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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. This is a structural shift in our industry few have talked about publicly. The iPhone was released.

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models.

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Where LinkedIn Works for Me

SoCal CTO

When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. Weve also found that other social networks such as FaceBook and MySpace to have almost no results when it comes to recruitment.

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How to Get World Class Experts to Support Your Company

David Teten

This is particularly true in New York, where their traditional financial services industry client base has sustained significant damage since the 2008 financial crisis. If you’re a late stage company trying to penetrate a new market (think Warby Parker trying to expand internationally), we have people who can help with that.

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Daddy, What Does a Chief Technology Officer Do?

dontbesoanalytical.blogspot.com

Saturday, February 16, 2008. One firm had a CTO that was chartered to run a group of developers. The CTO should not manage developers. The head of development spends his or her time working to keep the development team on track against a set of product plans. ▼ 2008. (9). This is a full time job.

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 14, 2008 How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people Frequency is more important than talking to the "right" customers, especially early on. In the very early days, the trick is to find anyone at all who can understand you when you are talking about your product.