Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. LA By The Numbers.
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 10, 2012
In Los Angeles, I have easy access to a bunch of potential strategic technical advisors through the LA CTO Forum. As I mention in Symptoms of a Weak Development Team , the number one reason I get calls relates to an old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
.” And if aspiring investment teams are looking to get together the SBIC has come back with a new VC focused program to help non-Silicon Valley communities fund companies beyond their initial angel money. It’s a very smartly designed debenture program. Every city should have a “BuildIn” program.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 5, 2010
He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. I wanted several of the software engineers to join me at our next startup but their employment was tied to BuildOnline. When he had finished the program the US wanted more doctors due to the Vietnam War. Irony, hey?).
ReadWriteStart
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
Hypemarks was a Los Angeles social sharing startup that after about a year of failing to gain traction and turn a profit, changed course, moved to San Francisco and became Tint , an embeddable social-feed service. One of the company’s four employees, its software engineer, is not an American citizen. start-up world.
Austin Startup
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
family of brands), I was there to source the absolute best talent for the Product Management summer internship program in order to continue to push HomeAway’s agenda to develop a Tier 1 workforce. Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies.
SoCal CTO
JULY 23, 2012
What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? Here in Los Angeles, it's the LA CTO Forum - a private, invite only group of 250+. What are the biggest areas of technical risk? How can we address this risk?
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