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Back In The Filtering Game: Entrepreneur Drawn by The Siren Call Of The Startup

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We hired a CEO to help us build the business. In 2010, the “we did it” moment arrived. After months of due diligence and reviewing hundreds of pages of contracts, McAfee acquired InternetSafety. com for over $10 million on December 2, 2010. We didn’t even know they were doing it.

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No departments

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, June 17, 2010 No departments Big companies have departments. The team hired only the best and the brightest. They either had to hire a developer onto the art team itself (unthinkable) or learn those development skills themselves (which was, to be fair, really hard). Startups are companies.

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

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You can minimize risk by performing due diligence when selecting a company or individual to work with, clearly defining the project scope, expectations and milestones in any development contracts, and allocating enough money to hire competent developers. it doesn't much matter who you hire in terms of risk.

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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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Reincubate: Blog: Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate)

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Start-ups often hire at one extreme -- closer to a Lead Developer or VP of Engineering -- whereas corporates may focus on their CIO, which is potentially quite a different role. © 1996 - 2010 Reincubate Limited. Firstly, theres no one-size-fits-all description. Some companies look for a more strategic or a more hands-on CTO.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

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Q&A: Group Commerce Plans Hires, European Growth with $21M Funding. He tells me the firm has made 21 investments since mid-2010, and Correlation now has more than $165 million under management. Ministry of Supply Puts MIT Engineering Cred Into Dress Shirts. View More in Boston ›. Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M.