SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. See Five Things Meme as an example.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2014

Back in 2007-08, I remember when not a week went by without Twitter going down. Buffer’s nimble, distributed team came together on Hangouts on a Saturday afternoon and live-blogged developments as their engineers worked behind the scenes to fix the hack and restore services. by Shankar Ganesh, Marketing Analyst at Freshdesk.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Hyundai’s Assurance program, which debuted during the 2007–08 financial crisis, is a great example. De Beers made such an investment, even though a brand campaign could only soften the decline in sales during the 2007–08 crisis: Ally faced a different challenge. What does a thoughtful campaign look like? Prepare for future downturns.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in 2007. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

It’s true that it’s cheaper to start companies now and cheaper to get distribution. I saw VCs doing crazy things in 2007-08 when I first entered the VC market – crazy prices, limited due diligence, large funding rounds. I avoided much of this.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

Before weighing in on the subject I would point out one thing that should be obvious to many of you – the iPhone was originally launched in 2007 in an exclusive partnership with AT&T and this was vital to both Apple and AT&T and was a hard negotiation throughout 2005 and 2006.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

A method of solving time-consuming computing tasks by utilizing multiple computers usually united into a parallel computing system is commonly referred to as grid computing or distributed computing. In 2007, the BOINC framework became the home of World Community Grid , a distributed computing project created by the IBM Corporation.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 10, 2019

The PSI-Pay Company started being functional in the year 2007 as it helped the business community in the world. PSI Pay got licensed as a payments institution by the Financial Service Authority in 2007. Interestingly, the firm has since 2014, been offering the MasterCard services directly all over the United Kingdom.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

An excellent example of a social enterprise is The Empowerment Plan —an organization that hires people currently living in homeless shelters to create a combination winter coat, sleeping bag, and over-the-shoulder bag, which is then distributed to the homeless of Detroit free of charge. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 10, 2019

In 2007, we were a founding member in the predecessor organization to Pledge 1%, called Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (or EFCO). Pledge 1% Colorado has now distributed over $8 million back to various organizations in our community. And, the companies that have pledged 1% globally is remarkable.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 15, 2018

Higher strike prices distributes proceeds away from short term gain tax to equity holders who more typically are paying long term gains on the value that was shifted (I’m skipping a huge amount of nuance and detail here but the above is a general representation of how things work).

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2012

The Experian Mosaic Singapore , an index that looks at the Singapore consumer, was recently updated with over 200 new data points from sources including SingPost postcodes, Census 2010 data, property and market research data and shows that average monthly household income has risen some 25 percent from 2007.

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www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

on Java: The Unipolar Moment, On distributed governance for distributed software Dear Oracle, Get a Clue » Linux News » Other » everbeta.com on Java: The Unipolar Moment, On distributed governance for distributed software Eric Barroca on VMware CEO: Django, Rails, Open Frameworks, Packaged Apps as Commodity and The New KingMakers.

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www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

on Java: The Unipolar Moment, On distributed governance for distributed software Dear Oracle, Get a Clue » Linux News » Other » everbeta.com on Java: The Unipolar Moment, On distributed governance for distributed software Eric Barroca on VMware CEO: Django, Rails, Open Frameworks, Packaged Apps as Commodity and The New KingMakers.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Each transformation – from a new computer distribution channel – Apple Stores to disrupting the music business with iPod and iTunes in 2001; to the iPhone in 2007; and the App store in 2008 – drove revenues and profits to new heights. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Each transformation – from a new computer distribution channel – Apple Stores to disrupting the music business with iPod and iTunes in 2001; to the iPhone in 2007; and the App store in 2008 – drove revenues and profits to new heights. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Post Brexit, many companies in the UK consider distributed teams overseas as an alternative to the shrinking talent pool and high recruitment costs in Britain. Nairobi, the capital of Nigeria, is often pointed out as the birth place of the so-called Silicon Savanah which gave the rise to the Africa’s tech scene between 2007 and 2010.

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www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

All Things Distributed Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. The first thing thatalways comes up when you want to discuss the role of a CTO is that there is no wellestablished definition of what a CTO actually does.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Even with the turmoil in the capital markets in the second half of 2007, it was another record year for merger and acquisition activity. But in 2007, after Jumpstarts success, he decided to get serious. million of consulting work in start-ups in 2007. CDW your 1-stop resource for configuration, activation & distribution.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

If a data distribution is approximately normal then about 68 percent of the data values are within one standard deviation of the mean, about 95 percent are within two standard deviations, and about 99.7 Take this image from my January 2007 post: Analytics Tip #9: Leverage Statistical Control Limits …. A small statistics detour.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

AUGUST 6, 2012

Recently, Eric Liaw sent us a very interesting May 2006 paper entitled “How to Project Customer Retention”, authored by marketing professors Peter Fader (Wharton) and Bruce Hardie (London Business School) and published in the Journal of Interactive Marketing in 2007.

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 7, 2016

The acquiring company can just plug that product into their existing distribution channel to help round out their current product suite and grab more market share (and some might argue that even this is happening less frequently). eBay was relatively successful when it acquired marketplaces like Rent.com (2005) and StubHub (2007).

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2020

I met Eric in 2007 or so and he’s another example, like Tim Ferriss, of a “good friend and colleague” from a distance. But now that The Startup Community Way is out, and the 2nd Edition of Startup Communities is also out, I’m hopeful that my writing energy will shift to the book I’m working on with Dave.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 22, 2013

Back in 2007 I noted that HMV was the most shorted stock on the London stock exchange and many similar businesses have also gone bust in recent years (Game in the US and Zavvi in the UK spring to mind). The big news in the UK business sector this week is that the high street music, voodoo and game retailer HMV has gone into receivership.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 3, 2011

When we reflect on the 37 companies we’ve invested in since we raised our first Foundry Group fund in 2007 , we’re delighted with the mix of companies and entrepreneurs we are working with. Our HCI, Adhesive, and Distribution themes are all great examples of this. Our conversation shifted to 2015.

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aweissman.com

JULY 13, 2007

Jul 13, 2007. Deadliest Catch Media Distribution. The traditional approach to content distribution has been "if you build it they will come." Distribute quality content in one place, buying the shelf space for that place, then market it to drive users/viewers to that place. July 13, 2007 4:48 PM. aweissman.com.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Mominis built a platform for developing, porting and distributing casual games for mobile phones, without requiring specialized development experience (see previous coverage on VC Cafe ).

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Mominis built a platform for developing, porting and distributing casual games for mobile phones, without requiring specialized development experience (see previous coverage on VC Cafe ).

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Lebanon Venture Capital Japan Early Stage 87

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2012

In 2007 Brust and his cousin talked about how fun it would be to own a gourmet frozen pop business. The sweet treats will also be distributed to visiting students at admissions events throughout the year. After obtaining the proper FDA certification, JonnyPops went on sale April 2 at the Cage, St.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

What’s the distribution model? It’s hard to believe that before 2007 our cell phones could only make and receive calls. It can seem like an insurmountable challenge to get off the ground with no existing production, cost, pricing or distribution models to mimic. Will customers want it? Will they even understand it? Can it scale?

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Altgate

JANUARY 16, 2011

[link] Warren Guy Further, newspaper publishers frequently engage in “dumping&# to artificially inflate distribution numbers: [link] [link] Who knows what goes on in other sectors? link] Ruben Berenguel I don’t see it happening like this.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Mominis built a platform for developing, porting and distributing casual games for mobile phones, without requiring specialized development experience (see previous coverage on VC Cafe ).

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siliconflorist.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Distributed Systems Software Engineer. Copyright © 2007–2012 Silicon Florist and Return —Views expressed here are not necessarily those of whom I cover. Get the highlights Every Friday, get an email with the top posts, hottest jobs, and must attend events. Email Address. powered by MailChimp ! Jobs and Gigs.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

At Foundry Group, our significant exits (at least 10x capital returned) since we raised our first fund in 2007 include AdMeld, Zynga, MakerBot, and Gnip. The control over distributions and negative incentives to hold or distribute capital often generates bad decisions when companies go public.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Mominis built a platform for developing, porting and distributing casual games for mobile phones, without requiring specialized development experience (see previous coverage on VC Cafe ).

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Lebanon Venture Capital Japan Early Stage 60

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 11, 2011

Very cool service from HP that allows you to upload PDFs or publications and print them for distribution. (HP Good stuff I found this week: HP MagCloud – publish, print and ship anywhere in the world. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : 5 Steps to Successful Fac.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2012

We always talk about our key principles that we established when we started Foundry Group in 2007. ” We invested in Sympoz in our Distribution theme , but it has this special characteristic around its community that felt a little different to us. One of these key principles is a “ thematic investing approach.”

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