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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

SoCal CTO

" In this case, he had a pretty compelling idea, had very little money, and didn't have the capacity himself to build it. Have a rough idea of what you are looking for in terms of talent. If you don't understand the basics about mobile technology, then read up on it. So, please take this in the spirit intended. Not really.

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How Addroid Is Hoping To Solve The Ad Industry's Flash Problem, with Matt Cooper

socalTECH

Where do you fit into the mobile ad market? What that means, is the banner is no longer Flash, but it slcearly HTML-based, and video based. Since the iPhone in 2007, we are seeing that mobile is taking over, and what we were doing was not as relevant. HTML will get you modern browsers, but won't work on old browsers.

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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

SoCal CTO

" In this case, he had a pretty compelling idea, had very little money, and didn't have the capacity himself to build it. Have a rough idea of what you are looking for in terms of talent. If you don't understand the basics about mobile technology, then read up on it. So, please take this in the spirit intended. Not really.

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

Both Sides of the Table

And while the App Internet is currently more powerful than the Mobile Internet it has fundamental flaws. The trends are legit, but we have no idea what unexpected breakthrough in human interaction is going to change everything.” In other words, our mobile devices are all powerful and the network that they connect into sucks.

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Exploring A Brave New World Of Domain Names, With Rightside

socalTECH

Do you think there''s some challenge to the domain industry today due to mobile? The idea is that a domain is an extension of your brand, and it''s an extension of your name. I don''t think the HTML browser is going to change. It''s a very different experience today from a year ago. I don''t know if it changes in too many ways.

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A Chat with Chris Tragos of Jetpack

socalTECH

Chris Tragos: Jetpack is an ad platform, which I would describe as the most beautiful, best engaging, and most performant ad product for desktop, mobile, and tablet. I think, when you are a bootstrapped company, you don't have all the resources you'd like in the world to go after any idea. But, you still have lots of ideas.

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How Nix Hydra's Egg Baby Cracked The Code For Female Gamers

socalTECH

Lina Chen: Nix Hydra makes mobile games for the young female demographic. Naomi Ladizinsky: We looked at the mobile gaming market and couldnt find the games we really wanted to play, so we decided to make them. startup interview female women mobile apple itunes eggbaby capital venture content development videogame hydra'