socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

For a couple of years, I was the head of a boutique software consulting firm based in El Segundo. I founded that with the former CTO of my first company, Kevin Smilak, who now works at Google. We were hired by a company that did outsourced medical billing and consulting for physicial medicine and rehab doctors.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Most VCs did well academically and had enough career success that a venture firm was willing to give them an investment role or they were able to raise their own fund. Gregg was a graduate of Stanford and a Wharton MBA and had worked at the consulting firm BCG so I knew he was smart and capable. Venture Capital is a people business.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. I Be specific. This is a great configuration for a starting team. Here’s why. Your Process Doesn’t Work.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

I might also be concerned about taking my idea directly to a large, well funded competitor who is know for innovation. Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. "We are doing something in mobile advertising." " Ummm.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Sergey Belyankin is our Chief Technology Officer. Sergey’s diverse experience as an entrepreneur, technology consultant and software executive qualifies him to lead amSTATZ’s technology development. Have you raised any funding yet? We are keeping the names of our investors private for now.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

I might also be concerned about taking my idea directly to a large, well funded competitor who is know for innovation. Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. "We are doing something in mobile advertising." " Ummm.

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Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

With the rapid trajectory of tablet devices purchased in the past few years, media and mobile companies are scrambling to create new apps for them. Many companies are developing second screen technology, but few have come close to what Coincident.TV WOW, right? has accomplished. Coincident.TV Currently, Coincident.TV

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition. You’re right.

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. He is a founder of Strengths Doctors, a consulting firm which helps leaders design energizing work environments. Michael Schneider – CEO of Mobile Roadie.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. can feel you now—corporate recruiters at career fairs, sending offer letters to work at banks and consulting firms. But I don’t think so. What went wrong?

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