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Reflections on 2018: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners

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I remain VERY bullish on SoCal's tech community. Peter Cowen is the founder of Sutton Capital Partners (www.suttoncapitalpartners.com), a technology investment bank focused on SaaS, FinTech, Infrastructure and tech-enabled outsourced business services. Peter has also been on the Faculty of UCLA Anderson for the past 10 years.

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Reflections On 2017: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners

socalTECH

I continue to be surprised by some clever SoCal entrepreneurs who are creating out-of-the box companies that are opportunistic and reflect our markets ingenuity. He is the co-founder of the Recurring Revenue Conference, the largest SoCal tech event focused on innovative business models.

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Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit?

SoCal CTO

Hiring seems to be the preferred use of seed funds (by investors and founders), whereas I'd prefer a focus on customer acquisition. They most often really just need either a Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor , and then some combination of hiring and/or outsourcing (on-shore or off-shore).

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

The expanding pool of angel, seed, and super seed funds is another. The Expanding Birthrate Of Web Startups - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 22, 2010 There is a general consensus that web startups are being created at a faster rate than ever. You can bootstrap your way into existence.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley? First Principles.

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