TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Do you have legal (Founder Agreement, IP, etc.) Logging/Auditing What key operations need to be logged for auditing? Administer users?

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 1: Are Those My Initials? Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! Feld: You seem to be operating from a perspective of “implied suspicion.”

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 1: Are Those My Initials? Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! Feld: You seem to be operating from a perspective of “implied suspicion.”

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NDA Stealth Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 198

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. And as part of their transition to predictable processes, their founders may or may not still be at the helm. Predicting Success or Failure of an Acquisition.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer & Strategic Creative at USA GROUP, INC., He has 20 years’ experience as CTO. He was raised and educated in London.

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Social Network Networking Los Angeles Fractional CTO 150

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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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. Eric -- I was very impressed by your two part video series, which rarely occurs these days. I like the term because of two connotations: Lean in the sense of low-burn. Otherwise it's a great idea.

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