Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

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. The challenge is to recognize and recruit that ideal partner match early with minimal cost and risk.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

I asked some of the same questions I ask in my Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions and then I get to a very common conversation: Me : Do you have specs? Me : Product definition, use cases, feature list, wireframes, comps, really whatever you have. Send across any graphic designs you currently have. Founder : Ummm.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've talked about that in lots of other posts, so you can visit some of these to help determine what you specifically need: Startup CTO or Developer Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything Key ingredients in the equation are: How complex is the system? Do you have dollars to pay for development?

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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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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. Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 24, 2011

I continually face the challenge of designing and building registration / sign-up pages on a wide variety of different web sites and mobile applications. It's definitely worth a read if you've not seen it before as background for this post. Design Challenge In this particular web site, we needed to get the user's email (and password).

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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. The challenge is to recognize and recruit that ideal partner match early with minimal cost and risk.

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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. Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 11, 2019

She is a Silicon Valley veteran – having been the Senior Director of Engineering at Yodlee, then holding several CTO, Chief Architect, and other engineering leadership roles at a few startups before landing at Shippo in 2016. Technical design quality. At Shippo, we also consider tech debt in our definition of code quality.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2014

The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. A few other credible ones would include Chairman of the Board (COB), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Chief Risk Officer. Chief Diversity Officer. Chief Information Officer.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

CTO, Modcloth – San Francisco, CA (corrected from e-mail version) Remember that girl from back home? They began by selling only vintage and expanded to sell vintage-inspired pieces by indie designers, but Modcloth still launches one new true vintage item each day. How do you like them apples?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. A few other credible ones would include Chairman of the Board (COB), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Chief Risk Officer. Chief Diversity Officer. Chief Information 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. Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for.

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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. Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for.

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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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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. Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for.

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Gust

APRIL 20, 2014

The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. A few other credible ones would include Chairman of the Board (COB), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Chief Risk Officer. Chief Diversity Officer. Chief Information Officer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. A few other credible ones would include Chairman of the Board (COB), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Chief Risk Officer. Chief Diversity Officer. Chief Information Officer.

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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

Remember, the definition of a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. ( The common mistake acquirers make is treating all acquisitions the same. Is the Potential Acquisition Searching or Executing? Not all new ventures are at the same stage of maturity.

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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. Repeat founders make worthy partners, provided they recognize one truth.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

As the company’s Commercial Manager, Hortensius was armed with the responsibility of setting up the office’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur as well as growing the local team. Upon realising this, it definitely helped to speed up the hiring process and we now work with a multicultural team of 14. Being too direct during meetings.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, product designers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. This guide is designed to help you hit the ground running and is a starting point for your entrepreneurial journey in Boston. Ruby specialists.

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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. That’s what drives me and motivates me.

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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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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Definitions of failure also vary. Amazon’s Chief Technology Officer, Werner Vogels, summarizes the purpose of the press release: “Writing a press release up front clarifies how the world will see the product – not just how we think about it internally.”. The real number, they argue, is around 40%. Why the discrepancy?

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 14, 2011

Last Thursday night, Amazon CTO Werner Vogels joined a small group of technical folks from cloud and commerce related First Round portfolio companies for dinner at Double Crown. Setting up this dinner made me really appreciate the full scope of the vision of Amazon.

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www.kernelmag.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Please design a logo for me. ?With Though it is definitely required reading.) Prototype, earn respect for yourself and your idea. [ Editors Note: GroupSpaces, of which Andy Young is co-founder and chief technology officer, and Twilio, which is mentioned in the copy above, are both launch sponsors of The Kernel.].

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The Next Web

JANUARY 31, 2014

If so, you’re definitely on Google’s bad side. Not only will those visitors not convert in my website, but irrelevant links from guest posts are definitely going to be targeted in Google’s next update. Think about it, an average startup team is normally combined of a CEO, CMO, CTO and a few other talented folks. Yourname Author.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

Deputy Chief Technology Officers Cori Zarek and Ryan Panchadsaram to help all levels of government with COVID-19 response and delivery of services. Deputy Chief Technology Officer in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from 2013–2014, where she founded the United States Digital Service.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

He is a highly creative game designer and idea person, and I am a very strong planner and executor. The story behind this name – and even the origin of the company – is that one time, our CTO tried to open a bank account with Barclays UK. We often joke that between the two of us we make a whole brain. Thanks to Eric A.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

they need a developer more than they need a CTO. What happens when you have a really good developer is that a gap exists where you may not ask the right questions to specify the right system, consider appropriate 3rd party technologies, etc. Many are not interested in 3rd party technologies that can streamline development.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

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. EM: It definitely helped us get off to a very fast start. Some startups are in stealth mode and maybe branding and beautiful design is important.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

I’ll be doing the same thing with Online Marketing school, CTO school, and there’s even been some rumblings about UX school. You can tell me all you want about how many patents were filed at Columbia or wherever, or what they do in revenues—the future of the innovation in NYC is not in hard technology.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

” examined over 20,000 VC-backed companies and found that women’s positions have primarily been in sales and marketing, rather than more “heavy-hitting” roles like chief technology officer and so on. percent, while it was only 3.1 percent at unsuccessful companies.

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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. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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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. Join Corum Group President Nat Burgess at the offices of Davis Wright Tremaine on July 18. Get the education you need at the definitive Tech M&A conference, July 18.

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