TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem. Battery isn’t the only marquee investor to find value in ServiceTitan’s business developing software managing day labor. The city of Glendale, Calif. “Silicon Beach” this ain’t.

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Glendale Los Angeles Startup Technical Review 271

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Our sales guys were on the front line and heard what they needed to win deals. some came from our customer service, some were to improve performance / scalability from tech ops, some were bug fixes, etc.) He made customer-to-customer dialog possible and visible. But he didn’t grow up with technology.

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Organization Customer Custom Tips 280

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

That died with waterfall software development. Do you really want to spent $100k building a product to discover through Customer Development that the market is too small? Ditto for enterprise software companies. It’s “lifetime value&# of a customer. Each quarter you should review your model.

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

It’s also a very exciting time here in LA Tech with over 6 accelerators and incubators springing up over the past year. Those with their ideas selected were out on the prowl, looking to recruit the top designer or developer in the room. Startup Weekend LA has grown to become a very special event here in Los Angeles.

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Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. Between this blog and reviewing applications to Capital Factory I see hundreds of pitches a year. Most were on paper and video; 20 were invited to pitch in person.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217