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Why Solving Big Food & Healthcare Problems Will Yield Spectacular Companies

Both Sides of the Table

When we met Shireen (CEO) and Scott (Co-founder & CTO) in late 2014 they had been inspired to create Nima to address their own personal food issues and empower other people to live their healthiest lives. We are predisposed to backing founders who solve problems in which they have personal knowledge that is authentic.

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Interview with Scott Ferreira, MySocialCloud

socalTECH

By the end of my sophomore year, I decided to go after this full time, and that's when I officially brought on a CTO, Shiv Prakash, and we went at it in the summer of 2011, and the rest is kind of history. Both have been great mentors ever since. Whta were you studying before the startup? Scott Ferreira: Yes, that's correct.

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The Truth Behind Display Advertising: Adomic's Quest For Transparency

socalTECH

I met my co-founder and CTO, Tom, there, and worked on a bunch of projects together. Tom eventually left to work on a startup, and I started traveling, reconnected with some former mentors, and really started diving into the space. gabe gottlieb adomic yieldmetrics online display advertising analytics study interview'

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Team Member Competency Is Critical To Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

For example: be solutions-oriented, able to balance both sides of an issue, and be a quick study. Provide mentoring and formal management training. Great technical gurus get paid very well, and have visible top positions like Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for prestige and respect.

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Don’t Let the Peter Principle Kill Your Dream

Startup Professionals Musings

For example: be solutions-oriented, able to balance both sides of an issue, and be a quick study. Provide mentoring and formal management training. Great technical gurus get paid very well, and have visible top positions like Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for prestige and respect.

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7 Startup Lessons from NBA Finals

Tech Zulu Event

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? Heat coach, Eric Spoelstra adapted to what the Spurs were doing because their initial game plan was not working. 2) Plan and Execute. The Spurs were successfully shutting down LeBron.

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Many Entrepreneurs Suffer From the Peter Principle

Startup Professionals Musings

For example: be solutions-oriented, able to balance both sides of an issue, and be a quick study. Provide mentoring and formal management training. Great technical gurus get paid very well, and have visible top positions like Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for prestige and respect.