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How do you use Job Boards to hire technology people?

On March 22, 2011 By

My friend, Rich Rygg of HipGeo (and co-inventor of the Pop-Up Ad), asked me which are the best job boards to use when hiring people in Los Angeles and Southern California. That’s not quite the right question, as hiring is more of a process than anything else. To address his question, I put together an [...]

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STARTUPS: Want "FREE" Developers to build your product?

On February 1, 2011 By

I meet a lot of startups that are looking for that perfect developer who will buy into their vision (aka “drink the KoolAid”) and work for equity (i.e. “for free”). Well, that’s not going to happen. I mean it can…but that’s like winning the lottery or getting struck by lightning – you can’t plan for [...]

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Technical Networking Groups and Meetups in Los Angeles

On December 18, 2010 By

Check out this long list of groups and meetups in Los Angeles! We kick ass! There is sooooo much to do in this town now!

Here’s what I’ve found so far:

Cloud Camp LA CoLoft DevOps Digerati LA Dorkbot Founders Space High Scalability LA Cloud Computing LA CTO Forum LA Flash Users Group LA Hadoop [...]

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Start a company in Los Angeles…now!!!

On March 3, 2010 By

Fast Company has a great article on why you should start a company in Los Angeles.

Since 1994, I have spent about half of my time in the Bay Area and the other half in Los Angeles. LA beats the Bay for a lot of reasons, but the biggest reason is that [...]

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Thursday Lunch – a great techie event!

On January 21, 2010 By

I just met up with Eric Hammond, Ken Weiner, and more for Thursday Lunch on the Third Street Promenade. If you haven’t been, I highly recommend it. I’m not sure how the crowd normally is, but it was pretty tech/developer heavy this time – and I [...]

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Networking for Techies and Developers in Los Angeles

On December 4, 2009 By

My friend Mark Long recently asked me about networking in Los Angeles. Mark is a CTO, see, and his company, PortBlue, was recently acquired (congrats, Mark!). After transitioning to the new team, Mark was left to wonder, what now? Where do I need to go to meet the people that I will “build the [...]

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