devver.wordpress.com

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Boulder CTO December Lunch with Tim Wolters with 5 comments The Boulder CTO Lunch meets once a month with a guest speaker and covers topics and questions that startup CTOs should find interesting. The Role As a CTO, you paint a landscape of the product and market. There are two kinds of CTOs: tactical and visionary.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

In 2010 I deconstructed the filings for GameFly and Quinstreet. GameFly filed in 2010 and remains in registration, though 2011 has seen a positive start for VC-backed IPOs with 14 in Q1 2011. Filing Date: initial S-1 filed Nov 17, 2010 , updated March 9, 2011. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Dana Settle (Greycroft) & I had led the first round of investment in the company in 2010 and we were looking for smart media investors to join us as investors in the company. He joined when Maker was a small, chaotic organization and helped bridge our talented creative team with the outside world of investor, brands, partners & press.

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Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2015

He later co-founded and served as CTO of IMVU and then authored The Lean Startup. He was named entrepreneur-in-residence at Harvard Business School in 2010 and is currently an IDEO Fellow. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 25, 2010

We did a full day entrepreneurial retreat called “ ADPrentice 2010.&# This is the second time we’ve done this – the last time was ADPrentice 2005. Several ADP alums, including Sameer Gandhi (Accel Partners), Mark Siegel (Menlo Ventures), and Eran Egozy (founder/CTO of Harmonix) came and participated.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. but: Something is Still Missing.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This week’s guest was David Travers from Rustic Canyon Partners. Investors: Matrix (Dana Stadler, who was the CTO of PayPal). 11.2mm in Series A, rumored pre-money of $35mm; $1.6mm angel raised in Jan 2010. What I found strange about this funded was the fact that it was led by Summit Partners. 15mm in Series A.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Wasn’t he a CTO or something? (He He was my role model at Convergent, mentor at Ardent and partner at E.piphany. Reply Karma in the Lean Startup Era , on January 28, 2010 at 5:26 pm Said: [.] He was a young prof at Harvard when I was an undergrad in ’72–76 and I knew him slightly.)

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Job Descriptions > How to Hire a CTO When its time to add a technologist to your slate of executives, what are the best practices to follow?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

May 12, 2009 7:42 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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www.scottporad.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Obviously, Mike’s not looking for money yet, but those types are often tapped into technical people who are looking for a business partner. In fact, that’s exactly how I ended up at Cheezburger—a friend of a friend introduced me to one of the angels who had invested, who then introduced me to the founder (who needed a CTO).

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Venture Chronicles

AUGUST 2, 2013

If we did anything egregiously wrong at Get Satisfaction in the 2010-1012 time period it was to under-invest in the product with the assumption that the existing product was good enough. Ultimately you need to achieve best in class but if you try to achieve that in the first iteration you will be hopelessly late.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Henrik Werdelin , the Managing Partner of Prehype , a venture development firm based in New York City that has helped build companies like Tradable , Barkbox , FancyHands , Basno and Path , says recreating Twitter isn’t necessarily difficult, but the layered features will take time to get right. “But 1) Twitter.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

You might get a bunch of inbound emails from other press and partners, and all of these things can contribute to a feeling that you’re on your way to getting tons of traffic. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. It strokes your ego. Bring your questions.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

Tuesday, August 17, 2010. He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. 14 comments: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 dpickett says: Great post, man! Tuesday, August 17, 2010 e.p.c. Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Nick P.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Sunday, August 15, 2010. Im trying to create a technology enabled recruiting service for an unproven business model. Partnering with me at that stage was speculative at best. Reply Delete Peter Aug 15, 2010 04:53 PM Absolutely correct. Reply Delete Anonymous Aug 15, 2010 05:07 PM So untrue. Captain Recruiter.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

To close, Judith Estrin gave us a talk on having sustainable technology, not necessarily related to sustainability as in green, but how to make sure innovation continues to happen. I was intrigued by her bio, CTO at Cisco, currently or previously a board member at Disney, FedEx, and Sun Microsystems. Gotta love that!

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

To close, Judith Estrin gave us a talk on having sustainable technology, not necessarily related to sustainability as in green, but how to make sure innovation continues to happen. I was intrigued by her bio, CTO at Cisco, currently or previously a board member at Disney, FedEx, and Sun Microsystems. Gotta love that!

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www.thisisgoingtobebig.com

OCTOBER 25, 2010

links » Attracting a CTO to your startup Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 05:29AM by Charlie ODonnell Businesspeople ask me all the time how to find a technical partner for a startup. The ideal partner is financially independent. What value you are you to a partner? Or 60,70, or 80% if you plan on giving out less.)

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ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology leadership need to consider build/buy/partner options. startup cto. (18). Strategic Technology. ► 2010. (14). The existing practice cant easily meet requirements and there may be an underlying investment in capability such as platforms, people, or process to help solution. about me. (26).

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www.aaronkharris.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Im a private tutor on Tutorspree Text Aug 23, 2010 @ 9:08 pm Permalink We have a CTO, and so can you! I was told that finding a CTO/technical co-founder in NYC was about as easy as climbing Everest with one leg, no O2, and carrying a dead elephant. If you want to get in touch, drop me a line at akharris at gmail dot com.

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www.startuplessonslearned.com

MAY 4, 2012

For instance, when Robin Chase and her partner, Antje, founded the car-sharing startup Zipcar, they agreed with a quick handshake to split the equity 50–50. Robin wondered when her partner would be able to become more involved, but, in the end, Antje never joined full-time. He cofounded and served as CTO of IMVU.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. You can find a technologist to join you as a partner, for half of the company’s equity.

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Mike Michalowicz

MAY 31, 2016

As the Head of the Technology and Professional Services at Integrien, Zarik worked closely with other executives and investors at Clearstone Ventures to create an attractive enterprise level software solution which was successfully acquired by VMware, Inc. Corporate Partners. Later in his career, Zarik founded Zema Enterprises, Inc.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 10, 2015

Joseph is an Achieved CEO/CTO investor and strategic advisor. A long-time entrepreneur, Joseph founded/co-founded many technological companies throughout the years. Corporate Partners. Our Guests Joseph Shemesh (left) Joseph is an Achieved CEO/CTO investor and strategic advisor. Our Guests. Joseph Shemesh (left).

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Altgate

JUNE 1, 2009

  I have a few hundred feeds that I follow in Google Reader and the way that I find new ones is a random process of discovery so Larry's post was great in that he not only provided a rank-ordered list but also a convenient way to mass subscribe.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Hire a CTO or VP Engineering. A really good technology executive can notice problems like the ones Im talking about today and address them proactively. The trick is to hire a good one - I wrote a little about this in What does a startup CTO actually do? I would love to have an effective CTO or VP of Engineering to manage me.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

24 Comments • Nov 8, 2010 I love this answer. Steve Smith • Nov 8, 2010 I've always thought that a funny thing to do would be to post an ad on Craigslist saying "I'm a rockstar developer who is looking for the next great idea. Yishan Wong • Nov 8, 2010 lol.if Lee Weinberg • Nov 12, 2010 lol.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Experience as a COO, CFO, CTO. +. Experience in sales or technology. Marketing/Sales/Partners. Sales channels, sales and marketing partners. – No partners identified. ++. Key partners in place. Strength of the Entrepreneur and the Management Team. Experience. +. Many years of business experience. ++.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). Artificial Intelligence is an important, foundational technology that gets more important every year and will be used to solve more and more problems going forward. Windward (2010) – maritime data and analytics company.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

List key partners and resources you will need, and then list your core team as well as their roles. List key partners and resources you will need, and then list your core team as well as their roles. This will make mixed messaging much less likely, and make it that much easier for your partners to help you spread your message.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. We were obviously wrong about Untitled Partners’ ability to grow through the subsequent downturn. #19

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

That’s where a good partner agreement comes into play. Not only do you want to allocate ownership, but you want to re-allocate ownership if either partner fails to deliver. How do you determine what the third partner’s equity share should be? . 2009 2010 2011. After all, I essentially created the product.

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

Below are the headlines for the week of July 8 2010: Startups of the week. The company is headquartered in London, UK, with satellite offices in the US and Israel. Supersonicads was founded in 2008 by Gil Shoham (CEO) and Arik Czerniak (COO) and Nissim (Romi) Romano (CTO). The company was founded in 2007.

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