SoCal CTO
MAY 13, 2014
This might be technology, marketing, sales, operations, international expansion, etc. In Bob’s post, he tells startup founders to get smart on product design, software architecture and development process. Maybe it’s knowledge of the players and dynamics of the mobile ad ecosystem. That’s great advice.
SoCal CTO
MAY 15, 2009
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. LAUNCH.com, and The Improv Comedy Clubs. He has written several books on intellectual property law.
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SoCal CTO
OCTOBER 6, 2011
" One was an enterprise software product. " Today I had two conversations with early stage startups (see Free CTO Consulting ). In both cases, I was the mentor telling the person that the idea, as I understood it was "not great." The other was a consumer play with possible viral growth. Neither felt like a slam dunk.
SoCal CTO
MARCH 12, 2012
I've talked about that in lots of other posts, so you can visit some of these to help determine what you specifically need: Startup CTO or Developer Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything Key ingredients in the equation are: How complex is the system? Go to user groups. Refine your elevator pitch.
SoCal CTO
JUNE 9, 2010
Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. Tech support is sales. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out. Yep, that sounds lowly.
SoCal CTO
MARCH 11, 2010
Instead, give me the details on how you’re going to make your sales, and to whom, on the first day, the first quarter, and the first year. I’ve talked before about initial conversations with founders and the questions I’m likely going to ask Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything.
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. I moved into writing software to analyze audience data, and wrote a lot of computer graphics software.
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