SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

But what was interesting to me was that I found myself recommending that each of them should have a technical adviser. Review the code being built. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm doing as a Part-Time CTO or Technical Advisor for startups. Strategic Technical Advisor. Why do this without the right technical advisor?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

These authors speak from their own wealth of experience in creating and growing technology startups, marketing, and fundraising. Here are the key elements of the strengths framework they have developed, with my own insights and experience added for your consideration: Money: the capital you have, or can easily raise.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

There are CEOs that always seem to guide their companies to the right place at the right time and drive their stock valuations up. Pro tip: take on the mantle of book editor for a major tech publication, and the publishers will mail you books for free. Quality tech news from around the web. What a boring mess.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

We thought we could add lots of value by servicing that pain, by producing real information for consumers, to help guide them through the process of maintaining and improving their property. I actually started my first technology startup out of Stanford twelve years ago. What were you two doing before Porch?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Let’s set up a framework. If you have strong VC support now and a lot of cash in the bank you may be willing to accept a higher burn rate (say $300k or $400k per month) than a company with angel money and less cash in the bank. But what IS the right amount of burn for a company? Here’s overall what you need to know.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

I hope I straddled people’s points of view well enough not to have offended anybody while adding a framework for how I think about the service. What he (along with Naval) started with AngelList is also a very important transformation to the communications between first-time entrepreneurs & angels. Still, I have some concerns.

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