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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence. And why would you hire a technology guy who launched a failed startup?

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How to pick a co-founder

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One thing I’d recommend about the dating period is if you’re looking for a co-founder for an existing concept of an early stage product, present their participation as a “trial&# before extending an offer. It depends on what other responsibilities team members have as well. Geeks can always be hired.

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Lessons Learned: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done.

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Another advantage of the early stages is that most dont have to juggle too many competing priorities. We also try to communicate the initial due date with as few people outside our company (investors, customers, etc) as possible to avoid losing credibility. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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The Playbook for Scale Up Nation

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This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. Eighty-two percent have global offices, and yet 91% are still run by Israeli CEOs, as opposed to foreign executives hired from the outside. until the late-stage go-to-market phase may be too late. American VCs are critical.

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The Stealth Mode: Trada’s Position on Staying Stealth

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He noted that Chris Dixon ( @cdixon ) of Hunch tweeted, “New early-stage start up trend: get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.&# We do have some feature tricks up our sleeve and an incredible ability to expand our model into adjacent businesses (you’ll see a lot of this from us in 2010).

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

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Think about your own behavior: if you are like me, you hate having to deal with sales people, and greatly prefer to do your own research starting with search engines, and leveraging free trials, on-line videos, blogs, reviews, and your social network. It is not too surprising that VCs are not aggressively pursuing these kinds of businesses.