Version One Ventures
APRIL 11, 2019
This time, I am very excited to introduce Sin-Mei Tsai , VP of Engineering at Shippo , a Version One portfolio company. Sometimes we find that the new code does not play well with old state, or with old code, which is a transient problem that happens during deployment.
SoCal CTO
MARCH 2, 2015
I’ve written quite a bit about aspects of this topic, especially from the perspective of startup founders looking for talent – you can find these in: Startup CTO. I have quite a few conversations like this and am having one via email right now, so it inspired me to put it in a post instead. If you think about it, that makes sense.
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View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Projecting from the seed stage, there are two types of team-building topics you want to address – key senior hires and org-level team building. As the company progresses through product market fit (PMF), you will want to highlight other key senior hires required to scale and round out the functional expertise of the exec team.
Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
A CTO will guide your product strategy, market validation, architectural decisions, process optimization, recruiting, and hiring. A CTO’s real value is in finding opportunities with asymmetric payoffs. Online Resources & Boards The following job boards and other related resources are a cost effective recruiting tool.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
One of the first potential advisors I reached out to was someone who 10 years earlier tried to hire me as the VP of Marketing of his new division at Sun Microsystems. For lots of reasons that never worked out, but I liked him so much that the following year I tried to hire him as the VP of Engineering of Ardent. (He
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 19, 2009
I would discover that there was a more effective alternative in building a marketing department than hiring traditional marketers with MBA’s. Some of these advisors from the academic community would work with our of VP of Engineering and help us solve specific technical problems.
ConversionXL
AUGUST 18, 2021
Ameyo takes a more subtle approach, adding “Business Email” to its sign-up form. Based on the data, the consensus is that name, phone, and email are required together—83% of forms required all three. From the Flywheel dashboard, you can quickly find any site you’re looking for. Even across both plans and a single site.
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