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What is a CTO?

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A chief technology officer (CTO) is a C-suite executive who is focused on scientific and technological issues including web applications, mobile applications, electronic and digital media development. They adopt, measure, and manage key product performance metrics. They will review and negotiate all related contracts.

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See More than 120 Speakers and Mentors at The Lean Startup Conference

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He’ll talk about making a profit and making a difference in a conversation with New Media Ventures’ Christie George. He was a very early employee of Facebook , and engineering director there through the moment it blew up. Now he’s VP of engineering at Dropbox , where he’s seeing similar growth.

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Take 5 minutes to help other Austin entrepreneurs and vote in the SXSW Panel Picker!

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It’s not too hard to find the panel organizer on social media and reach out to them. Cultivating Conditions For Inclusion What is a Fractional Executive (CTO, CMO, CFO)? You just raised $10MM from Sequoia, you’re 3 co-founders, and you want to go hire the VP of Engineering from Uber. Growing a company is stage specific.

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

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As a last disclaimer, please consult the definition of the word hacker if youre not familiar with the controversies surrounding that term.) Our online media company is small, we have 6 employees, great proven leaders, great talent, great cashflow. I would love to have an effective CTO or VP of Engineering to manage me.

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Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

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She has consulted for a number of startups in the mobile, Saas, and consumer health spaces. Media Training. The Alchemist Series: Customer Development and Metrics. This is the first course in a five course series featuring the Valleys leading minds on Customer Development and Metrics. Partner Events. Female Founders.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. I am the VP of Engineering at a cutting-edge startup that sells software built on the.NET platform. Nothing says contraction negotiation like the smell of cordite.

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