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Choosing a Programming Language and Framework for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

We had an interesting presentation at the LA CTO Forum by the CTO of a startup who chose Groovy / Grails as the framework for their startup. t prompted a good discussion around how CTOs go about choosing the programming language and framework for their startup. Of course, I'm not sure that anyone chooses Java alone.

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Entrepreneurs Don’t “Noodle” They Do

Both Sides of the Table

I started with a “top 11″ list – only because I couldn’t fit them into a top 10. But in the end I ended up with 12. I’m not anti VC. But there are a lot of things that become norms in the VC industry that always drove me crazy from entrepreneur’s side of the table. Obviously.

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Realtime Raises $100M, Opens Office In Santa Monica

socalTECH

Realtime , a startup developing technology to help power real-time web applications, said today that it has raised $100M, launched in the U.S., and opened up a new office in Santa Monica. Realtime also opened up a New York office, in addition to existing offices in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, London, Madrid, and Lisbon.

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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

A very interesting topic, especially for those of us involved in developing for start-ups. The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. Start-up on top of pen computing - Go Corp - pen point. Server and client in Java. Visual Basic add-ons.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

Tech Zulu Event

You folks are just that awesome that we try and hook our readers up whenever we can so you are Welcome! Founder and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, the visionary multimedia venture spanning movies, TV, sports, and new media, Peter Guber is among the most successful executives in the entertainment and communications industries.

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Entrepreneurs Need to Find the Best ‘Curators’

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur is flooded with information from all directions, but despite their best efforts to absorb it, they likely miss the information really needed to start a business. Mark is a serial entrepreneur who is now active in the venture capital community for early-stage startups. Lessons Learned , by Eric Ries.