Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

I’m not talking about academic classes, because at best these only teach you how to learn. These include the following: Networking with people who know. Follow up online with social networking to make contact, dig deeper, and maybe even line up a mentor. Adopt a mentor. It won’t happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2010

I’m not talking about academic classes, because at best these only teach you how to learn. These include the following: Networking with people who know. Follow up online with social networking to make contact, dig deeper, and maybe even line up a mentor. Adopt a mentor. It won’t happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

When I do mentoring and writing about current experiences, I realize all the things I don’t know, and this gives me more incentive to learn more. You can’t know too many experts, and social networks are the new way to find them. If you are thinking classes and training, you are already in trouble. Share what you do know.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2010

When I do mentoring and writing about current experiences, I realize all the things I don’t know, and this gives me more incentive to learn more. You can’t know too many experts, and social networks are the new way to find them. If you are thinking classes and training, you are already in trouble. Share what you do know.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

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. Interesting patterns emerged: Everyone makes the same classes of error. Not that I blame you!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2010

More importantly, as a parent or mentor, what should you advise young potential entrepreneurs about getting an MBA? It’s now the second biggest social networking site (Facebook passed it recently) with about 125 million unique visitors per month. Chris DeWolfe, CEO and co-founder of MySpace. What is your perspective?

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Following graduate school, he worked in Film Finance and Sales at CAA, Creative Development at Vuguru (Michael Eisner’s multi-platform studio), and Content Partnerships at Blip Networks. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. 8:30 – 9:30pm – cocktail reception and networking. RSVP: AGENDA. Diamond Sponsor.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Productive Programming - Gabriel Weinberg , August 31, 2010 BIG disclaimer: I'm not formally trained in computer science (aside from two classes at MIT in 2000) and I haven't worked closely with that many programmers or teams (maybe 10 or so). Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor.

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