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Initial Conversation with a CTO or Technical Advisor

SoCal CTO

Are you a non-technical startup founder who’s about to go have a conversation with a Chief Technical Officer (CTO) or Technical advisory type person? Maybe you are going for a reality check on your current situation - wondering if you have a Weak Development Team or a Startup Founder Developer Gap.

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Submitting a Request for Proposal to a Web Developer

Business Plan Blog

If you decide to outsource your website/mobile development to a third-party service provider you will want to put together a good RFP with your CTO before approaching potential vendors. Allows for user/market testing to avoid the costly/timely mistakes in development of unneeded/undesired features. Business name.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

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. Zach Cutler , The Cutler Group.

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Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – Steve Gilison

SoCal CTO

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. How do I find entrepreneurs who have a great idea that can get or has got funding who need a CTO and/or development team? Remind me about your background Steve?

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Which language should my startup use?

www.reincubate.com

Attending events around London, or talking with some of the development agencies present at the events, one might hear a startling set of opinions. It can be difficult -- without experience building software -- to make an informed choice which is most suitable. Why would one chose to develop with a particular framework over any other?

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Transcript of An Entrepreneur’s Journey to Success

Duct Tape Marketing

I’ve never made software before or even a website. He had a little local web development agency which is making websites for random people. Then, taking that information and aggregating it and analyzing and doing something with it is a project that’s dramatically too big to actually take on.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Update: Part 2: Finding Your Co-Founders CrunchBase Information Seth Sternberg meebo Information provided by CrunchBase Tweet Next Post Previous Post Advertisement Now Commented Facebook Goodbye, MacBook Pro. link] Kevin Pruett This information is so obvious, but often overlooked or under-executed. This happens a lot.