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.
Version One Ventures
JUNE 13, 2013
It’s the age-old debate among start-up circles: which is more important to the success of a start-up: the strength of the sales/distribution strategy or the quality of the product? To be successful, a stand-alone company needs a top-notch product and a clever distribution/sales strategy. Today, it’s a different story.
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Version One Ventures
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
“Sell to few”: Traditional enterprise sales. Selling into this market requires the traditional enterprise sales approach, comprised of a large ‘boots on the ground’ field sales team that works with key decision makers (e.g. CTO, VP of HR) in the customer organization. CTO, VP of HR) in the customer organization.
David Teten
JUNE 6, 2011
My rough notes follow: Mike Dubno , CIO, Global Markets and Research Technology & Operations, Bank of America. Previously CTO, Goldman Sachs. Panel: Cary Davis , Managing Director, Warburg Pincus, Moderator: Ben Fried, Chief Information Officer, Google, runs in-house technology. 2-18 month sales cycle.
Hunter Walker
JUNE 7, 2014
You Don’t Need to Show Off for the Fortune 500 CTO: Funding announcements used to be the credibility you’d need to get a meeting with the CTO or other management with purchasing power and a RFP. Now the employees carry your technology into the enterprise via their own phone and cloud services.
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. NVV: Lots of marketers are under pressure to come in and generate demand right away, whether because sales is asking for leads or founders are demanding PR or user growth.
ReadWriteStart
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Since joining the program, he has seen an increase in ad sales and also received new investment capital. Anthony Favazza, CEO of DiningCircle has hired a CTO that will be overseeing a rebuild of our product in early 2012. "We Jim Dolan, the CEO of Action Online , is looking to launch in May and redo their YoJo.com site. Each year, U.S.
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