Remove 2007 Remove CTO Hire Remove Fractional CTO Remove Hiring
article thumbnail

Startup CTO or Developer

SoCal CTO

I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. I understand the desire for hiring someone who is going to product product.

CTO 225
article thumbnail

Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering?

www.bothsidesofthetable.com

Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering? Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. I hope many will read this and have an answer for the question, “what’s the different between a CTO and a VP of Engineering?”

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. He was from South America but living in Switzerland and had launched a startup while holding down a day job at a consulting firm (McKinsey if memory serves). We weren’t ready to hire an associate yet so I offered him a summer internship.

article thumbnail

Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

(Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996).

article thumbnail

What is Sweat Equity Worth?

www.entrepreneur.com

July 31, 2007 |. However, your partner could just as easily have argued that her sweat equity is worth $250,000 since that's what a prototype would have cost you to make had you hired a prototype development firm. Financing Taxes Accounting Basics Personal Finance Money Management Payments & Collections. BY Asheesh Advani. |.

article thumbnail

28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I loved working for start-ups, except for the being laid-off part, as a result of acquisition or pivot. I had always wanted to do consulting but was waiting until my son went off to college. After being laid-off (again), I started a sales consulting business helping tech start-ups build, grow, and coach their sales teams.

article thumbnail

Out of the Crisis #27: Eren Bali of Carbon Health on public health, COVID vaccinations, and working as a unified society to solve problems

Startup Lessons Learned

So, I was really interested in programming, design development, but I didn't realize the kind of business aspect for a very, very long time. When we started at Udemy, in Turkey in 2006 and 2007, there was no funding available. ER : Do you know how big of a fraction of the California vaccine rollout you guys have been?