YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2015

by Tom Britton, co-founder & CTO at SyndicateRoom.com. Your first investors can be your most valuable assets so when looking to raise finance you should always look beyond the capital to what else the angel can bring to your business. Tom Britton is co-founder and CTO at SyndicateRoom.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). I look forward to the next phase of our business. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

Business plan competitions are the air guitar championships of the startup world. This is the case when the requirements of these events don’t actually include building a real business or product. For years and years, New York City area colleges made a great business out of teaching kids to work for big businesses.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 2, 2019

It also requires a comprehensive business plan, sufficient funding, an effective development team, great marketing and sales staff, intellectual property protection, effective management, careful accounting, and (of course) customers.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

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. No Business Plan Survives First Contact With A Customer – The 5.2 Finance, IT, Legal). How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

If the founder was lucky, he got to stay as chairman or CTO. It’s hard to imagine, but in the 20th century there were no startup blogs or books on startups to read, and business schools (the only places teaching entrepreneurship) believed the best thing they could teach startups was how to write a business plan.

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www.startuplessonslearned.com

MAY 4, 2012

At the company level, founders learn about the flaws in their initial plans and adjust the startup’s strategy, business plan,and business model. percent) of new firm founders indicated that their business ideas [had] changed between the time they first identified them and the time when they were surveyed about them.”

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

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. Paul Graham kicked it off by noting that all the financings in the recent YC batch were converts. Develop your business plan.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

It means they have to deal with finances and customers and investors and other things that aren’t what they love to do, which is building software. Business & Technology (18). Finance (1). But software engineers also pay a price for working by themselves. be a sensible devil’s advocate). Thoughts on.

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Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Rather, give titles such as VP of Engineering, Product/Technology, Sales, Marketing, Finance, etc. This leaves the CTO / Senior Architect to focus on product development and managing the recently hired engineers. Hire based on functionality and avoid having too many C’s. Don’t make everyone a founder.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

These professionals can help with anything from finance to marketing, but you wont find any software engineers volunteering their services. If you want to build a business that requires software, be prepared to invest a little money. After a few months, the demo site won a business plan competition. From No To CTO.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. Instead of sitting down to write a 40-page business plan, start with a one-page pitch. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. Needless to say, the webinar was absolutely packed with great tips on what it takes to pitch your business so that investors take notice.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Ted Serbinski: Angel investor Ted Serbinski sold his startup MothersClick to Lifetime in 2008 and joined the cable network as CTO of the ParentsClick Network. Craig is currently the CEO and founder of stealth-ish startup BetterWorks. And don’t wait — just e-mail me at brad@feld.com and I’ll respond quickly.&#

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