SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 6, 2012

Developments in technology have forever changed the gaming industry and the way video games are developed, distributed, and played. Panel includes: Joshua Glazer - Co-Founder and CTO, Naked Sky Entertainment; Matthew Hanneus - CEO and Co-Founder, Sleepy Giant; Brian White - Director, Technology, Disney Mobile.

Enterprise Forum 133

Enterprise Forum Entrepreneur CalTech Education 133

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer & Strategic Creative at USA GROUP, INC., He was raised and educated in London. He is a former chairman of the Business Software Alliance, and currently is Chair of the LA Chapter of the Technology Council of Southern California. in Computer Science.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Southern California has had its share of new startup accelerators launch in the last few months, however, few people here have actually experienced an accelerator firsthand. The most attractive thing about it was the educational value. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2012

If you were a student in college, working on a startup idea, what would spur you to drop your education plans, and go full time on your startup? So, I created my own online area to keep all of my usernames and passwords, and one thing led to the next, and soon my friends were asking me to create them their own accounts.

Startup 239

Startup CTO Coach Content Web 239

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

They have partnered with Cross Campus to bring education and offline matchmaking events to Santa Monica quarterly. They took the “Match.com for entrepreneurs” model literally and hired the former CTO of Match.com to create the algorithms to help predict and recommend matches. I wanted to give back to my community in the D.C.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Startup Santa Monica CTO Hire 87

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

It's a tough problem to solve, that experience of trying to find and discover new activities, especially in a market like Los Angeles and Southern California where there is so much to do outdoors, and there are so many types of facilities.

Startup 271

Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

In a couple of weeks we held our first seminar educating parents on how to keep their kids safe online. We are huge proponents of the Internet, so the last thing we wanted to do was scare them and stop their kids from benefiting from using the Web. He replied laughing, “Not anymore!&#

Google 115

Google .Net Santa Barbara Email 115

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Because I was the Acting CTO for eHarmony at it's start, I quite often get introduced to people who have an idea for a startup company that is based on some kind of matching algorithm. You can make educated guesses. It was a lot of data that they was distilled down into a fairly complex matching algorithm.

eHarmony 196

eHarmony Startup Research Ideas 196

SoCal CTO

APRIL 22, 2010

Without the research, you are in the position of making educated guesses at what makes a good match. So, there are really several parts to this question: What inputs make sense? Hypothesis Algorithms So we’ve defined our inputs and algorithm for matching based on our best understanding of what makes a good match.

Startup 170

Startup Research Software Review Sample 170

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

It brings in Work History and Education. They ask for a little bit additional information and that's it, you are up and going. They've also done a nice job of importing LinkedIn background information. It allows you to easily edit items. You are up and going in just a few clicks.

Examples 331

Examples Startup Course Networking 331

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

It brings in Work History and Education. They ask for a little bit additional information and that's it, you are up and going. They've also done a nice job of importing LinkedIn background information. It allows you to easily edit items. You are up and going in just a few clicks.

Examples 323

Examples Startup Course Networking 323

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Matthew Clough is a social entrepreneur and creative professional who has dedicated himself to helping children get the educations they deserve in Tanzania, Africa. He is the founder of Benson Backpacks , a company that sells backpacks and supports children’s educations in Tanzania with each purchase. Ryan Born – Founder of AudioMicro.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Or riding a crazy party bus and sitting next to Aaron Batalion the co-founder & CTO of Living Social. Office Space. I always love visiting companies because you can tell so much about the character of the company by spending time in their offices. We hung out a lot together a dinners and educational events.

Startup 319

Startup Organization Entrepreneur Conference 319

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. Teach Like You’re the Student - Steve Blank , August 10, 2010 “I never have let my schooling interfere with my education.”.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. It’s a San Francisco Bay Area forum for networking, jobs and education for over 500 Product Management professionals. Except they won’t be called Product Managers.

Startup 191

Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

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.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217