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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. He was seeking $500k.

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Understanding the Power of Your Human Networks

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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.” Roger Ehrenberg. Fred Wilson. Greg Bettinelli. Tristan Walker. Manu Kumar.

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How Amavitae Wants To Help Youth Find A Career They'll Love

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We came together with the idea of designing something that specifically addresses the skills and opportunity gap in our country. Eventually, the idea was that the entertainment industry's workforce would reflect our audience. I understand that at Stanford, one of the most popular courses is Designing Your Life.

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Gabi Sorts & Ranks What’s Important to You | Interview With CEO Stefanie Hoffmann

Tech Zulu Event

Gabi is personal, cross-cultural, and ‘gab’ means, course, casual, endless way of talking. Of course we were thinking also on the expression “gift of the gab(i)” How long have you been working on Gabi? The idea was getting mature and by end of June we had the first version. Of course not. Any mentors or VC’s?

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Lead Developer to CTO at a Startup

SoCal CTO

I seem to encounter a lot of people who want to attach a CTO label to me as I'm the only programmer on the founding team of three. While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit.

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7 Startup Lessons from NBA Finals

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If both the CEO and the CTO are needed to attend an important meeting out of town, who will fulfill their roles of running the company smoothly? In the startup world, being able to stick to a plan and take actions according to those plans will bring your ideas and visions into reality. Ideas are a dime a dozen.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

However, on the other hand, some ideas are more sensitive than others especially in the development phase, and an entrepreneur should be careful to disclose the idea only to those in whom he/she has a reasonable level of trust and who are genuinely in a position to help the company. Tell Rod about the LA CTO Forum.

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