SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Prior to joining Google, Sam worked at CNET, The Wall Street Journal Interactive and Ziff Davis and has over 15 years of experience selling media. He is known for being able to monetize the social web.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2011

Unfortunately, despite the wealth of Internet based tools for email management, web-based sales management tools, and more, contact tracking has been mostly an afterthought in the Internet age. Jon describes how he's creating a "next generation", web-based contact manager which takes into account the social nature of the web today.

Google 216

Google Tool Email Sales 216

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses. A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. Great posts.

Acquisition 170

Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Payment ready consumers (Amazon, iTunes, PayPal) and businesses (Google AdWords, Square). And then they decided they wanted to be the Internet retailer of computing services so they created Amazon Web Services. In my estimation this is one of the biggest strategic mistakes Google has made in not competing more aggressively with AWS.

Startup 386

Startup Pricing Marketing Product 386