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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

The future of the Internet is video. The founders had been responsible for gaining staggering scale in the past 3 years, having been trail-blazers in building a network of talent and an unrivaled understanding of the YouTube ecosystem. Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO. hours of TV / day.

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Selling to the enterprise: “Sell to few” vs. “sell to many”?

Version One Ventures

CTO, VP of HR) in the customer organization. Startups that succeed with this approach tend to have founders with deep connections in the industry they serve, and often previously worked for one of the large incumbents in the market. Why Internet Companies Don’t Buy From The Enterprise Kings (techcrunch.com).

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

www.informationarbitrage.com

Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. Too often, however, I have found CTO / Founders paired with business people who not only don't add value, but frequently detract from the value of the business.

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Our Investment in One Jackson: Fresh, Yet Familiar

Genuine VC

The company’s familiarity is along what we consider to be the three most important criteria for an investment in a seed-stage startup – team, market, and product: Team – Two of the co-founders were well-known to the NextView partnership years before a line of code was even written.

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Success story: how startup Augury determined its market opportunities

Where to Play

The technology combines two key shifts in the industry: artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things. Founded by Saar Yoskovitz (CEO) and Gal Shaul (CTO), and backed by leading venture capitalists, the company was recently recognized for its standout contribution, named one of CRNs Internet of Things top 50.

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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

Some of the other founders had sold minicomputers to scientists and engineers, but no one knew or understood the unique class of applications and customers of supercomputers. A few days later Gordon became a founder. Wasn’t he a CTO or something? (He We were going to be guessing. I invited him to meet the team.

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How Startups Can Keep Product Development Lean

YoungUpstarts

by Steve Owens, Founder and CTO of Finish Line Product Development Services. Steve Owens, Founder and CTO of Finish Line Product Development Services , has over 30 years of successful product development experience in many different industries and is a sought after adviser and speaker on the subject.