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JANUARY 15, 2011

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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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

I told them that True Ventures had stuck to their brand name and submitted a totally clean term sheet. You’ll need to hire and retain talen to grow your company. The more senior members you have (say you already have a CEO, CTO, VP marketing, VP Biz Dev, VP Products) then the less options you’ll need and vice versa.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 4, 2009

Joe Betts-LaCroix – CTO, OQO. June 2nd, 2009: Name your future business. Description: What’s in a name, and how do you choose a good one? Hiring and Firing. July 14th, 2009: Implement hiring policies and practices. Description: When to hire and when to fire? Michael Arrington – TechCrunch.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 7, 2013

They were referring to non-founder engineers, most commonly the first hire for technology businesses. Every time a startup raises capital, all common shareholders are diluted. In a CTO Salary and Equity trends report by Safire Partners, it finds non-founder equity compensation to settle out below 2 percent.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

Let me drop a few names and you will get the picture: Adyen, Booking.com (acquired by Priceline), Distimo, Mendix, Shapeways, Spilgames, Takeaway.com, TravelBird, WeTransfer and Qandidate. Bringing macro back down to micro – there are Dutch techies and executives ‘ kicking ass and taking names ‘ around the globe. How to fix this?

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

At the same time, a direct equity investment (one where the dev shop acquires a share in the company immediately) puts the founders in a potentially uneasy position of having to dilute their company before a product is built. During and after fundraising, we team with the founder to recruit for a full-time CTO to join the company.

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