Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

When added to my volume of Facebook messages, LinkedIn requests, blog comments and Tweets my head is definitely below water. Colin Kelley, the CTO of RingRevenue , left a comment in my last post about the need to “ mask interrupts &# in order to get work done. So I often try to stay off of email during the day.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. If you asked me to tell you a list of three of the best decisions in my life, I can certainly tell you that regularly writing is one of them. Why You Should Write. Why You Should Write.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 10, 2010

In some cases, part of the definition of minimum is going after technical risk as much as you are going after market risk which is often the focus of lean startups. But what inspired me to write this post was his title “Perfection by Subtraction.” Challenge the group to find the most minimalist definition. Go to a blank page.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

I only have a cursory understanding of OpenSocial from reading various posts and from crawling through the API definitions, but it appears that OpenSocial has a long way to go before it's going to be useful for several of the applications we are working on.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. But, in running it now for the second half of January, the keyword that popped to the top was: Layoffs And this is definitely a sign of the times. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

We not only have our Series A funds that can write $500k?—?$15 If you invest early and then pull back in the next 3 rounds your multiples on cash invested are much higher than if you keep writing checks. As I tell our LPs, “if I’m not making you slightly uncomfortable when I’m writing my first check I’m not doing my job.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

The Internet doesn't work right, and is broken, and without a CDN, you can't do what you need to do if you're the CTO of a large website. Software-as-a-service companies write good software, and network companies build good networks, but rarely do you find both that do that well as the same time. There's complexity in being a CDN.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

This time on mysterious party bus to nowhere but situated with the CTO & Cofounder of Living Social, Aaron Batalion. It’s a topic I’ve not only been thinking a lot about over the past year but had been planning to write about. If you bring a nice bottle of chilled sake they’ll always remember it was from you.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. Or riding a crazy party bus and sitting next to Aaron Batalion the co-founder & CTO of Living Social. Office Space. Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness (Tiger Moms & the true definition of success). Nom nom nom.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2011

They write and tweet every day, with the single guiding credibility and personality that the new social culture demands. He definitely has experience on both sides of the ‘entrepreneur versus investor’ table. He brings a strong technology base to the table, as a former CTO, and creator of the Lean Startup methodology.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It was definitely challenging to make something like that happen in an academic environment. You are writing about the essentials of business. In my case, I am breaking down “business” to its fundamentals, which begins with a definition of what, exactly, is a “business.” What are you working on now? That's great.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 20, 2010

This is pretty much the exact definition of when it makes sense to use Performance Support. You may write your own questions or choose questions eHarmony provides, for example: "What person in your life has been most inspirational, and why?" What is performance support?

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 11, 2010

It’s one thing when you provide a blank space to write your goals when you are in a classroom and there’s a teacher who can help you. And last, but certainly not least, definitely keep in mind the necessity of having lots of reminders. I’ve seen that in courses and in design specs many times, and it’s a HORRIBLE IDEA.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

There are a lot of people out there who can "write code", but very few good engineers. Scrappy engineers are harder to find and keep motivated than Steady engineers, so achieving this ratio is definitely a challenge. Recently, a lot of people have been asking for my advice on how to deal with this growing challenge.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. However, it definitely has served as a hub.

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