SoCal CTO

MARCH 2, 2015

'As the organizer of the LA CTO Forum , I get lots of inquiries by job seekers and people looking for CTO / VP Engineering talent. I’ve written quite a bit about aspects of this topic, especially from the perspective of startup founders looking for talent – you can find these in: Startup CTO. This includes links to CTO Salary and Equity Trends, Technology Roles in Startups , Initial Conversation with a CTO or Technical Advisor , Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup , Hiring a CTO for Y

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2015

'Every new business quickly realizes that revenue coming in every period on a committed basis is the Holy Grail to survival and growth. According to many experts , getting new customers is five to ten times harder than getting additional revenue from existing customers. Thus the subscription model (low fixed monthly payments), is rapidly becoming the norm for new products and services.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2015

'By Martin Limbeck, “ NO is Short for Next Opportunity: How Top Sales Professionals Think “. Perhaps you’re the number one ranked sales professional in your company for selling domestically. Congratulations! However, when the boss says he is going to let you take the lead on the European account, don’t think the same old sales tactics you use to wow your American customers will work in Europe.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 2, 2015

'As we continue deconstructing the Techstars Mentor Manifesto , today’s item is about keeping information confidential. Techstars operates on a FriendDA concept. It’s not official, but it’s understood that the entrepreneurs are going to bare their soul, be completely open and transparent, and not ask anyone to sign anything. In exchange, mentors will hold information in confidence.

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2015

'by Jake Gasaway, co-founder of Stitch Labs. While the post-holiday detoxes are ending, it’s likely that multichannel retailers are just now getting started on their 2015 goals. It’s officially time to dust off the thinking cap and come up with new ways to increase revenue and market opportunities before it’s too late. Some of these goals may include enriched customer service, identifying new market opportunities, or streamlining internal operations and inventory.

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Up and Running

MARCH 2, 2015

'A street view in Bali, Indonesia, where the founders of Indosole were inspired to start their social enterprise. Photo via: Iryna Rasko. What is it about a job that fans the flame inside you? The obvious answer is money—a healthy bank deposit at the end of the month is a primary motive for working. For others it’s about achieving something meaningful; helping society and feeling rewarded in passion, not pounds or dollars or whatever currency you get paid in.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 2, 2015

'By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News San Antonio is the nation’s seventh largest city, yet it doesn’t have a lot of tech startups run by women and backed by venture capital. But San Antonio’s booming life sciences industry holds a lot of promise for women-led ventures. Two women, both biotech industry veterans, lead […] The post Seven Women Run Tech Startups in San Antonio to Watch appeared first on SiliconHills.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 2, 2015

'Working out of the Townhouse has been an interesting experience in that I''m working side by side with a lot of non-startup people. It''s a co-working space full of creatives and freelancers, most of whom who have never pitched an investor, and probably never seen a startup pitch either. Their reaction to what I do day in and day out is very telling about how a lot of people, including VCs themselves, think of the job.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 2, 2015

'Steve Denning, a business professor whose work I mostly value for it’s reminder that focusing on the customer is the only route to value creation, has been touring France and visiting Michelin starred restaurants. He observed the following management traits at successful three starred restaurants that have been around for decades. You can also find them at successful startups: There is no complacency.

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Start Up Blog

MARCH 2, 2015

'Famed author and modern day renaissance man Nassim Taleb talks about Extremistan. While his analysis refers to black swan events, randomness and outliers in the economic world, it seems as though pop culture is on a similar trajectory. Tattoos used to be an extreme thing in themselves. Now real tattoo people have to differentiate through full body cover and face tattoos.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2015

'Wow. What a difference two weeks makes! This past Thursday, the F.C.C. voted to place Internet Service under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, which means it will be governed as a public utility in the same way that telephone service is currently regulated. Mobile data services for phones and tablets will also be protected under the new regulations.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 2, 2015

'This past Friday morning, there was a news story in which Brian Taffora of CSA Partners in Milwaukee criticized local angel groups for, in his words, "offering terms to startups that "de-risk" the deals for themselves but hurt the company''s''.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 2, 2015

'6 Ways to Develop Repeat Customers written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Today’s Guest Post is by Duct Tape Marketing’s own Kala Linck – Enjoy! You may have heard us talk about the Marketing Hourglass. The Marketing Hourglass refers to the entire customer journey , from when they first hear about your brand, to when they decide to purchase from your brand, to when they become a loyal customer and refer your brand to other po

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Rob Go

MARCH 2, 2015

'About a year ago, Nancy and I were spending some time with Hardi Meybaum and his family. Hardi is the founder of our portfolio company GrabCAD which was acquired recently by Stratsys. It had taken us a long time to schedule this get together (our girls are of similar age, so we try to all get together now and then) and I commented that I heard that he’d been on the road a lot.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 2, 2015

'Show Summary. John Thomas “JT”, the CEO of Deductr joins Episode 17 of the Profit First Podcast. JT talks about the different ways small business owners can maximize their tax deductions. Our Guest. John Thomas or “JT” is the CEO of Deductr. JT has spent his career in small growth stage technology companies. When he isn’t helping independent business owners save time and money, he enjoys running, hiking and cycling in the beautiful outdoors of Utah.

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Bryce Dot VC

MARCH 2, 2015

'Every. Single. Day. That’s how often an email hits my inbox or an @ reply is sent on twitter or a comment is made in the indie.vc Slack channel with advice, instruction or demands that indie.vc be something more. More money. More companies. More terms. More products. Often, it is coming from of our biggest cheerleaders. Most of it is well intentioned.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2015

'By Trevor Gnesin, President, Logomark. Over the past several years, a U.S. electronics retail giant has been gradually losing ground in spite of reduced competition and guaranteed lowest prices on high-quality products and services. The reason is simple: the customer ranks low on a priority list that places profits at the top. In today’s open market, with worldwide economic reforms and the digital revolution, customers not only have the ability to connect to infinite product offerings but also

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