mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Today, CTOs are multi-taskers that aren’t just coders locked in some basement — they play a vital role in a tech company’s strategic plan and growth. Lisa Nicole Bell , Inspired Life Media Group.)

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 15, 2012

Todd Park (US CTO) and Aneesh Chopra (Former US CTO) are delivering a keynotes, along with Paul Bucha (Medal of Honor Recipient) and many others. LivingSocial will be welcoming these veterans to their office for a tour and to meet the team and hear their inspiring story. Ray Jefferson, Leadership Consultant.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

If you are looking to expand your leadership team or board , are looking for a part-time executive role or board role , or are an investor looking for fractional executives to join your portfolio companies , you should become part of the Bolster network right now. It’s off to a great start. Pick one section each week.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2013

These are often the same things that cause a founder to reach out to me about helping their CTO, VP Engineering, tech team, off-shore development, etc. CTO Knowledge and Skill I personally believe that the best CTOs will have a technical/developer background. Some of the top symptoms are: Frequently missed deadlines.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” All partners have compatible work styles. Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

Eventually you need a VP of Product to handle your product roadmap, a CTO for engineering leadership and VPs of sales, marketing & biz dev. Leadership is actually quite difficult. Leadership Startup Lessons' But if you level up , raise capital and grow customers, revenue and staff – life changes.

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SVPG

JUNE 27, 2015

I would argue that two of the most importance competencies in building great product organizations, indeed nearly any significant organizational undertaking, are leadership and management. There may be no better place in the US to truly learn leadership and management (in the senses discussed below) than this institution.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 13, 2010

I don’t care what your political orientation is, if you want an awesome two hour lesson in leadership watch the movie Thirteen Days. The first was a tour of the CIA which, while limited to very specific physical areas (including the CIA gift shop), included a 75 minute roundtable with the CIA’s CTO and his team about the future.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Danny Boice is the co-founder and CTO of Speek – a 500 Startups-funded startup that let’s users do conference calls with a simple link rather than using phone numbers and PINs. Leadership is a risky endeavor. Leadership isn’t for everybody. I recently started watching “The Walking Dead” (I know, I know, late to the party).

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

A few weeks ago I shared some important leadership lessons from Stewart Butterfield , including investing in your own growth to make sure that the founder scales as fast as the company. the difference between becoming a CTO who provides technical direction vs. VP of Engineering who manages the whole dev team).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” Compatible work styles. Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done.

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blog.chrisomeara.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Chris OMeara Main | Probing Code Quality » 01/31/2010 Startup CTO: Could It Work? A CEO friend of mine recently asked my opinion about Tony Karrers Startup CTO or Developer article. I think the part time CTO could work. If you think thats person you need, the question becomes "what else do you expect a CTO to contribute?"

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

I don’t think that Google would have become the success story we all know without the leadership of Eric Schmidt through the years he led the company. So Nick drove strategy & tech from the UK and remained an active board member and CTO of the company. Case in point is the return of Larry Page to the role as CEO of Google.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” All partners have compatible work styles. Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

If you are looking to expand your leadership team or board , are looking for a part-time executive role or board role , or are an investor looking for fractional executives to join your portfolio companies , you should become part of the Bolster network right now. It’s off to a great start. Pick one section each week.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The relationship has to have trust, communication, and respect in order to work. Compatible work styles.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2015

by Marcus Turner, President and CTO of Enola Labs. Now, I am not saying that in many occurrences, the right decision might be to have a partial, virtual or interim leadership position. Within my previous organization some on my leadership team played critical roles on leadership teams of other companies.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

CTO, Modcloth – San Francisco, CA (corrected from e-mail version) Remember that girl from back home? The ideal candidate has experience with eCommerce systems, emerging mobile and social technologies, as well as RoR. Interested candidates should e-mail keyhirewire@firstround.com with "Modcloth CTO" in the subject.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

I was amazed at your innovation, approach, cleverness, enthusiasm, leadership traits, background, education, team?—?everything. Last time we met I didn’t have my CTO with me. Would it be alright if I brought her by your offices for a super quick coffee?” I call it, “Remind me why I love you again?” everything.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

A good early-stage CEO needs to be accessible, to be accountable for producing results and should be establishing the cultural norms of the company through direct leadership at all levels. You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 13, 2020

Huge kudos to Bryan Leach at iBotta and Rachel Carlson at Guild Education for providing urgent and effective leadership here. We are leaders of 35 different technology companies with headquarters or offices in the Denver and Boulder metro areas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The relationship has to have trust, communication, and respect in order to work. Compatible work styles.

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Gust

APRIL 13, 2014

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” Compatible work styles. Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Last week, (seems that all of my postings start this way) I attended the Second Annual West Coast Businesswomen’s Sustainability Leadership Summit , a Women’s Network for Sustainable Future event , at IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. There were about 150-200 women in attendance (my guestimate).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Meredith came to see me along with the CTO Marc Berte. Accomplished executives well her senior were very comfortable joining Meredith on this journey and trusting her leadership to raise capital, do business development deals, build a team and ultimately a great company. And finally it comes down to the good old instinct test.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2013

The picture to the left is of Ryan Martens, Rally’s founder and CTO, giving Josie Health, the CEO of The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County , a check for $676,000. Throughout, Ryan’s leadership of EFCO was unbounded and today over 50 companies are members of EFCO. Today’s gift represents the largest to date.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. In this article, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The relationship has to have trust, communication, and respect in order to work. Compatible work styles.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Michael Goldstein, CEO of Stun Media Michael Goldstein is the Chief Executive Officer & Strategic Creative at Stun Media in Los Angeles. A creator and producer of social media, Michael’s responsibilities include leadership for the design team, concept creation and strategic consulting for highly engaging interactive experiences.

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 13, 2013

On the other hand, a great product requires great leadership with the right product instincts. Historically, software and products were sold to a company’s purchasing agent and CTO. The CTO and other management no longer serve as gatekeepers for which products are used in the organization. Today, it’s a different story.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The concept of a Chief Marketing Officer comes from large enterprises, but it is a role that has grown exponentially in the last couple of years. A fractional CMO is basically a part-time version of this position. What is the difference between a marketing agency, a marketing coach, a consultant, and a Fractional CMO?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

But as your company grows and you bring in professional sales leadership you can no longer do this. But overriding sales leadership is as destructive as overriding product management. Either your head of sales is the right person or fire him or her.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 14, 2011

There's never been a better time to innovate" United States CTO Aneesh Chopra kicked off the event by saying: "there's never been a better time to innovate." Organizational change of this magnitude requires a combination of strong executive leadership, new tools and techniques, and bottoms-up energy and exploration. But some have.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

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. While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Over the past few years, it has become relatively acceptable to work with a leadership coach and investors typically have a handful of good coaches in their rolodex ready to support and develop young founders. Yet even with this rise in popularity, leadership development is still primarily limited to CEOs and select executives.

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Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 4, 2015

There are a number of founder leadership models that can work well as a startup evolves. If you can navigate a leadership model that keeps the founder involved and engaged in the business as it scales, it meaningfully improves your odds that startup magic will happen. the founder becomes CTO). Sergei Brin and Larry Page).

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Leadership over backbenchers? I wish I had 20% of her confidence, focus and leadership skills at 25. Marc Berte, the CTO, and a masters from MIT, is exceptionally gifted. Do you really believe one blogger who uses wild assumptions over a company that has committed itself to innovation in this field?

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Last week, (seems that all of my postings start this way) I attended the Second Annual West Coast Businesswomen’s Sustainability Leadership Summit , a Women’s Network for Sustainable Future event , at IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. There were about 150-200 women in attendance (my guestimate).

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