SoCal CTO

MAY 22, 2012

I recently posted about the Increase in Early-Stage Startup Activity in Los Angeles. In that post, I mentioned how one of the signals is the big increase in number of startup events and the number of attendees at those events.

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Los Angeles Southern California Angel Enterprise Forum 198

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

Linux (instead of UNIX), Apache (web server software), MySQL (instead of Oracle) and PHP. Of course there were variants – we preferred PostGres to MySQL and many people used other programming languages than PHP. These funds were active back in 2006 when I was raising money for my second company.

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Venture Capital Software Capital Startup 334

socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2009

According to MySpace, the upgrade includes new access to the activity stream of MySpace users, integration of OAuth and OpenID for authentication of users, and new developer resources to help developers create and manage applications.

PHP 100

PHP Java .Net Resource 100

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 7, 2009

In a recent conversation with a fellow CTO, we lamented about the fact that while there's very active software development and web development going on in Southern California and West Los Angeles, yet there didn't seem to be as much of a community around it. Yes, there are some events around particular technologies.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

in terms of the activity, with not only jobs aplenty, but offers and counter-offers hitting good talent. I'm primarily looking for front end developers who are experts in AS3, and back end developers who are proficient at PHP and MySQL. One recruiter tells me it’s “like 1999? That's really exciting to see. Perfect timing.

Develop 175

Develop Development TechEmpower Southern California 175

socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2012

Michael Witz: Building out our team We're actively looking for product managers, artists, engineers, PHP engineers. We're studying how Zynga has been successful, and I think a large part of that success has been their ability to take and analyze the structure and data that flows through their games.

IP 217

IP PHP Design Startup 217

Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! I found them by noticing the books that they had around for reading during their downtime at work; books on C++, Perl, PHP, etc.)

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Develop Development Product 40