Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO. Los Angeles Tech Market Analysis' The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

I seldom hire patent attorneys during due diligence but this was too important. We hired OSHA regulatory lawyers. We hired IP specialists to review prior art. Note: Company headquarters is in Los Angeles with major R&D also happening in Northern Virginia. We grilled their IP attorneys. Upfront Ventures'

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

The bad news is that Finding Developers is Tough Here in Los Angeles and even people willing to pay have a hard time finding Web Development in Los Angeles. Tech Events / Meetups - In Los Angeles, There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

I’m seeing and hearing that it’s becoming tough finding good developers again, at least here in Los Angeles. And it’s not just me, Ben Kuo just posted - Good news for developers (and jobs) We’ve been talking with a lot (and I mean a LOT) of people who are looking for developers in Southern California (Los Angeles and beyond).

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

They need to be able to know the key Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder , figure out where/when/how to bring on development talent ( Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit? , In Los Angeles, I have easy access to a bunch of potential strategic technical advisors through the LA CTO Forum.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

GRP Partners is looking to hire two analysts (maybe even three) to join our practice in Los Angeles. But every time I do recruiting I get so many applicants that don’t come close to the spec that I feel I have to put up at least some filters to avoid people unlikely to be hired from putting in too much work.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. But “he didn’t have the budget to hire a developer until he had raised money!&#. A couple of quick stories / examples: 1. Making Things Happen. He looked stunned. I said that he had been talking about doing this for too long.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 7, 2010

This is purely anecdotal, but it seems like a lot of companies are hiring technology talent here in Southern California. And we have been looking to hire several positions (but are being really picky as is normally the case). And we have been looking to hire several positions (but are being really picky as is normally the case).

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 18, 2012

Or they are looking at Hiring a CTO and want to see what salary and equity ranges look like. CTO Salary and Equity Comparison My guess is that most people who come here are going to be Founders, CEOs and CTOs who want to compare salary and equity of the CTO Position in their organization vs. their peers.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure. We hired outside experts. I have witnessed it working. I did not lose my hearing. It is safe.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2018

At first the company just consisted of the founders, but Ben soon started to hire his engineering team. But as each engineer was hired and started work I began to notice that after a few days they started to wear suits… wait for it… with sneakers. And back then they were all men.)

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. In Los Angeles we don’t have “patron technology companies&# that are big enough to matter – we’re still hoping to see them emerge. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive. He has also sailed a boat across the Atlantic.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

By 2005 I had moved back to the US and we started hiring US employees (The first two employees we hired had both grown up in India! It was also in a group of about 15 people in law offices in Los Angeles. Irony, hey?). In 2006 we sold the company to a French services company.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Just saw a great post by Mark Geller - Developers wanted… in Los Angeles, U.S.A. First, early in the post, Mark mentions: The idea behind the meetup is to connect technology startups with prospective hires who may be interested to work for “alternative compensation”–e.g., who would love to talk with you.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

We’ll discuss the critical questions a CEO needs to answer to effectively capitalize on the remote labor market while avoiding the pitfalls most commonly encountered when people attempt to hire developers that are far from their company’s headquarters. Hiring remote talent is much more complicated than hiring in your backyard.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. I always push companies to hire “an operationally focused CFO” during this phase because in order to systematize you need somebody who brings economic rigor to decision making. As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

I''ve written before about finding Web Development Firms in Los Angeles. You are looking for someone who cares about the look, but you are hiring the development firm for it''s development skills not its graphic design skills. What I didn''t discuss was how you should go about selecting the right company.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

You also ran the risk that if you hired employees quickly and then demand wasn’t as strong as expected it was incredibility hard to fire people. People of Korean descent in Los Angeles are amongst the most entrepreneurial people I know — in technology but also in garments, fashion, food and so forth.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Claims administrators are companies some insurers hire to investigate accidents and figure out how much to pay injured parties. Celina Kirchner is a full-stack attorney at Michelman & Robinson, LLP (M&R), a national law firm with offices in Los Angeles, Orange County (California), San Francisco, Chicago and New York.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2014

If there’s a snowstorm in North Carolina that knocks out FedEx or UPS deliveries for several days (which actually happened last month), I can just transfer orders to our production facility in Los Angeles. It’s easy to work with, and most of the programmers you hire will already be familiar with Amazon’s server infrastructure.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 15, 2014

It could be time to hire some help. If you own your own business and find that you simply don’t have enough time on your hands to be able to do all the things you need to do, you may be asking yourself should you hire an employee? . Disadvantages of hiring a new employee: An employee costs you money. Perhaps a sales rep?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

Because Bird was first to market, extremely innovative, quick to hire talented leadership and an experienced founder it was able to raise $125 million in an extraordinarily short period of time. Does it surprise you that the fastest-growing “unicorn” was launched in Los Angeles and not San Francisco? There is nothing viral!

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

LESSON #3: Avoid these three hiring mistakes. When it comes time to grow your team, Jeff Jordan and Eric pointed out three hiring mistakes to avoid. First, do not hire someone just because they have the domain expertise. Jeff elaborated, “You want to tee [your hires] to the state of the company.” They’re qualified.

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Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

Startup hubs like Berlin, London, New York, Los Angeles, Bangalore, Hong Kong and Singapore offered access to venture capital and vibrant start ecosystems thus attracting the brightest founders. So, who benefits the most from work from home jobs and diversity hiring programs? Work from home jobs & Hiring Neurodiverse People.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 17, 2024

And it's the old Stephen Coveys that I can take a high speed train from Boston to Los Angeles. You should only hire it. Hire a marketing campaign. So when we're going to hire somebody, we start off when we say, what does success look like? (09:30): How fast are we going? I say never implement a marketing campaign.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

From New York, Philadelphia, and Boston to Los Angeles and San Francisco, entrepreneurs came out to share their enthusiasm -- you really are everywhere.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2009

I was hired as a training instructor to teach microprocessor system design for the existing Z-80 family and to write a new course for Zilog’s soon to be launched 16-bit processor, the Z-8000. Two Jobs at Once When I was hired at Zilog part of the deal was that I could consult for the first six months for my last employer, ESL.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Unfortunately, some tenants experience more complicated issues that would require the intervention of a Los Angeles tenant attorney. This article explains situations when you would want to hire an attorney. Common Issues that Require Help from a Los Angeles Tenant Attorney. Lady Justice Source: Pixabay.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JULY 7, 2011

My immediate goal was to have a showroom in every market in the US – Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. After Atlanta, we added our Dallas showroom and then Los Angeles. Our Los Angeles showroom opened up the specialty realtor Nordstrom account for us.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

If you’re the hiring manager for your company, here are five tips that can help you find the right people — and do your job more successfully: 1. Keep in mind that you’re hiring coworkers and acting as company spokesperson. Think of the hiring process as a type of user experience, and look for ways to continuously improve it.

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Board Effect

JUNE 2, 2022

Nonprofits often use capacity building grants to hire consultants to assist them in improving programs or improving efficiency overall. . Nonprofits commonly hire grant writers to apply for grants as grant writers have the necessary expertise to complete applications and increase the chances of an award. The Rose Hills Foundation.

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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. After four years of living in New York and attending courses at New York University, she returned to Los Angeles in. → Learn More.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It could be more revenue, hiring clients, or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. Initially, I would like to hire people from my neighborhood, with the goal of expanding to other communities in the future. 19- Hiring people for exponential growth.

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Job Descriptions > How to Hire a CTO When its time to add a technologist to your slate of executives, what are the best practices to follow? 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. Thats the time for a CTO."

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Los Angeles, CA.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Hypemarks was a Los Angeles social sharing startup that after about a year of failing to gain traction and turn a profit, changed course, moved to San Francisco and became Tint , an embeddable social-feed service. The story of pivoting direction is common in the U.S. start-up world. Weighing In. Tim Sae Koo.

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