Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. You may know how much to pay in cash or equity for your new VP Engineering. He is very pleasant when he calls and writes.

Advisory Board 365

Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Advisor, Austin Mayor Steve Adler Eugene has long operated at the intersection of business, government & nonprofits, locally and nationally. She is committed to improving representation in Austin’s technology landscape.

Technical Cofounder 48

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 48

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. Google is impressive in that in many ways they operate more like a startup than many smaller companies. Details coming soon!)

Management 150

Management Product Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 150

David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

portfolio operator VCs, e.g., Andreessen Horowitz, ff Venture Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures. intrapreneurs, e.g., the employee of GE who is tasked with launching a new business. How would one set up such a startup to eventually raise capital from outside VCs, who will be wary of ‘dead equity’ (i.e., The cliffs?

Software Developers 60

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Technical Cofounder 60

The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Andrew is the co-founder and CTO of Parse.ly , a technology startup that provides big data insights to the web’s best publishers. It can be very tempting to take in a little bit of seed capital, and start to operate as if you’re a big company. Note: I’m not talking about equity.

Cofounder 155

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Technical Review Software Review 155

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. 2010 Operating Income: $16 million. 5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010. I’m pleased to now turn to Kayak’s S-1 filing.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

I have come to believe during my time as an operator, entrepreneur and investor that the balance of these skills is so important to the long-term health of a business that if balance is not achieved early then the impact later can be profound - sometimes terminal. Colin Hayhurst , CTO co-founder then CEO of start-up b.

Technical Review 51

Technical Review Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 51

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Before I get into the details for founders, let me talk about options-hungry employees. equity debate. Dying at 70?

Startup 191

Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

You get to call all the shots, including how you want to operate the business and who you want to be involved. You might also be giving investors too much equity early on, as the risk is extremely high for them in the beginning stages of growing a SaaS company.”. And, if all else fails, what about asking friends and family to help out?

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

This is the first post in what’s going to be a series of blogs on how to go from nothing – no connections, no team, no money and no knowledge of how the startup industry really works – to operating a growing business. I’m taking a 52 week course in how to start up, run, operate, and achieve self employment.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84