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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? And do I fit as a Part-Time CTO , Technology Advisor , CTO Founder , Acting CTO ? He needed some kind of CTO and as well Developers.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

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? Refine your elevator pitch.

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Finding Startup Developers - First Email Contact

SoCal CTO

We have been reading about the LA CTO Forum and we thought it would be a great place to find him/her. I've written before about having an Initial Conversation with a Potential CTO. This should be your elevator pitch. Of course, this needs to be "elevator size" - 3 to 4 sentences. What background do you have?

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The secret behind products that ‘magically’ sell themselves

The Next Web

Pitch the hell out of it, to friends and family, angels, journalists, random people you meet on the streets, and just about anyone who will lend you an ear. Because as you pitch it, you’ll start to see patterns in people’s responses to the idea. Do their eyes light up after the first sentence of your elevator pitch?

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ADPrentice 2010

Feld Thoughts

Several ADP alums, including Sameer Gandhi (Accel Partners), Mark Siegel (Menlo Ventures), and Eran Egozy (founder/CTO of Harmonix) came and participated.

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7 Common Mistakes Startups Make on Accelerator Program Applications

mashable.com

Winging the 60-Second Pitch We’ve all heard of the elevator pitch , but last year, when asked to produce it, only two succeeded in delivering one in under a minute, and that’s among the select three dozen startups invited to do in-person interviews. an iPad 2 Killer?

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Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard

rob.by

60s elevator pitch). If you start framing the technology solution, then you’re not looking for a CTO or a tech co–founder, you’re looking for a contractor or employee to implement that solution, which is perfectly fine if you know what you’re doing. What is the product? be a sensible devil’s advocate).