SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Then the organizer went into a 20 minute sales pitch around his new training/coaching offering. What's interesting about that opinion is that there were people in the room who were more than happy to share their ideas around tools and techniques to use as part of the discussion. It felt like a bad time share presentation.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

Earlier this month, the annual Montgomery Summit conference was held in Santa Monica, including a special portion of the conference dedicated to the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur. The last thing, is understanding how open and receptive all of these CEOs were to feedback, coaching, and improvement.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

This past SWLA (February 24-26) was like non other and the 5th event to take place at Coloft here in Santa Monica. We had over 35 ideas pitched Friday night, certainly on the higher side than normal with some really killer ideas. Attendees then cast their votes and 12 winning ideas were selected.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 26, 2019

Our meeting was memorable both because the pitch was compelling but also because it was the first pitch meeting I ever took in our new Santa Monica offices. Not only was his commitment to LA tech enormous but we happened to have kids on the same traveling soccer team where Andrew was the assistant coach! By “first” I mean?—?we

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

Last week Fred Wilson and I sat down in Santa Monica for an hour+ discussion with the video cameras rolling. So part of playing an effective coach is helping the team to see the answer for themselves. One of the questions we discussed is, “How much capital should a startup raise?” Again, Fred.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

A move to more urban environments (SF over SV, Cambridge over Waltham, London over Thames Valley, Santa Monica / Venice, Flatiron and so forth) as basically young people want to live where young people want to live. The obvious starting point is the cross-pollination of ideas and talent. I wish every city could have an 1871.

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