SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 7, 2009

They are generally the senior most person responsible for custom software development, database design, database administration, web development, etc. As an example, I did that as a search on SoCal Tech Central and Software Development Companies really didn't come up with much.

Southern California 150

Southern California Software Developers Software Development California 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Often you can't tell if something like a search engine or matching algorithm is really going to have better results until you use it. As Steve Blank likes to say: A Startup Is a Temporary Organization Designed to Search for A Repeatable and Scalable Business Model The unfortunate reality is - an MVP is not the above!

Algorithm 264

Algorithm Metrics Viral Venture Capital 264

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2011

Find a lawyer and someone who does CTO searches for VC backed companies in your area. The search person likely won’t charge you if you have a strong enough background, i.e., later would provide value to them. For me – I would definitely start by soul-searching – do I want to still be involved? Don’t make the same mistake.)

CTO 167

CTO CTO Hire Equity Vesting 167

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2011

Find a lawyer and someone who does CTO searches for VC backed companies in your area. The search person likely won’t charge you if you have a strong enough background, i.e., later would provide value to them. For me – I would definitely start by soul-searching – do I want to still be involved? Don’t make the same mistake.)

CTO 150

CTO CTO Hire Equity Vesting 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

In it he separates web consumers into: Time Rich (more time than money) and Time Poor (more money than time). ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 9:30 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

March 14, 2007 10:47 AM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles Internet 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 12:50 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Networking Southern California Los Angeles 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 2:57 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

[link] [link] Posted byTony Karrer at 5:33 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Open Source 150

Open Source Business Model Technical Cofounder Southern California 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 April 20, 2007 8:32 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. event I did last fall.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Right now (more are expected soon) it provides: Buzz API - Google Buzz provides developers with a powerful set of API endpoints for searching, reading, and updating post content and metadata. Custom Search API - Google Custom Search enables you to search over a slice of the web, such as your own website, or a collection of websites.

API 175

API Metadata Artificial Inteligence Algorithm 175

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

In addition, I do a few consulting projects on the side, in the areas of product strategy, search engine optimization, and intellectual property. Fascinating that you are going against the trend of trying to make everything a web application. We have a working alpha version now and are planning to launch a beta in the next 6-8 weeks.

Management 150

Management Product Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 150

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In fact, you can get a good idea of these various things by just searching on Google for "eHarmony of" startup. It's really just a simple filtered search. If you think about what's going on with the web, we've reached a point where everyone and everything is connected, it's represented online, it's creating content.

Algorithm 196

Algorithm Matching Los Angeles Angel Investor 196

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. In other words, it uses what is happening: with the content out in the network with searches that land on the site, what happens when people visit the site, and various other kinds of behaviors.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles San Diego Viral Metrics 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then.

San Diego 159

San Diego Los Angeles Southern California Aggregator 159

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Get Users (= Acquisition, Referral) Drive Usage (= Activation, Retention) Make Money (= Monetize) Startups have problems in 3 key areas: Management: Setting priorities, defining key metrics, reporting progress Product: Build the right features, getting product out quickly, testing for conversion/adoption Marketing: Accessing "web 2.0"

Metrics 225

Metrics Startup Retention Acquisition 225

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Examples might be a recommendation engine, search engine, matching engine or something with a complex interface. We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. There are a few cases where you somewhat need to see the system operating to have a sense of the value. WordPress is pretty easy to hack.

Technical Cofounder 338

Technical Cofounder Technical Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 338

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 12, 2009

This past week has had an interesting confluence of events that's led me to conclude that I want to start doing a lot of visible networking among the tech / web crowd here in Los Angeles. I showed them how I can do a LinkedIn search and connect with all sorts of people in a few minutes.

Networking 150

Networking Los Angeles Southern California Social Media 150

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

8 Really Cool Web-Based Tools for Bloggers - Blogtrepreneur | Entrepreneur Blog , June 1, 2010 Looking for cool applications to help you make your blog or site all it can be? They start with an innovation, search for a repeatable business model, build the infrastructure for a company, then grow by efficiently executing the model.

Cofounder 175

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Term Sheet Startup 175

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Another important web 2.0 Why You Should Write.

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 19, 2009

But the web site visitors are accurate. I keep my blogs separate from by company web site. Importance of Search. You'll notice that 60% of my traffic comes from search. As a blogger you need to continually be thinking about building a blog that does well in search. Use Twitter Search to Find people to follow.

Social Media 222

Social Media Media Los Angeles Search 222

SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 9:09 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150