Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Partner decisions are more important than hiring decisions. Complementary skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Partner decisions are more important than team member hiring decisions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Partner decisions are more important than hiring decisions. Complementary skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2014

The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. The more conventional VP of Marketing role should cover branding, as well as other marketing advertising, design, public relations and customer service requirements. More executives, or other more creative titles are seen as a big red flag. Chief Risk Officer.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? Often times, it seems like people are thinking its synonymous with "that guy who gets paid to sit in the corner and think technical deep thoughts" or "that guy who gets to swoop in a rearrange my project at the last minute on a whim."

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. The more conventional VP of Marketing role should cover branding, as well as other marketing advertising, design, public relations and customer service requirements. More executives, or other more creative titles are seen as a big red flag. Chief Risk Officer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Partner decisions are more important than hiring decisions. Complementary skills.

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www.bothsidesofthetable.com

MAY 13, 2012

Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering? The terms “CTO” and “VP Engineering” have such stigmas associated with what they are that I’m sure some people will feel uncomfortable with the definitions I’ve put forward. This post is designed mostly for non-technical founders.

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Gust

APRIL 13, 2014

In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Partner decisions are more important than hiring decisions. Complementary skills.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round. You will initially spend majority of time personally working with individual accounts and coaching sales team. CTO, Modcloth – San Francisco, CA (corrected from e-mail version) Remember that girl from back home? How do you like them apples?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

In this article, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Partner decisions are more important than hiring decisions. Complementary skills.

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Gust

APRIL 20, 2014

The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. The more conventional VP of Marketing role should cover branding, as well as other marketing advertising, design, public relations and customer service requirements. More executives, or other more creative titles are seen as a big red flag. Chief Risk Officer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. The more conventional VP of Marketing role should cover branding, as well as other marketing advertising, design, public relations and customer service requirements. In general, I’ve not known diversity to be a problem in startups, especially if Gen-Y is part of the team.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Along with Ben Rogmans – Saleduck’s CTO and co-founder, the two have spearheaded the movement towards expanding Saleduck in five countries within Southeast Asia and are now looking towards furthering the platform’s presence in more countries within the region. Looking for talent in the wrong places. Being too direct during meetings.

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blog.alinelerner.com

JUNE 21, 2013

Lessons from a year’s worth of hiring data. Because I used to be an engineer, one part of my job was conducting first-round technical interviews, and between January 2012 and January 2013, I interviewed roughly 300 people for our back-end/full-stack engineer position. Aline Lerner's Blog. Jun 21, 2013.

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. Too often, however, I have found CTO / Founders paired with business people who not only don't add value, but frequently detract from the value of the business.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I seem to encounter a lot of people who want to attach a CTO label to me as I'm the only programmer on the founding team of three. While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit. Who will do that?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

In response, venture capital firms like Sequoia and Andreessen/Horowitz are hiring new partners just to work with their portfolio companies and match them to corporations. Remember, the definition of a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. (

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View from Seed

MAY 11, 2016

Great founders can all evolve to new situations, but I think it’s a bit jarring for some to be stepping backwards to a different time, with a much smaller team, with much less definition around a product. But I find it definitely hurts to do it too early. A couple suggestions: #1: Try solving other people’s problems.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 12, 2013

My mission as an entrepreneur always was (and still is) to build a world-dominating design-driven software company. A company that can employ thousands of engineers and designers, acquire companies, and support a creative working environment. For me that’s definitely the toughest part. I couldn’t deal with people leaving.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

I mean, you don’t have to build an actual business—you can just mimic the movements and demonstrate something that looks like a startup on paper, without any of the necessary risk taking, lessons learned or even a fraction of the effort—all the stuff that investors like to see. No revenues, no costs. break the silos!

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

When we created Yeeply in 2012 we were sure IT hiring was going to be all about freelancing platforms and remote work. He is a highly creative game designer and idea person, and I am a very strong planner and executor. The term they used was JASP (could be translated as ‘Young, but ready enough’). Thanks to Eric A.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Examples of this are well-known, and (in my definition) include any product that causes new customers to sign up as a necessary side-effect of existing customers normal usage: Facebook, Myspace, AIM/ICQ, Hotmail, Paypal. For Neopets, its simply a side-effect of their game-like product design.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

This guide is designed to help you hit the ground running and is a starting point for your entrepreneurial journey in Boston. link] – Not a meetup, but a great mentorship program started by serial CTO Sean Lindsay. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Extension Engine - Software engineering and design.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. Initially, we promoted it to a list that we’d already developed through Website Grader, the free app our CTO Dharmesh Shah had built before we even had a product.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 31, 2014

If so, you’re definitely on Google’s bad side. On the other hand, if I would find the best Fashion magazine in the world and guest post there with no connection to online marketing whatsoever, that link would be meaningless for me even if the post got shared 1,000 times and drove me 3,000 visitors. Written by yourname. Yourname Author.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

they need a developer more than they need a CTO. Ideally, you would have had a technical advisor, had better up-front definition, had more iteration, then you would not be in this situation. Other Topics Covered I also covered topics that are covered more thoroughly in the following posts: Document Your MVP for a Developer.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

Celebrate the female geek; meet your favorite artists, writers, and game designers; make lasting connections and friends; and play the latest console and board games. Get the education you need at the definitive Tech M&A conference, July 18. Sponsor Posts. Geek Out With GeekGirlCon. Don’t miss out. Get your passes now. 07/03/2012.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

I havent had to work this model under those conditions, so I cant say anything definitive. It seems many startups these days are under a lot of pressure to outsource their development organization to save costs. I do have faith that, whatever situation you find yourself in, you can always find ways to increase the speed of iteration.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2017

by Steve Owens, Founder and CTO of Finish Line Product Development Services. Millions would have been wasted on tooling up manufacturing and conducting design verification test. Many argue that since their goal is to become a large company, they might as well hire the team early – because they will be needed down the road.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2019

In addition, the founder Darin Oliver, also took in Kim Lumbard, the Blockdraw’s current CTO. is designed from the ground up, to be demonstrably fair, verifiable, trustless and to cater the needs of mainstream of online casino industry. algorithms mechanics, Blockdraw can provide a definitive black-box verification.

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konamoxt.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

January 21, 2009 Why Your Startup Can’t Afford To NOT Hire a CTO As I mentioned in my last post, one of the many things I do as an entrepreneur is to advise other start up companies. One of the common requests I get as an adviser is the help interview and vet potential CTO candidates. This is critical! this story.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 20, 2010

Let me go back and do my classic search for "eHarmony of" startup and find a few examples to use: People to Projects (Managers) People to Jobs (Hiring Managers) Students to Tutors Each of these involve matching people to people (I’ve stayed away from content matching in these examples). What do I mean by this?

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

It’s part of the product.” Jono Bacon: Because the companies that tend to fail in this is they hire a community manager and that community manager essentially acts as like an ambassador to the community. So it definitely has that aspect. They answer a question. We really appreciate it. And then all of a sudden-.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. 8220; His three things (worth reading his whole post anyway) are set vision/strategy and communicate broadly, recruit/hire/retain top talent, and make sure there’s enough cash in the bank. It’s great advice.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Hire everyone you need as an employee. You know what is definitely the wrong number of cofounders? Five is definitely the wrong answer. After launching our Windows online backup service five years ago, our CTO pitched that we should focus on launching our Mac version next. The last is a designer. Too many.”.

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David Teten

JUNE 6, 2011

This is definitely not the norm in accelerator programs; I’d be curious to know the logic. Previously CTO, Goldman Sachs. Adrian Kunzle, Head of Firmwide Engineering & Architecture (CTO), JP Morgan Chase. We design them grounds-up optimized for our particular needs. Does R&D/biz dev services for company.

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