Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Sroka earlier worked at Industrial Logic,where he developed programs in test-driven development, refactoring, and object-oriented design for HP, Yahoo!, He helped develop an airline tracking system for Homeland Security and is an organizer of the Agile Open SoCal conference. and Schlumberger.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Software Review Bertelsmann Technology 88

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

My friend and fellow SoCal venture capitalist Peter Lee wrote a post about the different roles within a VC and spent much time on the role of an associate. Don’t view this as a slight. getting to a partner meeting) and they’re either not able to do it or they keep requesting 3 more meetings before getting there.

Venture Capital 308

Venture Capital Sales Entrepreneur Startup 308

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2013

Steve Curry: I had been at Yahoo managing their storage operations. After I left Yahoo, I spent a couple of years with Forsythe Solutions Group, as a liaison with account executives. You can really oversubscribe that capital investment, and drive up utilization to something really meaningful, like 80 to 85 percent utilization.

CIO 207

CIO Southern California Technical Review Software Review 207

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Mayer on her first 100 days at Yahoo: ‘This job was tailor-made for me’ 1 day ago. The great NorCal vs. SoCal debate is a longstanding, undeniable rivalry between the stereotypical surfer dudes of the south and environmental geeks to the north. MYTH 1: SoCal’s nothing but beaches, Housewives, and Mickey Mouse.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. You don’t have the founders of eBay, LinkedIn, Salesforce.com and Yahoo. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Launchpad LA SoCal Stuff Start-up Advice Startup Advice. LA investors are more pragmatic. You don’t. Get over it.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Last year I lost a deal in a company that I wanted to invest in and that I thought I should have won. They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. I was angry – mostly at myself. They were in LA and I was in LA.

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

We are an innovation, investment, and advisory firm. Does this include investments or an investment fund? Yahoo is on the block�I just wrote a piece on my blog with data points that reflect that�and you can see all of the activity happening, as I anticpated, in media and technology consolidation.

Media 100

Media Blogging Hulu Examples 100

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. We invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Last year I lost a deal in a company that I wanted to invest in and that I thought I should have won. They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. I was angry – mostly at myself. They were in LA and I was in LA.

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

We're investing pretty heavily in people and upgrading systems and tools those folks use to do their job. So, we're happy to make those investments in our operations. I became an angel investor after Overture was acquired by Yahoo. I left, and one thing I started doing was angel investing. You're dealing with complexity.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. in Computer Science.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! The clearer picture you have of why you lost the more you’ll learn for next time. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC.

Startup 151

Startup Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review 151

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

NAME Yahoo. Another client, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, just closed on a deal to buy ex- Yahoo. Jim Andersen, president of prolific Westside developer NMS Properties, says the firm is opening five more buildings not far from the offices of Google and Yahoo, among other tech firms. MSN Money Investing. NAME Facebook.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

As for 2010, it’s shaping up to be a year of general improvement in the business and technology industries hard hit by recession, the impact of which has seemed to hold back new investment and experimentation in social technologies, many of which are funded by staff participation from Internet firms. close behind.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29