SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. And, I dont like to copy and paste.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. But I don’t think so. call to arms.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all. m the f%*kin’ boss.”. Kudos to John for an excellent pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

Being tenacious without the mental flexibility to pivot based on market feedback is a disaster. They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. But when I’m looking to write my check I need to look in the eyes of the captain — the maestro who brings the whole orchestra together.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

So, how is it you ended up going from a technology infrastructure entrepreneur at SkyPipeline, to the consumer market with Visalus? As a result, I really saw Visalus as a technology company. We hired the ex-CTO of Sears, and other senior executives out of Disney in software. I can tell you what I don't look for.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Zach Ferres (Chief Technology Officer) has been an entrepreneur since the age of 15. A graduate of Ohio Northern University , Ferres built a digital marketing agency called BounceFire , which was acquired in May 2011 by a company in Phoenix, AZ. Ferres and his team moved to Arizona. What Inspired You? They are all right!

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JANUARY 12, 2010

I recently wrote a post about avoiding the “ Deferred Life Plan &# and some related thoughts about personal productivity that came from Tim Ferriss’s book, The Four Hour Workweek. Tim Ferriss gave this extra emphasis in his book. I would love to say that I’m the productivity guru. Unfortunately I was wrong.

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MARCH 22, 2011

I booked several high-profile meetings in advance. On the other hand, 10 years ago when we all felt like this last time the total market size for any company was at maximum 100 million potential users. This time on mysterious party bus to nowhere but situated with the CTO & Cofounder of Living Social, Aaron Batalion.

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MAY 24, 2021

The Valley has obsessed with a quick up-and-to-right momentum story because we were thought to live in “winner take most” markets. But markets have changed and I think investors, founders and experienced executives who want to join later-stage startups can all benefit from playing the long game. It literally drove FOMO.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

I wasn’t going to write about it since he had just covered the topic and echoed my point of view. To anyone who believes his data proves anything please do me a favor and go read The Black Swan – my favorite book of the past 5 years. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. million members who have added over 270 million books, completely by word of mouth.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

All these efforts were to figure out what it would take to put something like this in the market. He’s a former President of Sony Pictures Technologies and former CTO of Warner Bros. Having these true believers on board and getting their help in putting something like this into market is a pretty big milestone for our team.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. There are a lot of people out there who can "write code", but very few good engineers. Startup 3.0:

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

Some investors are team focused, others market focused, others seems to look for product / market fit. Only then can I even care about product, market or their nebulous “fit.&#. Is it book smarts? Amy Chua, a Yale professor, wrote a book about raising children the “Chinese Mother&# way. And experience.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. Go-to-Market 5. As CTO, it was my job to solve this problem. What is the Rubicon Project? Startup 3.0:

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