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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

It was like having a bunch of mini- Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions all in one room. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm doing as a Part-Time CTO or Technical Advisor for startups. And it made me come to a new realization: Every early-stage web/mobile/online startup should have at least one technical advisor, probably two.

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Human Capital: Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology

TechCrunch LA

You can sign up here. Now, Microsoft-owned GitHub is gearing up to remove these references to slavery by naming primary code repositories “main” instead of “master.” Let’s start with Prop 22. Meanwhile, we’re seeing ads for Yes on 22 inside on-demand apps. GitHub to sunset master/slave terminology .

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Indeed Prime On Why Los Angeles Is A Hot Technology Jobs Market

socalTECH

Most of the insiders and hiring executives in Los Angeles know how hard it is to find technical talent in Los Angeles�but not all realize it's not because of lack of talent, but because of very high demand. Those that are specifically in high demand are data scientists and DevOps engineers.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

I filled up with 20 people pretty quickly and realized this schedule was masochistic. The one that stuck with me the longest was my chat with TWTFelipe (Felipe Coimbria). TWTFelipe and I ended up speaking for nearly 30 minutes and we talked mostly about why his company was based in Canada and not the US. Felipe grew up in Brazil.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. He built & IPOd Demand Media. LA By The Numbers.

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MakerSquare Wants to Teach You to Become a Developer in Weeks

Tech Zulu Event

Straight outta Austin, MakerSquare has teamed up with coding school collective, Hack Reactor , to open a new campus in LA to help fill the tech talent gap and to provide the area with the necessary talent pool to continue the Los Angeles tech expansion (as a call to action for President Obama’s TechHire initiative).

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Southern California Technology Jobs Surge

socalTECH

According to numerous local CEOs, startup executives, and recruiters, the number of open positions for technical--and other-- talent at local companies has surged in recent months, and there's a wild scramble to find the right employees.