socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

Lynda.com , the online video education provider which has been one of the region's most successful, bootstrapped companies--is no longer bootstrapped, after inking a massive, $103M growth equity round. According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 13, 2014

A little while ago, I suggested that Every Web/Mobile Startup Should Have a Technical Advisor. You can’t afford and don’t want to hire a full-time CTO or architect. For me, if I can help you within a couple hours Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions , I’m happy to do that and I don’t expect compensation or equity for that.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

. “We slow down our country, our economy and our ability to innovate when the government becomes excessively aggressive in efforts to break up technology companies, because they see them through a prior-decades lens, when they are operating in a future decade reality. This too shall pass.”

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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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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Venture backers : Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., Demand offers up a network of online, content driven web sites--plus a healthy domain name registration business--and has garnered lots of attention for specifically creating content for search engines. www.demandmedia.com).

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 14, 2009

If you have solid web skills and a few years experience, either with a commercial company or running your own legit projects, there are dozens of companies in L.A. reduced salary, partial equity, good experience, etc. I’ll give you equity in the company.” Mark tells us: there is a lot of demand for developers right here in L.A.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

In a recent interview, Certona CEO Meyar Sheik said the company has taken a measured approach since he founded Certona in 2004 with CTO Geoffrey Hueter. Certona uses the data to offer shoppers personalized options based on “real-time profiling.”. When you get all that data and analyze it, you get interesting insights,” Sheik said.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

For start, there are many types of businesses that are large or complex “considered purchases” that have higher close rates over the phone than on a web form. If I use Invoca as an example: we handle tens of millions of phone calls for customers who want to drive sales calls into call centers. Why does that matter? But here’s the big “aha.”

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

We do share resources, in terms of if someone needs web help at Champion, we might borrow guys from the web, or if we need something for video, we'll go over to the video folks at Champion. Around 2000, I decided I had to stop focusing on TV and start getting onto the web. How are your two companies connected?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? WordPress is pretty easy to hack. Third party products are used appropriately.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Fascinating that you are going against the trend of trying to make everything a web application. On the development side, my top go-to person is my KlickFu co-founder and CTO, Rod Morison , as well as the other developers who are contributing to the project. Tell Rod about the LA CTO Forum. He sounds like he'd be a good member.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

There's a giant need in the supply side to be able to go out to a web site, put your corporate profile down, and have a very efficient system for matching both the demand and supply side, matching the intern and the job at a local and geographic level. When we've tried to call for an intern, no one pays much mind.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. As an undergradudate, Leila authored background papers for the World Bank's Development Research Group and Ashoka on equity and social rights. Eric Ries is the author of the blog Startup Lessons Learned and the lean startup methodology. Alex Quilici.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Investors: Matrix (Dana Stadler, who was the CTO of PayPal). Summit is a hugely respected firm in Silicon Valley and a long-term “institution&# but they’re better known as more of a “private equity&# investor meaning that they do later stage investments in much larger companies that are profitable. 15mm in Series A.

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Alon Schwartz

JANUARY 18, 2009

In the Q&A session someone asked about how to split equity between partners. Having the right partner can greatly help at challenging times like equity splits. I’m also Jason’s partner at Docstoc which brings its own challenges, being a web startup at a glooming economy. What is a Partnership? Like marriage.

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Alon Schwartz

JANUARY 18, 2009

In the Q&A session someone asked about how to split equity between partners. Having the right partner can greatly help at challenging times like equity splits. I’m also Jason’s partner at Docstoc which brings its own challenges, being a web startup at a glooming economy. Like marriage.

Startup 56

Startup Equity Tips Commerce 56

Alon Schwartz

JANUARY 18, 2009

In the Q&A session someone asked about how to split equity between partners. Having the right partner can greatly help at challenging times like equity splits. I’m also Jason’s partner at Docstoc which brings its own challenges, being a web startup at a glooming economy. What is a Partnership? Like marriage.

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Startup Equity Tips Commerce 40

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. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. equity debate.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. I’d been around the web long enough to remember the dozens of companies before YouTube that tried to create crowdsourced video sites and failed.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. previously explained that it usually requires some equity, but here is some more step by step practical advice. CompStudy 2008 Report on Equity and Cash Compensation at Technology Startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. I re-connected with Andy Liu the founder & CEO of BuddyTV – the largest destination for social TV enthusiasts on the web. Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. We know it can be done.

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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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