SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Did they have a Weak Development Team ? And do I fit as a Part-Time CTO , Technology Advisor , CTO Founder , Acting CTO ? Here are a few perspectives on it: Building a sweat equity team You simply need to network.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 12, 2017

Technology has become so disruptive in the business world that sometimes its exact purpose can be forgotten. . From marketing to product development, to new software tools and communications, the list is almost endless as to the digital transformations taking place. Everypixel: Stock image search engine.

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2017

Often, executing a flank attack involves developing new technology. Whether you’re considering launching a new business or looking to develop a new product in an established company, you may have a vision of a new technology will that expose a vulnerable flank in an entire industry or against key competitors.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 15, 2021

Today, Aurora and Reinvent Technology Partners Y announced their agreement to merge. I’ve been engaged in the AV tech space closely since 2015, when I first wrote about the potential of AV technology to make human mobility safer, more sustainable, and more efficient. Uber is the world’s largest ride-hailing network.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

While you may not be able to address all of them, you can work with your dev team to find and fix the more technical areas: Slow application logic : Use a code profiling tool to help determine which dependencies are being used on your site and how long each of those dependencies takes to load. Image source ).

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Today, CTOs are multi-taskers that aren’t just coders locked in some basement — they play a vital role in a tech company’s strategic plan and growth. Have an account? Zach Cutler , The Cutler Group.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 8, 2016

You may well have to trade-off your travel dreams versus your tech startup requirements. As awe-inspiring as living on a remote tropical island sounds, there may not even be electricity between certain times of day due to rotating power scheduling whereby a town only receives electricity for a few hours daily.

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dontbesoanalytical.blogspot.com

MAY 13, 2012

From time to time, Ill address information technology, and how it impacts business and daily life. Daddy, What Does a Chief Technology Officer Do? 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.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

NETWORK EQUIPMENT MAKER JUNIPER BUYS ISRAELI VIRTUALIZATION SECURITY FIRM ALTOR FOR $95 MLN. “Juniper is excited to acquire one of the industry’s leading virtualization security vendors and the extremely talented team that built it,&# – Mark Bauhaus, executive vice president and general manager, Juniper Networks.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 16, 2021

where trust and transparency is not only key, it is required) Topl’s blockchain uses similar technology (both of our back-ends are written in Scala) Topl’s BaaS provides predictable pricing Predictable pricing is not a feature of all blockchains. Topl has an ESG focus. But for an asset-based supply chain solution, a predictable?

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. When a startup encounters difficult technical problems, this is the guy you want solving them. As the company grows, hes the go-to person for almost everything technical, and so hes very much in demand. All is not lost, though.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. There are also tons of tools for creating your own microsites, Facebook apps, social networks, blogs and more. Do a web search to find platform-specific tools.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

More About The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Learn more here. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the salesman podcast, hosted by will Barron and brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. Like this show?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

To the contrary – if you know how to sell your own work, can negotiate good rates, network well, keep consistent work and have a great reputation – it can be very rewarding. I learned how to do a pipeline review with sales people without getting bullshitted to. I learned about revenue recognition.

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Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Everyone in the technology industry seems to agree that people are paramount, yet nobody seems to be on the same page with what the people organization­—Human Resources—should look like. What is the quality of your company’s written performance reviews? Did all of your employees receive their reviews on time? Motivation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Heres my diagnosis of his problem: He has some automated tests, but his team doesnt have a continuous integration server or practice TDD. And has the tension goes down, it will be easier to get the whole team (including the MBAs) to embrace TDD and other good practices as further refinements. Software Eng.

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

So it all begs the question, if you’re not from a tech background do you even have a shot at starting a web startup? Non-Technology Driven Startups The first question to ask is, is your startup idea technology driven? Are you inventing new technical solutions to a problem?

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venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

He can be technical, but he must be able to wield the tools of influence. What you don’t know Business founders who don’t code use bad proxies for picking technical co-founders (&# 10 years with Java!&# ). Technical founders who don’t sell also use bad proxies (&# Harvard MBA!&# ).

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mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Billion View Comments How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development February 22, 2011 by Christina Warren View Comments email share email share The Mobile App Trends Series is sponsored by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Have an account? Are you using HTML5 when building mobile apps? Let us know.

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BeyondVC

SEPTEMBER 7, 2006

Facebook has clearly built a huge community and is one of the leading social networks on the web. However, it seems that there is a huge privacy backlash online (according to USA Today already 500k of 9.5mm members are against this) – I guess part of the lure of the Facebook that it was more of a closed network than MySpace.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 14, 2010

After watching the video I have to say that right now Kajabi is a front runner, it actually made me excited about using many of the features, and that’s a rare thing when it comes to technology. If you enjoyed this article, please tweet it , you can share it on Facebook or on your preferred social network.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. In the old model of Israeli startups, many Israeli executive teams would hire a vice president of sales in the U.S.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

These serve to ensure that everyone who ends up on the development team knows what the system is for. More than one person can review it, but only one person can author. My experience says that if the development team relies on mockups and documents created by customers then the team and the project are in a real trouble.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Think about your own behavior: if you are like me, you hate having to deal with sales people, and greatly prefer to do your own research starting with search engines, and leveraging free trials, on-line videos, blogs, reviews, and your social network. So far we have been very effective using blogs, social networks, etc.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. How do you use LinkedIn?

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2020

Since it is literally my job to understand the ecommerce tech landscape, I want to show you some lesser known or new—but still quite valuable—apps. Fera can even tailor elements like reviews to feature past buyers whose profiles align with those of current shoppers. Shopify apps for ecommerce merchants.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. Big things, like obscuring the networking stack under so many countless layers of abstraction that it’s virtually impossible to even imagine what bytes are actually going over the wire.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. But I loved reading them and so did my team. The role of Product Managers at Technology Companies. 15 minutes.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

They log in to translate the documents, one at a time, marking each finished when done, which sends the file back to the company for review.” Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. Decline bids from providers without many great reviews. The translator rejects or approves.

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