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Interview with Gary Bishop, Network Automation

socalTECH

Our profile this morning is with Network Automation , a Los Angeles company competing in the IT automation market. Southern California--despite the lack of huge, name brand firms-- has a significant number of enterprise software companies, of which Network Automation is just one. You are self funded too, we recall.

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7 Key Startup Activities Where Follow-Up Is Critical

Startup Professionals Musings

I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. Here are a few: Business networking. For entrepreneurs, effective networking is required to find investors, partners, and customers. There’s a reason that many people say that the fortune is in the follow up.

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KPCB has already blown through much of the $600 million it raised last year

TechCrunch LA

.” At KPCB, the once-troubled firm has been buoyed by recent exits in companies like Beyond Meat, a deal spearheaded by the firm’s former partner Amol Deshpande (who now serves as the chief executive of Farmers Business Network) and Slack. And its new partners are clearly angling to make names for themselves. “KP

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Entreprenuer Network

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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Events and Networking in Los Angeles

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Reflections on 2018: Kelly Perdew, Moonshots Capital

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My partner, Craig Cummings, and I were fortunate to close our $20M fund in October and couldnt be more excited about identifying new portfolio companies and helping those entrepreneurs build their businesses. As I look back on the last 18 months, I realize just how hard it was.

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Women Bring Their Own Style to the Startup World

Startup Professionals Musings

According to a recent article in the Huffington Post , last year marked a new high for female CEOs in Fortune 500 companies, but the percentage big companies run by women is still less than 4%. The latest big-company addition was Ginni Rometty , who was promoted into both top titles at IBM in 2012. Men network for the sake of utility.

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