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Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

Both Sides of the Table

This time I thought I’d try and address engineering talent. Often I’m asked by startup CEO’s about how to best build an engineering team. I hope many will read this and have an answer for the question, “what’s the different between a CTO and a VP of Engineering?&#. What makes a great tech team?

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Spotlight on Engineering Team Building: Lessons learned from Algolia

Cracking the Code

Recruiting and retaining top talent is even more challenging for software engineers. To get an insight into how successful start-ups approach team building, we spoke to Sylvain Utard, employee number 1 and VP of Engineering at Algolia, an Accel portfolio company. Team building is top of mind for any start-up founder or exec.

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7 Indications Your New Venture May Not Be Investable

Startup Professionals Musings

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. You need a big differentiator in these arenas. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers.

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Who’s lying?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

We had been flying for four hours, but both gas gauges still read “full.” “Umm, this can’t be right” I said to Gerry, the real pilot. “Yeah,” he said, “the needles get stuck to the glass.” ” He flicked the glass a few times. Gerry used to say: “Who’s lying?”

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Pitch Deck Month: The “Where Are You Going?” Slide

View from Seed

Depending on the composition of the founding team, you might or might not have near-term holes in certain functions at the exec level – e.g. you’ll most likely need to bring on a CTO/VP of Engineering shortly after the seed round if you don’t have a technical co-founder.

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The Worst Advice We’ve Heard For SEO Services

YoungUpstarts

SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is one such domain that is dotted with misinformation. You should shape your content around semantics and natural language because they will play a crucial role in determining how pages rank in the search engine results page (SERP). This problem often plagues popular, hot topics.

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7 Startup Proposals That May Raise Investor Red Flags

Startup Professionals Musings

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. You need a big differentiator in these arenas. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers.