SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

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.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

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.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

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.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Because many great entrepreneurs work with lawyers in registering their companies they have their ear to the pavement on the earliest of company formations.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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.

Los Angeles 150

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

My clients are typically entrepreneurs who have other jobs and are looking for help to get their side projects going but don’t have the time or skill set to launch it themselves. But there's often a gap between what a technical group like ours is looking for and what an entrepreneur is able to define. Getting new projects is tough.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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.

Incubator 150

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

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.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

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.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

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.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

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.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

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.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

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.

Los Angeles 150

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

We sat down for an hour to talk about why what GaiKai built was able to overcome its much better funded rival and to dispel the myth that great engineering teams don’t exist in Southern California. 12:00 It seems like there’s a shift in the VC world to more ex-entrepreneurs. Is that a real trend?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

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.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The CEO, Phoebe Hayman, is an amazing entrepreneur who had built up this amazingly well-respected crafting company sold globally in high-end stores like Barneys, Harrods, Selfridges, Le Bon Marché in Paris, etc. She created the company in New Zealand and without raising any institutional capital had grown a global business.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 22, 2012

Founder Dating Los Angeles LA Demo Day Startups Uncensored Tech Cofounder Dating Los Angeles TechCoastAngels Online Events Venice Tech Entrepreneurs Downtown Startups LA Startup Nights Santa Barbara Startup Weekend Silicon Beach Fest Silicon Beach Startups Los Angeles Startup Weekend Hollywood Hackday Startup Weekend Los Angeles LA Tech Happy Hour (..)

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

TLDR: Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits , authors of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development are back with a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur. They are launching their next book, a true field guide for entrepreneurs, called The Lean Entrepreneur: How to Create Products, Innovate with New Ventures, and Disrupt Markets.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. On the one hand, an entrepreneur should not be overly paranoid and should know the ropes that VCs and other professional investors generally will not sign NDAs to see the concept or a prototype--and even if they did, it would not provide much protection.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? Tony: I come at this a bit different, especially a focus on use of social networking tools as part of this. Still it’s something that most managers need to learn how to do better. Tony: So how do you do this and still have dinner at home?

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In the case of the entrepreneur that was the genesis of this post, he had done a lot on paper. Tech Events / Meetups - There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. In this case, these sites didn't pan out all that well for the entrepreneur. More on this below.

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Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”).

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Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). He knows the ad management and ad network businesses.

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Mobile Management Southern California Application Development 282

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Babak Nivi is one of the most understated, helpful & important people on the entrepreneur / startup scene in NorCal. What he (along with Naval) started with AngelList is also a very important transformation to the communications between first-time entrepreneurs & angels. But it +is+ an anti-entrepreneur stance.&#

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Rincon is part of the new breed of Seed Stage VCs and with the leadership of Jim Andelman has charted out the most authentic early-stage investment strategy in Southern California. Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list. It is how angel rounds come together.&#.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In the case of the entrepreneur that was the genesis of this post, he had done a lot on paper. Tech Events / Meetups - There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. In this case, these sites didn't pan out all that well for the entrepreneur. More on this below.

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Fractional CTO Southern California Startup Mobile 296

SoCal CTO

APRIL 1, 2009

I am excited to be participating in and announcing the of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal.

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Southern California California Metrics Social Media 150

Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The Valley produces world-class entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists and successful high-tech companies – all growing and creating jobs on one relatively small peninsula. Many other communities are entrepreneur-friendly and, by any measure, have the tools in place to spawn new high growth companies.

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Silicon Valley Southern California Tucson Seattle 107

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

He then said EXACTLY what he was going to be shipping first: A 100% online, fully-accredited Masters in Education degree with the University of Southern California. John got away with his pitch above because he was a very experienced education entrepreneur and his pitch was in an era before the “XYZ sucks” style pitch.

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Southern California Phoenix Technical Review Seed Stage 159

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about their best business or entrepreneur turnaround story and here are the responses. #1- My favorite entrepreneur turnaround story is that of Lord Alan Sugar. My favorite success story is of one of the most influential, richest, and talked about, entrepreneurs i.e. Mark Zuckerberg.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2017

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – Food is Always Needed. The Carson, California company employs about 800 people in its 4 Southern California plants. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same. Image Credit: Robert Atallah. 2 – Stranded.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

This year, with the kids grown, their choice was to fly up from Southern California and spend the holidays at our ranch. California, where even the rabbits are bigger than life! Reply steveblank , on November 26, 2009 at 10:29 am Said: Just the stories of the entrepreneurs are bigger than life.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 5, 2019

It’s our spot to unwind and unplug, to get away from the busy Southern California lifestyle. The post 28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names appeared first on Hearpreneur. There is a river, ducks, deer, and geese. There is fishing, hiking, boating, and shooting. Life is slow. It’s our refuge.

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Naming Entrepreneur Southern California Video 132

techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. Founder Stories) Aereos Chet Kanojia Urges Entrepreneurs To "Go For The Difficult Problems" [TCTV]. Alexia Tsotsis. Thursday, August 9th, 2012.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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