SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2010

I am hearing from my project management team a bit of distrust in the technical capacity of our web development team. I think we suffer because of the distance and culture but the project management team takes every late delivery or small bug as evidence that the development team may not be capable. This question came up last week.

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MAY 27, 2010

Source, Interview, Engage and Manage the Team(s) Now you know the kinds of people you need, the next steps are finding the people or companies, interviewing them, engaging them, and managing them. They can figure out how you can go get through technical and team strategy and can probably help you source, interview, engage and manage.

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APRIL 9, 2013

Is there a project manager? Some project managers get in the way of effective communication. What percentage of their projects launch on-time and on-budget as compared to what they estimated up front? How do they achieve that result? How do you communicate? This can be both good and bad.

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MAY 15, 2009

Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive. In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. Before that, he was VP, Client Strategy at Blast Radius.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

For example, the games that teach associates about product location in stores are fun and it’s rewarding to see the employee growth and certainly as it improves customer satisfaction, the store manager gets greater compensation and opportunities. In the retail store manager example, district managers were a critical part of the system.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

How are we going to manage the product roadmap? What other kinds of capabilities such as graphic design, user interaction, product manager, QA will we need? How do we motivate and manage developers? What areas of the application are likely sources of scalability issues? What kinds of spikes in traffic could we have?

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JUNE 13, 2011

For example, you may have content management and community needs that closely align with Drupal. Closely Aligned Functional Needs The most common reason that a language and platform is chosen is because there's an existing set of (often open source) functionality that you can tap into that aligns closely with your functional needs.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

They tend to understand the product management side of the product well enough to guide the technology in a complementary way. It’s especially rare to find individuals who are going to be strong in a) business, b) operations, c) sourcing/managing talent, d) development. I think that's the person you need.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

you can get to know Mark a bit more in my post Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller ). Just saw a great post by Mark Geller - Developers wanted… in Los Angeles, U.S.A. Mark tells us: there is a lot of demand for developers right here in L.A. who would love to talk with you.

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APRIL 27, 2011

Cover all the different aspects of the job: technical, smart, analytical, able to inspire, lead, direct, manage, good communicator, good decision making, etc. Make sure you take notes during and after the interview. It sometimes is hard to remember the details otherwise. Now you have a couple of good candidates.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2007

And there are definitely other service providers who provide things like marketing services who are interesting, so its not all service providers, its more like the wealth management types. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 You know what I mean.

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MARCH 20, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

See Supporting New Managers and What Would You Do to Support New Managers? Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 See Five Things Meme as an example. Blog Hub - A central blog provides a place where the topic is raised and comments are collected and bloggers post. as an example.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

Los Angeles 150

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Cover all the different aspects of the job: technical, smart, analytical, able to inspire, lead, direct, manage, good communicator, good decision making, etc. Make sure you take notes during and after the interview. It sometimes is hard to remember the details otherwise. Now you have a couple of good candidates.

CTO Hire 225

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

Incubator 150

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

Open Source 150

Open Source Business Model Technical Cofounder Southern California 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Manager or Junior Engineer 0.2 – 0.33 Wilson Sonsini and DFJ Gotham Ventures : The Option Pool Shuffle : Title Range (%) CEO 5 – 10 COO 2 – 5 VP 1 – 2 Independent Board Member 1 Director 0.4 – 1.25 Lead Engineer 0.5 – 1 5+ years experience Engineer 0.33 – 0.66 It's important to note that this is all post Series A.

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MARCH 1, 2010

Death By Revenue Plan - Steve Blank , February 16, 2010 Steve talks about the problem created when you start to manage according to your Revenue Plan. It’s a weekly email we send to AngelList, with 3 high-quality startups who want intros. How Unique Is A Unique Visitor? -

Acquisition 150

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APRIL 20, 2010

Let me go back and do my classic search for "eHarmony of" startup and find a few examples to use: People to Projects (Managers) People to Jobs (Hiring Managers) Students to Tutors Each of these involve matching people to people (I’ve stayed away from content matching in these examples). What do I mean by this?

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APRIL 22, 2010

Of course, over time you can capture results from matches by asking for input from workers and project managers all along the way (prior to start, during, after) to assess whether the match was indeed a good match. We should call this a Hypothesis Algorithm. It’s our best educated guess.

Algorithm 170

Algorithm Matching Software Review Design 170

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

How are we going to manage the product roadmap? What other kinds of capabilities such as graphic design, user interaction, product manager, QA will we need? How do we motivate and manage developers? In the world of startups, it's critical that each person takes responsibility for managing their own career.

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MARCH 28, 2013

I'm feeling okay about our choices of frameworks that are slower and will cost more in terms of hosting and managing growth. Several of these are B2B applications with relatively smaller audiences. The availability of talent was an important factor.

Framework 175

Framework Web PHP EC2 175

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Klout Puts Metrics Into Social Media Management - Tim Berry's Blog - Planning Startups Stories , May 21, 2010 I really like klout.com for three good reasons: 1.) Last week I was having coffee with an ex engineering student of mine now on his second startup (and for a change it wasn’t a Web 2.0 What should I do?’. Where Do You Fit?

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