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Software Development Companies in Southern California

SoCal CTO

This is a private group of CTOs who are responsible for software development within their companies. They are generally the senior most person responsible for custom software development, database design, database administration, web development, etc. Actually, there are some CFO events.

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SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

TechCrunch LA

Fast forward to almost exactly one year later, and a lot has changed for the payments and software startup. Since its 2017 inception, SpotOn has been focused on providing software and payments technology to SMBs with an emphasis on restaurants and retail businesses.

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Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – Steve Gilison

SoCal CTO

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. Likely any successful web entrepreneur has more ideas than time. It was great to hear from a long, lost colleague the other day. Remind me about your background Steve?

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4 Essential Webpage Elements for Getting Site Visitors to Convert

Tech Zulu Event

Much effort and study has been expended to determine how a web site can better convert its visitors to paying customers. The good news is there are more than a few ways to improve the chances a visitor will become a customer. . It is estimated that reviews and recommendations are responsible for a huge number of online purchases.

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Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage

socalTECH

Back in the early days of LA venture capital, I was first an associate of a fund, and then partner of a fund, Entertainment Media Venture Partners. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. What we did was we owned television stations, radio stations, cable stations.

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Web Second, Mobile First

Both Sides of the Table

But on the other hand if you have a product with a very high gross margin (software, virtual goods, etc.) It’s fun social entertainment that without words helps me feel connected to people that I’m close to or whom I want to follow. They occupy a lot of people’s leisure time. That’s why I love Instagram.

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A Day in the Life of a Product Manager

Tech Zulu Event

The term a gile development is defined, and the panel agreed unanimously that maintaining this mindset is necessary. Jay Stakelon is like a Swiss army knife for digital products with expertise in product management, user experience design and software development. Everyone reports updates and obstacles.

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