Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal. He was a really nice and personable guy who had deep domain knowledge in an industry that he’d worked in for 10 years that is in need of technological advancement.

Entrepreneur 414

Entrepreneur Technical Review Slides CTO Coach 414

socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2013

Unlike those, however, one of the latest projects, ActiveReplay (www.activereplay.com) has some serious, experienced executives behind it, who have the experience in designing hardware devices--in the form of CEO Dr. Anatole Lokshin, who helped create the consumer GPS market as the CTO of Magellan Navigation. How did that happen?

Startup 166

Startup Examples Design Product 166

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. We get it! I Be specific. Tesla is not. It's a great talk. But the rates are high for a reason.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

" In this case, he had a pretty compelling idea, had very little money, and didn't have the capacity himself to build it. Do you know the relative effort to build your prototype or minimum viable product? Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. Is this a Wordpress hack?

Guide 349

Guide Startup Mobile Framework 349

SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Vince: I’m an author, speaker and management consultant with a special expertise in online media sales. Today I lead a small consultancy that helps advertising supported develop and scale the revenue producing sides of their businesses. Our current focus is Actors and Actresses and we are moving into other verticals.

Startup 225

Startup Los Angeles Twiistup Social Network 225

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

The old way was difficult, time consuming, and often expensive; referrals, calling up lawyers, going through initial consultations. They''re actually initial consultations, ranging from divorce to DUI. I had been wanting to combined entrepreneurship and law, so we started brainstorming ideas. But, how do you start?

Help 240

Help Startup CTO Hire Pricing 240

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

" In this case, he had a pretty compelling idea, had very little money, and didn't have the capacity himself to build it. Do you know the relative effort to build your prototype or minimum viable product? Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. Is this a Wordpress hack?

Guide 296

Guide Startup Mobile Framework 296

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Entrepreneurs are supposed to have insights that others don’t have and we’re supposed to be good judges about which entrepreneurs and executives have both the most clever ideas and the right skill sets to do transformational things against all odds. I don’t think this is the job. So I tell people we’re fundamentally in the people business.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Capital CTO Coach Startup 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. Startups often find it difficult to retain key personnel and to control proprietary ideas. External scanning for resources. Partial acquisition.

Acquisition 88

Acquisition CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development 88

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 2, 2013

I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. You are the person who wants to commit but you have no idea if the other party is going to be willing to commit to you.

CTO Coach 259

CTO Coach Mentor Startup Technical Advisors 259

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. And we’re lucky because they deliver many of the great products, services and content that we consume in our lives every day. He had built and sold his first company and had good ideas for his second company. Why should I be?

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital CTO Hire 293

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. Startups often find it difficult to retain key personnel and to control proprietary ideas. External scanning for resources. Partial acquisition.

CTO Hire 91

CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development Resource 91

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

For those who may be unfamiliar with the Biz2Beach conference, its a networking conference of thought leaders, innovators, and trendsetters for a day of exchanging ideas. Tony is currently Founder/CEO for Eventify, an LA-based startup creating a venue marketplace, and Visible Factors, an SEO consulting company.

SEO 85

SEO CTO Coach Conference Social Media 85

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

While we have become more productive as a society, with the advent of computers aiding our work, physical inactivity has become a high risk factor in contributing to chronic illnesses. HV: Our main competitive advantage is the idea of personalization. The program helped us to really understand what our product market fit is.

USC 104

USC Southern California Activity Study 104

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit. TechZulu caught up with Michael Piermont, amSTATZ Chief Executive Officer and this is what he revealed.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Cliff Allen is someone I've known for quite a few years and he's a go to person for me when I'm thinking about issues around marketing, sales, technology, startups and networking. A few years ago, my CTO spotted a need that local groups and organizations have in handling RSVPs and registrations for meetings and events. Hey, radio.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking Marketing Startup 150

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. 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. But I don’t think so. By doing the job.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

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.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

It’s generally a good idea to go through each of these line items to try to better understand what’s involved, especially for the ones that are bigger or that don’t seem to line up with your understanding of complexity. I.e., they need a developer more than they need a CTO. Provide the metrics you are trying to achieve. That’s correct.

Develop 280

Develop Development CTO Coach CTO Hire 280

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Idea Mensch. We are about to head on a four-month, 48-state road trip to help people across America bring their ideas to life and shine the light on some of the amazing entrepreneurs and communities. He is a founder of Strengths Doctors, a consulting firm which helps leaders design energizing work environments. Subscribe to RSS.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. Actually, David’s taking even broader roles than I generally do as he’s CEO for at least one startup.

Technical Review 170

Technical Review Technical Advisors CTO Coach Startup 170

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

myLINGO is the first product of her company Oladas, Inc., The idea is that the app uses the onboard microphone, reads the movie at any point the movie is playing using acoustic finger printing and audio recognition. Has this sort of idea been around and was it not executed because of some sort of a technical issue?

Startup 91

Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

That's when phone calls were a dime, so you get an idea how long ago that was. I'm married to Mike Freehling , M&A and financial management consultant. Like your idea of the 30-minute phone conversation too. A post that I like is: " Tech Companies: Can You Explain Your Product to a Six-Year-Old? Kudos, I'm in!

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

Alon Schwartz

JANUARY 18, 2009

Beside the free marriage consultation I sometimes give, I want to mainly focus on business partnerships. I think it was a fantastic idea to see what I’m really like. If you’re the CEO and you’re looking for a partner CTO (sound familiar) you’re not just checking him out, he is checking you as well. Yeah right. Yeah right….

Startup 58

Startup Equity Tips Commerce 58

Alon Schwartz

JANUARY 18, 2009

Beside the free marriage consultation I sometimes give, I want to mainly focus on business partnerships. I think it was a fantastic idea to see what I’m really like. If you’re the CEO and you’re looking for a partner CTO (sound familiar) you’re not just checking him out, he is checking you as well. Yeah right. Yeah right….

Startup 56

Startup Equity Tips Commerce 56

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. I decided that I was going to consult/advise a few companies and relax for a bit. As CTO, it was my job to solve this problem. Build a SWAT team 3.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

Alon Schwartz

JANUARY 18, 2009

Beside the free marriage consultation I sometimes give, I want to mainly focus on business partnerships. I think it was a fantastic idea to see what I’m really like. If you’re the CEO and you’re looking for a partner CTO (sound familiar) you’re not just checking him out, he is checking you as well. Yeah right. Yeah right….

Startup 40

Startup Equity Tips Commerce 40

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. They had products that were already in the market, piles of cash, tons of customers and revenue, seemingly endless resources and lots of employees.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40