SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I did a presentation this week at Coloft that looked at how Non-Technical Founders can go about getting their MVP built. Purpose of an MVP and Defining the Right MVP I've really not talked as much about this in my blog even though its hugely important. eHarmony for me fell into that camp. We needed the matching algorithm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Business partnerships come in all shapes and sizes, from finding a single partner to help you run your startup, to signing a strategic agreement with another large company for development, marketing, distribution, or international sales. Both sides should write down the shared objectives and vision.

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MAY 21, 2012

Most notably, he was the original CTO for eHarmony for its first four years making him partly responsible for more than 4% of the marriages every year. Its common for startups to think about services like hosting/computing, storage, analytics, maps, email delivery and tracking, and eCommerce. As a Startup, you have one shot.

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JULY 16, 2013

We caught up with Andy Wilson , who is behind the effort, to hear about why he thinks Pasadena needs its own technology identity. Even if you came to an event in Santa Monica, it''s so far away from this part of town, you''re already thinking about the challenges of getting home and how long it will take you. What is Innovate Pasadena?

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The startup--created by Robert Earl (Founder and CEO of Planet Hollywood), Grant Hosford (formerly of eHarmony), and Connell (formerly of Nokia)--is using the Internet to arrange group dates at local restaurants, to connect people in person and offline. We spoke with Andrew about the startup and what it's all about.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Its interesting to think about how universities might want to have their staff better aligned with moving ideas from the lab to start-ups. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2007

that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny. Ive personally been involved in the start-up world in Los Angeles for about 15 years, and have had the opportunity to work on many early-stage companies (e.g., Evening events in Orange County require about 2 hours of round trip drive time.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Part of the discussion around this is the talk about the founder who only got $83M (as compared to $3xxM for the other founders) who bailed out early and choose to go back to school. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. The poor guy. What a bad $200M decision. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2011

Earlier this month, Fullerton-based HipGeo (www.hipgeo.com) announced a $500,000 funding round from Morado Venture Partners, the seed fund of ex-Yahoo executives Ash Patel and Michael Marquez, eHarmony's Galen Buckwalter, and San Diego angel investor Bob Bingham. How did the company come about? Who would use that data and API?

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2012

Aigerim Duiseneyeva and Shana Zheng are the co-founders of the firm, and told us more about the service. First, for people who have never used your service, can you talk about how it works? We've developed an algorithm to match other people who are like-minded with you. It's great for networking, and for developing friendships.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 7:01 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 18, 2010

He spoke about his experiences in the dot com crash of the early part of the century where no VC’s would give him money. We did a founder “eHarmony&# where I matched the CEO’s with their chosen mentors and each one mapped to a one VC. We decided to be less formal about the mentor / mentee relationships.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

This is something Ive always wondered about. Posted byTony Karrer at 7:05 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning.

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MARCH 20, 2007

talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. Posted byTony Karrer at 5:02 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning.

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MARCH 12, 2007

Having worked on eHarmony where the intake is 2 hours and was completely counter to the prevailing trend, I think the analyst missed the point. Having help narrowing choices is what its going to be about going forward. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 7:27 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2013

We spoke with CEO and founder Andy Wilson about how Rexter is looking to help business professionals further develop their relationships. The thesis of Rexter, is that essentially, we're helping you to developer your network and turn those into relationships that drive success. What exactly is Rexter?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

They are smart and like to talk about whats going on. The one thing that is making me more hopeful about events is that Im starting to see more pre-event lists of people who will be attending. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. They are tied to and influence the strategy/direction of the business.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

Cliff Allen is someone I've known for quite a few years and he's a go to person for me when I'm thinking about issues around marketing, sales, technology, startups and networking. Cliff, remind me about your background? One of the places where eHarmony really took off was on radio. Hey, radio. Great stuff. Marketing 2.0

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

The idea came about after founder, Jonathan Eppers, found himself constantly fending off questions from friends about his adventures. ” Jonathan’s passion for building great consumer products at MySpace and most recently for eHarmony can be seen in the Little Black Book. or upgraded.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

What is the site all about? The methodology is in place, developers are in place, and we have a team that can build companies quickly, in just three or four months. That's how I came up with the concept of bringing them all together, sort of an eHarmony for green businesses. Let's start with an overview of Clean Green Guy.

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MARCH 20, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.

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MARCH 9, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 9:30 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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MARCH 13, 2007

March 14, 2007 10:47 AM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Today’s startup innovators come from about six hours south of Silicon Valley. Product Development: philosophie. Whether the end goal is a functional business app or a mobile-friendly website, philosophie’s modern, open-source approach to development is sure to get the job done. Silicon Valley? That’s so yesterday.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 5, 2011

Enter Beansprout , an interesting new start up with a quirky name (and even even quirkier logo) that describes itself as a business development service, but with an interesting twist. We think business development is overdue for an overhaul and we’re making it faster and easier than ever,” says Alex Kehayias, co-founder of BeanSprout.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Business partnerships come in all shapes and sizes, from finding a single partner to help you run your startup, to signing a strategic agreement with another large company for development, marketing, distribution, or sales. Both sides should write down the shared objectives and vision.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 12:50 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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MARCH 16, 2007

And because you are online, you will have access to all sorts of information about the people, what their interests are - it will be easily captured. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. The challenge will be getting people used to this - hence the 25 years. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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MARCH 5, 2007

There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. One of his companies - Gluecode - was sold to IBM for a pretty good price. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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MARCH 20, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 10:01 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

For people who are serious about losing weight and improving their fitness, the way to do that it to use a dedicated expert--a trainer, a meal planner, or dietician, who can work with you on a daily basis and create a custom plan. You come to our site, take a match quiz--a lot like eHarmony--to find the right trainer.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Green Way Labs develops high-performance cleaning products that are 100% non-toxic. Was the VP of Technology at eHarmony where he built personality-matching technology. Late 20s: Got serious about her career and worked on developer products at Google and her own side projects. Health & Wellness: Green Way Labs.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

But this still leaves me with lots of questions about the interplay between these tools, so Id ask people who author a blog, use LinkedIn (or other social networking), and participate in discussion groups, how do you use these tools. . * Ive not found that much use for LinkedIn to help my blogging, but Im starting to think about this.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. I asked the panelists ( David Travers , Brian Norgard , Fouad ElNaggar , & Demian Sellfors ) about the specific challenges that we face down here in Los Angeles as opposed to Silicon Valley. That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 22, 2010

eHarmony came with lots of research behind the dimensions of compatibility and how those related to marriage longevity and happiness. And, in fact, there are a lot of tools that can assess a given team and tell you about likely issues around communication, leadership, etc. Every time I hear that question, it worries me a bit.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

Why should a startup thinking about moving to a new place choose LA? MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users. What are the current local startups that more people should know about now? Codeita lets you design, code, and publish all from a cloud-based LAMP development environment.

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