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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | SOCAL CTO DECEMBER 1, 2007 Acting CTO Role in a Start-up I generally am working as an acting CTO for about 3-4 start-ups or other companies at any one time. also found this interesting graphic of the changing needs around the CTO role in different size/type companies that somewhat echoes my experience. During Stabilization, often the focus is transitioning to a full-time CTO. | SOCAL CTO NOVEMBER 1, 2010 Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? And do I fit as a Part-Time CTO , Technology Advisor , CTO Founder , Acting CTO ? He needed some kind of CTO and as well Developers. Go to user groups. | | | | | |
| SOCAL CTO JANUARY 18, 2011 CTO Equity - Negotiation After Funding I received an inquiry from a reader of my blog and thought I would provide some thoughts, but would definitely welcome input: I am an unpaid CTO of a small startup. Because we were so busy in the last 3 months, I did not had a chance to talk to the founders about my compensation for the time spent and future salary etc. Vesting? | BABBLING VC NOVEMBER 15, 2009 You Hardly Ever Fail Because of Your CTO If you're going to send your business plan to a VC or pitch their partnership make sure you address this issue right up front. It's always sales that kill most early-stage businesses. can't remember ever saying "shit, we're going to fail with this one because of the CTO!" It's not about technology or innovation. | | RAPIDROLLOUT.WORDPRESS.COM JANUARY 15, 2011 Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# | | | | | | | |
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SOCAL CTO | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2011 Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010
Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles. Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0 MORE >> -
CAMPUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP | FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011 Min.us Wins Babson Student Business Of The Year Award
has received the Babson College 2011 Student Business of the Year Award. Founders: * John Xie ’11 built his first website at the age of 9 and started his first business, Cirtex, at the age of 13. Later he served as CTO at AppZero. Receives Babson College 2011 Student Business Of The Year Award. From Babson College : Min.us MORE >> -
SOCAL CTO | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011  Customer Validation - 33 Great Articles
" Today I had two conversations with early stage startups (see Free CTO Consulting ). Vision Synching in a Lean Startup The Fallacy of Customer Development Entrepreneurs, Lower Investors’ Risk by Validating your Start-up Company’s Business Proposition Lessons Learned: What is customer development? Beware of Mentors. MORE >> -
SOCAL CTO | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2012  Document Your MVP for a Developer
asked some of the same questions I ask in my Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions and then I get to a very common conversation: Me : Do you have specs? Business Concept The key first part of the conversation with a developer is having a good capture of the business more broadly. The business canvas model is a good short list. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009  What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI
Somebody asks whether you plan to set up 401k’s and do contribution matching. You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal. That paper can be in the form of wireframes or in the form of a PowerPoint plan. Not you. MORE >>
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- Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 SOCAL CTO | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2010
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- Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology GUST | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011
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- Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010 SOCAL CTO | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010
- Granularity and Consistency of Startup Metrics SOCAL CTO | THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010
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- A Compilation of the Web's Best Advice for Entrepreneurs PLATFORMS AND NETWORKS | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
- Say Hello to Your New Brain on Evernote FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2011
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- Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010 SOCAL CTO | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
- How to Hire a Chief Technology Officer WWW.INC.COM | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010
- Bonnier Accelerator Calls For Entrepreneurs ARCTICSTARTUP | MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013
- Why I Like My Entrepreneurs Scared FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013
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- Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective ROBERT OCHTEL | MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2010
- Around The World With A Backpack And A Laptop - A Year Of A Tech Startup Entrepreneur ARCTICSTARTUP | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013
- Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – Steve Gilison SOCAL CTO | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009
- Hacking Innovation Education in New York THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2010
- Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009
- How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees THINKSPACE.COM | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
- SaaS & the Art of Software Pricing. A decade of AWS & Twilio experience in one hilarious hour. BUSINESS OF SOFTWARE BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2012
- Co-Founder Questions THE CORNICE | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2010
- Founder's Dilemmas: Equity Splits WWW.STARTUPLESSONSLEARNED.COM | FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2012
- Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors MASHABLE.COM | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2010
- Do Worry, Be Happy! Peldi's brilliant talk about keeping sane as a software CEO. Video & transcript BUSINESS OF SOFTWARE BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2011
- Startup Blog: Staff & Money or Money & Staff TAFFY WILLIAMS | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011
- What is Sweat Equity Worth? WWW.ENTREPRENEUR.COM | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
- Video of Dharmesh Shah at Business of Software 2010 Conference ONSTARTUPS | MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011
- CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers BLOG.EXPENSIFY.COM | TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012
- allensblog: Some Tough Questions You Should Ask ALLEN'S BLOG | MONDAY, JULY 4, 2005
- Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard ROB.BY | THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012
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- Making Social Media Work in Business to Business. Laura Fitton, Business of Software 2011 BUSINESS OF SOFTWARE BLOG | TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2012
- Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life? WWW.QUORA.COM | SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2011
- A Glimpse: My American Dream THEBAREFOOTVC | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2011
- Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth BLOG.CAPTAINRECRUITER.COM | THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012
- Burnham's Beat: Stratify: A Post-Bubble Success Story BURNHAM'S BEAT | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007
- CTO Equity - Negotiation After Funding SOCAL CTO | TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2011
- Should MBAs Learn to Code? LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011
- Waves of technology platforms STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
- Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April SOCAL CTO | TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2010
- 16 Great Startup Posts from March SOCAL CTO | THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010
- Technology Advisor SOCAL CTO | TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010
- Technology Roles in Startups SOCAL CTO | THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010
- Reincubate: Blog: Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate) WWW.REINCUBATE.COM | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2010
- VMware: Biting off more than they can chew? ADVENTURISTA | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008
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John Morris