socalTECH
OCTOBER 10, 2012
In the latest cuts among Silicon Beach's high tech community, CityGrid , which runs Citysearch, Insider Pages, and Urbanspoon--has laid off a chunk of its staff, including a significant number of Los Angeles employees. READ MORE>>.
SoCal CTO
JANUARY 13, 2010
One of the topics that came up in my post Mobile Internet Apple Facebook was around open vs. closed platforms. This issue comes up at the start of almost every new startup company in a variety of forms. Does it Make Sense for Other Startups? Take a look at Startup Metrics. The same value proposition applies.
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Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 18, 2010
The concept comes from a Stephen Covey book called “ First Things First ,&# which is a worthwhile book ( Wikipedia overview here ) but if you haven’t read his seminal book “ 7 Habits of Highly Effective People &# you should start with that. Sounds harsh but when you think about it that’s what email really is.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 16, 2012
Start by trying to narrowing the list of total prospective VCs. In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. Maybe up to 6 hours. Tell a friend! And now, the details … 1.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
I’m inspired by the enthusiasm of the young, emerging startup ecosystem that is here. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0 awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. Nice sweep!
socalTECH
MARCH 14, 2011
We started in the comedy industry, hence the name, but basically for venues, we have a website management tool so you can fire your web programmer. How did the company start? Scot Richardson: We started our product in the middle of 2009, and the product has been basically available since January of 2010. What is Laughstub?
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