SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2011

" Today I had two conversations with early stage startups (see Free CTO Consulting ). " One was an enterprise software product. Would it take more work to sell the enterprise product than they could make on it? The other was a consumer play with possible viral growth. Neither felt like a slam dunk.

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Customer Custom CTO Coach Startup 227

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Most of them are completely mundane such as choosing which: bank, office space, 1-year lease vs. 2-year lease, logo, URL, pricing structure or which VC. The technology team disagrees on direction and wants resolutions. Your head of sales thinks she should fire somebody. He went out and found a developer and built a product.

Entrepreneur 414

Entrepreneur Technical Review Slides CTO Coach 414

SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Vince: I’m an author, speaker and management consultant with a special expertise in online media sales. I started out as screenwriter, went into local television, ran ad sales in the west for AOL and joined Facebook in the companies very early days.

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Startup Los Angeles Social Network Twiistup 225

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. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. they have purchasing intent ).*.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

Tony is currently Founder/CEO for Eventify, an LA-based startup creating a venue marketplace, and Visible Factors, an SEO consulting company. His firm works to infuse projects with the management, social and production assistance needed to break away from the pack. Garth Holsinger, VP of Global Sales and Business Development, Klout.

SEO 85

SEO CTO Coach Conference Social Media 85

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 25, 2011

Vijesh Mehta, CallFire’s CTO, discussed some of the new features and changes to the CallFire UI. Tony Adam is the Founder and CEO of Eventify, an LA-based venue marketplace that began at LA Startup Weekend, and Visible Factors, an SEO consultancy. Having previously worked at notable companies including Myspace, PayPal, Yahoo!

Social Media 71

Social Media Mobile SEO Media 71

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Think about how profound a difference adding Sheryl Sandberg early at Facebook was to Mark Zuckerberg and knowing that he should stay in charge of product and strategy while she ran operations. 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 150

Venture Capital Capital CTO Coach Startup 150

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it.

Startup 211

Startup IP Ideas Patents 211

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it.

Startup 198

Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

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.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking Marketing Startup 150

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. For businesses like this, finding new ways to drive more of these high-value inbound sales calls is key. Those are the two main criteria.

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

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. Great companies are comprised of great individual point people or functional leaders.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital CTO Hire 293

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I'm married to Mike Freehling , M&A and financial management consultant. Right now we're working on a multi-platform sales support program for Daylight Transport, a mid-sized LTL (Less Than Truckload) carrier and logistics company. Clients use our templates for things like sales sheets. I'll connect offline on both of those.

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

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., But this feeling sort of dies out when you’re working with the product every day, and talking about your product every day. He’s a former President of Sony Pictures Technologies and former CTO of Warner Bros. I thought that it was incredible! Entertainment.

Startup 91

Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91

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

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. Matt McKinney – Founder of TiesForCharity.com.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78