article thumbnail

Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

Both Sides of the Table

I recently did a post for startups on understanding sales people. This time I thought I’d try and address engineering talent. 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.

article thumbnail

Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering?

www.bothsidesofthetable.com

Sales & Marketing. Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering? I recently did a post for startups on understanding sales people. I hope many will read this and have an answer for the question, “what’s the different between a CTO and a VP of Engineering?” Start-up Advice.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Boulder CTO December Lunch with Tim Wolters

devver.wordpress.com

Boulder CTO December Lunch with Tim Wolters with 5 comments The Boulder CTO Lunch meets once a month with a guest speaker and covers topics and questions that startup CTOs should find interesting. The Role As a CTO, you paint a landscape of the product and market. There are two kinds of CTOs: tactical and visionary.

article thumbnail

How I Found a Great CTO

www.huffingtonpost.com

Ive occasionally worked with executive recruiters, for example in hiring a CTO for my first company, Eve.com. This time, I decided to handle the process myself. To sum up, heres what I would do again as a non-technical founder looking for a technical co-founder or CTO. Shes going to have a big impact on Minteds future.

CTO 43
article thumbnail

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community – August 2012

Rob Go

link] – Not a meetup, but a great mentorship program started by serial CTO Sean Lindsay. Ruby specialists. Terrible Labs – Ruby on Rails, Web and Mobile. Scaling Companies To Watch (ie: probably hiring). Dataxu - Demand Side Platform for Real Time Ad Buying. Just hired Yahoo’s VP Media Sales.

Boston 72
article thumbnail

From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door.

article thumbnail

CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck.

Java 107