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Interview with Rahul Sonnad, Geodelic

socalTECH

A few weeks ago, Rahul Sonnad --a serial entrepreneur who is best known for founding and selling thePlatform to Comcast--alternately confused and dazzled attendees at Twiistup, the Los Angeles tech conference, with a fake-stilted-Indian-immigrant and ukulele-singing-and-dancing studded pitch for his firm, Geodelic (www.geodelic.com).

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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

SoCal CTO

In the case of the entrepreneur that was the genesis of this post, he had done a lot on paper. Tech Events / Meetups - There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. In this case, these sites didn't pan out all that well for the entrepreneur. More on this below.

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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

SoCal CTO

In the case of the entrepreneur that was the genesis of this post, he had done a lot on paper. Tech Events / Meetups - There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. In this case, these sites didn't pan out all that well for the entrepreneur. More on this below.

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Angel Funding Advice

Both Sides of the Table

In most cases if you can’t get a prototype done you’re probably not an entrepreneur. I know you’re not a tech guy and haven’t done anything other than an HTML course you once took, but if you’re inspirational and a leader you’ll find somebody to moonlight for free to get your prototype built.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking. The Past (1985-2002).

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My Professional Advice for 20 Years Olds

Jason Nazar

Subscribe Now: Forbes Entrepreneurs Newsletter. I immediately give preference to candidates who are ninjas in: Photoshop, HTML/CSS, iOS, WordPress, Adwords, MySQL, Balsamiq, advanced Excel, Final Cut Pro – regardless of their job position. TIP: Here is my Networking Advice ). There’s no prize for talent, just results.

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The Web is Against the Ropes, But it’s Not Dead

Both Sides of the Table

. + web storage, elastic computing) from how you consume the Internet as a user (the front end – HTML). The initial web HTML / browser experience was very limited. Mark Zuckerberg (despite all criticisms he gets) has proved to be the most nimble and decisive entrepreneur of this generation. non-mobile).

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