SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Todd Gitlin of Safire Partners was nice enough to compile some data on CTO Equity and Compensation at Venture Backed Companies for the LA CTO Forum and present last year. The data is a bit tough to deal with via a post, so I've shared it two ways: You can find a PDF with some analysis at: CTO Equity Compensation PDF.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Chief financial officer (CFO): As the name implies, the CFO is responsible for major financial tasks. Chief technology officer (CTO): This executive ensures technology initiatives are running smoothly and supporting overall business goals.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

As a CTO, I can definitely say without a doubt that few people understand what a CTO does. When I tell someone I’m a CTO, I’m often met with a blank stare. Even when someone is aware of what a CTO does, they often have limited context due to the wide variety of CTO roles.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

It provides findings and recommendations intended to foster a mutual understanding between business and software leaders, shedding light on the current state of your technology and your team. Are you preparing to expand, take your business in a new direction, or take on new partners? It’s written for a business leader, not an engineer.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

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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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Email us or call +44 (0) 844 3579899 home about services blog labs Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate) « Upgraded your iPhone to OS 3 but files are missing? Some companies look for a more strategic or a more hands-on CTO. Firstly, theres no one-size-fits-all description.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

This is not only sad but incredibly frustrating, because it is so easy to see how a great technology can be developed and commercialized if only - if only the CTO hadn't been impulsive and insecure and brought on a business partner too early in the game. … And it’s not just inexperienced CTOs. Lack of confidence?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2023

You need to find the skills or experience you don’t have in business, technology, or money. The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2010

In my post, Technology Roles in Startups , I described some of the different ways I engage with startup companies such as CTO Founder , CTO , Part-Time CTO , Acting CTO , Consultant, Advisor and Advisory Board Member. And don’t confuse having a CTO with getting an Technology Advisor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2020

You need to find the skills or experience you don’t have in business, technology, or money. The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We just held our twelfth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

David Rukshin, Chief Technology Officer, WorldQuant. Karl Sprules, Partner & CTO, AllianceBernstein. Katina Stefanova, Founding Partner & CIO, Marto Capital. Fabio Mercurio, Head of Quantitative Analytics, Bloomberg LP. Lukasz Pomorski, Ph.D., Head of Portfolio Management, AQR Capital Management.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Today, CTOs are multi-taskers that aren’t just coders locked in some basement — they play a vital role in a tech company’s strategic plan and growth. Have an account? Zach Cutler , The Cutler Group.

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www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Main July 11, 2007 The Different CTO Roles I was putting together a short panel presentation on the roleof a Chief Technology Officer in corporate innovation and I once again realized that there is quite a bit of confusion around the role of the CTO. My job at Microsoft is to worry about technology in thefuture.

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www.bothsidesofthetable.com

MAY 13, 2012

Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering? Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. Still, I believe I’m offering an accurate representation of the ideal configuration of the main technology leaders. Raising Venture Capital.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

"I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup.

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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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ReadWriteStart

MAY 24, 2018

That’s when he reached out on Twitter to make connections, and AJ Wilcox connected him to Dennis Yu, the chief technology officer at BlitzMetrics, which is now one of the top Facebook agencies worldwide. The post How Technology and Training Fueled One Ad-Based Company’s Growth appeared first on ReadWrite.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 17, 2014

You’re the CTO. As a CTO, you have a whole new set of responsibilities to take care of that do not involve coding. One reason why you’re the CTO, is obviously because you’re good at what you do. If you are a CTO and wondering if you’re not doing enough technically, don’t feel bad about it. Cheers to you!

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

You need to find the skills or experience you don’t have in business, technology, or money. The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 13, 2020

We are leaders of 35 different technology companies with headquarters or offices in the Denver and Boulder metro areas. wherever possible we are strongly encouraging our vendors, service providers and partner businesses to take similar precautions.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

Congrats to my friends at Rally Software on the announcement that they’ve signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by CA Technologies for $480 million. Rally started out life as F4 Technologies. We offered Ryan space to work out of our office which he did for a year or so as he got things up and running.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2020

by Nick Frandsen, co-founder and managing partner at Dovetail. Nick Frandsen is a co-founder and managing partner at Dovetail. Dovetail designs, builds and invests into fast-growing technology companies. It’s genius! It’s the next thing!”

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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? Candidates must have a proven track record of scaling consumer applications, growing world-class technology teams, and delivering fast iterative business results. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2014

You need to find the skills or experience you don’t have in business, technology or money. The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 15, 2014

James Kenigsberg is the Chief Technology Officer and a founding team member at 2U , an educational technology company that partners with universities to offer online degree programs. Early in my career, I knew I wanted to leverage technology to impact education. Create accessible technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Meredith came to see me along with the CTO Marc Berte. They had been introduced by my friend Brian Garrett, a partner at Crosscut Ventures and the ambition outlined in their deck seemed almost unbelievable, “to make wireless charging of phones (and other devices) as easy as WiFi” that I had to see it for myself.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 16, 2020

Being relatively a new service trend in today’s tech-driven world, CTO-as-a-Service (CaaS) is notably gaining its momentum. Though CTO as a traditional full-time position exists for decades, some companies do not feel they need a technology executive. Ideal scenario assumes there’s a CTO in house. By referring to ?TO-as-a-Service

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing.

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View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

Two weeks ago, my partners and I here at NextView Ventures announced our second fund. As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. We average eight to 10 total new investments per year as a firm, so this frequency is a typical investment pace for us.

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devver.wordpress.com

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

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.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 19, 2014

Over the last two and a half years the National Science Foundation I-Corps has taught over 300 teams of scientists how to commercialize their technology and how to fail less, increasing their odds for commercial success. There may come a day that one of these teams makes a drug, diagnostic or medical device that saves your life.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

He’s one of those rare people that after every meeting you have with him you feel like you have much more insight into the future of the technology industry than before your conversation began. So Nick drove strategy & tech from the UK and remained an active board member and CTO of the company. Shaping an industry.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. He has written several books on intellectual property law. a communications tool for enterprises.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. in Computer Science.

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blog.aparttimecto.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

A Part-Time CTO Technology. Un-knowledgeable - Since it’s just you and your partners, you might not be making the best choices. They may make certain concessions or decisions that could hinder the flexibility of your application There is also a hybrid variant of #2 and #3 above that I’ll call a development partner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2016

You need to find the skills or experience you don’t have in business, technology, or money. The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder.

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