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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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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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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer & Strategic Creative at USA GROUP, INC., He has 20 years’ experience as CTO.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community, Sept 2011

Rob Go

There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. Large Tech Meetups: Web Innovators Group : Quarterly Demo-Style meetup in Cambridge draws over 1000 members of the startup community each time. The Grand-daddy.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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” When Elon Musk set out to build SpaceX he wasn’t greeted with enthusiasm from the space community not used to having a private enterprise challenge the government funded space exploration of NASA. Now they are partners. We hired outside experts. Marc Berte, the CTO, and a masters from MIT, is exceptionally gifted.

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

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As a person who spends much time thinking about the venture capital & startup community and who has seen good times & bad times across many economic cycles the article is well written. Ryan Lissack is the CTO of Maker Studios. I worry that many people will read this post and get the wrong message.

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

Here are their breakdowns of the costs and time investments to create 10 of the world’s hottest startups. And that involves processes, structures, feedback loops, analytics and a community.”. Of course, if you’re hiring an agency, you’re probably looking at 1.5 times that amount in total costs. 1) Twitter.

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What is Sweat Equity Worth?

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When determining the value of the sweat equity provided by an employee or potential co-founder, first assess these three characteristics of the person in question: Commitment: Is he or she committed to being a founding partner for the long haul? Market value doesn't equal the sum of sweat equity invested by you and your partners.