socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. It would be interesting to hear about where your interests are nowdays, there was a rumor Redpoint had backed off activity here lately. We really believe in the market.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

The best form of this right now is email, and even then, that's through a one-size-fits-all email. So how did you end up back in Southern California? Andy Steuer: Back in 2002, I moved back to Southern California, because my wife runs her own interior design company, and there are great jobs down here for her.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Where LinkedIn Works for Me Ive been a long time user of LinkedIn , but only recently have started getting the benefits I always expected. Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

PT as they kick off the new weekly tech law show "TechZulu Law" with a discussion with IP attorney Denise Grayson, who portrays the attorney of Eduardo Saverin in the film about the early days of Facebook, "The Social Network.". In "The Social Network" Denise portrays Gretchen, the attorney of Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin.

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IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Refer a friend? Commenting?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Refer a friend? Commenting?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2009

Recently, I've been feeling like it's really just a messaging platform like email or IM. I wonder if this will come up tonight at the social networking panel I'm moderating. In fairness, I often go back and forth on Twitter. Curious any thoughts.

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Tool Social Network Platform News 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Our profile this morning is with Network Automation , a Los Angeles company competing in the IT automation market. Southern California--despite the lack of huge, name brand firms-- has a significant number of enterprise software companies, of which Network Automation is just one. We have a very strong fan base.

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Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Here's an example of that kind of email. Tech Events / Meetups - In Los Angeles, There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. Ask them about your concept.

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 211

SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

Evolving Role of Social Networks for Startups In this talk, Tony traces the evolution of how startups have leveraged social networks and social media as part of their solutions over the past ten years. These are exciting and fun experiences for everyone involved.

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CTO Hire Startup Metrics eHarmony 175

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Our interview this morning is with David Sacks, CEO of Geni.com, an online family tree and social networking site, as well as Yammer, the instant messaging startup spun out of Geni.com at TechCrunch50. Most social networking sites have a problem with having lots of pageviews, but advertising that isn't very valuable.

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Yammer Geni Startup Southern California 133

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

I am someone who likes to interact with my Representatives and Senators, by way of writing letters, emailing, and what not. When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever.

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Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

They did it entirely through social networking. One of the founders wrote a Python script that sent out custom emails to a list they had developed. The emails were so tailored, that many merchants called back to thank them for the personal attention. No wonder they just raised $1mm.

Incubator 91

Incubator Web Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 91

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I need to get you into both the Southern California Tech Central and the B2B Marketing Zone. It's a comprehensive program with national sales training, HTML emails, a very cool interactive Flash landing page about the 8 ways to save, brochure and presentation for the sales people, extending reach via social media, etc.

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2009

Our company, Jute Networks, is a startup that is about a year and a half old. We build web software that improves the ability of people to manage their networks. We're specifically not a social network. Using a network relationship manager, it's much quicker to get that kind of information. READ MORE>>.

Networking 113

Networking Startup Social Network Software 113

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users.

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Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. Event Details. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (mt)

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. Most people facing this problem resort to mass text messages, and long, frustrating email chains. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. Most people facing this problem resort to mass text messages, and long, frustrating email chains. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

This posting was inspired by an email from Rajat Suri who wrote me an email in response to Chris Dixon’s blog post (link below) from August, which recently re-ran on Business Insider and has generated much Twitter chatter. One of the hotter companies lately in the mobile social networking is FourSquare, which raised $1.35

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Seed Funding Venture Capital Funding Software Review 283

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Share Buttons Work… In A Way Share buttons on your post help your content reach a greater audience by creating easy channels to social networks. By placing a “share on Twitter&# button or “post on Facebook&# icon, you make it easy for readers to bring the page to their network and increase your traffic.

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RSS HTML JavaScript Doc 29

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 This is the same with competing activity streams in various social networks.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. They seem so reachable. So they develop short-hand ways to qualify things better. Determine how to get access to them.

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Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

Email Address Almost every startup wants and needs email as a means of notifying users. In the meantime, I will say that most startups will want to have an email address for users. do not provide access to the email address. But I’ll still capture email and establish a separate password.

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Google Startup Yahoo Email 292

SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? - Ben Casnocha: The Blog , April 15, 2010 Everyone I spoke with loved the idea.

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CTO Hire Venture Capital Startup Social Network 150

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Otis Chandler built Goodreads in 2006 because he believed in social networking and wanted to see what his friends were reading. Email Address. Idea Mensch. where entrepreneurs share their stories. Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I don’t think so. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. You're afraid of change.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Web Application such as Web Mail or a gated Social network. The content is not used for SEO so response time characteristics may be quite different. If the initial load time of the web application was 10 seconds but bringing up an individual email took less than 1s that’s likely an okay characteristic.

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Startup SEO CTO Coach Web 150

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. Making Money From Social Games - ArcticStartup , August 23, 2010 Games Developer Conference Europe 2010 (GDCE) took place last week in Cologne, Germany. Requests - Expect 70% on request (e.g.

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