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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. Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups. .&#

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

Common revenue streams are consulting, training, support, customization, upgraded versions for corporate applications, etc. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Digital Revenue Expert – Vince Thompson

SoCal CTO

Vince: I’m an author, speaker and management consultant with a special expertise in online media sales. Today I lead a small consultancy that helps advertising supported develop and scale the revenue producing sides of their businesses. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to?

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI

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You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal. There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. Should she take a chance and potentially ruffle feathers? A couple of quick stories / examples: 1.

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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

SoCal CTO

Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. If you buy them food (pizza, donuts, coffee) or free stuff (tech gadget, big monitor, t-shirt), they will love you for it far beyond the cost of the actual item. It needs to be funded to be successful. What do you do if you don't know the size?

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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

SoCal CTO

Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. If you buy them food (pizza, donuts, coffee) or free stuff (tech gadget, big monitor, t-shirt), they will love you for it far beyond the cost of the actual item. It needs to be funded to be successful. What do you do if you don't know the size?

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Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouhi

SoCal CTO

I'm married to Mike Freehling , M&A and financial management consultant. We can extend our clients' reach tremendously, and for low cost, by using the internet and social media to distribute and link to the "assets" we create. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to?