SoCal CTO

JUNE 13, 2011

We had an interesting presentation at the LA CTO Forum by the CTO of a startup who chose Groovy / Grails as the framework for their startup. t prompted a good discussion around how CTOs go about choosing the programming language and framework for their startup. Get get help (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 23, 2011

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 25, 2011

Thanks to Efren and the entire TechZulu team, the presentations are now archived for your enjoyment. Vijesh Mehta, CallFire’s CTO, discussed some of the new features and changes to the CallFire UI. CallFire also used Biz2Beach as a platform to showcase its newest iteration, CallFire Version 3.0. MATTHEW AREVALO.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 20, 2007

Been traveling and consulting with a bunch of early-stage and growth companies. One of my recent fun experiences was doing a presentation at Harvard Business School (HBS) on the implications of Web 2.0 I've somewhat fallen off the map on this blog. Really fun stuff these days.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

I asked some of the same questions I ask in my Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions and then I get to a very common conversation: Me : Do you have specs? See User Story is Worthless - Behavior is What We Need although you don't need your behavior description to be as formal as what is presented. Founder : Ummm. what do you mean?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Common revenue streams are consulting, training, support, customization, upgraded versions for corporate applications, etc. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal. This person was educated at the best US schools and had worked for a top-tier strategy consulting firm – one of the big 3. Should she take a chance and potentially ruffle feathers?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

TechZulu is pleased to announce that we will be streaming live from the Biz2Beach conference presented by CallFire this Friday August 19 at 2pm PST. Tony is currently Founder/CEO for Eventify, an LA-based startup creating a venue marketplace, and Visible Factors, an SEO consulting company.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 13, 2009

These presentations always inspire people to do more with LinkedIn, create or improve their blog, and maybe do more with Twitter. They need someone who does consulting, hand holding, cracks the whip a bit, gets the stuff in place, knows different tricks and techniques. How can I get more help setting up my blog?

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. Present up an interesting question: I need to figure out what my technical approach will be. It needs to be funded to be successful. The grind is too much and too long if it gets beyond that size. What do you do if you don't know the size?

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

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. they have purchasing intent ).*. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 2, 2013

I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. I suggested that they should look for someone like me, but on the business end. The question becomes, "What do you do with your 24 hours?

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. Present up an interesting question: I need to figure out what my technical approach will be. It needs to be funded to be successful. The grind is too much and too long if it gets beyond that size. What do you do if you don't know the size?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

All of this is made possible by Coincident’s ScreenSync TV technology. ScreenSync TV can present companion content and interactivity synchronized to “big screen” video. Kaiser joined forces with Bruce Schwartz (Founder and CTO) to write an entirely new code language they called Interactive Television Markup Language (ITVML).

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

She is a go to person for me when I have questions around technology or early stage marketing and branding. I hadn't talked to her in a while and then because of a presentation I did around Social Media for Service Professionals she and I reconnected. I'm married to Mike Freehling , M&A and financial management consultant.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I did a presentation this week at Coloft that looked at how Non-Technical Founders can go about getting their MVP built. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? It had a passionate group of 50 people attending.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

There was a lot of passion in the room last week when I presented Working with Developers at the Stubbs Precellerator. I.e., they need a developer more than they need a CTO. Many are not interested in 3rd party technologies that can streamline development. So I promised that I would provide a follow-up after the session.

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Alon Schwartz

JANUARY 18, 2009

Here is the presentation that covers this topic: How to Pick a Partner. Beside the free marriage consultation I sometimes give, I want to mainly focus on business partnerships. If you’re the CEO and you’re looking for a partner CTO (sound familiar) you’re not just checking him out, he is checking you as well.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). I promised that I would do a follow-up post with some thoughts out of the presentation and providing links. I never sell at a presentation.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. can feel you now—corporate recruiters at career fairs, sending offer letters to work at banks and consulting firms. But I don’t think so.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

What we found is that there was no present solution to do this. He’s a former President of Sony Pictures Technologies and former CTO of Warner Bros. How can they go to the movies? Where can they access these movie audio dubs?” There was no way to separate the audio from the visual component of the film. Entertainment.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

– Digital Messaging Infrastructure Company (incubated by Addante and Associates, LLC) Age: 25 - 29 (present) Time Period: 2002 - present My Role: Founder High Point: TBD Here is a summary of my experiences to-date with StrongMail: 1. I decided that I was going to consult/advise a few companies and relax for a bit.

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