Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

The best entrepreneurs manage cash flow ruthlessly and never delegate decisions about spending money. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Cash flow out equates to burn rate, and the runway depends on your reserves.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Tell me about the business. What special data, content, APIs, etc.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Tell me about the business. What special data, content, APIs, etc.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

I''ve written before about finding Web Development Firms in Los Angeles. What I didn''t discuss was how you should go about selecting the right company. You are looking for someone who cares about the look, but you are hiring the development firm for it''s development skills not its graphic design skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

The best entrepreneurs manage cash flow ruthlessly and never delegate decisions about spending money. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Cash flow out equates to burn rate, and the runway depends on your reserves.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2015

That's the story behind Los Angeles-based Kixer (www.kixer.com), which saw a great exit last week as it was acquired by content management software developer Lakana. Talk a bit about where the company was at the time of the acquisition? We had built a very similar thing in content widgets, which promoted internal content.

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2017

The world of mobile apps has added serious challenges for software developers, who don't just have to deal with crashes�they have to deal with slow performance, strange hangs, multiple carrier networks, and more. I was about five years into Scopely, and I could tell I was getting antsy. Talk a bit about your funding?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Intellectual property content. Don’t outsource your core competency.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 13, 2011

t prompted a good discussion around how CTOs go about choosing the programming language and framework for their startup. For example, you may have content management and community needs that closely align with Drupal. Here are some things I find interesting about them though: Rails (Ruby) does not scale as well as Grails (Groovy).

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2014

The company--which originally started in Austria--set up shop here two years ago to further expand its footprint in the US, and most recently hired away the entire Los Angeles marketing team of crosstown CRM software developer Nimble. Tell us about Pipeliner CRM? That''s what it''s all about.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Intellectual property content. Don’t outsource your core competency.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

He’s right about this. As a software developer I wrote code on what was called a “dumb terminal” because it literally had no processing capability. Suddenly you had security risks, confidentiality problems, privacy concerns (think about your medical records being distributed), etc. Sound familiar?

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Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

But how do you go about pitching your friends? If you hired an outstanding front-end software engineer, chances are they are friends with other outstanding software developers. Then make sure your employees have the information they need to talk about your company’s mission, product and impact.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny. Ive personally been involved in the start-up world in Los Angeles for about 15 years, and have had the opportunity to work on many early-stage companies (e.g., Evening events in Orange County require about 2 hours of round trip drive time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

The best entrepreneurs manage cash flow ruthlessly and never delegate decisions about spending money. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Cash flow out equates to burn rate, and the runway depends on your reserves.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Although the exact sequence of events is a bit unclear, it appears that Hacker News user "lukethomas"(who is unaffiliated with Divshot) was prompted to create the Hacker News post after reading a tweet about the initiation of the company's private beta. The posting resulted in 40points and about 30comments. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The best entrepreneurs manage cash flow ruthlessly and never delegate decisions about spending money. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Cash flow out equates to burn rate, and the runway depends on your reserves.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

We talked with Eli Aizenstat , the founder and CEO of Beatshare�and still a student--as well as President and longtime technology vet Barry Lieberman about the startup. Barry Lieberman: My backgruond is about 35 years in technology, business development, and sales and marketing. It's the way we're approaching music and content.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

We also talked about getting more young African Americans interested in entrepreneurship & technology. It made me confident about what would work. He would get a call from the stores asking about a new album coming out. There are many analogies here for software development. He created demand. On What Next?

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Xconomy

AUGUST 22, 2016

About eight miles south, Apple has its headquarters at One Infinite Loop in Cupertino, CA, with an additional, spaceship-shaped campus that is more than a mile around expected to open by next year. The company moved in about four weeks ago. In April, a study released by the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Intellectual property content. Don’t outsource your core competency.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Taher tells us about his journey from Silicon Valley to Southern California, the inspiration behind the site, and where he hopes to take the business next. Say you're a Realtor, you probably get lots of business based on referrals, and when past customers talk about you in a good light, that sends more customers your way.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Assuming we know a smidge about what product managers do, they’re the connection hub between the moving parts, (assuming we’re talking strictly tech). The term a gile development is defined, and the panel agreed unanimously that maintaining this mindset is necessary. Sometimes, it’s not all about what the user sees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

The best entrepreneurs manage cashflow ruthlessly and never delegate decisions about spending money. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Cashflow out equates to burn rate, and the runway depends on your reserves. You will make mistakes.

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2015

The startup, led by Field Garthwaite, offers up its technology to video publishers, such as online entertainment, news, and sports sites, to better personalize the videos presented to viewers, and to gather analytics about those viewers. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Tell us about Mobile Deluxe and the types of games you develop? The cool thing about MobileDeluxe, is you can get our games on any phone in the U.S. What kind of games do you develop? Talk about how you went from JAMDAT to Mobile Deluxe? Can you talk about how you managed that?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

in a venture round for the firm's software recommendation startup. We caught up with co-founder and CEO Darrius Thompson--who was also a co-founder at DivX--to learn more about the startup, the saga behind how the company started, and the funding. Darrius Thomspn: We got together at the beginning of the year to talk about concepts.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. The Hybrid Group is passionate about making useful things with technology. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

TechZulu caught up with co-founder Calvin Schemanski chat about their upcoming launch, their product and why Long reviews suck. If you want more information about a restaurant, you can find short reviews, pictures and menus on the restaurant’s profile. What is myfab5? myfab5 is a platform that reinvents the restaurant review.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Part of the success of Hue lies in Philips’ early decision to provide a Software Development Kit (SDK), meaning there are now over 200 third-party iOS , Android , and even a few Windows Phone, apps that control your lighting in ways you never dreamed possible. Let us know about them in the comments section.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. The Hybrid Group is passionate about making useful things with technology. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2008

We thought it would be interesting to hear about his new company and its plans. Tell us a little bit about your background? We thought it would make sense to develop technology to assist consumers to determine their purchasing power and identify what would be the best purchase for them.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

We'll use all the panel members' experiences to tell a "how to story" about bootstrapping to million. Software Labs: Petri Dishes for Tech Innovation. Bootstrapping development, Startup, Website content. . Most entrepreneurs fail because they start the business the only way they know how - thinking about.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I've previously addressed the role of a CTO in early-stages in my post Startup CTO or Developer. It specifically answers the first questions about role and how it changes as the company matures. for a Lead Developer: How much will it cost to build what we need to build? Here's a dirty secret about most startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2011

If you want a sense of their content, an example is their “Epic Rap Battles of History” channel including Stephen Hawkins vs. Einstein , Napoleon Bonaparte vs. Napoleon Dynamite and my favorite Mr. T vs. Mr. Rogers [this last one NSFW]. I will talk much more about Internet TV in a future post. Full stop.

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