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Why Your Startup Can’t Afford To Hire a CTO

konamoxt.com

January 18, 2009 Why Your Startup Can’t Afford To Hire a CTO Before Founding Konamoxt, my last gig was the Chief Technology Officer for a local Seattle Startup. Mr. Startup CEO, I’m here to tell you, you can’t afford to hire a CTO. Can you help us make sure this candidate would make a good CTO?&#

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. He has 20 years’ experience as CTO. He is known for being able to monetize the social web.

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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. If this idea was so big then why would they risk not being first to market, not building defensible IP for the sake of a few hundred thousand dollars extra in lock-up money at a big company? I finally called bullshit. It was May.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

You need an overarching vision and goal but just try to get to the next level, one iteration or sprint at a time. April 27, 2009 8:59 AM Anonymoussaid. July 15, 2009 11:18 PM markmontgomery said. Mark Montgomery Founder Kyield Initium VC September 12, 2009 4:21 AM Mark Montgomery said. Otherwise it's a great idea.

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

I went to the Columbia Engineering Career Fair in October 2009 and left with ~150 resumes. We hired three guys from that batch and paid them in iPhones. Treat everyone you hire like a co-founder. It builds trust and earns buy-in from the people you hire. When you’re hiring folks, don’t promise equity upfront.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck. Sjoerd Franken.

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