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Cartwheel Collects $1M From Portillo's, Others For On-Demand Delivery

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Los Angeles-based Cartwheel, a startup that develops on-demand delivery management software, says it has raised $1M in a seed funding round, which came from TenOneTen Ventures, Act One Ventures, as well as famed hot dog restaurant chain Portillo's Hot Dogs, along with other angels.

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socalTECH Jobs: Monday Morning Job Highlights

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We were recently named Top 10 IT Outsourcing Advisor and Top 5 Boutique Sourcing Advisory recently. Funded B2B SaaS is looking for a VP, Engineering. The company and this position is Los Angeles based. Over the past 3 years, we have advised on 100+ transactions with a total contract value exceeding $2 billion.

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Lead Developer to CTO at a Startup

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What do we build in-house or outsource? What’s our purchase, licensing, SaaS strategy? Here in Los Angeles, it's the LA CTO Forum - a private, invite only group of 250+. How will we address these without significant cost? How are we going to manage the product roadmap? What parts might we do off-shore, on-shore, in-house?

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

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This is a topic that comes up often in Los Angeles because many CEOs are tempted to hire their tech teams in the Bay Area. What about outsourcing? For me outsourcing in a pure startup is the kiss of death. First, many people confuse outsourcing and offshoring. I’m against it in almost all situations.