Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. Between Board Meetings.

Advisory Board 365

Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2013

(However, in some industries such as life sciences, founders may be tenured professors who are not going to give up their faculty positions, so they often become the head of a startup’s scientific advisory board, but aren’t part of the founding team.). A couple of caveats about founders with “ideas.”

Cofounder 335

Cofounder Advisory Board Customer Development Leadership 335

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

IMVU had a roughly two-month-long development cycle. Each cycle was punctuated by a meeting of our Business Advisory Board (BAB). Excellent analysis of "evolution vs. re-volution" and differentiation of team roles. More than anything, it forced us to take advantage of necessity, the mother of invention.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Agile 167

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

I firmly believe that in this age where the product development life-cycle is so short and user feedback comes so quickly, you will know within a year whether you are focusing on a worthwhile one thing. Very hard to do, but it’s what differentiates great companies from good companies. Advisory boards never amount to much.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108