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Los Angeles CTO / VP Engineering Job Searches

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As the organizer of the LA CTO Forum , I get lots of inquiries by job seekers and people looking for CTO / VP Engineering talent. Targeting Your Job Search The best starting place is to visit my post on: One Page Job Networking Tool. How could you search and identify the companies that would hire you?

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Kevin Federline Search Engine

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Kevin Federline Search Engine Just saw a post - Sleep with a pop star, get your own branded search engine. talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. I actually think this is a pretty innovative model. in Computer Science.

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Granularity and Consistency of Startup Metrics

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Show me how much each unique visitor is going to cost you in search engine optimization and pay-per-click search engine expense. If you’re a Web-based startup, for example, show me how many unique visitors you think you can get in the beginning, and what you’re using for an estimated conversion rate (buyers to browsers).

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Investors, MVPs and Evidence of Traction

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Often you can't tell if something like a search engine or matching algorithm is really going to have better results until you use it. As Steve Blank likes to say: A Startup Is a Temporary Organization Designed to Search for A Repeatable and Scalable Business Model The unfortunate reality is - an MVP is not the above!

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Startup Mentors

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Then you search for the people who were in marketing there early on. I'm a mentor at Start Engine and Founders Institute LA. The challenge is that LinkedIn is not that great with finding people who were at early-stage startups. Likely they've progressed, so it may be a pretty natural fit. This can take some work, but its worth it.

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Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

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Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events.

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Map of VC Investments

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Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events.