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Startup Mentors

SoCal CTO

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. Then we discussed how they could go about finding this startup business advisor. Do you have any suggestions for how to find a good mentor?

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The Truth Behind Display Advertising: Adomic's Quest For Transparency

socalTECH

What really, is happening when you place that online advertisement, and where does it go, who looks at it, and what''s really happening? All too often, those ads disappear into a maze of middlemen, and advertisers don''t really know who is seeing their ads, and why. We decided to build technology to specifically address this problem.

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Interview with Howard Marks, Start Engine

socalTECH

The program is basically to take entrepreneurs, pair them with a mentor who is also an entrepreneur themselves, either a CEO or a CTO. It's structured so that they get funding, office space, all of the Internet resources, tools they need from mentors. There might be one or two mentors, one might be a CTO, another, a CEO.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO. It is a “talent first” company but one under-pinned with a serious multi-million dollar investment in technology that has helped fuel our growth and will continue to provide tools & support for our talent. “Without you none of this would be possible.

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Ten of Southern California's Top Software Companies

SoCal Delicious

technology heavyweights Avamar (sold to EMC), and EchoSign (sold to Adobe)--among others. firm's CTO, Jamie MacLennan, directed the development of Microsoft's SQL Server Analysis Services, pioneering Microsoft's work in. The firm's software helps advertisers target people looking for specific brands and details of a products.

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Digital Revenue Expert – Vince Thompson

SoCal CTO

Today I lead a small consultancy that helps advertising supported develop and scale the revenue producing sides of their businesses. In addition to we’re taking GumGum and their very cool advertising opportunities to market. I know Jim, Mark, Kurt (see Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics ). Example here: [link].

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

socalTECH

Plus, he told us a little bit about how he's helping to build a mini cluster of technology companies in the Silverlake area. We have some great mentors now. Thanks to TechStars, we've got an awesome mentor who's co-habitating with us now, and we're learning something daily from him. It's actually uncommon to have a female CTO.

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