socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. Aber Whitcomb is a partner at startup co-working and incubation community io/LA , CTO of SGN , and former co-founder and CTO of MySpace.

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Technical Review Southern California Incubator High Tech 223

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. We're really headed for three screens.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

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? He wanted to get input from me on what he's doing, and he wants to begin to ask developers what it would take to build his product. Founder : Ummm. what do you mean?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2016

We've had a lot of advisors along the way, in the financial and technology realm, which has helped us with everything. The biggest transition for us, was taking on a co-founder, our CTO, who has the really intensive tech background. Plus, we have face to face interaction with our sitters, in addition to background screening.

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Demand CTO Coach Screening CTO Hire 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

On a phone call it’s too easy to be distracted and thumb through paperwork, stare out the window or glance at your computer screen. 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?” You can’t remember why you loved somebody over the phone.

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Software Review Startup Email Conference 381

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2014

Onboard, teams showed off technology like Furry Flyers, an app that allows passengers to monitor the health and status of their traveling pets, while airport teams like Proximity Signage demonstrated an app that monitors a passenger’s location and displays relevant flight data on overhead screens.

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Technology Mobile Incubator Screening 93

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

In the end, three companies in plasma technology, haptic communication and germ-fighting robots took home the win. If you hear the word plasma, you might think of large screen TVs where each pixel is illuminated by charged gas that creates a higher picture quality. FGC Plasma Solutions.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

I was selling products to Live Nation, Demand Media, Kelly Blue Book, Rovi, and the Screen Actors Guild. My co-founder and CTO, Steven Corwin, is a graduate of UCLA's Electrical Engineering program, and built our program and lead the development of our technology platform. Lots of them were in online media and entertainment.

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Hollywood CTO Hire Social Media Platform 256

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Zachary Cancio (CTO, co-founder) Duke ECE/CS 2009. Everything from Skyfall in a packed auditorium on opening night to It’s a Wonderful Life on Netflix to Ponyo in an art house on a small screen. Built last business (sold cell phones and communications products) to $1.5M+ in revenues. 3rd Startup. We love movies.

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Help Netflix Research Screening 91

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. Forget the second screen, play and interact with video content today. The further along the product is the better — because it shows commitment and the skills to execute.

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

That users get the PIN code, enters it into the registration screen, and if they typed in the right code, they can complete registration and get access to all of what a service provider gives them. My first big move here, when I came to Telesign, was I felt we needed a high quality CTO. It's been fantastic.

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Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

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. Steve was was walking through (live) the process of creating a Facebook ad.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2011

There are two ways you can use the app -- you can either play your iPad like it is a real instrument, by strumming the touch screen. About a week later, our CTO was in Japan, and calls me, saying he had a crazy idea for a music, app, and he'd tell me about it when he got back. It teaches people how to learn guitar, ukulele, and banjo.

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Media Education Google Startup 267

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

I was the Chief Markteing Officer, the marketing guy, and scaled that to millions of users. Our CTO, Amy Yeh, was VP of Technology at Fox Sports, and built products that have scaled to millions of people. We've really reached the masses with our projects. Ryan has built products that millions have played.

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Mobile Platform Startup Examples 248

SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

Poor machine, screen, connection, chair. If your developers have a better machine, screen, internet connection, or chair at home than they do in the office, then there’s a problem. I.e., they need a developer more than they need a CTO. Many are not interested in 3rd party technologies that can streamline development.

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Develop Development CTO Coach CTO Hire 280

Alon Schwartz

MARCH 21, 2012

As part of my responsibilities as a CTO of a technology startup is to try different technologies, being software in nature or hardware. Yes, I know you feel my pain… so here goes: The screen is crisp and sharp like nothing you ever seen in your life.

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Screening Technology Course Email 58

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2016

However, that's really a device from the 1800's with a screen, and that didn't seem like the way to go. Plus, we've hired a new CTO and CRO to help grow the tech and business side. That CES was in 2013, and there wasn't a lot on the market at the time. I think in terms of wearables, Pebble was the only thing that was out.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review CTO Hire 100

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

An example of that, is we have a product in alpha in a couple of our markets, where, in real time, a user can fill out a form and it goes out to the top five service providers who we already have vetted and screened. How did what was a staid publisher of phone books become a hotbed of online talent?

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

An example of that, is we have a product in alpha in a couple of our markets, where, in real time, a user can fill out a form and it goes out to the top five service providers who we already have vetted and screened. How did what was a staid publisher of phone books become a hotbed of online talent?

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2015

As larger, more established rich media providers have struggled to retool for the new mobile media universe, the Jetpack platform was built entirely in Java and HTML5, giving publishers and advertisers the ability to design unique units once and serve them seamlessly across all screens.

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Advertising Media Mobile Buzznet 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

This time on mysterious party bus to nowhere but situated with the CTO & Cofounder of Living Social, Aaron Batalion. After dinner with a film distributor dear friend of mine, Janet Brown (check out FilmBuff ) I caught an interesting screening of a new film, Surrogate Valentine with Gary Chou of USV. I like that idea.

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Ideas Startup Marketing Pricing 294

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

Notice also that on the user screen (Alan Edgett), you can give a badge, vote for Alan, request an endorsement, send a message or give an endorsement. Possibly too easy as it likely devalues them a bit. More on this below. You can either first choose a badge and then award it or choose a user and award a badge.

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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 Also of note was Ryan Orrico’s launch of HandJob, a new form of job applicant screening and referral tracking.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

Notice also that on the user screen (Alan Edgett), you can give a badge, vote for Alan, request an endorsement, send a message or give an endorsement. Possibly too easy as it likely devalues them a bit. More on this below. You can either first choose a badge and then award it or choose a user and award a badge.

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Examples Startup Course Networking 323

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Bruno Denuit, our CTO, has worked for over ten years on database technologies and cloud services at Microsoft in Redmond. You can see the results of Contur’s engine right on your screen. Before that, she was a technical team lead at Motorola, developing mission critical communication software. Any upcoming updates?

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Email CTO Hire Startup Organization 63

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

OP: myLINGO is a smartphone app where you can select and download an audio track of a movie in your preferred language and go to the theatre and have that audio track synchronize to the movie playing on the screen. He’s a former President of Sony Pictures Technologies and former CTO of Warner Bros. Entertainment.

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Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

We had a pretty simple screen, and it had a circle, and it told you how many minutes you were active. A lot of apps these days have so many features that it’s very confusing. We just wanted to tear everything away, and think about the problem — what do people care about? It’s just about being active.

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USC Southern California Activity Study 104

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2015

This platform takes our web-based technology from the computer screen to the concert experience, as L.E.D. “We’re aiming to achieve something that’s never been done before, and as a Santa Monica-based technology company, we felt there was no better place to debut this than in our own backyard.”

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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? During the finals, we’ve witnessed both teams shouting out to each other during a play to communicate if a player is open for a shot or if a there is a screen the ball handler may not be aware of.

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Startup CTO Coach Coach Study 94

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

Technology wise, we've got our own engineering expertise, and we've built our own video softphone with HD video--which we have in alpha--for HD videoconferencing on a standard CPU, as opposed to the extremely expensive, $20,000 systems that exist now in corporate conference rooms. We understand your service also connects into Skype?

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IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

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. Romain Gaillard founded the Detox Market with Valerie.

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