SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. However, I’ve now begun questioning how and what an early-stage / startup CTO should be. These questions are critical background for any developer at any level. Accounting?

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

However, thanks to economy of scale, prices for online venture necessities like web hosting and Internet data have dwindled significantly. Step 5: Get your web hosting server. Choose a web hosting service that is reliable and with a sufficiently fast connection. You could host your free domain name from Freenom in this account.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Commenced in July 2017, The Youth Enterprise Development Fund provides start-up loans to help young entrepreneurs fund their businesses at a very early stage. Java EE, Java SE, Javascript, PHP, Software, Development, Software Testing, SQL. What are the most common skills in each category?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 12, 2011

List of hosting choices by yc startups – [link]. VC’s apparently are increasingly nervous about early stage investments – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Crowdsourcing Examples in Business – [link].

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Scalable Startup

JULY 20, 2013

But more importantly, the labor of moving software around by humans and physical media and even the Internet has been taken down to almost zero. The software just doesn’t leave it’s cloud hosts anymore. This saves energy, mistakes, cost, time, client computer memory and bandwidth. It vastly reduces computer waste.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

A discounted price is available for early stage entrepreneurs and students. In 2002 I became exposed to the idea of “agile software development&# and subsequently was a first round investor in Rally Software which is now the market leader in Agile application lifecycle management software.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. And it’s not just early-stage founders who notice.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

This leads to a set of questions: What is the role of a CTO in the early stages of a company, and does that role change later on as both the company and that individual matures? I've previously addressed the role of a CTO in early-stages in my post Startup CTO or Developer. Where and how will we host the systems?

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Transformify

AUGUST 27, 2017

Outsource the development of your MVP. This could be the right move as the software development companies have well-trained teams which mitigates the risk. Many software development companies take more projects than they could handle which results in delays and poor quality. The downside? We have been there.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But it is fraught with risks - and the primary risk you need to guard against is software development failure. The main causes are: Client fails to precisely express their requirements to the vendor; Client continuously changes their mind during the development process; A poorly constructed development contract.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

He is the founder of Mirasee, the host of the Business Reimagined Podcast, and the best selling author of multiple books including one we’re going to talk about today, Teach and Grow Rich. John Jantsch: I mean, in the early stages maybe saying, “Here’s kind of what I’m thinking about. John Jantsch: Yeah.

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blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

Ex: theyre primarily a back-end programmer, who can code basic front-end specs, and who can administer cloud hosting. 6c] Non-technical cofounder has MBA -0%: (this is my opinion) In the early days of a startup, an MBA doesnt help much. I assume both cofounders will be diluted equally as more employees and investors get involved.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

When it comes to early stage investing – it’s all gut. Does it make sense to spend this time speaking about your early stage start-up when your product has not even entered Alpha testing? Typically its way more important to build product, and pull in early users to give you that feedback vs. speaking about it.

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