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Digital Revenue Expert – Vince Thompson

SoCal CTO

Today I lead a small consultancy that helps advertising supported develop and scale the revenue producing sides of their businesses. I usually.just focus on revenue. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? Our current focus is Actors and Actresses and we are moving into other verticals.

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Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data

SoCal CTO

It is interesting to see the salaries of CTOs of pre-Revenue even pre-Launch companies. Total Funding Revenue CTO Compensation and Equity based on Location A few items jump out at me in terms of CTO Equity and Compensation relative to geography. Southern California - my primary location - looks to be about the middle of the pack.

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CTO Equity and Compensation at Venture Backed Companies

SoCal CTO

It is interesting to see the salaries of CTOs of pre-Revenue even pre-Launch companies. Total Funding Revenue CTO Compensation and Equity based on Location A few items jump out at me in terms of CTO Equity and Compensation relative to geography. Southern California - my primary location - looks to be about the middle of the pack.

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

Sales people cost money, and when they’re not bringing in revenue, their wandering in the woods is time consuming, cash-draining and demoralizing. Scalable: The goal is not to get one customer but many – and to get those customers so each additional customer adds incremental revenue and profit. Lets see why. Something else?

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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. I understand his frustration.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

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Map of VC Investments

SoCal CTO

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events.