Both Sides of the Table

MAY 31, 2013

For those of you who haven’t heard, President Obama and US CTO Todd Park have established a National Day of Civic Hacking this weekend, in cities across the nation. Developer mentors and judges from AT&T, i.am.angel, Google, Scopely, CGI, Factual, and ESRI and the City and County of LA will support coders during the weekend.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Beware of Mentors. " Today I had two conversations with early stage startups (see Free CTO Consulting ). In both cases, I was the mentor telling the person that the idea, as I understood it was "not great." I saw a great post from Tristan Kromer Pivoting on Investor Feedback a.k.a Either: "That’s interesting.

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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.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

Michael Wong: I was previously CTO of an agency called Breakthrough Ads. My cofounder, Steven Elliott, was CTO of a company doing artificial intelligence and automated chat technology. The big thing for us has been those connections to investors and mentors. The feedback, mentors, and connections are amazing.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. On teams I have a framework for tech teams “ CTO vs. VP Eng ” or on sales I have “ Journeymen, Mavericks & Superstars ” 5. What is a founder to do?

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2016

Tamkin had previously served at Chief Technology Officer at Transdev, a $10 billion transportation conglomerate, and was founder and CEO of LA's Unified Dispatch, a developer of passenger information solutions for the taxi and transportation industry, which he turned around and sold to Transdev.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Huddlewoo a live video platform set to launch early 2013 to give people the ability to access extraordinary people for one-on-one conversations and mentoring. Technology has given us the ability to connect with others like never before, but personal access still remains uncommon. We caught up with the CEO William Zell.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. Ethan recruited a great team of people to help build this proposition including Lisa Robinson running marketing and Rahul Thathoo as CTO who have been working tirelessly for the past year. The company was called Red Beacon. It’s more convenient for both sides.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

Our founder, Yves Sisteron, was my mentor and board member at my first startup. And just so it’s clear that I practice what I preach … When it was time to bring on a CTO at Maker Studios in the early days, I passed over many local LA video CTOs and found the one guy I KNEW could deliver magic for us.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

We have some great mentors now. Thanks to TechStars, we've got an awesome mentor who's co-habitating with us now, and we're learning something daily from him. It's actually uncommon to have a female CTO. People we met there were Greg Cohn, who was recently head of yahoo games. Working for someone else is not fun.

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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. But how do you actually get the right people to be your mentors? previously explained that it usually requires some equity, but here is some more step by step practical advice.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

1) Get A Mentor. "I " I recently performed a 360-Review on two Co-Founders who were the company's CEO and CTO. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series. Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Richard Branson , Walt Disney and Michael Dell. "I started the site when I was 19.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2016

When we met Shireen (CEO) and Scott (Co-founder & CTO) in late 2014 they had been inspired to create Nima to address their own personal food issues and empower other people to live their healthiest lives. We are predisposed to backing founders who solve problems in which they have personal knowledge that is authentic.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2014

And I spoke with the CTO of another great company I used to be on the board of and enlisted his support in potentially being an advisor to one company. Finally, I think it’s worth meeting “mentors.” I then traded emails with two former senior tech professionals in LA. ” You simply need to ask.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Entrepreneurs and mentors travel from various parts around the world to take part in the 500 Startups accelerator program. Along with work-space and mentoring from global experts in design, distribution and every aspect of launching a business, MailLift received $50,000 in funding as part of the program.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2013

I met my co-founder and CTO, Tom, there, and worked on a bunch of projects together. Tom eventually left to work on a startup, and I started traveling, reconnected with some former mentors, and really started diving into the space. I moved to Microsoft and was there for six and a half years.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

For me, FI was great for networking with Adeo and the other mentors, who are all world class successful entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the other founders in the program. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2014

Provide mentoring and formal management training. Great technical gurus get paid very well, and have visible top positions like Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for prestige and respect. For example: be solutions-oriented, able to balance both sides of an issue, and be a quick study.

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SoCal Delicious

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. I have met dozens of brilliant technologists with fantastic ideas, ideas requiring nurturing, mentoring and support. So my advice to CTO / Founders?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Provide mentoring and formal management training. Great technical gurus get paid very well, and have visible top positions like Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for prestige and respect. For example: be solutions-oriented, able to balance both sides of an issue, and be a quick study.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2012

I was the CEO of aki-aki and Gabriel Palomino was the CTO. Any mentors or VC’s? No mentors and no investors so far, we are open to discussion. We started thinking about new ways of interacting with social networks in November 2011. The idea was getting mature and by end of June we had the first version. Any word from Facebook?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Provide mentoring and formal management training. Great technical gurus get paid very well, and have visible top positions like Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for prestige and respect. For example: be solutions-oriented, able to balance both sides of an issue, and be a quick study.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The co-founder core team, including a CTO, should be fully formed and passionate enough to be working on the project full time. Blayze CEO Ben Smith started first as a mentor and a resource to the community, believing in give before you get. A prototype that can be used for testing and validation is another win.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

We talked with Eli Aizenstat , the founder and CEO of Beatshare�and still a student--as well as President and longtime technology vet Barry Lieberman about the startup. Photo: Barry Lieberman, President and COO; Eli Aizenstat, Founder & CEO; and Rob Patrick, CTO). What is Beatshare? That's how Barry came in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Provide mentoring and formal management training. Great technical gurus get paid very well, and have visible top positions like Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for prestige and respect. For example: be solutions-oriented, able to balance both sides of an issue, and be a quick study.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Sergey Belyankin is our Chief Technology Officer. Sergey’s diverse experience as an entrepreneur, technology consultant and software executive qualifies him to lead amSTATZ’s technology development.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

OneCubicle helps you build a career, through a jobs page, jobs listings, career advice, micro transactions for resume help, and an upcoming celebrity mentor feature. The strongest executives I can identify can both talk entertainment and at a high level with a CTO, and know code and other things. How are you backed?

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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 Guests, visitors and teams mingled away enjoying appetizers and snacks along with this LASW’s 3rd keg. Rob Maigret. Scott Sangster.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Last year, the company was acquired by Human Longevity, where she is currently the chief technology officer. As the program has grown, we’ve developed a strong track record, connected to many mentors who worked with the startup companies and the local startup community.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 20, 2013

If both the CEO and the CTO are needed to attend an important meeting out of town, who will fulfill their roles of running the company smoothly? When you ask any NBA player what inspired them to be successful and how they got there, they will most likely mention having an idol or a mentor to guide them through every step of the way.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I seem to encounter a lot of people who want to attach a CTO label to me as I'm the only programmer on the founding team of three. While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). As a result, I really saw Visalus as a technology company.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2016

In my case, I had a mentor at the time who helped me understand how there was a parallel between the printing press and the Renaissance, and the Internet as the next step in information and communications. I was primarily responsible for getting the technology side pulled together when they went public. What are your backgrounds?

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 24, 2015

All content within these playlists is hand-picked from the web for their quality and relevance by the MentorMob Mentors, a group of experts, enthusiasts and bloggers. Each Guide contains a series of playlists that cover beginner to advanced topical knowledge. Learning on the go will also be available through the MentorMob app in iTunes.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

You can be an entrepreneur and at the same time you can be a mentor or an investor to someone else’s project. Our co-founder and CTO, Josh Fester and I met each other online and within a month he moved from St Louis to LA. Personas in Miigle are very important. Again, we’ve made this very easy. We’ve been working on Miigle ever since.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2018

Crilly had most recently been the CTO of RYSE UP, a startup in Los Angeles which calls itself the "American Idol for Mobile", which e co-founded with Nathan Chandra. Mental health of startup founders--once a taboo subject--has been boosted by efforts by such startup community mentors as Brad Feld of Techstars. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2012

By the end of my sophomore year, I decided to go after this full time, and that's when I officially brought on a CTO, Shiv Prakash, and we went at it in the summer of 2011, and the rest is kind of history. Both have been great mentors ever since. We understand this whole effort was actually backed by Sir Richard Branson?

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