SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 11, 2020

Monday, August 17, 2020 -- What do investors want to see before they write that check? For first-time and experienced entrepreneurs, the lingering question is the same: How do I get an investor to write a check? Pismo Ventures. Join JJ Richa in fireside chat with Kathie Priebe and Roland Schumann about what investors look for.

Writing 100

Writing Entrepreneur 100

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

I need to come back to this issue and write more in the future – spectrum of what designers vs. developers cover. Funny graphic by @shanesnow that captures the difference between web designers vs. web developers: Like the issue of Startup CTO or Developer , often startup founders who are less technical have this same question.

Web Design 278

Web Design Web Development Web Design 278

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then.

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

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. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! Write things down.

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

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. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! Write things down.

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 25, 2011

Mark is a UCSD graduate and writes one of the best startup blogs on the Internet. Come hear him talk about about SoCal startups, entrepreneurship and the investment scene. He joined GRP Partners in 2007 as a General Partner after selling his company to Salesforce.com. He focuses on early-stage technology companies. See [link] (more)

GRP Partners 100

GRP Partners UCSD SoCal Southern California 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list. I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while and was going to use AngelList by Nivi & Naval as the basis for my example and the perfect prompt came yesterday when I read Fred Wilson’s blog post on AngelList.

Guide 293

Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We finally came down to what we believe will be an amazing addition to the TechZulu writing team. To top it off he is a SoCal local! From the countless submissions TechZulu received when we put out the word out that we were hiring a writer. We welcome Matt Sandler to the TZ crew! Visit TechZulu for full story.

SoCal 94

SoCal Southern California Writing Blogging 94

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. Tags: SoCal Stuff. The goal of Launchpad LA is to be significantly more than a series of cocktail parties.

Companies 276

Companies Company Startup Southern California 276

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. Be interested in what they write. Plan out how you will interact with what they are writing. I have groups for Close Friends and SoCal. Of course, those are highly suspect numbers from Feedburner.

Social Media 222

Social Media Services Media Blogging 222

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

I love cars--I grew up in SoCal, and my father was really into cars, and didn't have sons. The other thing that struck me, is because it is only men, they tend to write with lots of testosterone. The other thing that struck me, is because it is only men, they tend to write with lots of testosterone.

Truecar 204

Truecar Writing Edmunds Sites 204

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Writing down your weight from your scale is obviously a manual process and it’s tedious. Tags: SoCal Stuff Tech Market Analysis. We’ll see. There is one thing I learned a long time about about setting goals, “you manage what you measure&# so you need to begin by regularly recording your weight. Enter Withings.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

As I naturally get asked all the time why we invested in Company A or Company B, I thought I’d just put forth my thesis in writing. Tags: Featured SoCal Stuff. Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Companies Company 282

SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Vince: In addition to my management writing I’ve interview many CEOs and innovators. I’d love to get your thoughts at some point about writing for these publications vs. on your own blog. What are some of the top things you've published online, e.g., blog posts?

Startup 225

Startup Los Angeles Twiistup Social Network 225

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

25 Years of Writing Code. Adam Sroka, an agile software innovator, is a self-taught programmer with 25 years of writing code and previously combined his coding skills with his knowledge of agile and lean management techniques as a coach and technical trainer. Make it Simple to Manage Business Or Close Deals.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Software Review Bertelsmann Technology 88

SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

They look at the following high level definition of Lean: and they interpret that as write up an executive summary with your ideas and hand it to developers to build. What's Going to Go Wrong A lot of founders don't really understand Lean Startup principles. What's going to go wrong?

CTO Coach 219

CTO Coach Metrics Framework Software Development 219

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 12, 2012

I asked Bob to come and share with the group how Angels decide what startups they are going to write a check for and which ones they are not. Bob Aholt is a successful tech entrepreneur, prolific Angel investor, and "investment screener" for the Pasadena Angels. What is the "magic checklist"? See [link] (more)

Startup 147

Startup Pasadena Angels Pasadena Writing 147

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.

Startup 191

Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 12, 2009

A User Story Writing Workshop In this completely hands-on workshop, we'll work through writing a set of user stories for an example project. We'll start with some simple stories and build up to story writing for larger and more complex situations. Wednesday, March 18, 2009 -- Agile/XPSoCal. See [link] (more).

Writing 100

Writing Startup Examples 100

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

I should try to come back and write about this more, but the point of this post is that it's important not to only think about this aspect. is a requirement. Think about how you can prove your business model with an MVP. Bill Payne is an expert on how early-stage investors should look at valuation.

Startup 198

Startup Custom Development Sales Writing 198

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 11, 2013

Attend this workshop to learn how to write successful proposals to any of the 11 government agencies that run Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Each year the federal government awards technology grants to companies like yours to conduct research and develop innovations for the government.

Research 124

Research Writing Technology Funding 124

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

This started as a post in which I was going to write out tips to personal branding and became in stead an essay of my own branding journey. I was based in LA and thought there was an interesting angle there – I could be SoCal guy. In my next post I will take on the topic of how to control your brand. I could be International guy.

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. The camp attracts people from many different backgrounds from NorCal and SoCal (there’s no easy airports so people don’t seem to come from out of state). The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. And we also shot rifles!

Startup 319

Startup Organization Entrepreneur Blogging 319

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

It will make life better if you are developing applications that you'd like to play in multiple places (write once, integrate/debug everywhere). I'm sure this is obvious to Google and it's partners, but until this happens, don't get too excited about what interoperability means.

Writing 150

Writing Platform Sites Google 150

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

When you set out to learn a new language, do you start out by writing an essay? So why try to learn to program or write test scripts that way? Thursday, November 12, 2009 -- Introduction to Perl, Learn to Read Perl. Of course not!

Writing 100

Writing Education Course Resource 100

SoCal CTO

APRIL 21, 2010

I guess it was bound to happen, I now seem to be writing a series of posts around Matching. This is where I’ll keep my list of these posts, related articles and posts from other sources: Social Media Matching – Looks at how in many ways, everything is matching.

Social Media 150

Social Media Writing Networking Content 150

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 19, 2012

Emphasis is on writing highly modular, scalable, high-performing enterprise software. LADOTNET Special Event. This talk incorporates S.O.L.I.D. principles, commonly used and misused patterns, and gives an insight into both C# and website performance.

Writing 113

Writing Software 113

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Do I have to write up the overview? We can help across a wide variety of types of systems, but once you get into hard core sciences (designing a new compound, bioengineering, etc.) or hard core engineering (new devices) then the CTO (Chief Scientist) means something else entirely. Can you help me get funding?

CTO Hire 264

CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 264

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

This one-day, 8-hour intensive course provides an overview of the SBIR and STTR funding process and helps individuals prepare to write a comprehensive grant proposal. Tuesday, October 6, 2009 -- SBIR/STTR Phase I Grant Proposal Course. See [link] (more).

Course 100

Course Writing Funding Help 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Join Barbara and Angel Investor Ray Chan as we examine simple and effective ways to write and deliver an on-point, riveting and engaging pitch open. Thursday, September 29, 2011 -- The Pitch Open; Nailing Down the Problem Solution. Tech Coast Angels. See [link] (more)

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Writing Angel 100

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Do I have to write up the overview? We can help across a wide variety of types of systems, but once you get into hard core sciences (designing a new compound, bioengineering, etc.) or hard core engineering (new devices) then the CTO (Chief Scientist) means something else entirely. Can you help me get funding?

CTO Hire 259

CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 259

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 23, 2009

Attend this workshop to sharpen your grant-writing skills and learn how to tap various government funding opportunities from such sources as the NIH, NSF, DoD and Energy Department, to support your RandD efforts. Thursday, January 29, 2009 -- SoCalBio Workshop on Accessing SBIR/STTR Funding for Research. See [link] (more).

Research 100

Research Funding Writing 100

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

I moved into writing software to analyze audience data, and wrote a lot of computer graphics software. I also write about holding events ( [link] ), and I’m writing a series about integrating marketing strategy with marketing tactics ( [link] ). Cliff, remind me about your background? Great stuff.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking Marketing Startup 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

We helped the write out their requirements for a system. You are most vulnerable right after it has been announced that you won (I will write a separate post on this). Write things down. They had a team trained up in Documentum and we certainly had enemies from the inside. But we worked the account tirelessly for months.

Startup 151

Startup Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review 151

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

It was a local, SoCal company right here in Manhattan Beach. Back at that time, I had people ask my--why would I ever want to read what other people are writing, isn't that what professional authors and journalists are for? Johnson: Back in 1999, we started a company called VirtualTourist.com.

Content 204

Content Startup Sites Manhattan Beach 204

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

At our next event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! Register for the FundingPost event on Thursday, September 28th, 2017. See [link].

Orange County 100

Orange County Venture Capital Conference Angel 100