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Los Angeles Web Developer

SoCal CTO

Just the kind of person I like to meet. :) But I was a bit surprised when he emphasized how hard it had been for them to find a web developer in Los Angeles. My flippant comment was, “If you do a Google search for Los Angeles web developer, you’ll find a LOT of people and firms.” And he’s right there’s a big difference.

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Web Second, Mobile First

Both Sides of the Table

The titles were: Mobile First, Web Second. Mobile First, Web Second (continued). People forgot that Fred also wrote “Web Second.” ” So I’ve had to encourage an entire cohort of startups that I’ve met not to ignore the power of the web. Thus I endorse Web Second. then mobile is awesome.

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Divshot Raises $1.1M For Visual Web App Software

socalTECH

Need to build a web application, and wish you could do it in a more intuitive, visual way? in a seed financing round, for its drag-and-drop software for building web applications. The company said its software is based on the open source Bootstrap framework which was developed by Twitter.

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Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit?

SoCal CTO

The problem is you don't yet have product/market fit, and until you do, you don't really know what to build. These companies are very early-stage and definitely have not shown product/market fit. They need to determine product/market fit. In other words, they come in asking for help with sourcing and hiring. Far from it.

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Small Business Tools that help with Website Development and Content Sharing

Tech Zulu Event

After developing a website, web application or software the last thing we want is for our golden users that were so tough to attract in the first place to have a sluggish experience. The post Small Business Tools that help with Website Development and Content Sharing appeared first on TechZulu.

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SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

TechCrunch LA

Appetize will go to market as SpotOn and will work to grow its client base, which already includes an impressive list of companies and organizations including Live Nation, LSU, Dodger Stadium and Urban Air. . But in Appetize it saw a company that was complementary both in its go-to-market and tech stacks, and a “natural fit.”.

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How This Startup Turned An April Fools Joke Into Customers

InfoChachkie

Last week, Divshot turned a simple April Fool''s Day joke into a marketing coup, generating nearly 6,000 Tweets and over a thousand Beta customers. Unlike many viral marketing events, the company''s latest guerilla marketing stunt was not luck. Geo was a lightly veiled reference to Geocities, a Web 1.0 Don''t Force It.

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