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BlackLine Systems Names New CTO

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Los Angeles-based financial software developer BlackLine Systems said today that it has hired a new, Chief Technology Officer. According to the enterprise software company, it has named Alain Avakian as its CTO.

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Pitching access management on the fly, Los Angeles-based Britive raises $5.4 million

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LA saw its first big enterprise exit in recent memory with the recent acquisition of Signal Sciences for $775 million, and less than a month later a hometown startup, Britive has raised $5.4 It seems Los Angeles is becoming an enterprise software hotspot. LA gets a big SaaS exit as Fastly nabs the Culver City-based Signal Sciences for $775M.

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Mzima Networks Acquired By PacketExchange

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Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to PacketExchange, the acquisition will merge both companies' customer base and operations. Grant Kirkwood , CTO of Mzima Networks, will become Chief Technology Officer for the merged company. READ MORE>>.

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Techstars Studio CTO, In Irvine, Aims To Help Entrepreneurs

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Southern California startup founder Isaac Saldana --who co-founded SendGrid --is hoping to help other entrepreneurs create companies , after the $3 billion, all-stock acquisition of SendGrid by Twilio in October.

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Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April

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Some great posts from April 2010 that talk to me in terms of being a CTO at a Startup. Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? Ben Casnocha: The Blog , April 15, 2010 Everyone I spoke with loved the idea.

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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? Investors my tell you that, but what they can look at your product on paper and tell what it does and they will understand if it can be built.

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Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups

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Memo to CEOs And Founders: Share The Love Consider the proceeds of a $50-million acquisition for a 100-person company that has raised $14 million with a typical liquidation preference: Because of the liquidation preference, the investors get $14 million right off the top. The remaining 95 employees split 7%, each earning $27,000.

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