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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

link] [link] Posted byTony Karrer at 5:33 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Eight Startup Tips From Mark Zuckerberg

InfoChachkie

1) Get A Mentor. "I free weekly Infochachkie articles! Given Facebook's numerous corporate governance mistakes during its early days, Mark would have been well served to have cultivated a mentorship with one or more savvy Advisors. "I started the site when I was 19. I didn't know much about business back then."

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Interview with Scott Ferreira, MySocialCloud

socalTECH

If you were a student in college, working on a startup idea, what would spur you to drop your education plans, and go full time on your startup? Both have been great mentors ever since. For Scott Ferreira , the founder of MySocialCloud.com (www.mysocialcloud.com), it was an investment from Sir Richard Branson and Jerry Murdock.

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myLINGO | Connecting Non-English Speakers with the Movies

Tech Zulu Event

OP: During the launch we had to do some consumer education where we had to teach people how to use the app, and this involved creating new behaviors such as bringing headphones to theatres, downloading the audio track beforehand, understanding that they had to put their phone away as to not disturb someone next to them – those sort of things.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. How-to get that guy as your mentor - Gabriel Weinberg , September 20, 2010 Forming a couple of good mentor relationships can help bridge the gap between startup failure and success, especially for first-time entrepreneurs.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Matthew Clough is a social entrepreneur and creative professional who has dedicated himself to helping children get the educations they deserve in Tanzania, Africa. He is the founder of Benson Backpacks , a company that sells backpacks and supports children’s educations in Tanzania with each purchase. Great article – good stuff.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March The following are the top items based on social signals.

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