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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. Tony has a Ph.D. He is a frequent speaker at trade and industry events.

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When Should a Small Business Hire an Executive Team?

Up and Running

If you’re in startup mode and have limited working capital to cover your operating expenses , you may be bootstrapping your way through the early days. Chief financial officer (CFO): As the name implies, the CFO is responsible for major financial tasks. When is the right time to hire an executive team?

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Startup Development

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How to Work With a Contract Web Developer How To Bootstrap Your Startup

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Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

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Dr. Marcos Athanasoulis, CTO of Harvard Medical School discussed this idea with me recently. Michael Aginsky, CTO of Gibbons P.C. I pointed Zubair to a couple of case studies of bootstrapping using services to get more of his core product built; in parallel, I will help him pursue institutional funding.

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How to Hire a Chief Technology Officer

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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.

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One Startup’s Story: The Evolution Of An Outsourcing Strategy

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As a one-man founder bootstrapping the business, this allowed me to hire a team for much less money. After six months, I was able to sign up a local CTO to help build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that enabled me to secure funding. Contract Remote Teams On A Per Project Basis. Learning The Hard Way: My Outsourcing Experiences.

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What is Sweat Equity Worth?

www.entrepreneur.com

Human Resources Play Video Shark Tanks Barbara Corcoran on Bootstrapping a Growing a Business (Video). How should you decide if your prototype designer should be a co-founder who deserves 50 percent of your company or deserves $30,000 in sweat equity for her work as an employee or consultant? Play Video. Play Video. Play Video.