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Document Your MVP for a Developer

SoCal CTO

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? Send across any graphic designs you currently have. Towards An Integrated Approach to UX Design You should definitely look at Steve Blank's book and review his blog.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?"

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Kareo: Bringing The Power Of the Cloud to Small Medical Practices

socalTECH

Most of the solutions in our market are for lots of doctors, and are on-premise solutions, and are really designed for bigger physician groups and hospitals. For a couple of years, I was the head of a boutique software consulting firm based in El Segundo. that has really yet to be transformed and disrupted by technology.

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How Digsy Is Using Data, And Deals, To Drive Real Estate Sales

socalTECH

We had created a tool to let people search online for commercial real estate, then we'd have a concierge plug them into a broker, so that they could meet with a tenant or buyer. We figured out we needed some tools to monitor the performance of the agents, otherwise they'd just fall off the face of the earth. It worked well.

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How Technology Has Changed the Executive Boardroom

Tech Zulu Event

Sure, there are roles like CTO or CIO, but the input and decision making process has remained fairly static. With the trend to higher technology needs and the youth who are involved in the development of new technology, it is no longer unusual to walk into a board meeting and see a CTO in his early 40s. Today’s boardroom.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

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.

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Coincident.TV Is “CREATE”-ing Second Screen Transmedia Producers Out Of Everyone [Beta Invites]

Tech Zulu Event

Kaiser joined forces with Bruce Schwartz (Founder and CTO) to write an entirely new code language they called Interactive Television Markup Language (ITVML). This new technology also gives the producers complete control over the experiences they are creating. Coincident.TV

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