SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

On Friday, at the LA CTO Forum , I heard from a couple of CTOs having trouble finding good developers. One recruiter tells me it’s “like 1999? I wouldn’t say it’s 1999 or even 2007, but it certainly has turned around. See Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Following is a guest post on DevOps by Gene Kim , Multiple Award-Winning CTO, Researcher, Visible Ops Co-Author, Entrepreneur & Founder of Tripwire. Since 1999, my passion has been studying high performing IT organizations. This quote came from Patrick Lightbody, the CEO and founder of BrowserMob. with one step.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

The overwhelming favorites to dominate the race to become the Information Super Highway were competing proprietary technologies from industry powerhouses such as Oracle and Microsoft, which captured the imagination of the business press. After AOL acquired Netscape in 1999, the browser wars ended and browser innovation stopped for many years.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 31, 2018

But rather than being on a public text chat, the user has an option to “form a private room” and invite friends via a social network or a direct link. On a “dream big” kind of note, I would love to meet Mark Cuban as he was one of the people responsible for broadcast.com back in 1999 when it sold to Yahoo.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network. At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. Now, the present.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

It was 1999. So a friend recently called to ask for advice on becoming the CTO of a startup. Best to be a founder. I only emphasize the question before I find it much more helpful to join a company with realistic expectations of what you want to get out of it. Ventro was trading at $8 billion on sub $2 million of revenue.

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