SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've talked about that in lots of other posts, so you can visit some of these to help determine what you specifically need: Startup CTO or Developer Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything Key ingredients in the equation are: How complex is the system? Do you have dollars to pay for development?

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

Do you have a Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One ? Have you Documented Your MVP for Your Developer s? Have you looked through Things You May Have Forgot in Your MVP and provided answers to these? Don't be fooled by a Common Misunderstanding in Agile Software Development.

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TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

Get Users (= Acquisition, Referral) Drive Usage (= Activation, Retention) Make Money (= Monetize) Startup Challenges Management: Setting priorities, defining key metrics, reporting progress Product: Build the right features, getting product out quickly, testing for conversion/adoption Marketing: Accessing "web 2.0"

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The rest of our team included the founding CTO of Maker Studios (Ryan Lissack) and the CEO of DataSift (Tim Barker) so we seemed to all be in good company of ex Salesforce execs looking to make a difference. So when I left and became a VC I stayed in close touch with Gregg and he was on my very short list to hopefully work with again one day.

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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. Top free resources for startups - StartupCFO , September 28, 2010 It took me a while to warm up to it but I am loving Quora more and more. Another important web 2.0 Another important web 2.0

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SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

On Friday, at the LA CTO Forum , I heard from a couple of CTOs having trouble finding good developers. Do you have anyone you could recommend to me, or any resources? In Los Angeles Web Developer , I talked about the issues with finding developers in Los Angeles based the experience that one startup founder had.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

For example: Entrepreneurship as a Science – The Business Model/Customer Development Stack Customer Development for Web Startups How To Get Your First 1,000 Users Similarly, when you look at IP / Intellectual Property for Startups, it's dominated by Jill Hubbard Bowman 's wonderful content.

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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. The are at the center of a web and even being two degrees away from a super maven can help you greatly. You need to connect into the web with time, care, respect and reciprocity.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

Resources Here are some related articles: The Social Network Wars Begin In Earnest: Facebook Bans Google Friend Connect Update once to share with many on Yahoo! The 10 Commandments of Facebook Connect 10 Impressive New Implementations of Facebook Connect Is the web establishment overlooking the opportunities of the open social web?

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socalTECH

MAY 9, 2019

For our interview this morning, we caught up with Alonso Vargas , the CTO and co-founder of Runtriz (www.runtriz.com), a Los Angeles company which has been powering the mobile apps and experiences for Radisson, Best Western, a lot of boutique brands. We took that platform, and converted it to a web experience. What does Runtriz do?

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SoCal CTO

JULY 19, 2016

I’ve had lots of conversations with fellow CTOs about the TechEmpower Web Framework Benchmarks. We’re introducing the new Kestrel web server that runs within your IIS host or behind another host process. Some really appreciate the value that they bring to help them understand performance characteristics of different frameworks.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case.

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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. So, we do share resources, but we operate as two different companies and staffs. How are your two companies connected?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

web & mobile development resources to find and hire a developer. cleverua.com – outsourced web & mobile app development based in the Ukraine, Ask for Pavlo. datatv.com – web & interactive mobile web development based in Los Angeles, Ask for Adam.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 19, 2009

But the web site visitors are accurate. I'm hoping that others will help point me to other resources around this topic. I keep my blogs separate from by company web site. Over the past 12 months, I've had roughly 284,000 people come visit that site and get exposed to things I write. A few things we discussed: Focus.

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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. That will be “the decade of the cloud&# where it really starts to become a truly connect resource that continues to accelerate innovation.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I frequently work on networking through the social web and building new relationships that will foster knowledge gathering or business growth. We need to spend some time discussing what you do with the social web. I've made solid press contacts from it, found quality partners, supporters of events and many other resources.

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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. However, in my opinion, a startup should focus most of its resources on building a great product and track total users and user engagement as gauges of success. Tell Rod about the LA CTO Forum. He sounds like he'd be a good member.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Of course everything could be replicated if a massive juggernaut like Amazon or Google wanted to pour all of their resources into it but I’m talking about technology that is hard to replicate, takes years of know-how and once adopted is significantly valuable. Why does that matter? But here’s the big “aha.”

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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. Subblime solves this problem by allowing channels to publish content audiences want and extend that to product recommendations from across the web.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

We give visibility to the location, status, and history of resources in healthcare. We change the paradigm, and we only do an entire institution, the entire hospital or enterprise--every square foot--anywhere resources can travel. It's analogous to GPS, but for indoors. We deliver our services directly to the acute care area.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 24, 2015

The founders are lifelong friends and lifelong learners from Chicago who have had successful careers in tech before joining forces to create the ultimate free social online learning destination that takes the best teachers on the web and curates their content into MentorMob learning Guides. Including one on kiteboarding.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. He is principal of FutureWorks, an award-winning New Media agency in Silicon Valley, and has led interactive and social programs for Fortune 500 companies, notable celebrities, and Web 2.0 He is a frequent public speaker. Alex Quilici. gigaom.com.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

(Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. By Frank Addante Development resources are in high demand. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

He is not a technical person, but is somewhat web savvy. I asked some of the same questions I ask in my Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions and then I get to a very common conversation: Me : Do you have specs? And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format.

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Develop Development Technical Review CTO Coach 355

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

You left the meeting dreaming about money and finally having resources to do all of the things you wanted to do. Last time we met I didn’t have my CTO with me. Would it be alright if I brought her by your offices for a super quick coffee?” everything. I worked on a new model and I’d really love to show it to you in person.

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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. m pleased.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

At the CTO Group that I organize in Santa Monica, we've had lots of discussions around this. They also are VERY interesting for background processing tasks that take compute resources or from a storage cloud standpoint. I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum. The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform?

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

Robin's latest startup is Internships.com (www.internships.com), an online site focused on aggregating internship opportunities and providing resources to potential interns. Richards , who most recently sold The NTI Group to Blackboard, and previously also was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA, the founding president and COO of MP3.com,

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2012

At Microsoft, she architected several core technologies of the SQL Azure cloud service, most notably the cluster resource management. Bruno Denuit, our CTO, has worked for over ten years on database technologies and cloud services at Microsoft in Redmond. Her vision and leadership skills are bringing Contur to life.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Matt Miller – Co-Founder and CTO of CareerBliss.com. Matt Miller is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of CareerBliss.com – an online career community that helps everyone find happiness in the workplace. Clark Benson is the founder of Ranker , a consumer web startup that is a platform for ranking.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

(Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. I am extremely passionate about what we accomplished at L90 in a short period of time with very little resources.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

In the era of Skype, web conferencing tools and collaboration software conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person. CEO, VP Products and CTO must all be in the physical location. I think this splits up critical resources and builds separate cultures in two locations.

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