SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

I believe that Twiistup is now a platform from which to grow and highlight what is uniquely LA. For highlighting what is uniquely LA, for adhering to a strict quality standard for speakers and for building this great platform for the future Francisco Dao (aka “ The Man ”) should feel proud of what he has accomplished.

Twiistup 228

Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2011

What it did uniquely, is it also integrated contacts and communications--all in single platform. CRM systems today don't do a good job of even integrating email, much less social. It should include all of your communications, no matter what social network, and no matter who on your team has done it. It's not efficient.

Google 216

Google Tool Email Sales 216

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Investors: TomorrowVentures (Eric Schmidt’s investment vehicle; Court Coursey joining board), CompuCredit Holdings, with existing investors Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Omidyar Network, QED Investors, Volition Capital. And I know that great startups like Yammer are doing well. Enter Xobni.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Socially connected individuals and platforms that enable faster roll-outs of successful products. LinkedIn – Lots of people talk about LinkedIn as a social network. Of course I could go on and on including businesses like AirBnB, DropBox, Box.net, Yammer and so on. Unprecedented transparency of information.

Startup 386

Startup Pricing Marketing Product 386

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

They realized that as entreprises were increasingly using many different Cloud-based applications they didn’t have good cross-platform tools for deployment, monitoring and decommissioning. Cloud Data Platform. Okta solves this and more. Business Logic. So far in the stack we’ve only spoken about infrastructure.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343