SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 11, 2012

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 -- Managing Your Product/Service Lifecycle. But how do you ensure that your product or service is what the customer really wants, needs and will pay for? Your product is just about to go out the door. Youre reviewing your launch plan and task assignments. See [link] (more)

Product 100

Product Services TechEmpower Competition 100

SoCal CTO

MAY 14, 2012

The crowd of more than 1,500 spilled out into hallways, and would-be investors were turned away from the doors, as a crush of entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, wanna-be entrepreneurs, and others looked to be part of the surge of startups emerging in Los Angeles. At the event, the enthusiasm for startups was palpable.

Los Angeles 254

Los Angeles Angel Startup Miramar 254

TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

You need a team who’s well-versed in technology and capable of translating that know-how into pragmatic options. If you bring in a consultant who spends all their time doing technical reviews and hasn’t built a system since the dot-com boom, you’re probably wasting your time. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas

Technical Review 260

Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review TechEmpower 260

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2010

Calabasas-based BlackLine Systems , the developer of financial close software headed by Therese Tucker, is trumpeting its certification course this week, saying that it recently certified 22 consultants from KPMG as part of its professional services courses. Tucker is the former CTO of SunGard Treasure Systems. READ MORE>>.

Training 133

Training Calabasas Course Software 133

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2021

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. Startups can’t usually afford a business development team, so that effort is just one of the measurements that should fall on every CTO and CEO. External scanning for resources.

Organization 132

Organization CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 132

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Majid Abai, CEO of Pringo Majid Abai is the Chief Executive of Pringo, Inc. For the past 26 years, Majid has founded, led, turned-around and merged several companies in various industries, as well as providing consulting services to corporate executives in the areas of technology, governance, turn-around and strategy.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Common revenue streams are consulting, training, support, customization, upgraded versions for corporate applications, etc. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

Southern California 150

Southern California CTO Coach CTO Hire Social Media 150

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Will you tap into geolocation services provided by the browser or license a third-party lookup table? Which devices?

Develop 396

Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Will you tap into geolocation services provided by the browser or license a third-party lookup table? Which devices?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

The old way was difficult, time consuming, and often expensive; referrals, calling up lawyers, going through initial consultations. They''re actually initial consultations, ranging from divorce to DUI. That''s how we ended up developing this technology, to take that initial step out of the process. But, how do you start?

Help 240

Help Startup CTO Hire Pricing 240

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. This is a great configuration for a starting team. Here’s why. Your Process Doesn’t Work.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal. This person was educated at the best US schools and had worked for a top-tier strategy consulting firm – one of the big 3. Should she take a chance and potentially ruffle feathers?

Entrepreneur 414

Entrepreneur Technical Review Slides CTO Coach 414

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. Startups can’t usually afford a business development team, so that effort is just one of the measurements that should fall on every CTO and CEO. External scanning for resources.

Acquisition 88

Acquisition CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development 88

socalTECH

MAY 28, 2013

However, rather than travel services, it''s for products. You can walk into any audio/video store, including Best Buy or Home Depot, and negotiate with the sales or customer service representative. That''s why we wanted to make a service which enables consumers to name their own price. My dream is, why not online?

Pricing 273

Pricing Product Help Sales 273

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. Startups can’t usually afford a business development team, so that effort is just one of the measurements that should fall on every CTO and CEO. External scanning for resources.

CTO Hire 91

CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development Resource 91

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Sure, there are roles like CTO or CIO, but the input and decision making process has remained fairly static. With the trend to higher technology needs and the youth who are involved in the development of new technology, it is no longer unusual to walk into a board meeting and see a CTO in his early 40s. Today’s boardroom.

Technology 40

Technology CTO Hire Conference Education 40

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

It’s very difficult to communicate the value of my services and it’s even harder to find people/companies looking to outsource their product development to a business guy like myself. 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? What keeps you up at night?

Los Angeles 179

Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. This is a novel user interaction that embeds casual entertainment directly into the operating system experience, based on some fairly interesting underlying technology. Details coming soon!)

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Using that, and a partnership model where we go into schools and partner with them to provide SAT and ACT service, we've been able to build up a private tutoring service from basically nothing. Talk about what's different from what you offer from the many SAT/ACT/prep products and services out there already?

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 13, 2009

I find myself speaking at various venues in Los Angeles to tell people (most often service providers) about how I've used social media and particularly my blogs, LinkedIn, twitter and topic hubs as part of my own services business. I'm hoping you can help me figure out who I should be connecting with on this. Where are they online?

Social Media 167

Social Media Los Angeles Media Angel 167

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

We spoke with Andrew about how the company pivoted from its original model after finding a huge amount of traction for its sales software and data, and its ability to guide brokers on the best practices for them to close more deals, which it is now offering as software-as-a-service. What is Digsy? My background is in commercial real estate.

Sales 145

Sales Startup Email Tool 145

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

Technical Review 338

Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. And we’re lucky because they deliver many of the great products, services and content that we consume in our lives every day. Great companies are comprised of great individual point people or functional leaders.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital CTO Hire 293

SoCal CTO

APRIL 20, 2007

Been traveling and consulting with a bunch of early-stage and growth companies. It's not that we'll see radical changes from HBS, but certainly adoption within the core and as part of add-on services is highly likely. I've somewhat fallen off the map on this blog. Really fun stuff these days.

Web 2.0 150

Web 2.0 Web RSS Training 150

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Laura Brashier is the founder of 2date4love , an online dating service for singles who are unable to have sexual intercourse but still want to find love. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. Leila first developed the idea behind Samasource while working as a management consultant at Katzenbach Partners (now Booz & Co.), Eric Ries is the author of the blog Startup Lessons Learned and the lean startup methodology.

Twiistup 40

Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). Services Pages. I promised that I would do a follow-up post with some thoughts out of the presentation and providing links. This is that post.

Social Media 222

Social Media Services Media Blogging 222

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

I find myself sending it to startup founders all the time – maybe just slightly less than Free Startup CTO Consulting. Our system must access our data, possibly 3rd party services, do some calculation and then get back to the user or the other system with our response. Are 3rd party services used? Overnight calculations?

Startup 150

Startup SEO CTO Coach Web 150

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

She is a go to person for me when I have questions around technology or early stage marketing and branding. I hadn't talked to her in a while and then because of a presentation I did around Social Media for Service Professionals she and I reconnected. Foreign Service. Like a lot of service professionals. Absolutely.

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

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. love to find great products and services made by entrepreneurs who are trying to change the world. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

– Premium Online Advertising Company Age: 21 - 25 Time Period: 1997 - 2001 My Role: Chief Technology Officer, Technology Founder and Chairman, Advisory Board High Point: $500 million market cap; 3,000+ customers; 8 billion transactions per month; 65% Internet reach Warning, this will be a long posting.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. I decided that I was going to consult/advise a few companies and relax for a bit. As CTO, it was my job to solve this problem. So much for resting!

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40