ALERT: Warning of Fraudulent Tech Recruiters Impersonating Dogtown Media Employees

⚠️ ALERT: Warning of Fraudulent Activities Impersonating Dogtown Media Employees ⚠️ Posting: January 16, 2024 We at Dogtown Media prioritize your safety and security. Recently, we’ve been alerted to fraudulent activities by a fake recruitment firm falsely claiming to represent our company. The fraudulent organization is posing as a tech recruiter and have setup a […]

Celebrating 10 Years of Excellence at Dogtown Media

The year was 2011. Adele topped the Charts with “Rolling in the Deep”, The Hangover Part II was raking it in at the box office, and two techies were introduced one winter’s day at a backyard barbecue. Sharing a few laughs and cold beers, I befriended my future business partner and CTO, Rob Pope. Five […]

What Does the Future of Work Look Like After COVID-19?

COVID-19 has forever changed how we approach work. When the pandemic began, Dogtown Media said goodbye to its Los Angeles-based development headquarters for the past decade. We left this office, moved the entire team to remote work, and don’t have any intention of going back. The future of work has changed, and we’ve changed with […]

4 Remote Work Tips To Help Your Team Adapt To The ‘New Normal’

Original Article Featured in Forbes. We live in a time of uncertainty. It has been a year since the global Covid-19 pandemic started, but there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. Has your business adapted to this “new normal” yet? Before the pandemic, Dogtown Media, my mobile app development firm, had a mixture of […]

How Entrepreneurs Can Prepare for the 5G Era

There’s no shortage of hype surrounding 5G. Per the June 2019 Ericsson Mobility Report, “No previous generation of mobile technology has had the potential to drive economic growth to the extent that 5G promises.” Now, this potential is finally becoming a reality. 5G is poised to disrupt practically every industry. But the fifth generation of cellular […]

5 Ways to Stop Skipping the Hard Questions of Entrepreneurship

Original article featured in Entrepreneur. Being passionate is human nature, particularly when you’re running your own business. But when that excitement takes the reins — something that routinely happens, for instance, when billionaire Elon Musk hops on Twitter — problems can result. In the past two months alone, Musk’s musings have led to his removal as chairman […]

Machine Learning Can’t Fix Algorithmic Bias — but Humans Can

Original article featured in Quartz at Work. The fact that tech has a long way to go when it comes to its lack of diversity shouldn’t be news to anyone at this point. The technology sector is the third biggest contributor to the US economy. And the people behind it—from founders to hiring managers to […]

4 Ways To Prime Your AI Strategy For Growth

Original article featured in Forbes. Futurism has always fascinated me. When I was young, I would pore through science-fiction novels and dream about how far-flung technologies could improve our lives. As an adult now working in tech, I’ve been able to explore what the world’s leading minds believe the coming decades will encompass. To my […]

Want to Adopt a Proactive Approach to Disruption? Here’s How.

Original Article Featured in Entrepreneur. Soon, Amazon won’t have to worry about accusations that the company treats its warehouse workers like robots. That’s because those workers will be robots. And it’s close to happening: In Japan, startups are working on autonomous robots that can unload shipping containers and run an entire warehouse without human direction or intervention. If and when this […]