Los Angeles Startup Events
SoCal CTO
MAY 22, 2012
Of course, given the size of this list and having kids, I really can't attend a lot of these. So, if you happen to read this and want to meet me, just reach out directly.
SwiftSharing – Age Is No Barrier To Ideas
YoungUpstarts
MAY 18, 2011
The founder and CEO of Swiftsharing is 15 year-old high school freshman Alaxic Smith, who personally wrote all the front-end code for Swiftsharing. Swiftsharing ‘s co-founder and chief technology officer is 16 year-old Paul Henry, who also happens to be Smith’s close friend and neighbor.
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5 reasons VCs should favor code-savvy founders
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
Aaron Skonnard is the CEO and co-founder of Pluralsight , an online training resource for Web developers and IT professionals. Let’s look at five advantages code-savvy founders and CEOs bring to their investors and businesses: 1. Navigating the tech landscape. Building a developer-friendly culture.
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The Market Is Hot for Code Climate, NextView’s Newest Investment
Genuine VC
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
When Chad Pytel introduced me to Bryan Helmkamp , CEO/Co-founder of Code Climate , I knew that I had to pay attention. So I chatted with Bryan about Code Climate’s service, which provides automated code review (originally Ruby, but also JavaScript and now PHP).
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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems
The Next Web
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
is the CEO and co-founder at ShoutEm , a self service mobile website and mobile apps creator, a ‘Wordpress for mobile apps.’. Developers used PHP, Perl and similar programming languages to build websites. Viktor Marohni? Then, the first languages designed for Web development began to show up.
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New Web Order - Finding a Technical Co-Founder
nikcub.appspot.com
MARCH 8, 2012
Finding a Technical Co-Founder. In the recent weeks, I have also had no less than three people email me and ask about finding a technical co-founder, which has also been a very frequent topic on the Hacker News forums. Ask former co-workers. New Web Order. 5th November 2010. #. are full of smart tech people).
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15 steps to launch your own startup, part 5: Mentors, preparing for change, and being nice
The Next Web
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. Together with my co-founders, we started by building a simple web app based task manager on PHP called Lunchbox. You can follow him on Twitter, where he is @ChristianReber.
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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
It was actually my co-founder Will Harvey who taught me to present this data in the simple format weve discussed in this post. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.
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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" Was the fact that we were primarily using PHP essential, or could we add new tools written in other languages? Thats an important job, for sure, and Ive been called upon to do it from time to time. I always assumed I wouldnt manage anybody.
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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding
mashable.com
OCTOBER 16, 2010
All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. Work from Anywhere: 9 Handy Portable.
How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees
thinkspace.com
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees. The part that I’d like to zero in on is when you’ve got a high growth company what are some of the best practices out there to distribute equity to the founders, advisors, and employees? Equity for Founders. Should founders have anti-dilution rights?
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11 Trends in Web Logo Design
mashable.com
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
View Comments Related Stories 4 Game-Changing Trends in Web App Design View Comments How the iPad Is Transforming Web Design View Comments Behance Develops Revolutionary New Model for Crowdsourced Design View Comments Apple Declared “Marketer of the Decade&# View Comments PHP, MySQL & AJAX Developer at Comentum Corp.
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7 A/B Testing Resources for Startups and Solo Developers
mashable.com
NOVEMBER 4, 2010
It’s a pure-and-simple way of making design decisions that rely on real data rather than divergent and emotional opinions from co-founders and designers; after all, you can’t argue with facts. James Sylvanus There's a free PHP split testing (A/B) library at www.phpscenario.org. 6 Why Google Is Suing the U.S.
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Lessons Learned: Five Whys
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 13, 2008
Most of this code was from a variety of open source PHP projects that were glued together with the shortest path to goal possible. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.
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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding
mashable.com
OCTOBER 16, 2010
All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. Work from Anywhere: 9 Handy Portable.
11 Trends in Web Logo Design
mashable.com
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
View More » Entertainment 6 Free Sites for Creating Your Own Co. 10 Beginner Tips from PHP Masters Mozilla Jumps into the App Store Game. 38 New Social Media Resources You May. Groupon Adds Self-Serve Deal Platform. Its Not Just Facebook: MySpace Trans. 7 Handy iPhone Apps for Managing Empl. Work from Anywhere: 9 Handy Portable.
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Fear is the mind-killer
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 7, 2009
Second, leveraging a dynamic scripting language (like PHP) for building web applications made it easy to quickly set up a simple, non-disruptive deployment process. As the product matured, they were able to ratchet up the quality to prevent regression on features that had been truly embraced by their customers.
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131 Lessons Learned: Lean hiring tips
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 19, 2009
Returning to our example of the beleaguered founder who still has the pager, before hiring an operations guy, try promoting someone from within to take on the job. By having an in-house person succeed, you can evaluate whether having an expert on staff is really shortening the critical path of your organizations success.
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6 Ways to Recruit Talent for Startups
mashable.com
JUNE 8, 2010
Cons: People advertising services, looking for advice, seeking investment capital, and looking for cofounders are all dumping their comments into the same place, which can make it hard to browse. View More » Entertainment 6 Free Sites for Creating Your Own Co. 38 New Social Media Resources You May.
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HOW TO: Connect with Other Entrepreneurs Online
mashable.com
OCTOBER 27, 2010
I've also recently created a private email discussion list for technology company founders at FounderList.com to network, share, and learn from each other. More Business Resources from Mashable: - Social Media Marketing 101: In-House Team, Agency or Consultant? - 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable.
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94 Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time
mashable.com
AUGUST 31, 2010
Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. View More » Entertainment 6 Free Sites for Creating Your Own Co.
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75 Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time
mashable.com
AUGUST 31, 2010
Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. View More » Entertainment 6 Free Sites for Creating Your Own Co.
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75 Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup
mashable.com
MAY 28, 2010
I suggest you never call this person again for information TheNameInspector The founder of Kodak was George Eastman. View More » Entertainment 6 Free Sites for Creating Your Own Co. 10 Beginner Tips from PHP Masters Mozilla Jumps into the App Store Game. Was looking for something like this. He invented the name Kodak.
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94 Lessons Learned on Mashable today
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 2, 2009
► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.
Lessons Learned: Sharding for startups
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 4, 2009
► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.
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Waves of technology platforms
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
Meanwhile, we were building our app in PHP, using a generic DB driver and mysql, "for the time being." ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.
Lessons Learned: Greasemonkey compiler
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 6, 2008
I know some of those compilers are no longer available (some are hosted, others are not), so I took the liberty of putting up a copy of the PHP Greasemonkey Compiler. Ive made some pretty minor modifications to it, mostly in the way of simple usability changes. As I make more, youll find them (with source) at my Greasemonkey Compiler page.
How to build a multi-million dollar website without spending a cent
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 16, 2013
Adam Arbolino is the co-founder and CTO of DesignCrowd.com , a logo, web and graphic design marketplace. The site I co-founded, DesignCrowd.com, grew from a garage office to a thriving marketplace with 148,000 designers, and businesses who have created $12 million worth of jobs, in just a few years by applying these ideas.
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159 [Singapore] Remote, Freelance, Online Work Taking Off Here
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 9, 2013
Most popular skills in demand by Singapore-based businesses were PHP, graphic design, creative writing, as well as HTML, in the first quarter of 2013. Clients in Singapore hired most freelancers from India, United States, Pakistan, United Kingdom and Philippines. . “In fact, we’re still using his services.”
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How to Find Great Freelancers on Upwork (Formerly oDesk)
Up and Running
MAY 18, 2015
Responsive mobile-friendly design, with a double-opt-in MailChimp email signup form, coded in HTML/CSS/Jquery/php, passes all w3 validation checks,’ etc.”. The biggest tip I can give when hiring on oDesk or Elance is: a phone call, or short Skype session goes a long way,” says Cody McGraw, founder of SCOUT Military Discounts. “I’ve
How to Hire for Sweat Equity…
www.drowningamerican.com
JUNE 22, 2012
Application programming Expertise: PHP, ColdFusion, AJAX, Web Services (RSS, REST, SOAP, XML-RPC, etc.). I don’t have a technical co-founder on my team but am apt in graphics design and have a lot of ideas bursting out of my head. link] php developers. JS (for web/internet and mobile devices). link] Edward Agyeman.
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Client-Side Vs. Server-SideA/B Testing Tools: What’s The Difference?
ConversionXL
OCTOBER 23, 2019
In fact, ideally, we want our users never to touch any code (be it HTML, JavaScript, CSS, or PHP). Pete Koomen , co-founder of Optimizely , summed it up well: Pete Koomen: “The advantage of testing on the client side is speed and simplicity. There are cases where it will have a flicker or it loads more than it needs to.
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58 How to Compete Against Open Source Competition
Software By Rob
AUGUST 11, 2009
Or tried to install a Perl or PHP module that didn’t come out of the box? Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. Co-workers arent’ comfortable with commandeline/Tortoise. Have you ever tried Gimp? Or the admin control panel in Zen-Cart?
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The State Of E-Commerce Checkout Design 2012
uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
Christian Holst Christian Holst is the co-author of the research report E-Commerce Checkout Usability , as well as founder of Baymard Institute , where he writes bi-weekly articles about web usability and conversion rate optimization. Related Articles. Typographic Design Patterns and Best Practices. Innovation. Illustrator. JavaScript.
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98 Server-Side Vs. Client-Side A/B Testing Tools: What’s The Difference?
ConversionXL
OCTOBER 26, 2015
In fact, ideally, we want our users never to touch any code (be it HTML, JavaScript, CSS or PHP). Pete Koomen , co-founder of Optimizely , summed it up well: Pete Koomen: “The advantage of testing on the client side is speed and simplicity. There are cases where it will have a flicker or it loads more than it needs to.
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Client-Side Vs. Server-SideA/B Testing Tools: What’s The Difference?
ConversionXL
OCTOBER 23, 2019
In fact, ideally, we want our users never to touch any code (be it HTML, JavaScript, CSS, or PHP). Pete Koomen , co-founder of Optimizely , summed it up well: Pete Koomen: “The advantage of testing on the client side is speed and simplicity. There are cases where it will have a flicker or it loads more than it needs to.
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What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup
www.kalzumeus.com
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
This helps to co-opt some security researchers so that they e.g. get in touch with you about the problem prior to just going ahead an exploiting it. Patrick is the founder of Kalzumeus Software. Also, there have been, are, and will be many zero day exploits for PHP. A brief summary of the last few years is available here.
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Lessons Learned: Three freemium strategies
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 27, 2009
For founders, I think it also has another big attraction: the ability to avoid a lot of " free vs paid " arguments. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.
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148 April 16: Tankee Talks Startup Success
Austin Startup
APRIL 8, 2019
Moreover, the company’s co-founder and CEO Gerald Youngblood was part of a panel titled “ ON-DEMAND: Gaming and The Most Connected Generation, Ever.” This Austin-based startup won the Entertainment & Content category at SXSW Pitch. They also exhibited at the SXSW EDU Expo as well as the SXSW Gaming Expo.
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51 Happy blogiversary (my present: a brand new URL)
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
Or, for something more substantive, how about the top five-most-read posts: Why PHP won Dont launch Five Whys Work in small batches The engineering managers lament But wait, theres more! Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Testing the new Disqus comment system Gov 2.0 Read the very first comment (thanks tfitz!)
Cannabis Entrepreneurs Coming to Austin
Austin Startup
APRIL 15, 2018
Central Texas founders and investors will want to catch the ACE opening session at 10:00 am on Thursday, April 19. The first-ever Austin Cannabis Entrepreneur (ACE) Conference comes to the Hyatt Regency on April 19–20, bringing two days of content focused on startup opportunities in this fast-growing market.
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Should You Hire a Programmer or DIY? | Vinicius Vacanti
viniciusvacanti.com
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
September 27, 2010 | View Comments This is the third part of a series on becoming your own technical co-founder. In 2008, we couldn’t find a technical co-founder for Yipit. I’m writing about how I became our technical co-founder. Advice: I wrote a gude to finding a technical co-founder.
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41 Lessons Learned office hours
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 6, 2009
One of the other speakers is someone I know well: Seth Sternberg , founder of Meebo. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Take a look and let me know what you think.
Happy new year
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 1, 2009
As for a topic Im particularly interested in, Id be curious about partnerships: the type of formal or informal relationships one tech co has with another in terms of either cross marketing or integrating each others products. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you?
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