Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 21, 2011

Development languages varied from team to team. The event included eleven participating teams from around the area, all with various backgrounds. Some experience developers, project managers, and even some designers. Quick Web App Builder (QWAB) – parts prebuilt before competition. But this event was special.

Santa Monica 90

Santa Monica Startup PHP HTML 90

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Startup Weekend LA has grown to become a very special event here in Los Angeles. This past SWLA (February 24-26) was like non other and the 5th event to take place at Coloft here in Santa Monica. The 1st place winner was SnazzyRoom, an online styling tool for mixing and matching items on the web ( SnazzyRoom.com ).

Startup 66

Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. But Twitter.com (which will likely improve dramatically on UI, I’m guessing) will be the main event for Twitter search. My take was that this follows three trends: a) customer involvement in product design, b) mass customization [e.g.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. He came up to Bill after the event and said, “clever idea, we should do that with you.&# He wanted to build direct customer relationships to get product feedback but only 2% of customers would ever return their registration cards.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

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. Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. What went wrong?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0 Forum December 9th Lineup - Startup Houston , November 27, 2010 When to step on the gas and go for it?

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378