SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. "I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. Here's an example of that kind of email.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens. Tags: SoCal Stuff. with the clips.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Over the past 12 months, I've had roughly 284,000 people come visit that site and get exposed to things I write. But the web site visitors are accurate. I'll be doing a keynote presentation in a week or so where there might be 1,000 people in the room. Be interested in what they write. Get to know them.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

I am someone who likes to interact with my Representatives and Senators, by way of writing letters, emailing, and what not. When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Southern California--despite the lack of huge, name brand firms-- has a significant number of enterprise software companies, of which Network Automation is just one. The traditional way to handle that is to write code. He spent a number of years with another, Southern California bootstrap, Goldmine.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies. We'd like to be one of the most prominent investors in Southern California. We'll even write a half a million check. That as unhealthy.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. And, I dont like to copy and paste.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One trend in the Southern California high tech startup market has been an increasing number of startups--and executives--who have been looking to combine their interests in business with their enthusiasm for giving back through nonprofits and causes. That's on the cause marketing side of things. We're also taking this to publishers.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

There are job boards for resumes, and sites like LinkedIn to network and connect with each other, and they do have recommendations, but what they lack is the scoring element. Then, I can contact them through the site. As we're building the site, for right now, the site is completely free to use.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

Our interview today is with Santa Monica-based OneCubicle (www.onecubicle.com), a new startup we ran across recently, which is looking to provide a more professional social networking site for younger people. Why did you decide to start yet another social networking site? Our demographic is the 22 to 32 year old.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

Johnson's latest effort is Lunch.com (www.lunch.com), a web site which takes the concepts behind VirtualTourist.com beyond travel, and into lots of other subjects. It was a local, SoCal company right here in Manhattan Beach. There are other review sites, which inundate you with user generate content from people you don't know.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

SoCal startup Moving Analytics is tackling this global problem. We met at University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering’s Robotic Embedded Research Laboratory where Harsh is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate. We need to sit less, and move more. This was run out of USC?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Until sites begin to agree on common patterns for objects like People, Groups, Activities then there's going to be a big barrier to doing a lot of the stuff that we want to do. It will make life better if you are developing applications that you'd like to play in multiple places (write once, integrate/debug everywhere).

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2010

We know that their model works for a certain type of content but we believe we can build higher value sites where we can sell premium advertising and target niche audiences. He didn’t launch into a 3-5 minute diatribe as so many people do. This post isn’t about Formation Media so I won’t drill down. We deliver much higher CPMs”.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). We primarily use the telephone security method. We take that number, and send them a one-time PIN code.

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

We''ve also had a pretty wide range of check writing in terms of amount. It seems like that background matches well to the popularity of crowdsourced hardware on Kickstarter and other sites, do you play there? Our expertise is in manufacturing, in bringing products to market, and advising those companies.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Why You Should Write.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. Crowd Seats is the only Group Buying/Daily Deals site for sports fans. We write and create our own content for the game. The time has finally arrived!

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Plus, there's always shoulder surfing--when people write them down, and are grabbing for your daytimer or spreadsheet for passwords--that's treating passwords like it's the 1950's, and leaving your front door key under a door mat. But, it was important that was in Southern California. How is this different?

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I don’t think so. Ask a question and get an answer - that is, after all, what all Q&A sites offer. but: Something is Still Missing.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2011

Every so often--particularly in Southern California--you run into a serial entrepreneur, with multiple successes and great track record-- yet, who very few people are aware of. If you did nothing, you'd just site in the unhappy state -- you basically had to say you were unhappy to get taken care of.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2009

Their relationship with you is not as important as the one they have with the people that write them checks. People can see a prototype at our web site, and videos of our prototype. He's a person who validated our business and told us to look at Southern California. At the end of the day, that's what they care about.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

It’d been a big year in tech, and the different supporting parts of team TZ – so what better way to kick off the festivities with an inaugural train-bound journey, courtesy of the good people at Amtrak. Here are some sites from the trade show floor! Hustle hard, ride in comfort.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

JanRain Engage provides a convenient way to enable social logins on a site via a single API. Implementing JanRain Engage on your site is a lot less work than implementing each login provider one by one. Of course, youll need to use a social login to get into the site. yoursite" will be replaced with the name of your site.

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Software Review PHP Class Startup 40

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Wordpress in particular is fairly resource heavy right out of the box so speeding up everything else is a critical piece of running a site on this platform. Your content gets to the share site just as it would with the Javascript, sometimes even faster. Also, make sure the image names here are the same ones you’re using.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. The site has since grown to nearly 7.5 Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! I’ve been asked a few times recently, “Wow, these analytics you write about are great, but how does a startup begin to bite off the relevant parts? For example, there might be a series of flows in how users come into the site, starting with ads, SEO, or otherwise.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

You don’t want to make use of unholy crap, so you need to roll your own. Here’s how you can (could) integrate a URI shortener into your site’s architecture. Your site’s architecture may require a different approach. Please note that my design suggestions ain’t black nor white.

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