SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then.

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. on the entrepreneur side of the table) when I raised at too high of a price. This is wrong.

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 282

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. entrepreneur Wil Schroter (I am an angel investor in Affordit). Really!).

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

. - Journalists don’t know enough about your company before the show, don’t have time for proper research, and you will be competing for their time afterward with 49+ other companies that want them to write about you. - If you’re Yammer , Mint or RedBeacon (all winners) you’re knighted with wonderful coverage.

Tips 307

Tips Startup Press Blogging 307

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

And ever since then every year we are subjected to the tech press corps writing the annual, “What will the hot company at SXSW be?” Because to write stories every journalist needs an “angle” meaning a storyline or narrative that they form their story around. It’s where FourSquare first broke out.

Startup 332

Startup Conference Summary Press 332

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

I’ll write that post one day – it is a very interesting story. These are the skills I look for in entrepreneurs and leaders. It is the very fabric of what I believe forms the entrepreneur DNA. I meet entrepreneurs all the time who tell me one of the following things: “I’ve had trouble raising money.

CTO Hire 363

CTO Hire Technical Review Startup Demand 363