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Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering?

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Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering? Often I’m asked by startup CEO’s about how to best build an engineering team. Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. The VP Engineering aspires to manage teams.

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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. I’ve convinced the team you’d be perfect, come join us as the VP of Marketing.”

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&#

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Convergent Technologies: War Story 1 – Selling with Sports Scores.

Steve Blank

The Consultative Sale Our sales guy then quietly asked if there was any way we could help them. The VP of Engineering says, “well we don’t have the resources or time, and as long as you know we could build better computers then you guys, why don’t you tell us the details about your computers.” Help them?!!

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

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So I initially gravitated to the CTO title, and not VP of Engineering. Great article youre now in my rss feeds :) October 2, 2008 4:37 AM kamilski81 said. I would love to see some blog posts on any experiences you have had with set-based design. Hi Eric, Great article - Ive added you to my regular RSS reads.

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How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

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If you follow these steps and still can’t find what you are looking for then let us know. We’re contact@socialmatchbox.com and we will be happy to get you in touch with the right recruiter or user group to talk to for networking purposes. client / Washington, DC ($500 Referral Reward) Developer/Partner / Rocket Whale, Inc.

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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. Guest blog post? Subscribe via RSS. Speakers include Alolita Sharma (Director of Engineering, @Wikipedia, SF), Tim Kimmet (VP of Engineering, @WalmartLabs, Silicon Valley HQ) and Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0).