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Los Angeles CTO / VP Engineering Job Searches

SoCal CTO

As the organizer of the LA CTO Forum , I get lots of inquiries by job seekers and people looking for CTO / VP Engineering talent. I’ve written quite a bit about aspects of this topic, especially from the perspective of startup founders looking for talent – you can find these in: Startup CTO.

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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? And do I fit as a Part-Time CTO , Technology Advisor , CTO Founder , Acting CTO ? He needed some kind of CTO and as well Developers.

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Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard

rob.by

Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard. Yesterday, Michael Pope posted an article titled Technical Cofounders Are a Myth. He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. Tuesday, August 17, 2010.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

” We talked about my influences as a younger person and what got me started in technology and entrepreneurship. It was all technical. They paid engineers $4,000 more entry-point. By the way, the salary, which was a good salary, was $27,000 entry salary, and engineers were paid $31,000 to $35,000. [00:10:30]

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Our categorization is not a technical one. This structure allows for alignment on the front end, and real-time flexibility for performance metrics,” says Samira Salman , a family office investor and advisor. . Founder Earnings” (Founder Salaries + Dividends + Retained Earnings). Discretionary dividends and salary share built in.

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Working with Developers

SoCal CTO

I’m a long way into development and I’m 90% done and we are having issues getting it completed Developers like to over engineer. It may give non-technical founders a bit more insight into working styles when it comes to developers. I.e., they need a developer more than they need a CTO. Go watch a few episodes.