socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Alvand Solutions - Alvand Solutions (www.alvandsolutions.com) provides world-class technology solutions, professional services and technical training with a focus on Offshore Software Development Management and Enterprise Data Protection.

Southern California 133

Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

To understand how one local company is making that transition, we talked with Los Angeles-based All About Addiction (www.allaboutaddiction.com), a company that grew out of Adi Jaffe's work at UCLA as a trained psychologist. Adi Jaffe: Our next step is really trying to get some angel level funding. We have three or four now.

UCLA 204

UCLA Research Tech Coast Angels Offshore 204

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

Although I've been in Los Angeles, my last company was actually based in Chicago. We had some great offshore coders as part of the engineering team. Clark Benson: We raised money from Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Palo Alto, Rincon Ventures, and a number of angels. Most of that funding is going towards staffing up.

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. With e-commerce, Internet, and smartphone apps, anyone can be an entrepreneur today for a few hundred dollars, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or angels. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location.

Startup 126

Startup Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Offshore 126

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Of course, you need to listen for biases, but local angel group leaders can quickly tell you who the bad angels and good angels are, and what kind of terms they typically demand. Be wary of individuals or funds sourced from offshore. Network with other entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Offshore Invest Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2010

Any mention of “offshore”. Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Tags: angel funding startups bernie madoff fraud business. Remember the old newspaper publishing rule of “All facts must be verified by two independent sources.”

Offshore 70

Offshore Tips Satisfaction Invest 70

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2017

We're pretty much in every major market, particularly in music strong communities, like Los Angeles, New york, Nashville, and Toronto. David Baird: We're primarily in North America, in the US and Canada, though we have users in 30 countries in total. The bulk of our users are in the U.S. and Canada. How does this work as a business?

Startup 150

Startup Metrics Offshore Sites 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Of course, you need to listen for biases, but local angel group leaders can quickly tell you who the bad angels and good angels are, and what kind of terms they typically demand. Be wary of individuals or funds sourced from offshore. Network with other entrepreneurs.

Offshore 89

Offshore Entrepreneur Invest Social Network 89

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. With e-commerce, Internet, and smartphone apps, anyone can be an entrepreneur today for a few hundred dollars, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Offshore Startup Technical Review 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. With e-commerce, Internet, and smartphone apps, anyone can be an entrepreneur today for a few hundred dollars, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location.

Startup 102

Startup Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review 102

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

Eric Sikola is CEO of ExpenseBay (www.expensebay.com), a Los Angeles-based, online, software-as-a-service startup which has created an online application which uses Web 2.0 technology to make submitting expense reports extremely easy. The firm has taken the ease-of-use, interconnectivity, and other features we take granted from modern Web 2.0

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Startup SaaS Report 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. With e-commerce, Internet, and smartphone apps, anyone can be an entrepreneur today for a few hundred dollars, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review Outsource 87

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. Look for investor experience in your business domain, as well as evidence of integrity and trustworthiness. Check the content of the investor’s website, and pay particular attention to the source of funds.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63

Inverted Software

JUNE 15, 2018

At Inverted Software we often help our clients manage offshore and onshore development teams. Confronting the developer did not solve the issue, so we started calling him back into the office to fix the build, which when you live in Los Angeles, is about a two hour drive.

Software Review 51

Software Review Software Development Outsource Development Development Team Review 51

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. With e-commerce, Internet, and smartphone apps, anyone can be an entrepreneur today for a few hundred dollars, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location.

Offshore 55

Offshore Technical Review Entrepreneur Outsource 55

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

Usually the location of the engineers matters great so having offshore engineering makes acquihires unlikely. Get some famous angel or seed money. And they might give a premium if the team has been around a longer period of time, has built some hard-to-build proprietary technology or has some customer traction. Go do a startup.

Press 357

Press Startup Yahoo Venture Capital 357

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

This is a topic that comes up often in Los Angeles because many CEOs are tempted to hire their tech teams in the Bay Area. What about offshoring? First, many people confuse outsourcing and offshoring. I prefer that early stage companies not offshore development. Outsourcing is when somebody else builds your software.

Technical Advisors 335

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Offshore Startup 335