SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
I did a presentation this week at Coloft that looked at how Non-Technical Founders can go about getting their MVP built. Even with these, you will have paper-tested your MVP, but the reality is that customers will not be able to assess the value to them until they actually use it. Review the code being built.
SoCal CTO
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Did they have a Weak Development Team ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both?
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venturehacks.com
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
He can be technical, but he must be able to wield the tools of influence. What you don’t know Business founders who don’t code use bad proxies for picking technical co-founders (&# 10 years with Java!&# ). Technical founders who don’t sell also use bad proxies (&# Harvard MBA!&# ). Geeks can always be hired.
thenetsetter.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Are you inventing new technical solutions to a problem? In most instances they still require some development, but it’s the kind that you can generally easily hire. If you use a piggy-back services like those mentioned above, you are simply being shielded from the technical requirements of the web by another company.
Seeing Both Sides
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. Eighty-two percent have global offices, and yet 91% are still run by Israeli CEOs, as opposed to foreign executives hired from the outside. Israel has been branded the “startup nation.” American VCs are critical.
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