Cofounder Employee Hiring Technical Cofounder 
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 3, 2022
In my role as a business advisor, I see successful businesses most often emerging from great teams rather than great products. Of course, it’s no surprise that most entrepreneurs don’t have a background in hiring teams, and don’t have a budget for training or human resource consultants. It’s a small cost to prevent a long-term loss.
SoCal CTO
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Was it a case of needing Homework?
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Steve Blank
JANUARY 17, 2023
Venture Studios are an “idea factory” with their own employees searching for product/market fit and a repeatable and scalable business model. But these look for founders who have a technical or business model insight and a team. They do the most to de-risk the early stages of a startup. Carlos stirred his coffee.
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
Jane and Dick, our fearless cofounders of SayAhh, have set up an accounting system and created their first set of financial statements. This week they set out to create their cap table and hire a CTO. The founders each have common shares that will vest over four years. Praveena wants to invest $20,000 and get 20% equity.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 29, 2019
In my role as a business advisor, I see successful businesses most often emerging from great teams rather than great products. Of course, it’s no surprise that most entrepreneurs don’t have a background in hiring teams, and don’t have a budget for training or human resource consultants. It’s a small cost to prevent a long-term loss.
rob.by
MARCH 8, 2012
Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard. Yesterday, Michael Pope posted an article titled Technical Cofounders Are a Myth. He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. Tuesday, August 17, 2010.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 15, 2017
In my role as a business advisor, I see successful businesses most often emerging from great teams rather than great products. Of course, it’s no surprise that most entrepreneurs don’t have a background in hiring teams, and don’t have a budget for training or human resource consultants. It’s a small cost to prevent a long-term loss.
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