SoCal CTO
MARCH 20, 2007
Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round. Using Monetate Real-time Marketer, companies are boosting sales while slashing costs and time-to-market. You will initially spend majority of time personally working with individual accounts and coaching sales team. How do you like them apples?
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 22, 2012
He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital! Ryan Lissack is the CTO of Maker Studios. So I like that bit, too.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2017
Hire a CEO to Go Public. The VCs would hire a CEO with a track record who looked and acted like the type of CEO Wall Street bankers expected to see in large companies. The role of the independent member was typically to tell the founding CEO that the VCs were hiring a new CEO.). People had to actually pay you for your product.
rapidrollout.wordpress.com
JANUARY 15, 2011
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.&#
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 14, 2017
LESSON #3: Avoid these three hiring mistakes. When it comes time to grow your team, Jeff Jordan and Eric pointed out three hiring mistakes to avoid. First, do not hire someone just because they have the domain expertise. Jeff elaborated, “You want to tee [your hires] to the state of the company.”
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 4, 2014
Level of responsibility and time allocated. Co-founders only able to work part-time, with responsibility and major income sources elsewhere, don’t carry the same risk as others with more operational responsibility. Amount of venture funding provided. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder.
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