SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? And do I fit as a Part-Time CTO , Technology Advisor , CTO Founder , Acting CTO ? He needed some kind of CTO and as well Developers.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. In industry this is known as “yield management” and of course it needs to exist. Ethan took great inspiration in this from Alex Rampell of TrialPay (an advisor to the company) who had written about this concept of “ Service as a SKU.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2012

Providing the major funding source for an early-stage startup is a totally different dimension, but it usually trumps all the items above in demanding some equity. Who will be the CEO, CFO, and CTO? Of course, holding key assets and money always provide leverage to management rights as well as economic rights.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Providing the major funding source for an early-stage startup is a totally different dimension, but it usually trumps all the items above in demanding some equity. Who will be the CEO, CFO, and CTO? Of course, holding key assets and money always provide leverage to management rights as well as economic rights.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

’ OP: Of course we had to do a lot of research to figure out if this was a viable solution. We also have Chris Cookson as a technical advisor. He’s a former President of Sony Pictures Technologies and former CTO of Warner Bros. Jeremy Zimmer, the CEO of United Talent Agency (UTA) – he’s our advisor as well.

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