Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

I loved the product that much. The product is a wristband that you wear when you sleep and it tells you how restful or not your sleep was. WakeMate has you record things like the last time you had caffeine before sleeping, your last meal and when you last had computer or TV screen time. There is, of course, a paid version.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. 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. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen.

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Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. 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. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen.

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Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Interesting that Booyah is led by a former game producer, Keith Lee, who formerly launched very large products for Blizzard Entertainment. Go Boulder!

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

And as we know that means your device is with you at all times, is location aware, has advanced features such as a camera and accelerometer but also has the drawback of having short battery lives, slower bandwidth than our typical Internet consumption and importantly smaller physical screens / real estate for content. I like that.

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Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

We also wanted access to development resources, and we have our product team here, the engineers and designers, all based in Santa Monica. However, our approach is a whole new product category, part of the marketing cloud. We then have applications, running on tablets and screens, where you can interact.

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Sales Santa Monica Startup Orange County 100

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. NINAs will tell you that your products are great and that your competitors stink. Let’s face it – you can’t always start at the top.

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Venture Capital Sales Entrepreneur Startup 308

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list. Because I built two SaaS companies and sold my second one to Salesforce.com (where I then took on the role of VP Products) I am often asked to look at SaaS and/or sales-oriented deals for others. It’s part of my radar/early warning system.&#.

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Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. Did we really have good change management procedures if we were willing to launch products without backward compatibility. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. I move on.

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Startup Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review 151

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). My Obsession With The Product - Feld Thoughts , May 3, 2010 For some reason I’ve been doing a lot of interviews lately. MongoDB at Etsy - Code as Craft , May 19, 2010 Hi!

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2010

In my show with Dana Settle (near the very end of the video if you’re interested) I said two things: 1) I’m routing for Huddle because I always route for UK-based companies and 2) I was worried that they were spread too broadly and perhaps they should focus around a few key areas in which they can build market-leading products.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

Poor machine, screen, connection, chair. If your developers have a better machine, screen, internet connection, or chair at home than they do in the office, then there’s a problem. As a founder, you do need to be telling the developers what the business and product goals are. It implies that it’s something really easy to do. “I

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Develop Development CTO Coach CTO Hire 280

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

While we have become more productive as a society, with the advent of computers aiding our work, physical inactivity has become a high risk factor in contributing to chronic illnesses. SoCal startup Moving Analytics is tackling this global problem. The program helped us to really understand what our product market fit is.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2011

Rapidly opening new doors for natural product drug development, cyanobacteria coupled with new screening processes and technology, is allowing for a rich interface of creative research in anticancer and anti-inflammatory activity. In this lecture, Dr.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Last month, the product launched with $1.2 Creators and influencers like Bernstein are forging a path from content creator to full-fledged business, with multiple revenue streams via podcasts, licensing deals, branded merchandise and even software products. “A million in funding from Rebecca Minkoff and other unnamed investors.

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

He formerly served as Director of Product Management for Vocus (VOCS), a global PR and marketing technology provider, where he drove product platform strategy and roadmap execution for a variety of small business products including PRWeb, the leading online news distribution service. Alissa White – Founder of Matcha Source.

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