SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. Paul Ollinger, West Coast Vice President of Sales of Facebook Paul Ollinger is the West Coast Vice President of Sales for Facebook. He has also been a Regional Sales Director and National Account Director for Facebook.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Los Angeles Fractional CTO 150

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

She is a go to person for me when I have questions around technology or early stage marketing and branding. I've been President of my marketing, branding, creative and advertising firm for, yikes, 30 years. I need to get you into both the Southern California Tech Central and the B2B Marketing Zone. Maybe ten years.

Early Stage 150

Early Stage Southern California Los Angeles Marketing 150

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. I have about 11 years in the technology sector including roles doing market research, sales and product development. My focus has been marketing strategy and product development.

Los Angeles 179

Los Angeles Southern California Management Product 179

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

And I would add to his list that part of it might be time available to help product definition, pursue market opportunities, early sales, raise funds, etc. Knowing a lot of CTO founders, I can tell you that Roger is fairly accurate in his assessment of the desire of CTOs to find the right cofounder to be the business side.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Cofounder CTO Hire Founder 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Maybe its because Im 66", but I think most clothes shopping really stinks and when was the last time that a sales person was actually helpful. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. I really think MyShape has a great concept.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

A few things jumped out at me: - Experience in sales or technology - considered a minor negative? If you've not had a C-level but have had experience in sales or tech. Size of target market $100M is okay. Not sure why.

Valuation 198

Valuation Revenue Pre-Money Valuation Early Stage 198

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. I like how Mark Suster handles the question in 10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups. You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry. You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. "We are doing something in mobile advertising." " Ummm.

NDA 211

NDA Stealth Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 211

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. I like how Mark Suster handles the question in 10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups. You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry. You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. "We are doing something in mobile advertising." " Ummm.

NDA 198

NDA Stealth Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 198

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

Intellectual Property 175

Intellectual Property Aggregator Startup IP 175

SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

For example, TCA’s evaluation criteria first bullet is: A market opportunity sufficiently large to create a business that can grow to at least $50 million in annual revenues. By way of background for the question, there’s a great post by Bob Aholt, a Pasadena Angel: An Angel Investor’s Thoughts on Valuation.

Hockey Stick 205

Hockey Stick NPV IRR Valuation 205

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 1, 2008

I went to a meetup yesterday that was on the topic of Internet Marketing / SEO / SEM. Then the organizer went into a 20 minute sales pitch around his new training/coaching offering. The meeting had a decent case study and some pretty good discussion around the room of different tools that you might consider using.

SEM 150

SEM SEO Los Angeles Internet 150

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Further, while some viral pick-up or online marketing is possible in certain startups, if anything, marketing and sales has become harder because of fragmented attention. Angel networks act like low-end VCs and expect a company with a product and a somewhat proven market opportunity. Just as they always have.

Viral 150

Viral Startup Incubator Early Stage 150

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

" Kurt has a great background in sales and marketing. He recently co-founded CitySourced and I think Ben Kuo nailed him when he describes him as "a connector. someone who makes things happen, and knows everyone, and does his best to make the world a better place."

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Southern California Technology Jordan 150

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , August 9, 2010 This is Part 3 of the series: 5 lessons from 150 startup pitches.? Novel and creative campaigns like the recent YouTube campaign from Old Spice purportedly demonstrate the power of social in marketing. If you do a lot of pitches, spend the six minutes to watch this.

Startup 191

Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

Stamps.com - two back-ends - mainline service vs. marketing site. First company built on top of EMC, Unix servers, field sales to large clients. PIM based on Java that would be up-to-date on all your devices. Server and client in Java. Java as a platform wasn't ready to deliver on client side. I would tend to agree.

Internet 150

Internet EC2 Java API 150

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

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. - . - 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles.

Silicon Valley 378

Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. Here’s why. Take a look at the chart below.

Software Review 217

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217