 191

Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191