SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. SlideShare: VC signaling in seed rounds.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. I finally called bullshit.

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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.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

Congrats to my friends at Rally Software on the announcement that they’ve signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by CA Technologies for $480 million. For example, from a post in 2008 about Rally’s $16.85m financing , I riffed on the origins of the company. Rally started out life as F4 Technologies.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

We had another solid year filled with learning, growth, laughter, and new projects and partners. Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. Look at 2001 and 2008’s Lehman collapse and Sequoia RIP Good Times deck for lessons learned.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008). Led by Oak Investment Partners with participation by General Catalyst, Sequoia, & Accel and others.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

And then there were the conference organizers themselves - Boyan Josic and his executive partners - Martin Tibbits and Joe Walker. And it was an even greater coincidence that I ended up watching part of his “jobs” speech at the same hotel where many of his 2008 presidential campaign events were held. Small decisions, little things.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This week’s guest was David Travers from Rustic Canyon Partners. Investors: Matrix (Dana Stadler, who was the CTO of PayPal). What I found strange about this funded was the fact that it was led by Summit Partners. Investors: Summit Partners (lead), Jeff Clavier, Aydin Senkut, Gary Vaynerchuk. 15mm in Series A.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Warm Regards Sean Murphy www.skmurphy.com September 19, 2008 4:35 PM Eric said. Sure, Id be delighted to.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Additionally, women actually lost ground over the past year in terms of actual dollar amount awarded by VCs to women-founded startup; in 2016, women were the recipients of “a smaller piece of the pie than in every year this past decade, with the exception of 2008 and 2012,” according to Fortune. What are your morals? Do you care?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

You might get a bunch of inbound emails from other press and partners, and all of these things can contribute to a feeling that you’re on your way to getting tons of traffic. It’s easy to overestimate the impact of this kind of traffic because it just feels good to have your name and company featured. It strokes your ego.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2011

Ad verification startup DoubleVerify has raised a fourth round of $33 million from private equity fund JMI Equity and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). According to Ynet , the deal values DoubleVerify at $200 million. JMI knows quite a bit about display advertising, having bought DoubleClick before its $3.1

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www.thisisgoingtobebig.com

OCTOBER 25, 2010

links » Attracting a CTO to your startup Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 05:29AM by Charlie ODonnell Businesspeople ask me all the time how to find a technical partner for a startup. The ideal partner is financially independent. What value you are you to a partner? Or 60,70, or 80% if you plan on giving out less.)

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ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology leadership need to consider build/buy/partner options. startup cto. (18). Strategic Technology. The Next Tech Battle: Chrome OS vs. Office Web App. ► 2008. (21). about me. (26). agile software development. (46). business exchange. (11). cloud computing. (4). content agility. (5). TechCrunch.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Among other corporate positions in my career, I have been a Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Research Engineer for small private companies, and also some Fortune 500 and even Fortune 10 companies. This bill will NOT affect our company.

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www.startuplessonslearned.com

MAY 4, 2012

For instance, when Robin Chase and her partner, Antje, founded the car-sharing startup Zipcar, they agreed with a quick handshake to split the equity 50–50. Robin wondered when her partner would be able to become more involved, but, in the end, Antje never joined full-time. He cofounded and served as CTO of IMVU.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Naturally, a big part of the go-to-market includes partnering with other players in the market. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. You can find a technologist to join you as a partner, for half of the company’s equity.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Im trying to create a technology enabled recruiting service for an unproven business model. In 2008 I was first time startup founder with no cash. Partnering with me at that stage was speculative at best. From No To CTO. UPDATE: I have to link to this article by Joshua Volz. Hes right on so many levels. Startup Life.

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Altgate

JUNE 1, 2009

  I have a few hundred feeds that I follow in Google Reader and the way that I find new ones is a random process of discovery so Larry's post was great in that he not only provided a rank-ordered list but also a convenient way to mass subscribe.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, December 7, 2008 The hackers lament One of the thrilling parts of working and writing in Silicon Valley is the incredible variety of people Ive had the chance to meet. Hire a CTO or VP Engineering. The trick is to hire a good one - I wrote a little about this in What does a startup CTO actually do?

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Seculert (=Security Alert) is a subscription service based on proprietary patent-pending technology that detects and alerts companies of cyber threats affecting their networks, and accurately identifies the affected network domains. billion times per month. billion times per month.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Experience as a COO, CFO, CTO. +. Experience in sales or technology. Marketing/Sales/Partners. Sales channels, sales and marketing partners. – No partners identified. ++. Key partners in place. Strength of the Entrepreneur and the Management Team. Experience. +. Many years of business experience. ++.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

He started Stackify to solve the biggest challenge he had as the CTO of VinSolutions, so Matt, thanks for joining me. At what point did you feel like you outgrew your ability, you and your partners, I guess in this case, ability to actually run that company? In 2008, and 2009, we were really starting to grow. Matt Watson: Yeah.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

From Microsoft she went on to Netscape, where she was responsible for marketing of the Netscape Browser, and then LoudCloud, and now I’m happy to say she’s been my partner at SVPG for over a decade, and she also teaches marketing at UC Berkeley.

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

The company is headquartered in London, UK, with satellite offices in the US and Israel. Supersonicads was founded in 2008 by Gil Shoham (CEO) and Arik Czerniak (COO) and Nissim (Romi) Romano (CTO). Venrock actively invests in technology and telecommunication companies in Israel including: Bhive, which was sold to VMware Inc.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2011

The round was led entirely by previous backers: the Israeli offices of Greylock Partners and Carmel Ventures , as well as US fund Opus Capital. To date, Wanova has raised a total of $23 million since its inception in 2008. Wanova was founded by Dr Issy Ben-Shaul (CTO) and Ilan Kessler.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 9, 2010

The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and included participation from previous investors Blumberg Capital, First Round Capital, Genacast Ventures as well as private backers. Tags: Bloomberg Capital DoubleVerify First Round Capital Genacast Ventures Institutional Venture Partners CEO IVP CTO.

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VC Cafe

MAY 22, 2011

1) Onavo Mobile raised $3 million in its first round led by Sequoia Capital and Magma Venture Partners. The company’s technology aims to reduce mobile data costs by compressing data consumption and to help users understand how to use their devices. Below are three recent founding rounds in Israeli venture-backed companies.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home About Contact Home About Contact The Metamorphosis Becoming an Entrepreneur, by Matt Mireles Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder I started SpeakerText in October 2008 during the financial apocalypse. Outcome: last night a Biz Dev guy from Disney/ABC sent me an email asking about partnering with some of their online properties.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us. Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups. Associate Digital Account Director at.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

” I’m quite sure with this article you alienated not only few potential customers or partners but also some existing ones. Working for or started something in 2008 that may or may not make it. I once ran a startup company partnered with a US company. March 25, 2011 at 7:16 pm. March 26, 2011 at 12:17 am. The Foolish.

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