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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

www.informationarbitrage.com

Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. Too often, however, I have found CTO / Founders paired with business people who not only don't add value, but frequently detract from the value of the business. So my advice to CTO / Founders?

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Set any vesting schedules and expiration dates on roughly similar terms, if for no other reason just so you can track all of them correctly. Kalanick, former investor BFF turned highly disappointed by founder behavior. Usually the founders duke it out among themselves as to titles and responsibilities and relative shareholdings.

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A Part-Time CTO - In-House or Outsource?

blog.aparttimecto.com

Unless you’re fortunate to have one or more technical founders, you’ll quickly be faced with this simple question: Do we hack out a prototype somehow, find a developer or outsource the development? Create the prototype yourself Pros: Cheap - this only takes up the time of your and your founders.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

What are the terms of their relationship with the founder? I’ve also asked this question on Quora.There, I ask for advice on how to best structure this for all parties: The development shop, the founders (outside of the dev shop), and potential outside investors. What are the timelines? The discounts? The cliffs? The fine print?

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. John is currently a partner at Rincon Venture Partners , a venture capital firm investing in early stage web-based businesses, and is a Co-Founder of RevUpNet , a performance-based online marketing agency. 4 Comments.

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What to do when you get screwed

The Startup Toolkit

Once the team was together, they launched version 1, got some happy customers, raised a round of funding, and then soon realised that the two tech founders had embezzled more than half the round and funnelled it into their real company, which they had been secretly building in Germany the whole time. Easy to say, I know. The solution?

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing.