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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

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Startup founders make decisions on a daily basis – significant decisions that will have lasting impact on their business. Would you create contracts without an attorney? Actually, many startups need two kinds of technical advisors. Are we using modern and secure third-party libraries? And Maybe You Need Two!

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. It’s part of our job to ask questions about their plans, challenge their assumptions, and suggest paths to success. What are your key Startup Metrics ? What channels will you use (e.g.,

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Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Based on my posts Startup CTO or Developer and Acting CTO , Chris O’Meara wrote an interesting post Startup CTO: Could It Work? Chris starts with a description of the person that pretty much every startup is looking for: Their primary characteristics are deep technical skills and a hacker mentality.

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Monumental funding secured for robots to lay bricks

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An Amsterdam-based startup has secured $25 million in funding in its mission to transform the construction industry, led by robots laying bricks! Significant support and potential Monumental was founded in 2021 by Salar al Khafaji (CEO) and Sebastiaan Visser (CTO). Image: Rodolfo Quiros/Pexels.

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Lead Developer to CTO at a Startup

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I received a great question via LinkedIn: I'm the founding engineer and working hard to launch my startup. I seem to encounter a lot of people who want to attach a CTO label to me as I'm the only programmer on the founding team of three. I've previously addressed the role of a CTO in early-stages in my post Startup CTO or Developer.

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Startup CTO or Developer

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I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. I used an image from Roger Smith that describes the varying roles of a CTO as the company matures.

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Selecting a Software Development Company in 2024

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In fact, you might have to secure them from diverse people/firms. Although noteworthy, working with large corporations differs remarkably from working with startups. While the appearance matters, remember you are hiring the development firm primarily for its development skills, not its graphic design skills.