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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower

Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product. Getting something to market and getting funding override any other concerns. Please write us at blog@techempower.com ! The answer is: it depends.

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

Both Sides of the Table

Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list. I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while and was going to use AngelList by Nivi & Naval as the basis for my example and the perfect prompt came yesterday when I read Fred Wilson’s blog post on AngelList.

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

socalTECH

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. In 2000, we set up our second fund--worth almost $400M--and for that vintage year, that fund is one of the top tier performing funds in the entire country.

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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

Both Sides of the Table

This started as a post in which I was going to write out tips to personal branding and became in stead an essay of my own branding journey. They said, “we’ve seen you in action across 2 companies and could really use somebody with your skills at our fund.” I could become the SaaS guy. Not kidding.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

SaaS 101: 7 Simple Lessons From Inside HubSpot - OnStartups , July 19, 2010 It’s been a little over 4 years since I officially launched my internet marketing software company , HubSpot. So, I’ve had about 4 years on the “inside” of a fast-growing, venture-backed B2B SaaS startup. I got a taste of that within my first weeks on the job.

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