socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2013

There are ad networks, ad exchanges, direct buys with publishers, and tons of other ways to buy ads. Big publishers are using that to arm their sales forces, and figuring out what advertisers to go after and what to pitch. I met my co-founder and CTO, Tom, there, and worked on a bunch of projects together. What is Adomic?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

in sales last year, what he learned from his experience at TechStars, and where he's going with Fanmix. million in sales last year, with great margins, and it's profitable, with a team of ten people. We have some great mentors now. It's actually uncommon to have a female CTO. We have a licensing business with that.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

For those who may be unfamiliar with the Biz2Beach conference, its a networking conference of thought leaders, innovators, and trendsetters for a day of exchanging ideas. He is also an advisor to multiple startups and regular speaker at conferences like SMX, SXSW Interactive, and PubCon.

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SEO CTO Coach Conference Social Media 85

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The co-founder core team, including a CTO, should be fully formed and passionate enough to be working on the project full time. The Black Tux online tuxedo rental, which is reinventing the customer experience in the antiquated $10B+ tuxedo rental and sales industry. They focus on quality and experience. Founded by L.A.’s

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

I had a sales force when I was at SkyPipeline, selling telecom, networking, and broadband wireless products. We hired the ex-CTO of Sears, and other senior executives out of Disney in software. We went from $9M in sales to $624M in sales in eighteen months, and sold out at 19x EBITDA. So where is the fund now?

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

When tickets went on sale over a month ago, we expected the regular ticket sales cycle, however we were more than surprised when Startup Weekend LA sold out in 6 hours! From your core first hires and building a board of advisors to raising angel and seed capital, team and community makes a world of difference. Rob Maigret.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

Background This post partly really came about as a result of a great conversation yesterday with David Croslin a former CTO at HP who recently conducted an interesting experiment. I am looking for one or two startups that I can work with on their road to success as a virtual C-level officer, board member, advisor or other relationship.

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Technical Review Technical Advisors CTO Coach Startup 170

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

We did a lot of investigative research — cold calling executives in Hollywood through networks at Harvard and networks through Johns Hopkins, the school where my brother graduated from. We also have Chris Cookson as a technical advisor. He’s a former President of Sony Pictures Technologies and former CTO of Warner Bros.

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Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

I find myself sending it to startup founders all the time – maybe just slightly less than Free Startup CTO Consulting. million in sales every year for just a 1-second page delay. 500ms increased response time means 20% less traffic for Google , 100ms increased response time decreases Amazon sales by 1% The impact is quite real.

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Startup SEO CTO Coach Web 150

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). Otis Chandler built Goodreads in 2006 because he believed in social networking and wanted to see what his friends were reading. the world’s largest celeb endorsement network). Matt Miller – Co-Founder and CTO of CareerBliss.com. a perks platform for small and medium sized businesses.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. m the f%*kin’ boss.”. Has convertible debt won?

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March The following are the top items based on social signals.

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