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DECEMBER 10, 2012
I did a presentation recently for a graduate class from The Founder Institute around getting online/mobile products out the door. I LOVED it because, the presenting part was over quickly and we got into specific issues that the founders had in terms of getting things built. Would you create contracts without an attorney?
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APRIL 20, 2010
This time I thought I’d try and address engineering talent. Often I’m asked by startup CEO’s about how to best build an engineering team. I hope many will read this and have an answer for the question, “what’s the different between a CTO and a VP of Engineering?&#. What makes a great tech team?
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OCTOBER 30, 2014
As I’ve written about recently, at Upfront Ventures we started talking a couple of years ago about wanting to fund stuff with more meaning. Meredith came to see me along with the CTO Marc Berte. What about if elderly people never had to ask a relative or healthcare worker to change the batteries on their hearing aids?
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JUNE 21, 2014
The truth is you really don’t know how your teammates or your bosses will perform in good times and bad. You hire people who look good on paper. So one of the surest signs you’ve hired a leader is the willingness of his or her former team to re-assemble. After 6 months – you know. You REALLY know.
socalTECH
MARCH 8, 2013
Now, Frost has set up shop buildling out a whole series of companies in the industry, and we caught up with him to learn more about the companies (Predixion Software, Cirro, Lineage, Kumo, etc.) I enjoyed my time there, and it was part of the deal, but it wasn't a long term career for me. he's been spinning out of his incubator.
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MAY 27, 2013
In his spare time he raised nearly $30 million. Trust me – that kind of encounter can mean the difference between securing a contract, protecting yourself from getting turfed or getting acquired one day. When they meet Marissa – you want them talking about you more than the others. Rob jokes about it.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 4, 2010
To hear about the company, we spoke with Ramit Varma , co-founder of the company. We took the recent round, because Jake and I feel very passionately about our social missions, and, about four years ago, we started developing the software to create software. Ramit Varma: We talk about it in two different ways.
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