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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies? What are the risks and rewards?

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Technology Roles in Startups

SoCal CTO

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.

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First Ever Biz2Beach Presented by CallFire Hits The Ground Running!

Tech Zulu Event

At their respective discussions, they spoke about online marketing, mobile marketing, company culture, and social media ROI, among other topics. Vijesh Mehta, CallFire’s CTO, discussed some of the new features and changes to the CallFire UI. He is also a Social Producer at CBS News’s What’s Trending.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

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. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. You could just outspend.

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Biz2Beach To Stream Live Here On TechZulu

Tech Zulu Event

Tony is currently Founder/CEO for Eventify, an LA-based startup creating a venue marketplace, and Visible Factors, an SEO consulting company. and most recently Myspace, where he ran an online marketing team focused on SEO, social media, and paid traffic acquisition.

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Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouhi

SoCal CTO

She is a go to person for me when I have questions around technology or early stage marketing and branding. I hadn't talked to her in a while and then because of a presentation I did around Social Media for Service Professionals she and I reconnected. I'm married to Mike Freehling , M&A and financial management consultant.

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Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – Steve Gilison

SoCal CTO

I have about 11 years in the technology sector including roles doing market research, sales and product development. I’ve always respected your work and perspective on internet businesses and social media so I wanted to pick your brain about opportunities in this space for consulting and full-time employment; how do I position myself?