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. Clothes are very personal and its really a pain to find stuff thats going to look good on you. I really think MyShape has a great concept. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Cliff Allen is someone I've known for quite a few years and he's a go to person for me when I'm thinking about issues around marketing, sales, technology, startups and networking. For events where there is a speaker who is matched to the audience I like MOTM ( www.motms.com ).

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking Southern California Marketing 150

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. Since you clearly don’t trust that I’ll behave responsibly, then I don’t think I’m a good match for working with you. You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry. You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. Definitely read the whole thing.

NDA 211

NDA Stealth Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 211

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. Since you clearly don’t trust that I’ll behave responsibly, then I don’t think I’m a good match for working with you. You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry. You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. Definitely read the whole thing.

NDA 198

NDA Stealth Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 198

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

Because of our work on eHarmony, we often find matching as a core component of systems. Scaling a match making business can be challenging since you need critical mass on both sides. But a manual match would be found money/opportunity for both sides. It's funny to hear Betsy describe it as dating for product placement.

Differentiation 150

Differentiation Startup Matching Restful 150

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

The promise is so great, but the reality is that if you aren't developing something that matches with the models they provide then it represents a challenge. First company built on top of EMC, Unix servers, field sales to large clients. Everything else is closed. Mark Suster Partner GRP Partners He's an ex-Salesforce.com employee.

Internet 150

Internet EC2 Java API 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

million in sales every year for just a 1-second page delay. 500ms increased response time means 20% less traffic for Google , 100ms increased response time decreases Amazon sales by 1% The impact is quite real. Matching algorithms? Google told us back in 2010 that site speed was important for SEO. Natural language processing?

Fractional CTO 150

Fractional CTO API Startup SEO 150