Ben's Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

In the first edition, The Information Super Highway was to be the logical successor to the Internet, but definitely not using Internet technology. In 1996, there was no social networking, no video, no search that worked, no RSS, and no Twitter to name a few. The implications of the propriety vision were not good.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 31, 2014

If so, you’re definitely on Google’s bad side. Not only will those visitors not convert in my website, but irrelevant links from guest posts are definitely going to be targeted in Google’s next update. Think about it, an average startup team is normally combined of a CEO, CMO, CTO and a few other talented folks. Yourname Author.

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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. Aron Yechezkel, our CTO, would definitely open and run a bouldering gym. If your team wasn’t involved in Sceenic, what would they be doing?

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ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

Social, Agile, and Transformation. social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Business minded, agile CIO with strong social networking background. social media. (3). startup cto. (18). Strategic Technology. Keys to Successful Product Definition. Older Post.

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adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Ever met a CTO/VP Engineering or CEO/CTO? If youre highly technical and drive the technology vision of the company, people will get it without you tacking on the CTO title. Just using technology isnt enough (who doesnt have a website these days?) Its generally wrong for people to have multiple titles too.

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David Teten

JUNE 6, 2011

This is definitely not the norm in accelerator programs; I’d be curious to know the logic. My rough notes follow: Mike Dubno , CIO, Global Markets and Research Technology & Operations, Bank of America. Previously CTO, Goldman Sachs. Adrian Kunzle, Head of Firmwide Engineering & Architecture (CTO), JP Morgan Chase.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

This comes up a lot and if you are thinking about one of these kinds of startups, definitely take a look at Matching Algorithm. By doing so, you definitely constrain the problem, but it doesn’t strictly go away. Or for each job that you get from an employer, you comb through social networks, LinkedIn, etc.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

This comes up a lot and if you are thinking about one of these kinds of startups, definitely take a look at Matching Algorithm. By doing so, you definitely constrain the problem, but it doesn’t strictly go away. Or for each job that you get from an employer, you comb through social networks, LinkedIn, etc.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 30, 2010

People seem to be missing the really big picture of the value of social media and really the Internet for that matter. They look at how current social networking sites work and how online and offline relationships currently work and make the assumption that this represents the value proposition.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 20, 2009

That said, for professional speakers, they definitely should be thinking about video on their site to show them in action. Couple of additional thoughts… First, have a photo ready so you can add it to any social networking site. It's important. See Profile Photos.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 17, 2007

There are more than enough meet-ups and networking events; we’ve got plenty of examples of successes in the area; and there are plenty of startups to jump to in case of a startup failure. Ben actually didn't address the issue raised by Will that there is definitely a shortage of really good developers, engineers, etc.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

Network and Connection Statistics Possibly Branchout focuses too much on your network. They definitely push you to be a heavily connected user and give you lots of data. There's been a fair bit of discussion that Branchout is a bit too aggressive in its push for social interaction.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

Network and Connection Statistics Possibly Branchout focuses too much on your network. They definitely push you to be a heavily connected user and give you lots of data. There's been a fair bit of discussion that Branchout is a bit too aggressive in its push for social interaction.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

He is well known in the Southern California Technology scene for his work producing the Digital Family event series, along with the MOTM (Meeting of the Minds) series. I've recently co-founded the first political social network FreedomSpeaks and CitySourced.com a real time mobile civic engagement tool.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The online networking adds dimension to meeting in the flesh and makes it that much more interesting, true. Definitely, the dinner conversation is a great analogy. After going to a recent networking event that was small and great, I'm thinking more of that may be the trick. Wow, you have a great memory.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

As a last disclaimer, please consult the definition of the word hacker if youre not familiar with the controversies surrounding that term.) Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. Hire a CTO or VP Engineering. I would love to have an effective CTO or VP of Engineering to manage me.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 18, 2010

People are definitely discussing more and more about the Semantic Web. It is hard to judge, but if any of the following examples are any indication, then it would be safe to assume so: BBC’s World Cup news system was developed on semantic web technologies (RDF, OWL, SPARQL, inferencing, triplestore). Jans Aasman – Franz.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

The fact that Disqus provides a means for me to authenticate quickly and easily using Facebook Connect or Twitter Oauth is great stuff and definitely increases the likelihood that I’ll leave a comment. For something like commenting on a blog post, the ability to easily and quickly authenticate yourself is important.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. But it will definitely raise questions during the phone screen, for reasons that are best explained by simile: Programming with.NET is like cooking in a McDonalds kitchen.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Some will definitely go bad. Id vote for establishing a strong business case and complete definition of “what” the site will do. Think functional definition at this stage and iterate, iterate, iterate in development. Im a programmer and I definitely agree with you! They dont need to know there are others.

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