CTO Hire Lean Networking Partner 
SoCal CTO
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? And do I fit as a Part-Time CTO , Technology Advisor , CTO Founder , Acting CTO ? He needed some kind of CTO and as well Developers.
SoCal CTO
MARCH 12, 2012
"I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Go to user groups.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 22, 2012
Growing too slowly is particularly dangerous in a business with network effects, which the best startups usually have to some degree.” “Lean” is great in the early days but if you discover an attractive market opportunity you need to get “fat” really quickly or somebody else will.
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 1, 2010
aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20). Call it facts for hire. Hiring The Right Candidate. You got it.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 7, 2008
And we cant hire new engineers any faster, because you cant be interviewing and debugging and fixing all at the same time! Even with the highest standards imaginable, theres no way to hire just genius hackers. This is one of the bedrock practices of any lean startup , and so its a common piece of advice I give out.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 7, 2008
One major theory that has influenced the way I think about processes comes from Lean Manufacturing , where they use these same techniques to build cars. Customers found it confusing and it turned out to be at odds with our fundamental value proposition (which really requires an independant IM network). Talk about waste. Expo SF (May.
David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
However, valuing the intangibles of time saving, expertise, network, etc. Partnering with a source of capital, connections, and expertise for a large equity chunk is often worth it in those scenarios (e.g., I spoke with Thatcher Bell , Managing Partner, CoVenture. There’s a huge caveat to the above comments. Rock Health).
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