SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? eHarmongy) as an acting CTO. My only other complaint is that right now its very hard to find good technical people at all levels.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Kevin Federline Search Engine Just saw a post - Sleep with a pop star, get your own branded search engine. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Interesting Model for University President Saw a post by Paul Kedrosky pointing us to Graeme Thickins on How Stanford Does It. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it. Thanks Ben.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? I would agree that Apples product design would suggest that it aims at Time Poor buyers. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shec.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

You create something that has value and gets traction and yet youve created it in a way that the software is considered "free." There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive I recently met with The Hive a new incubator in Orange County. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Where LinkedIn Works for Me Ive been a long time user of LinkedIn , but only recently have started getting the benefits I always expected. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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Up and Running

JULY 8, 2016

If you’ve ever tried to start a software company or build a mobile app, you’ve probably come across these options for getting it out there: Find a technical cofounder. You need someone who is very technically capable, has time to work on the project, and has a passion for what you’re doing.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2019

by Everett Harper, CEO and cofounder of Truss. From a customer standpoint, there are nuances that go into buying a product, and then using the product. However, particularly in the A-B series interim an independent third party can uncover product or market blind spots. Series A to C: Automation.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2016

By Raj Narayanaswamy, cofounder and Co-CEO, Replicon. In addition to strong economic growth, low taxes and low business costs, its new Start-Up Visa is the first program of its kind globally, providing immigrant entrepreneurs globally with the opportunity to become permanent residents to start their businesses in Canada.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth. Captain Recruiter. Real Advice.

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Up and Running

JULY 28, 2022

Still, you can use accounting software or work with a tax professional. When starting a business, consider if your product/service has a unique invention that needs to be protected from being copied by others. If not protected, anyone can leverage your creations in their own products and services. Develop a founders agreement.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

Ten years ago, Ward Cunningham published a Youtube video that introduced the concept of “technical debt” to the world. It has become an established term in the software industry to indicate the short term fixes of quick and dirty coding that can create problems down the road — problems that come knocking at the door to collect with interest.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I did a presentation this week at Coloft that looked at how Non-Technical Founders can go about getting their MVP built. Investors my tell you that, but what they can look at your product on paper and tell what it does and they will understand if it can be built. And the back-end is something that a non-technical founder can manage.

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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.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 29, 2022

Yotam Segev (left) and Tamar Bar-Ilan (right), cofounders of Cyera The complex equation of data reality With AWS, Azure and GCP growing 40-50% YoY at massive scale (AWS’ run rate is more than $70B!), The issue is that existing products focus on endpoints and on-premise datastores. Sub-categories include DLP (e.g.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 28, 2021

Now users interact with digital products in much more complex and different ways than a decade ago…the more complex your stack is, the more customer data you are spreading across many different tools, and the more time you (or your engineering team) will need to reassemble the puzzle and get a full reasonable picture. Tom Treanor.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

Here are some of the issues that were mentioned: I just want the cost, timeline and impact. It may give non-technical founders a bit more insight into working styles when it comes to developers. Estimating Cost – it takes a lot of work to do a reasonable estimate of cost. Go watch a few episodes. Changing Your Mind.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

Before you think I was a complete nerd, in addition to making money selling software, which I did at 15, 16 years old, I also made money throwing keg parties. It was all technical. She was paid much more than me and no matter how technical I was, they saw me as the business guy because I graduated with a degree in economics.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

In 2002, I met Libba and Gifford Pinchot, cofounders of Bainbridge Graduate Institute , at a retreat. When I was writing my first novel, Avogadro Corp , I would spend my most productive time writing in coffee shops. I could spend that time on Facebook, but at the cost of not writing. Enter the Craziness. Purpose: Free up time.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Deciding if a product feature is worth the effort – [link]. Stop looking for cofounders and help them find you instead | The Startup Toolkit Blog - [link]. Don’t roadblock – Make it dead-simple for your advisor to help you | QUIBB - [link]. Deciding if a product feature is worth the effort – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link]. The product lens - [link]. 5 things a non-technical founder can do - [link]. Instagram Co-Founder Mike Krieger’s 8 Principles For Building Products People Want | TechCrunch - [link]. 10 Productivity Tips for Freelancers - [link].

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Welcome back to Smart Bear Live, the call-in show with Jason Cohen, sponsored by Software Promotions. And please tweet your thanks to Software Promotions for sponsoring Smart Bear Live! Dan: Member Desk is a hosted membership site software. In this episode, we share three more interviews from our AZ Disruptors meeting last fall.

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blog.launchbit.com

MARCH 8, 2012

cofounders. technical cofounder. Why you can(t) recruit a technical cofounder. There are a lot of aspects to this ranging from finding your first paying customer and validating your idea to putting together a minimum viable product that lets you learn about your business as quickly as possible. Viewed times.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

Present at the Creation It was early 1991 and Apple’s software development team was hard at work on QuickTime , the first multimedia framework for a computer. In less than a month they designed a low-cost video-capture board that plugged into the Mac and allowed you to connect a video camera and VCR. The software was idiot proof.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. equity that belongs to departed cofounders)?

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Altgate

JUNE 7, 2009

  I suspect there's a "sunk cost" argument driving this.  .  One thing that jumps out immediately is that several of the top bloggers are not (yet) on Twitter including: Seth Godin, Markus Frind, Linus Torvalds and Marc Andreessen among others.    It is also a lot easier to Twitter than to blog.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

when you are just starting, probably no product or service yet. Option Two: Once your product or service is up and running and gaining traction. If you’ve already soft launched, have a product available, are telling the world about your awesome company but don’t have revenue/user growth, you’re probably in the red zone.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2015

Drawing on advice from our own Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software and Josh Cochrane, our VP of Product Development, I’ve broken down a few of the different options for entrepreneurs looking for feedback on their pitch. We always used advisors or mentors to vet numbers and the block and tackle items within a pitch.”.

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