SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Startup Coil. Tech Ecosystem Updates on startup fundings and major news; Expert Discussion and QandA Hiring and Getting Hired During a Global Pandemic. In conversation with Career and Culture Whisperers: Kurt Daradics, GM @ Hunt Club, Steve Taylor, National SaaS Practice Lead @ Trinet See [link] (more) The State of the L.A.

SaaS 100

SaaS News Startup Funding 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Were pleased to be a part of one of SoCals greatest VC-backed successes. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

Southern California 100

Southern California SoCal Venture Capital News 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

My long-time friend Jason Lemkin is on the verge of launching a spectacular SaaS conference called SaaStr this week. I’m gonna to start all SaaStr posts with “One Weird Trick To …” from now on and see how much better they perform. I had been doing SaaS for 7 years. Maybe I could be SoCal guy?

SaaS 150

SaaS Venture Capital Conference Technical Review 150

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March The following are the top items based on social signals.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

We casught up with CEO Jay Ackerman to learn more about the company, its market, and how the company is looking to help its customershealth plans and managed care organizations--with risk management and quality improvement using technology. We're backed by Upfront Ventures, which is a well known venture capital firm here in SoCal.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence SoCal Southern California Software 113

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. However, I’ve now begun questioning how and what an early-stage / startup CTO should be. What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. Gap closed, right? Probably not.

Fractional CTO 225

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach 225

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I received a great question via LinkedIn: I'm the founding engineer and working hard to launch my startup. What can I do to best equip myself to step up when the need to officially fill this role arises? I've previously addressed the role of a CTO in early-stages in my post Startup CTO or Developer. A skills gap will emerge.

CTO Coach 231

CTO Coach CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop 231

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I have long advised startup companies that if you don’t control your messaging somebody else will and your potential customers will form impressions of you shaped by somebody else or by nobody at all. My starting salary was $27,000. I can’t make this up. I have published many of these PR Tips before. ” F**k.

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2019

There are at least ten players in the baseball Hall of Fame who spent their careers failing to get a hit close to three out of four times they got up to bat. I started thinking about some of the people I know who I admire, respect and love the most and how they achieve their goals. You just must keep truckin' on..

Capital 113

Capital Southern California El Segundo SaaS 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” 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.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

10 New York City startups we’re crazy about. Apple event rumor round-up: iPad Mini, iPad 3.5, The great NorCal vs. SoCal debate is a longstanding, undeniable rivalry between the stereotypical surfer dudes of the south and environmental geeks to the north. MYTH 1: SoCal’s nothing but beaches, Housewives, and Mickey Mouse.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. Mark Suster: Let's start at the 50,000 foot level, then I'll segue into that question.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

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. So what are you waiting for?

Guide 293

Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

The good news is you can do it, too, and there are great examples in Socal. MindBodyOnline is a terrifically succesful SaaS company, based in San Luis Obispo, that provides scheduling and transactional software for Yoga studios, hair salons, and spas. Pick up the phone. They read product reviews obsessively.

Custom 97

Custom Customer Software Review SaaS 97

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

Impact Radius--let by startup veteran Per Pettersen--said the new funding will go towards its platform, fund developmentof new products and services, and also to global expansion. Santa Barbara-based Impact Radius , which develops digital marketing and affiliate marketing software, has raised $30M in a funding round, according to the company.

Software 100

Software Marketing Ticketmaster Santa Barbara 100

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Southern California is often criticized for having too many startups which only revolve around brand, celebrity, ecommerce, and. marketing, and not enough of the traditional, software-and-algorithm intensive startups you'd expect to see in Silicon Valley. However, that's not always the case.

Southern California 66

Southern California Software Artificial Inteligence Company 66

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

As for 2010, it’s shaping up to be a year of general improvement in the business and technology industries hard hit by recession, the impact of which has seemed to hold back new investment and experimentation in social technologies, many of which are funded by staff participation from Internet firms.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29