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Before you build your business or product, be sure to describe it clearly and concisely in the following manner:

Diagram with only boxes & arrows Use generic terms Avoid using brand names

Speak in business terms with your tech team using the diagrams that you create and significantly improve communication and transparency in your [...]

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Every company or product can be built using one of these three team configurations:

Internal: best, but difficult to build External team: cheapest, basic tech needs Hybrid team: for mid-range tech needs

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It’s simple! Seed, Feed, and Weed!

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Both business and technical people must interview candidates for skills, smarts, and culture. You just go about it a different way, depending on your background. Here are my tips for hiring technical people:

Hiring practices differ from business & tech standpoints Tech standpoint: culture, smarts, skill Business standpoint: skill, smarts, culture Seek help if [...]

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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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Florian Drescher is hosting another cloud training session. I did this before and think he’s a great teacher. I would go again, but I am going to Startup Weekend LA (same weekend). The cost is $20. Q Connects is in the Howard Hughes complex.

Introduction to Cloud Computing with Amazon EC2

This course [...]

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Wearable computing: Keyboard input via a glove – awesome!

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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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How Facebook Ships Code

On January 19, 2011 By

I came an interesting article about Facebook’s internal development operations. It’s a great read.

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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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Students4Startups

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SoCal Code Camp

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LA CTO Forum

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