socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

The program is basically to take entrepreneurs, pair them with a mentor who is also an entrepreneur themselves, either a CEO or a CTO. It's structured so that they get funding, office space, all of the Internet resources, tools they need from mentors. There might be one or two mentors, one might be a CTO, another, a CEO.

CTO Coach 194

CTO Coach Startup Mentor Activision 194

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

We went out on the Android and Blackberry, and as we were going out to market, we realized that we could use that consumer launch as a proving ground for our technology, and leverage that to the B2B market. When I joined the company, I found an amazing technology platform and analytics capability. How is the company funded?

Content 189

Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Dave’s industry experience includes tenures as CTO and CEO of several successful software companies, and upper-level management positions in Fortune 100 companies. He keynotes leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, enterprise application integration, and enterprise architecture. CTO at SOA Software.

SaaS 92

SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

I'd also been a television producer on many sports and entertainment shows, including NBC and Fox Sports. I recently opened up a company, Champion Media, providing entertainment branding, marketing, and public relations for Gen Y brands. Gregg Champion: I can tell you my first project in the technology and entertainment world.

Social Network 100

Social Network Entertainment Startup CTO Coach 100

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

How do I find entrepreneurs who have a great idea that can get or has got funding who need a CTO and/or development team? I personally think that your background with entertainment would mean that you could do something interesting around product management for hybrid online and entertainment plays. Wow, great questions.

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Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

This morning, we have Kevin Winston of Digital LA (www.digitalla.net), the organization which is LA's largest digital networking group and which is behind the Silicon Beach Fest, the first and largest tech, startup and entertainment conference in LA. You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted.

Marina Del Rey 100

Marina Del Rey Dollar Shave Club Beverly Hills Startup 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2017

Deborah Ramo: It's interesting, but my background is actually in the entertainment world. A number of years ago, myself and some of my colleagues in the entertainment industry developed a nonprofit workplace in Hollywood. Eventually, the idea was that the entertainment industry's workforce would reflect our audience.

Help 100

Help Education CTO Coach Startup 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

My resume includes things like videogames, online worlds, online web, from everything as an engineer to a producer to technical director, to CTO. Given your experience in the fast moving technology industry, were you nervous about joining the government--which is not exactly known for adopting technology very rapidly?

Los Angeles 203

Los Angeles Technology Startup Examples 203

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The 3-6 month program had several hundred applications from all over the country and abroad vying for the chance of $21,000 in initial funding, office space, mentorship, and collaboration opportunities with other startups. Last year’s class has raised $15 million and is going strong. Every team has learned many lessons along the way.

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. This is a novel user interaction that embeds casual entertainment directly into the operating system experience, based on some fairly interesting underlying technology. Tell Rod about the LA CTO Forum. Details coming soon!)

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. They were originally founded inside of Times Mirror and had a huge string of major investment success before spinning out as a fully independent fund. Investors: Matrix (Dana Stadler, who was the CTO of PayPal).

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2016

After college, I didn't go into engineer, I went into the marketing and entertainment side. It started with the four hour drive home and my imagination, and then I spent five days at home drawing and planning it out, and finally rallied a small group of friends to co-found the company with me, and we raised friends and family funding.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Startup Software Review CTO Hire 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Zachary Cancio (CTO, co-founder) Duke ECE/CS 2009. Any funding yet? Built last business (sold cell phones and communications products) to $1.5M+ in revenues. I love movies, basketball, skiing, and snorkeling (especially in Maui). 3rd Startup. Worked at Cisco, Microsoft, and Deloitte. Python programmer and iOS developer.

Help 91

Help Netflix Research Screening 91

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Other people on the LAGbook Team include Josh Osemwegie (our Chief Financial Officer), Nosa Ilegbinehi (our Chief Publicity Officer), and Emmanuel Alugo (our Chief Technology Officer). Raising fund to meet up with the increasing user growth and activities on LAGbook has not been easy though.

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Advertising Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

We also had awesome group of mentors that included: David Waxman (Co-founder of PeoplePC, Spot Runner and Firefly Network), Paige Craig (CEO of BetterWorks ), Josh MacAdam (Co-founder/CTO at Ming.ly

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Founder and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, the visionary multimedia venture spanning movies, TV, sports, and new media, Peter Guber is among the most successful executives in the entertainment and communications industries. He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. Dave McClure. .

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Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” Goodreads raised a Series A round of funding from True Ventures in the summer of 2009. Matt Miller – Co-Founder and CTO of CareerBliss.com.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

We funded the seed round, the A round, the B round, C round, D round and E round. We would have gladly followed Jamie (and Josh Roth, the CTO who is phenomenal and we’ve also known for a decade) right through an IPO if we could have. we were sold on the concept immediately. Jamie is truly a visionary and a focused executioner.

Startup 247

Startup Pricing Product Marketing 247