YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2017

by Steve Owens, Founder and CTO of Finish Line Product Development Services. Steve Owens, Founder and CTO of Finish Line Product Development Services , has over 30 years of successful product development experience in many different industries and is a sought after adviser and speaker on the subject.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 23, 2014

So, on the next iteration of the product, we added vocal effects that work alongside the reverse karaoke technology to “make bad singers sound good,” and my CTO started demoing the app instead of me, with videos of himself sing badly. have focused relentlessly on being the best-in-class in their specific vertical.

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. Too often, however, I have found CTO / Founders paired with business people who not only don't add value, but frequently detract from the value of the business.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Our current focus is Actors and Actresses and we are moving into other verticals. I also serve as CEO of a small media companies that profile “Tomorrow’s Most Exciting People Today”.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Wasn’t he a CTO or something? (He I liked the fact that you linked to the wikipedia page for a payphone — nice touch Reply Chris Ryland , on October 5, 2009 at 12:06 pm Said: Where did Ben Wegbreit fit in the Convergent picture?

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 24, 2018

That’s when he reached out on Twitter to make connections, and AJ Wilcox connected him to Dennis Yu, the chief technology officer at BlitzMetrics, which is now one of the top Facebook agencies worldwide. When Young first met Yu, Young didn’t even know who Mark Zuckerberg was.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Artificial Intelligence is an important, foundational technology that gets more important every year and will be used to solve more and more problems going forward. Chen Zamir is the company’s CTO and former Intelligence officer in the IDF as well as Paypal risk manager.

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2009

Unfortunately most startups learn this by going through the “Fire the first Sales VP&# drill: You start your company with a list of potential customers reading like a “who’s who&# of whatever vertical market you’re in (or the Fortune 1000 list.) Your board nods sagely at your target customer list.

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deal architect

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Jerry Foster, CTO at Plex Systems walked me through anonymized customer manufacturing data from. As we have moved to virtual vendor briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short segments (with permission from vendors), as part of my Analyst Cam series.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 24, 2015

gathered at the event. It is not very polished but was designed for a fast read.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In addition, there’s Sierra AI , a startup working in the AI Agent space founded by Bret Taylor , who’s impressive resume includes being the Chairperson of OpenAI, former co-ceo of Salesforce, CTO at Facebook, ex PM at Google, etc. Vertical AI agents – automate workflows in specific industries (say health or industrial).

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2020

I know our CTO, Dr. Paul Young, closely follows developments in lab grown meats. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries. With the exception of Milis Bio, what tech trend is your team most excited about?

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

One company in Watertown, Massachusetts has been executing on this vision for over a decade with a winning approach for one vertical slice of the small business market: physicians. In effect, they have become the Salesforce.com of the health care vertical.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Iuri Struta , S& P Global ( source ) I was listening to Bret Taylor , the founder and CEO of Sierra, former co-CEO of Salesforce, ex CTO of Facebook and current chairman of OpenAI on the 20VC podcast. Vertical AI and fine tuning of vision models for a specific task is a step in that direction.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2014

One way to get around this is for sites to have a native app, which (depending on the vertical) has the user perpetually logged in, or requires the user to login before the purchase is finally made. For example, in this article on Internet Retailer , Rue La La’s CTO reports half of it’s sales will come from mobile devices.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 14, 2024

We ended up, our messaging ran into our CTO's messaging and what do you do? Sean Malone (16:43): I think used correctly could be used by any type of business, but there are a few niches and verticals that really hit pretty well. And about two years into 18 months into that, one of our clients is like, you guys need a software. (08:37):

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Genuine VC

AUGUST 3, 2012

Her co-founder and CTO Yee Lee worked with both my partner Lee Hower and myself (at PayPal and Venrock, respectively). So given our experiences with these businesses which very much rhyme with One Jackson, the familiarity lead us to excitement about another company taking this social-enabled model to a different vertical.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

grow into international markets, other industry verticals, and other product lines). It literally happened spontaneously while we were brainstorming the foundational idea for data.world, which initially was the brainchild of our brilliant co-founder and CTO, Bryon Jacob. and hopefully?—?grow data.world was no different.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 23, 2019

” Though, as another way to look at it, Nate Weiss (CTO of Conductrics ) says that the ‘skipping IT’ benefit of client-side tools could have a cost for some companies. You can test a lot of changes quickly without much initial investment.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 23, 2019

” Though, as another way to look at it, Nate Weiss (CTO of Conductrics ) says that the ‘skipping IT’ benefit of client-side tools could have a cost for some companies. You can test a lot of changes quickly without much initial investment.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2008

He recommends that early stage companies get input from people who know the funding process, know the vertical, etc. Andrew Warner from Mixergy posted - Before Looking for Funding, Get an Advisor. That's great advice. Of course, it's sometimes hard to find advisors.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 6, 2021

From left, Matthew Iommi, CEO of Fetii, and Justin Rath, chief technology officer for Fetii. billion rideshare industry is only a decade old,” notes Fetii CEO Matthew Iommi, “and as with all industries, we’ll begin to see verticals arise that provide specialized rideshare solutions.

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Where to Play

MARCH 14, 2018

Founded by Saar Yoskovitz (CEO) and Gal Shaul (CTO), and backed by leading venture capitalists, the company was recently recognized for its standout contribution, named one of CRNs Internet of Things top 50. As we looked closer at the market, many verticals were underserved by the existing solutions that were expensive and complicated to use.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

From left to right, echoAR founders, Alon Grinshpoon CEO, Ben Pedazur CTO, and Koren Grinshpoon COO. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries. The Forrest Four-Cast: February 7, 2020 AR apps don’t scale?—?these

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

From left to right, echoAR founders, Alon Grinshpoon CEO, Ben Pedazur CTO, and Koren Grinshpoon COO. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries. The Forrest Four-Cast: February 7, 2020 AR apps don’t scale?—?these

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Deepblocks ’ leadership: CEO Olivia Ramos , CTO Jesus Cabrera , and COO Jeff Millett The Forrest Four-Cast: February 13, 2020 Is it possible to bring down the cost of optimizing housing to zero? Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW , the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 27, 2015

Four reasons: It’s designed for an underserved vertical. While there are plenty of collaboration and communication tools built for office workers – such as Slack, HipChat, and Yammer – few tools cater to the 600 million global/30 million U.S. Why are we excited about Shift Messenger?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Left to right: Heather Shen , CTO; Melina Lopez , CPO; and Elise Smith , CEO The Forrest Four-Cast: February 25, 2020 As the saying goes: Before you judge a person, walk a mile in their shoes. Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW , the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Ciro Donalek , CTO and Co-founder, believes immersive environments are a great way to collaborate with other people and build compelling stories about your data anywhere in the world and in real time. Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW , the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals.

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Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

Draw one line down the middle vertically, and then another across horizontally, so that you make your paper into four quarters. As a CTO, he noticed this. Those of you familiar with Stephen Covey, he has the four quadrants. Do you remember? I always say to my clients, “Grab a piece of paper. Quarter two is on the right.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Mira Murati , co-founder and CTO of OpenAI announced she’s leaving as well as the company’s head of research. There’s been a lot of excitement and drama in the wider tech world this week. The Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates for the first time since 2020, cutting the federal funds rate by 50 basis points.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

I think the real moral of this story is, (1) if you want to work at a startup, make sure the CTO cares about problem solving and not technology religion, (2) if you’re cooking steaks on a gas grill and you see your CTO warming up a dead squirrel over a book of matches, starting looking for a new job.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2020

He also said, “The most important hire I made in my time at the JAIC was the chief technology officer, Nand Mulchandani.” In this class session Nand Mulchandani, JAIC CTO who just completed an extended stint as Acting Director, continued the discussion of AI and the role of the JAIC. Nand Mulchandani. That’s it.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

janryan (@janryan) | Twitter Kerry Rupp Kerry is a Capital Factory Mentor and founding partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in women-led companies in the sustainable consumer and consumer health verticals. As the third U.S.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2009

We know Ben W was the CTO. I’m going to go get a coffee now, and you can have your meeting with those at our company you respect enough to not insult. Chris Ryland , on October 8, 2009 at 1:35 pm Said: OK, so who was the CEO? You’re making him look good, so he should’t mind.

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