TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Does it need to throttle potential malicious activity? The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation.

Develop 520

Develop Development Technical Review SEO 520

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. Most of them suffer from lack of activity, but it's worth a shot. It needs to be funded to be successful. The grind is too much and too long if it gets beyond that size. What do you do if you don't know the size? Is this a Wordpress hack?

Guide 296

Guide Startup Mobile Framework 296

SoCal CTO

APRIL 20, 2007

Been traveling and consulting with a bunch of early-stage and growth companies. I've somewhat fallen off the map on this blog. Really fun stuff these days. One of my recent fun experiences was doing a presentation at Harvard Business School (HBS) on the implications of Web 2.0 a truly developmental kind of experience.

Web 2.0 150

Web 2.0 Web RSS Training 150

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

This is a novel user interaction that embeds casual entertainment directly into the operating system experience, based on some fairly interesting underlying technology. In addition, I do a few consulting projects on the side, in the areas of product strategy, search engine optimization, and intellectual property. Details coming soon!)

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Or riding a crazy party bus and sitting next to Aaron Batalion the co-founder & CTO of Living Social. Office Space. I always love visiting companies because you can tell so much about the character of the company by spending time in their offices. Nom nom nom. You get a feel for the company “vibe.” The Subway.

Startup 319

Startup Organization Entrepreneur Blogging 319

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

The reason is this – if you look at sedentary lifestyle the world over and not just in the United States, approximately 2 out of 3 people don’t meet even the minimum requirements of physical activity per day. If you set a moving activity goal for yourself, Movn will adjust itself to help you achieve that goal.

USC 104

USC Southern California Activity Study 104

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Imagine watching your favorite television show along with your iPad and having time-synced engagement that draws you deeper into the plotline through touch-activated hotspots, storyline added bonus features, retail opportunities, games, promotions and outbound links to other relevant content. Cool, right? Coincident.TV

Screening 109

Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

He's the former CTO at Stocktwits, and he did the analysis and found out a lot of stuff. Our daily active users went through the roof, over 40 percent, compared to most apps, where you are only at 10 to 20 percent daily usage. We said, huh, are there any patterns these top agents were doing that others weren't? READ MORE>>.

Sales 145

Sales Startup Email Tool 145

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I'm married to Mike Freehling , M&A and financial management consultant. Just posted a blog about that: [link] I've been struggling a little with making the numbers work out for some social media activity. I speak Japanese, Portuguese, Hausa, French, some Spanish. BLOG: [link] LINKEDIN: [link] TWITTER: [link] What's a phone booth?

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. He is a founder of Strengths Doctors, a consulting firm which helps leaders design energizing work environments. Emily Scherberth – Founder of Symphony PR.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good! By Frank Addante [Startup 3.0]

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! I decided that I was going to consult/advise a few companies and relax for a bit. As CTO, it was my job to solve this problem.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. Do fewer structured activities. they have purchasing intent ).*. Here’s why.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2021

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. M&A is “buying” resources for growth. External scanning for resources.

Organization 132

Organization CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 132

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. can feel you now—corporate recruiters at career fairs, sending offer letters to work at banks and consulting firms. But I don’t think so.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. M&A is “buying” resources for growth. External scanning for resources.

CTO Hire 91

CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development Resource 91

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. M&A is “buying” resources for growth. External scanning for resources.

Acquisition 88

Acquisition CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development 88