SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

I also read - The Difference Between Apple and Microsoft Marketing that tells us: Apples marketing is designed for Time Poor buyers, while Microsofts is designed for Time Rich buyers. I would agree that Apples product design would suggest that it aims at Time Poor buyers. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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MARCH 3, 2011

What's you believe is your biggest technology risk, if any? We can help across a wide variety of types of systems, but once you get into hard core sciences (designing a new compound, bioengineering, etc.) What's the business model short-term and long-term? Who are the main competitors? How are you different? Who might be partners?

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MARCH 3, 2011

What's you believe is your biggest technology risk, if any? We can help across a wide variety of types of systems, but once you get into hard core sciences (designing a new compound, bioengineering, etc.) What's the business model short-term and long-term? Who are the main competitors? How are you different? Who might be partners?

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MARCH 4, 2010

I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. It depends on the business, people, technologies, etc. Each situation is just a bit different.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

I have about 11 years in the technology sector including roles doing market research, sales and product development. Most people think they can do product design. Besides Tony Karrer for technology, who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles? Remind me about your background Steve? Getting new projects is tough.

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MAY 19, 2010

Update from original - just saw a follow-up post by Ben Kuo - Southern California Technology Jobs Surge. The founder had tried or considered: Web Search – not all that useful – more design firms that development firms LinkedIn – searched for people, but gave up pretty quickly as it felt like a needle in a haystack.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. Tesla is not.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. CompStudy 2008 Report on Equity and Cash Compensation at Technology Startups.

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MARCH 1, 2010

They have a related post: Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior | For Entrepreneurs , but I think that looking at my Startup Metrics post provides a bit broader set of metrics to consider. A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , February 18, 2010 Great post from Fred Wilson that questions a common metric – unique visitors.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

This month’s big question is Examples of Big Impact from Technology and I’ve taken it as an opportunity to go back and look at the elements of different projects that I’ve worked on over the years that have had a big impact. I’ve seen that in courses and in design specs many times, and it’s a HORRIBLE IDEA.

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JULY 19, 2016

Kestrel has been designed from the start to be the fastest.NET server available, and our engineers have recorded some benchmarks to prove it. We’re introducing the new Kestrel web server that runs within your IIS host or behind another host process. I got a rash of customers who said to me, “Hey, we went to this TechEmpower Benchmark site.

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MAY 7, 2010

Reality is that we need that now, but at least we don't need to specifically design for it for now. Do we include Flex or Flash as a delivery technology? I'm working on defining the technical approach for several startups right now. We need to deliver on mobile devices in the future. That's my bet. I'm hedging by NOT betting on Flash.

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JULY 23, 2012

Given likely market changes, how will we design and build so that the systems can respond to marketplace changes? What technology research is required? What technologies will we use? What other kinds of capabilities such as graphic design, user interaction, product manager, QA will we need? How can we address this risk?

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APRIL 28, 2014

What happens when you have a really good developer is that a gap exists where you may not ask the right questions to specify the right system, consider appropriate 3rd party technologies, etc. Many are not interested in 3rd party technologies that can streamline development.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses. VentureNet, Perfect Pitch You and I have both been on the board of the technology council. Sometimes I make a blog entry.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

She is a go to person for me when I have questions around technology or early stage marketing and branding. We do a lot of B2B and also have an "Early Stage Branding" practice for technology startups. Besides Tony Karrer for technology, who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles? Maybe ten years. Foreign Service.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Of the 8 founders at the dinner, half of them had a design/ui/ux background. m the f%*kin’ boss.”. Final Thought. Developer.

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JULY 13, 2010

10 Ways To Be Your Own Boss - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , June 18, 2010 The folks at Behance and Cool Hunting asked me to talk at their 99% Conference a couple months ago. Why you have to design products for how your customers are , and not how you want them to be. Your remote control has two buttons. didn’t think so.

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JUNE 14, 2008

Must design your application differently to live on top of the platform. StructuredBlogging.org is an initiative to create blogging tool plugins which support not only microformats, but other technologies that will provide a comprehensive set of standards for producing microcontent. Everything else is closed.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , July 25, 2010 AVC regular Charlie Crystle asked me this question yesterday in the comments : Fred, it might be helpful to some of your readers to explain when a startup should seek angel vs seed/early stage VC. and tips for buyers looking for logo design. Not so bad. Metrics availability.

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