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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. LinkedIn - This remains one of my primary tools. I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Here's an example of that kind of email. Do you have dollars to pay for development?

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Interview with Gabe Grifoni, Rufus Labs

socalTECH

Right now, the tools there are old and outdated, and mostly handheld. Our tool does the same thing. One thing we address, is the portability of tools. Gabe Grifoni: I had actually transitioned to the writing side, and focusing on tech. Plus, we've hired a new CTO and CRO to help grow the tech and business side.

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Interview with Navid Nobakht, Recmnd.Me

socalTECH

As a hiring manager, and as the former CTO of Buy.com, Navid Nobakht , Co-Founder of Recmnd.Me ([link] had a problem--how to really figure out if someone he was hiring could actually execute. The problem we're trying to solve, is one I found from in my experience as a hiring manager in the IT industry.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

socalTECH

The Internet doesn't work right, and is broken, and without a CDN, you can't do what you need to do if you're the CTO of a large website. Software-as-a-service companies write good software, and network companies build good networks, but rarely do you find both that do that well as the same time.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them. Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. In his spare time he raised nearly $30 million.

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Interview with Ramit Varma, Revolution Prep

socalTECH

Last week, Santa Monica-based Revolution Prep announced its first, institutional round of funding, worth $15M, from Kennet Partners. It was us, funding ourselves from credit cards, literally, to a company that is now on par with Kaplan and Princeton Review. We wanted to be able to invest in our software and our learning tools.

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Coincident.TV Is “CREATE”-ing Second Screen Transmedia Producers Out Of Everyone [Beta Invites]

Tech Zulu Event

Kaiser joined forces with Bruce Schwartz (Founder and CTO) to write an entirely new code language they called Interactive Television Markup Language (ITVML). is shopping around for Series A funding and they are making the rounds at conferences and panels on the future of television discussing their remarkable new technology.

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