Feld Thoughts

JULY 15, 2012

TechStars is running an event called the Patriot Boot Camp in Washington D.C. During this three day event, they’ll get a mini TechStars-like experience. Todd Park (US CTO) and Aneesh Chopra (Former US CTO) are delivering a keynotes, along with Paul Bucha (Medal of Honor Recipient) and many others.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

This week they set out to create their cap table and hire a CTO. Jane and Dick want to bring in their friend Praveena as CTO, but they don’t know how to structure the compensation. When you read the cap table, think of it as a series of events that add new columns to the right. Time to update the cap table.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Today, CTOs are multi-taskers that aren’t just coders locked in some basement — they play a vital role in a tech company’s strategic plan and growth. Zach Cutler , The Cutler Group.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2009

He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California. In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them. They put on great events. AITP-LA – Monthly events.

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MARCH 12, 2012

I've talked about that in lots of other posts, so you can visit some of these to help determine what you specifically need: Startup CTO or Developer Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything Key ingredients in the equation are: How complex is the system? Make sure you meet the people who run these events.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Your primary audience is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) who has the spending power to buy your product. Though your marketing is aimed at the CTO, an accountant who shares the same interests might see your ad. The accountant tells the CTO about your great product, who then green lights the purchase.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 22, 2012

In that post, I mentioned how one of the signals is the big increase in number of startup events and the number of attendees at those events. So, you may also want to go look at: Los Angeles Startup Events Here are some of the events and meetups that I've spoken at, attended or at least interest me.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2016

By Trevor Sumner, Chief Technology Officer of LocalVox. You can take advantage of all the site fragmentation because that means there are more places to post to, reuse and syndicate blogs, specials, events or announcements and in turn build links to all your social profiles and websites, pushing out the competition.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

But the more important rationale is raised in the following about why employees most often do not have significant outcomes even in fairly positive liquidity events. There's also the aspect that the equity that you typically get as part of equity compensation is behind other equity in preference and thus effectively has lower value.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Ive occasionally worked with executive recruiters, for example in hiring a CTO for my first company, Eve.com. To sum up, heres what I would do again as a non-technical founder looking for a technical co-founder or CTO. Minted.com is both a global design community and stationery retailer. Dove Ad Casts Spotlight On Madison Avenue.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 14, 2012

At the event, the enthusiasm for startups was palpable. My two big data points are: What's happening in the Los Angeles Startup Events such as popular events like LA Demo Day. Increase in the number of inquiries I've been getting for: Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions and/or other similar kinds of inquiries.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2019

by Saumya Bhatnagar, CTO and Co-founder of InvolveSoft. If you ever participated in any social event, you can relate to this. You walk into a jam-packed event and can count the number of women on your fingers. To grow your circle, it helps to join women-focused networking events such as Bizwomen, Win Conferences, and more.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 6, 2013

I've embedded the flyer for the event below, but the best way to see what we're doing is on the conference website - which we try to keep up-to-date with the inevitable flurry of last-minute changes. JOIN THE BIGGEST TECH EVENT @SXSW, featuring. Nicole Lazzaro President Udi Nir CTO NEW! THIS SATURDAY!

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 7, 2009

I've helped organize the Los Angeles CTO Forum for almost 10 years. As part of doing that, I've had the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of different chief technical officers from different kinds of companies over those years. Yes, there are some events around particular technologies.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2015

I had the good fortune to attend and participate in GTK Partners and Pillsbury's Internet of Things (IoT) Executive Event in Palo Alto last week. What GTK's and Pillsbury’s IoT event taught me last week is that we can make money in it, be safe in it, and with a little help from our Internet friends, enjoy it too. New Business Models.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Stanford Podcasts - eHarmony - Greg Waldorf I was just pointed to a set of great podcasts done by Stanford B-School and particularly, I just listed to the podcast by eHarmonys Greg Waldorf. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. in Computer Science.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. in Computer Science.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. Tech Events / Meetups - There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. In this case, looking for mobile developer events in the local area makes a lot of sense. Is this a Wordpress hack?

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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? eHarmongy) as an acting CTO. Evening events in Orange County require about 2 hours of round trip drive time. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal. There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. Should she take a chance and potentially ruffle feathers? A couple of quick stories / examples: 1.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. The poor guy.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 28, 2010

There certainly are a lot of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that you can use. The LA CTO Forum , which I help organize, has more than 100 Software/Web CTOs from all sorts of companies. In this case, I was introduced by a fellow member to this individual who happened to be at a networking event.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. Tech Events / Meetups - There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. In this case, looking for mobile developer events in the local area makes a lot of sense. Is this a Wordpress hack?

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. He has 20 years’ experience as CTO. Dr. Karrer taught Computer Science for eleven years.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Interesting Model for University President Saw a post by Paul Kedrosky pointing us to Graeme Thickins on How Stanford Does It. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it. Thanks Ben.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Where LinkedIn Works for Me Ive been a long time user of LinkedIn , but only recently have started getting the benefits I always expected. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. in Computer Science.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive I recently met with The Hive a new incubator in Orange County. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. in Computer Science.

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MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. in Computer Science.

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MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. Good stuff. in Computer Science.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 26, 2013

As many of you know, mentoring women in startups and STEM careers is important to me, so I’m very pleased to be a part of the Startup Phenomenon: Women program, a one-day event in Macky Auditorium at CU-Boulder. The post Startup Phenomenon: Women – Event in Boulder – 9/3 appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2013

After getting up at 5, having a delightful run at 6, walking Brooks, and then hanging with Amy for four minutes, I got in my car and drove over to Rally Software for their Big 1% Give Back event.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Launch week was busy to say the least, with lots of interviews, Quora and Reddit A MAs, and events across three states. If this week is anything like the last, attendees are in for great events. A heartfelt thank you to everyone for turning out, reading, and offering support!

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