socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

We wanted to be able to invest in our software and our learning tools. With most online, interactive tools, if you get a question wrong, they'll say you put "B" here but it should be "D", and here's why. It's a very rich learning tool for classroom instructors. They can go online, and answer questions.

Software Review 178

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2013

I owned and ran my own search marketing company, and started and ran a digital consulting company. Todd introduced me to Andrew, and Andrew is now our CTO. He''s the tech wizard behind this, and managed the databases and infrastructure and all the different types of tools we use to manage our consumer and product data.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

You need a team who’s well-versed in technology and capable of translating that know-how into pragmatic options. If you bring in a consultant who spends all their time doing technical reviews and hasn’t built a system since the dot-com boom, you’re probably wasting your time. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas

Technical Review 260

Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review TechEmpower 260

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). Best damn marketing tool by an order of magnitude. I promised that I would do a follow-up post with some thoughts out of the presentation and providing links.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

We had created a tool to let people search online for commercial real estate, then we'd have a concierge plug them into a broker, so that they could meet with a tenant or buyer. We figured out we needed some tools to monitor the performance of the agents, otherwise they'd just fall off the face of the earth. It worked well.

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Sales Startup Email Tool 145

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. Scuba or skydiving?

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

The fitness professional network develops business tools that make it easier for fitness professionals to run their businesses and keep their clients engaged between training sessions. Sergey Belyankin is our Chief Technology Officer. Our fitness events and mapping tool is a key differentiator.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Kaiser joined forces with Bruce Schwartz (Founder and CTO) to write an entirely new code language they called Interactive Television Markup Language (ITVML). This new technology also gives the producers complete control over the experiences they are creating. Coincident.TV

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Sure, there are roles like CTO or CIO, but the input and decision making process has remained fairly static. With the trend to higher technology needs and the youth who are involved in the development of new technology, it is no longer unusual to walk into a board meeting and see a CTO in his early 40s. Today’s boardroom.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. Leila first developed the idea behind Samasource while working as a management consultant at Katzenbach Partners (now Booz & Co.), Eric Ries is the author of the blog Startup Lessons Learned and the lean startup methodology.

Twiistup 40

Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

I asked some of the same questions I ask in my Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions and then I get to a very common conversation: Me : Do you have specs? He wanted to get input from me on what he's doing, and he wants to begin to ask developers what it would take to build his product. Founder : Ummm. what do you mean?

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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. This is a great configuration for a starting team. Here’s why. Your Process Doesn’t Work.

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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. Shivani Siroya – CEO and Founder of InVenture.

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