SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

She is a go to person for me when I have questions around technology or early stage marketing and branding. I've been President of my marketing, branding, creative and advertising firm for, yikes, 30 years. We do a lot of B2B and also have an "Early Stage Branding" practice for technology startups.

Early Stage 150

Early Stage Southern California Los Angeles Marketing 150

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 19, 2010

Early stage startups have that task many times over after they receive their first funding. It was their first product hire and it wasn't a job they had advertised widely for, so it never would up in our newsletter. Instead, the CTO there met someone amazing at SXSW who turned out to be a big fan (and customer) of the company.

CTO Hire 99

CTO Hire Hiring Portfolio Early Stage 99

View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

“As an early stage investor I focus on whether the founders can build something that delights 100s of millions of people” @bijan #BostonB2C — Andy Cook (@AndyGCook) July 21, 2015. Talking design was Brian Kalma, design chief at Blade, a startup foundry launched by Paul English, former co-founder/CTO of Kayak.

Boston 120

Boston Cofounder B2C PR 120

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

At this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. While our app is free for listeners, there are many ways to monetize through advertising that feels authentic. Co-Founder/CTO : Lewis Gardner.

Chicago 148

Chicago Illinois New York City Cofounder 148

SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

I started out as screenwriter, went into local television, ran ad sales in the west for AOL and joined Facebook in the companies very early days. Today I lead a small consultancy that helps advertising supported develop and scale the revenue producing sides of their businesses. Example here: [link]. The client has to win.I

Los Angeles 225

Los Angeles Revenue Southern California Social Network 225

VC Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2022

” A number of key execs departed including COO, CTO and other s… With the rise of TikTok and BeReal, Facebook is losing its grip in the top 10 social apps Meta r aised the price of its two-year-old Quest 2 by $100 citing rising costs. And that self-selection is okay with me.”

France 89

France Spain Stock Cofounder 89

www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

Advertise with GeekWire. According to the Dow Jones research, 43 early-stage funds raised $3.1 Madrona’s new $300 million fund — while the largest in the firm’s history — certainly qualifies in the early-stage group. GeekWire Events. Startup Resources. Dispatches from the Digital Frontier. Contact Us.

Venture Capital 42

Venture Capital Seattle Cofounder Software Engineering 42

VC Cafe

MAY 30, 2011

Rocketick has created GPU simulation accelerators, a technology that enables chip manufacturers cut their overall time to market of new chip designs by up to 30% and is advertised to reduce 50% of testing cost. Rocketick’s first round was backed by early stage Israeli fund, Peregrine Ventures.

Architecture 68

Architecture Early Stage Algorithm Advertising 68

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. He then went on the create an early-stage VC that I track closely?—? And the third founder, Colin Kelley , remains an important contributor & CTO of the company. The second “exit”?—?Adly?—?innovated

Venture Capital 363

Venture Capital LP Valuation Later Stage 363

View from Seed

MARCH 22, 2016

This is for the early-stage companies — the entrepreneurs with great ideas and tireless work ethics who feel like they’ve emailed half of the country’s news outlets with nothing but the rare “thanks, but not interested” reply to show for it. Reporters aren’t here to advertise for you. The irony hurts. Pitch late. You did it!

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage San Francisco Startup CTO Hire 120

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Jono Bacon: So we tend to see a lot, particularly online, where people are coming up with all of these hacks and approaches to … You know, examples that you gave, like social media, content, advertising, all of these pieces. But in the early stages it does require a reasonable chunk of work. They answer a question.

Community 55

Community Social Media Africa Kansas City 55

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

He says, “Spending a few thousand on a domain could make a big difference long term, and give you the credibility and advantage over the competition, especially in the very beginning and early stages of the business.”. has some great growth hacking strategies on their site; use these to give you that early boost.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

I recently joined CoVenture , an early-stage venture capital firm that develops products and invests cash in exchange for equity. My comments here relate mostly to new or early-stage startups, as I’ve spent most of my career investing in those companies and it’s what we do at CoVenture.

Software Developers 60

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Technical Cofounder 60

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Apap.tv , an Israeli startup headquartered in San Mateo, and Digiday , partnered on a report that summarizes the Internet’s Digital Video advertising market. Over 600 agencies, publishers, advertisers and online video tech providers provided their input on the poll back in September 2011.

Advertising 99

Advertising Video Early Stage 99

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. Pitch an idea :) Usually somewhere in the pitch the listener will ask if you’d also be interested in being a CEO, CTO, etc at something they are already funding!

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

B ootstrapping can be really hard for some early stage startups, but Israeli startup Enigmai , makes it seem easy. We got Ophir [CTO Ofir Herzas ], a technical guy and started implementing. We are thinking about making our platform free to small businesses and support it with advertising (we can get it targeted).

Cloud 134

Cloud South America Bootstrapping 134

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups. Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

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Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86