SoCal CTO
MAY 21, 2012
So, here goes: Dr. Tony Karrer Over the past 15 years, Tony has been a part-time CTO for more than 30 startups. Most notably, he was the original CTO for eHarmony for its first four years making him partly responsible for more than 4% of the marriages every year. He is a frequent speaker at trade and industry events.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
Traction is a biweekly podcast where founders share the creative or unusual things they did during the seed stage to make early progress. Founders from LinkedIn , DraftKings , General Assembly , The Muse , Behance , InsightSquared , and more have appeared on the show. Subscribe on iTunes , SoundCloud , or Stitcher.
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View from Seed
JULY 31, 2014
We’ve been remarkably consistent on this dimension as well: five of the recent 13 investments were B2C, five were B2B, and three you could categorize as B2B2C. BUSINESS-FOCUSED (B2B). Network Effect B2B. Our goal at NextView is to help founders give their companies the best possible start.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Depending on the composition of the founding team, you might or might not have near-term holes in certain functions at the exec level – e.g. you’ll most likely need to bring on a CTO/VP of Engineering shortly after the seed round if you don’t have a technical co-founder.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 21, 2020
by Nick Frandsen, co-founder and managing partner at Dovetail. For a B2B product, this means figuring out what kinds of businesses are suited for your product. Nick Frandsen is a co-founder and managing partner at Dovetail. Dovetail designs, builds and invests into fast-growing technology companies. It’s genius!
SoCal CTO
JANUARY 2, 2013
I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. From Why Every Startup Founder Needs a Mentor - And How to Find One Don’t just fall in love with someone’s reputation, perceived celebrity or name.
Version One Ventures
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
How do we differentiate between B2B start-ups that sell to many vs. sell to a few? CTO, VP of HR) in the customer organization. Startups that succeed with this approach tend to have founders with deep connections in the industry they serve, and often previously worked for one of the large incumbents in the market.
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