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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups. .&#

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The Other Amazon Deal this week. Drupal founder attracts over $100 Million in 3 months.

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Drupal was launched in 2001, and Acquia started in 2007. When Open Source software projects are launched, the progenitors often start a for-profit sister company to garner some income from training, support and consulting. Plus, there are tons of expenses like servers, bandwidth, office space, travel and the time of many professionals.

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

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These professionals can help with anything from finance to marketing, but you wont find any software engineers volunteering their services. I was basically a consultant without the payment and I basically got taken advantage of. If you can't do that convincingly, go get investor money and hire a consultant. Act accordingly.