SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

He is not a technical person, but is somewhat web savvy. I 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? And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format.

Developer 354

Developer Technical Review Fractional CTO Software Review 354

SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2010

Tim Berry has a great post on Why I Hate Those Huge Market Numbers tells us that he doesn’t like to see business plans with multi-billion market numbers used as the basis for projections. And it will be a consistent picture provided both to the team (CTO, COO) and to investors. Give me granularity.

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Metrics Startup Retention Software Developers 159

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. it’s about measuring online influence and I’m big on metrics as a key element of business planning; 2.)

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Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. I’m currently working with several startups, helping them launch new web businesses. Likely any successful web entrepreneur has more ideas than time. What are you working on now?

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Los Angeles Southern California Management Product 179

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Few people knew of the Internet, Mozilla, and the world-wide web. Let’s call this a collection of loosely related stories: A friend came by my office and showed me Mozilla, the first web browser, and the world-wide web. January of 1995. And I started bplans.com. When, how, and why did bplans.com get started.

CTO Hire 66

CTO Hire New York Software Web 66

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 9, 2009

What's the User Interface Beyond the Web Site ? What specific business logic is implied? Yes, a lot of these questions are partially answered in a business plan / presentation deck / marketing plan. How does it address the customer scenarios from the start?

Software Developers 292

Software Developers Software Development Developer Software 292

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). Consumer approach to software for business users. Web service architecture that provides a content management platform for the Internet.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

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.

Austin 48

Austin Intellectual Property Startup Texas 48

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

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. Now you can build an app at true web scale without incurring any software costs, or any fixed hardware costs. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean 68

SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

Some great posts from April 2010 that talk to me in terms of being a CTO at a Startup. Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? Ben Casnocha: The Blog , April 15, 2010 Everyone I spoke with loved the idea.

CTO Hire 150

CTO Hire Vesting Venture Capital Startup 150

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. I’d been around the web long enough to remember the dozens of companies before YouTube that tried to create crowdsourced video sites and failed.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

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. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Final Thought.

Startup 191

Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

If you start framing the technology solution, then you’re not looking for a CTO or a tech co–founder, you’re looking for a contractor or employee to implement that solution, which is perfectly fine if you know what you’re doing. be a sensible devil’s advocate).

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Engineering Fractional CTO 42

Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 29, 2011

Founders: * John Xie ’11 built his first website at the age of 9 and started his first business, Cirtex, at the age of 13. Today, Cirtex is a leading web hosting provider hosting over 100,000 domains globally. Shortly after, he served as Director of Technology at Progress Software. Later he served as CTO at AppZero.

SQL 34

SQL Hosting SEO Cloud 34

The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

He started his first business at age 15 and ran it until he went off to college at UC Berkeley. When Gleb was in business school at Berkeley he founded NetRelevance – his professors liked his business plan so much that they used it in the Haas School of Business as a teaching tool. Sometimes I’m wrong.

Cofounder 143

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Kenya Dilution 143

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.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. If you are a creative guy with a good head for business looking for an engineering partner, send me a summary of your idea and business plan, and I'll do the implementation!" Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder?

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Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42

thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

The elements of the decision making process are 1) Idea; 2) Business Plan Preparation; 3) Domain Expertise; 4) Commitment and Risk; 5) Responsibilities. Business Plan 2 3 6 8 16. thinkspace: Signaling iPhone 5 release, FedEx plans for ‘surge volume’ event Sept. See table below for example of how this works.

Equity 62

Equity Employee Founder CTO Hire 62

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles.

Silicon Valley 378

Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! The Small Business Tips Series is supported by Bantam Live , a web-based collaboration workspace with “Social CRM&# for small business teams.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

I was just looking at your web site. I do everything from raw-metal machine language to experimental languages to all the usual web front and back-end languages, and am one of those “started programming at 12 years old” types who had 5 years of college by the time I was 19. March 25, 2011 at 2:51 pm. I’m with Phil.

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