Remove Bootstrapping Remove CTO Hire Remove Customer Remove Software
article thumbnail

Startup CTO Speaking

SoCal CTO

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. What does it cost to acquire a new customer?

article thumbnail

Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Note to self, this event is not for alpha products with no customers. For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space? What key hires do you need? Check out the twitter feed from the event.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Note to self, this event is not for alpha products with no customers. For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space? What key hires do you need? Check out the twitter feed from the event.

article thumbnail

The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you want a slice of the pie, there isn’t a better time to get involved. I started UpKeep after seeing and using traditional enterprise software.

article thumbnail

Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. m the f%*kin’ boss.”.

Startup 191
article thumbnail

How to Hire a Chief Technology Officer

www.inc.com

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? Some companies have a CTO focused on operations under the CIO.

article thumbnail

Why Reporters Ignore Your Seed-Stage Startup Pitches, And How to Fix That

View from Seed

That means avoiding a pitch to a software-centric publication about your biotech startup. Similarly, releasing your software or, worse still, putting out that Version 2.0 Although bootstrapping your startup is difficult, that in and of itself is not unique. And don’t pitch a Boston newspaper on your San Francisco startup.