Fractional VPE Hiring Management Sales 
www.bothsidesofthetable.com
MAY 13, 2012
Sales & Marketing. Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering? I recently did a post for startups on understanding sales people. 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?”
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 20, 2010
I recently did a post for startups on understanding sales people. This time I thought I’d try and address engineering talent. 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?&#. The VP Engineering aspires to manage teams.
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Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
A CTO will guide your product strategy, market validation, architectural decisions, process optimization, recruiting, and hiring. If outward facing, they will attend important sales calls and speak to the technology strategy and vision. They adopt, measure, and manage key product performance metrics. Autonomy to self-manage.
Business Plan Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2013
The single most important factor to raising capital for any tech startup is the management team. Don’t hire people with skills and qualifications similar to yours. Hire based on functionality and avoid having too many C’s. Hire based on functionality and avoid having too many C’s. Series A to Series B.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 1, 2014
Ben Horowitz ’s book The Hard Thing About Hard Things is driving the conversation around startup management this year. Bob Sutton is a Stanford professor and the author of several best-selling books on standout management, including Scaling Up Excellence , an investigation of high-growth companies. Eric Ries will interview him.
Steve Blank
JUNE 25, 2009
Twenty eight years ago I was the bright, young, eager product marketing manager called out to the field to support sales by explaining the technical details of Convergent Technologies products to potential customers. So their management teams were insisting that they OEM (buy from someone else) these products.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 5, 2009
I had last been in Chapel Hill on a winter’s day in 1986, traveling with the VP of Sales of our new supercomputer startup, Ardent. I’ve convinced the team you’d be perfect, come join us as the VP of Marketing.” I knew we almost had him convinced when our sales guy and Andy started talking to each other in Dutch.
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