David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

You’ve got a great idea and domain expertise, but limited money and insufficient technology resources. Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? Not surprisingly, the list above also is ranked from least to most equity stake in an investment for the investor, relative to the cash they invest.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&#

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SoCal CTO

MAY 27, 2010

There are a bunch of questions in Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything and in Startup CTO or Developer. Now there are some hard challenges around what technologies to use to balance short-term and long-term. This is somewhat the heart of what a CTO does.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2013

After getting up at 5, having a delightful run at 6, walking Brooks, and then hanging with Amy for four minutes, I got in my car and drove over to Rally Software for their Big 1% Give Back event. Ryan started Rally (formerly F4) out of our previous office and could regularly be found scribbling all over a white board.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

The accelerator, which counts Amazon CTO Werner Vogels among its startup mentors , will be showcasing its first batch of startups (see list below) in Silicon Valley on the 20th of September, followed by a panel discussion about “The Future of the European Startup Community” Sounds riveting!

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 5, 2015

When the focus is on validating the idea and building first versions of the product it usually makes sense to take shortcuts in code and process quality to accelerate learning, but when the focus shifts to scaling the company it’s important to shift to scalable and sustainable software development practices.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. How can I go about looking for a (very) good programmer willing to do this as sweat equity? So you see my dilemma.

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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. This is a classic sign and you need to do something about it.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? The "Questions" post is probably the most important. I'm always happy to try to help startups figure out how to go after creating their MVP.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Worklight’s technology enables application programmers to create, in one single process, an application that will work with a range of devices without having to rewrite the application for each platform. General Electric Company has invested in colon cancer imaging capsule developer Check-Cap Ltd.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Worklight’s technology enables application programmers to create, in one single process, an application that will work with a range of devices without having to rewrite the application for each platform. General Electric Company has invested in colon cancer imaging capsule developer Check-Cap Ltd.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

Michael’s last gripe is that “software engineers don’t work for free.” ” I believe that by this he means they want cash rather than equity. “Business people” and “software people” are misnomers. I absolutely want cofounders when the time comes.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

If you want to build a business that requires software, be prepared to invest a little money. I recently met a junior software developer working for $200/week + room & board at a business geeks house. The business geek needed a working software prototype and the programmer needed experience. From No To CTO.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Weve built Sandcastle specifically for an entrepreneur with an idea, who is not a developer. Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. Dont make cheap skate equity offers, with programmer getting equity share of first employee and salary of founder(nothing or next to nothing). Insightful.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Someone who is egotistical enough to call themselves a rockstar, yet humble enough not to want 99% of the equity? Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? Then with the simple product built, if you can prove it has legs, finding a developer to come aboard and build it out will be easy. Rockstar v.

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