www.bothsidesofthetable.com

MAY 13, 2012

Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering? This time I thought I’d try and address engineering talent. Often I’m asked by startup CEO’s about how to best build an engineering team. I’ve heard both arguments from CTO’s. Raising Venture Capital. Angel Topics.

Fractional VPE 89

Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE Fractional CTO CTO Hire 89

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 13, 2022

Whenever I submit a term sheet, I always caveat it by saying the following: “This is the one time we’re completely misaligned. I’m incentivized to buy up as much of the company at as low a price as possible and you’re incentivized to sell as little of the company as possible by raising the price.”. Founders seem to get that.

Founder 159

Founder Fiji CTO Hire Term Sheet 159

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

As seed funds have raised larger and larger funds, more have developed the muscle around issuing term sheets and “leading”. According to First Round’s State of Startups 3 out of 4 early-stage founders (series A or earlier) say hiring is their #1 concern, but the same amount say they spend less than 20% of their time on it.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

As seed funds have raised larger and larger funds, more have developed the muscle around issuing term sheets and “leading”. According to First Round’s State of Startups 3 out of 4 early-stage founders (series A or earlier) say hiring is their #1 concern, but the same amount say they spend less than 20% of their time on it.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36