www.bothsidesofthetable.com

MAY 13, 2012

Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering? 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?” You still have some leeway to hire above them if need be. The VP Engineering aspires to manage teams.

Fractional VPE 89

Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE Fractional CTO CTO Hire 89

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

A good early-stage CEO needs to be accessible, to be accountable for producing results and should be establishing the cultural norms of the company through direct leadership at all levels. It gives me an intuitive feel for whether our products are resonating with customers or partners and how they perceive our management team.

CTO Hire 308

CTO Hire Management Technical Review Part-Time VPE 308

socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

If you post up an ad to an online job board asking for someone to join your very high risk early stage startup company the odds of getting someone who decent are slim to none. The first part is the hardest part: hunting for a programmer. These days sales, marketing and PR people seem to grow on trees.

Part-Time VPE 41

Part-Time VPE Sweat Equity DC Washington 41

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

I’ve convinced the team you’d be perfect, come join us as the VP of Marketing.” My ex-boss was going to be the VP of Engineering and I would report to the CEO whose marketing acumen and sales instincts seemed at the time to be telepathic and sense of theater was legend. We’re building a supercomputer.”

North Carolina 131

North Carolina Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 131

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# If you find him, he’s gold, and not only because of his knowledge and experience.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 21, 2013

But little is written about the (nearly omnipresent in my experience) co-founder – the #2, behind-the-scenes partner who teams with the founder/CEO from the very beginning to build the company. For example, at one of my portfolio companies, the other founder looked after administration, finance, operations, product and engineering.

Cofounder 45

Cofounder Founder Part-Time VPE Portfolio 45

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 16, 2020

The expertise of administrators and senior-level developers suffices to handle routine technical tasks under the guidance of such company members as VP of Engineering, Team Lead, and Project Manager. The “right” time to bring in a CTO varies from company to company. Early-stage startups. OK, I need a CaaS.

Fractional CTO 85

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Part-Time VPE 85