article thumbnail

amSTATZ Social Network For Fitness Gurus, Athletes & Events | Interview With Founder

Tech Zulu Event

The fitness professional network develops business tools that make it easier for fitness professionals to run their businesses and keep their clients engaged between training sessions. Finding engineering talent is a struggle for everyone right now. opportunities for every software engineer in the field.

article thumbnail

Lean on Your Networks When Making Early Hires

Tech.Co

So with no real barometer for reliable talent and a fast-evaporating social network, where should early founders snag that elusive star talent. Together, these methods can be an incredibly effective hiring practice – a comprehensive employee-referral-engine as good as any high-level recruiter. Tap Into Your Network.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Interview with Brian McKelvey, Worlize

socalTECH

Brian McKelvey: We're building a virtual world, which attaches to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and all the social networks. Brian McKelvey: I'd been looking around at all the social gaming platforms and virtual worlds online, such as Second Life, Farmville, and other apps on the Apple App Store for inspiration.

article thumbnail

At First Summit, 7CTOs Takes Baby Step to San Diego Tech Buildup

Xconomy

As a software engineer and self-described “tech guy,” de Bruin says he is more interested in. Search for “CEO books” on Amazon, and the search results from the world’s largest Internet-based retailer return just over 8,000 titles. A search for “CTO books,” on the other hand, yields about 540 titles.

article thumbnail

Interview: Kevin O’Connor of FindTheBest

InfoChachkie

This might sound a bit off, but I actually thought the movie “The Social Network,” did a phenomenal job at depicting the essence a startup. Money was less an issue then having both consumer expertise and a network of portfolio companies we could learn from. 1) The economy sucks, but you guys are hiring.

Blogging 219
article thumbnail

Interview: Kevin O’Connor of FindTheBest

InfoChachkie

This might sound a bit off, but I actually thought the movie “The Social Network” did a phenomenal job at depicting the essence a startup. Money was less an issue then having both consumer expertise and a network of portfolio companies we could learn from. 1) The economy sucks, but you guys are hiring.

article thumbnail

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

Tech Zulu Event

Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . Quilici is also a member of the board of directors of NeoEdge Networks and a member of Tech Coast Angels.