Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
As a CTO, I can definitely say without a doubt that few people understand what a CTO does. When I tell someone I’m a CTO, I’m often met with a blank stare. Even when someone is aware of what a CTO does, they often have limited context due to the wide variety of CTO roles.
Steve Blank
APRIL 23, 2014
More often than not the results of these acquisitions are disappointing. In response, venture capital firms like Sequoia and Andreessen/Horowitz are hiring new partners just to work with their portfolio companies and match them to corporations. The goal is to get a corporate investment or an outright acquisition of the startup.
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ConversionXL
JUNE 16, 2022
Design your playbooks so they’re easy to skim, and at all costs, avoid density in the writing and formatting. Think about your playbook from the perspective of a new hire. Your primary audience is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) who has the spending power to buy your product. Focus on design and copy rules.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
Because I am true to the hiring practices I preach, I wanted a strong exec who would “ punch above their weightclass ” by taking a job they hadn’t yet done but would hugely aspire to and thus work harder to out perform. RedBeacon went on to sell to HomeDepot in what was considered a very successful acquisition on all sides.
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? In it he separates web consumers into: Time Rich (more time than money) and Time Poor (more money than time).
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 1, 2014
Max Ventilla took Aardvark from startup to Google acquisition, a case study Eric described in The Lean Startup. Cory Nelson will talk with Eric about how GE has applied the MVP method to its development of very large diesel engines. Now Max is reinventing education through AltSchool , which creates local microschools.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 16, 2015
The way we dealt with this issue is that we took each senior exec in the company (including the CFO and the CTO) and assigned them to important accounts. It isn’t uncommon for CEOs to talk about biz dev deals prematurely, hint at product announcements or even hint at acquisitions. These are always mistakes in a growing company.
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