Business Plan Blog

AUGUST 20, 2013

In order to be a successful tech startup, the team must consist of a Chief Technical Officer (CTO) level member to help with the technology plan. This is generally achieved in one of the following ways: CTO Level Co-Founder (Equity). CTO Level Board Member or dedicated Adviser (Free or Equity). CTO Employee (Salary).

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CTO Hire Fractional CTO Architecture Cofounder 55

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2017

by Steve Owens, Founder and CTO of Finish Line Product Development Services. The lean start-up movement has been based on a single insight – which the purpose of a start-up is to discover a business model that works. Reducing product turn time. Start-ups are very different from established businesses.

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Product Development Lean Developer Product 153

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. But I don’t think so. By doing the job.

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Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

So one of the first things we did was to hire an Oracle expert and get to work. Some combination of the dot-com crash and a just terrible business plan prevented us from having to take our scalability problems to the next level. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

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San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean 68

Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

One recipe for failure (business failure and capital raising failure) is building a lopsided team weighted to one function of the business. Don’t hire people with skills and qualifications similar to yours. Hire based on functionality and avoid having too many C’s. Hire a diversified base of sales reps.

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Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE Cofounder CTO Hire 79

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Noah has been a key figure in the making of LivePlan, our own SaaS product. Step 1: Start with a lean plan. Instead of sitting down to write a 40-page business plan, start with a one-page pitch. The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Up and Running

OCTOBER 8, 2015

I fell victim to a trap that plenty of entrepreneurs fall into every day: I fell in love with a product idea. Back in the late 2000s, my team and I came up with what we thought was a great idea for a product. Tons of businesses would need it and it was going to be a huge hit! Instead, we built a product first (that’s expensive!)

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Marketing Forecast CTO Hire Finder 60