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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

They need to be able to know the key Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder , figure out where/when/how to bring on development talent ( Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit? , In Los Angeles, I have easy access to a bunch of potential strategic technical advisors through the LA CTO Forum.

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Lead Developer to CTO at a Startup

SoCal CTO

I also recognize that while I am the first technologist on the team, I will not by any means be the last and I'm hoping that subsequent hires will be people I consider brighter and more talented than myself. When will key hires come on? How will we find and interview developers? How can we address this risk? Accounting?

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So you say you want to be a Product Manager …?

Austin Startup

I wasn’t a very good software developer, and I was only modestly capable as a UX designer, but I learned enough to recognize clean code and effective, inspiring design when I saw it. I learned that software engineers?—?or or developers?—?are SO, YOU’RE HIRED! … Good PMs are very good listeners?—?customers,