Cost CTO Hire Management Vesting 
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
For your first key hires, three, five, maybe as much as ten, you will probably not be able to use any kind of formula. For example, suppose you're just two founders and you want to hire an additional hacker who's so good you feel he'll increase the average outcome of the whole company by 20%. Stock vests for 4 years.
blog.aparttimecto.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
A Part-Time CTO Technology. Depending on the level of complexity and difficulty, it might not be the most efficient use of your time. Communication - Hiring a technical employee early on can sometimes result in a founder developer gap. Cons: Cost - Most development shops work on a cash basis.
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SoCal CTO
MARCH 1, 2007
skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2017
Hire a CEO to Go Public. A founder’s lack of credibility/experience in growing and managing a large company hindered a company that wanted to go public. The VCs would hire a CEO with a track record who looked and acted like the type of CEO Wall Street bankers expected to see in large companies.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
Great lifestyle, great cost of living, motivated people and only the crap weather on the negative side. Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. The ingredients are all here. I have done the same.
David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
Thor Ernstsson is the founder of Alpha UX , a product validation company serving real-time user insights to Fortune 500 product managers. I spoke with Thatcher Bell , Managing Partner, CoVenture. Vesting equity equally divided into set milestones, in this case: 5% vest after design phase. 5% vest at beta launch.
www.metamorphblog.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Thus, the opportunity cost of joining your half-baked venture is dramatically lower than it is for legit professionals. We hired three guys from that batch and paid them in iPhones. Treat everyone you hire like a co-founder. It builds trust and earns buy-in from the people you hire. Tiny, contracting market.
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