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Understanding the Power of Your Human Networks

Both Sides of the Table

And I spoke with the CTO of another great company I used to be on the board of and enlisted his support in potentially being an advisor to one company. Of course I could go on and on. Finally, I think it’s worth meeting “mentors.” He had been asking me to speak at his conference Startup Grind.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. How-to get that guy as your mentor - Gabriel Weinberg , September 20, 2010 Forming a couple of good mentor relationships can help bridge the gap between startup failure and success, especially for first-time entrepreneurs.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI

Both Sides of the Table

Good entrepreneurs can admit when their course of action was wrong and learn from it. You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal. Yes, I know it’s my job as the CEO to be the coach for people and that’s fine.

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Los Angeles Startup Weekend August 2011 | The Complete Breakdown

Tech Zulu Event

We also had awesome group of mentors that included: David Waxman (Co-founder of PeoplePC, Spot Runner and Firefly Network), Paige Craig (CEO of BetterWorks ), Josh MacAdam (Co-founder/CTO at Ming.ly If Avesta sees someone drinking Coloft coffee (organic of course), he quickly asks if they’ve sold anything. Rob Maigret.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

For me, FI was great for networking with Adeo and the other mentors, who are all world class successful entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the other founders in the program. Of course, you should monitor social media such as Twitter, the social news sites, Facebook, etc. Tell Rod about the LA CTO Forum.

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