SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Yesterday, I was talking to a startup founder about their MVP and they said something that finally got me to write this post: "I have a few investors interested but they want to see a product." Investors demand more than that. Now that You've Got MVP, It's Time to Think About MVC You can't raise money on achieving an MVP.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

I honestly believe I learned more by rising up the ranks and becoming the president of my fraternity than I did in the class room reading about supply & demand curves in economics. I’ll write that post one day – it is a very interesting story. She’s protecting them from the most intellectually demanding activities.

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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. An important key is NOT to dodge the discussion up front, come to some agreement quickly, and write it down. Who will be the CEO, CFO, and CTO?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA. I prefer not to do any angel investments because I focus on my VC funds but it was gratifying to write some small checks to support local teams. I’d LOVE to see it become more of a national vehicle.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

I’m not sure I really even need to write this at length because Nivi absolutely nailed the topic in his article “ The Option Pool Shuffle.&#. The more senior members you have (say you already have a CEO, CTO, VP marketing, VP Biz Dev, VP Products) then the less options you’ll need and vice versa. That’s normal.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Zach Ferres (Chief Technology Officer) has been an entrepreneur since the age of 15. Many times I think that it would be awesome to have a conversation with them, but typically write off the idea because the process for access is too difficult. He also attended The Ohio State University. They are all right!

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition. Performance marketing also demands accountability. In reality, they want to buy customers, not ads.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Additionally, the large differences between the demands of devices found in a home make this unlikely; what is good for powering communication to a low-energy-use doorbell is not necessarily going to work for a high-energy-use tumble dryer. Embrace Third Party Support.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

He’s a former President of Sony Pictures Technologies and former CTO of Warner Bros. I’d write to my professors and say “I’m so sorry, I have this meeting or I had this phone call that I had to take.”. The film studios/distributors are an avenue for consumer adoption, but consumers can also create demand for your app.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

By Frank Addante Development resources are in high demand. There are a lot of people out there who can "write code", but very few good engineers. I asked the President and COO of Ticketmaster (formerly CTO) how he is able to attract and keep such a Scrappy, motivated team at such a large company.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

As CTO, it was my job to solve this problem. Whatever the biggest, most challenging, most demanding, most important job we had at L90, I always turned to Tim. This was one of the largest, most demanding IT infrastructures ever built, and Tim conquered it; a guy, who less than 2 years prior, was hired to be our recruiter.

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