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Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles – Cliff Allen

SoCal CTO

Cliff Allen is someone I've known for quite a few years and he's a go to person for me when I'm thinking about issues around marketing, sales, technology, startups and networking. Along the way, I co-authored three books on one-to-one marketing ( [link] ) to help marketers learn how to built and nature relationships with their customers.

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Design for the Novice, Configure for the Pro

Both Sides of the Table

Fast forward a decade and now I had a startup filled with smart web developers. It is beautiful in its simplicity (although I think I could give them a few tips to improve usability if they ever asked. Tomorrow I’ll offer up design tip number 2: paying attention to iterative processes. Design for the novice.

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

Divshot's Founders conceived of their innovative web development solution, which automatically generates professional-grade code during the wire framing process, during a Startup Weekend event in Kansas City. If we hadn’t done well on Hacker News we would have needed to have some serious product/market fit discussions.".

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How to Find and Hire a Developer

Tech Zulu Event

At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. Below are some take away tips… and the video of the of the panel. Always have a developer do a test project before hiring them to make sure they deliver quality work.

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The Disappearing Face Of Mainstream Retailing Setting

Tech Zulu Event

It has also improved the everyday services that we usually encounter—from banking, booking plane tickets, and even conducting business and the bigger picture of retail marketing. You might be totally aware of the current online retailing setting, or what others usually call online marketing. Trending: #OnlineRetailing.

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Sales Kids With Grit – Web 2.0 Paper Routes

InfoChachkie

Customer Service – As newspaper boys were the face of their employers, savvy carriers learned to establish healthy customer relationships to facilitate timely collections and generous tips. Other entry-level experiences for budding entrepreneurs included selling items marketed in comic book ads.

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A Day in the Life of a Product Manager

Tech Zulu Event

Vic’s pro-tip: Buy yourself a 20 dollar HDMI cable splitter and just observe your users. Jen Robinson has been building web and mobile tech for more than 10 years. With experience in engineering, marketing and product management, she specializes in shipping product at early stage startups.

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