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

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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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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

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. ” Dana & I took a chance on the founders early on.

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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. These are long sales cycles, often with multiple departments and stakeholders involved. Final thoughts.

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How Technology and Training Fueled One Ad-Based Company’s Growth

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Eighteen months later, I’m keynoting at conferences and serving clients in London, Sydney, Singapore, Los Angeles, Lisbon, Vancouver, and 50 other cities,” says Logan Young, the co-founder of BlitzMetrics, a Facebook dashboard and advertising company. Learn, Do, Teach: Build Your Expertise First.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Milis Bio

Austin Startup

Milis Bio CEO and Founder Mike Sheehan winning the 2018 Bank of Ireland/IGNITE Business of Year prize. Mike Sheehan , CEO and Founder at Milis Bio, earned a B.S. See the Milis Bio pitch in the category of Health, Wearables & Wellbeing Technology , 5 to 6 pm Sunday, March 15, before a live audience and a panel of expert judges.

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With a Group and Need a Ride? Fetii, a New Austin-Based Rideshare Service Has You Covered

Austin Startup

From left, Matthew Iommi, CEO of Fetii, and Justin Rath, chief technology officer for Fetii. billion rideshare industry is only a decade old,” notes Fetii CEO Matthew Iommi, “and as with all industries, we’ll begin to see verticals arise that provide specialized rideshare solutions. Some big names have taken notice.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #2: What’s in a name?

Austin Startup

grow into international markets, other industry verticals, and other product lines). My co-founders and I wanted a name that would reflect the incredible ambition of our mission: “to build the most meaningful, collaborative, and abundant data resource in the world”. As CEO, I stuck to my guns and, as co-founder, Brant did too.

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