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Hypergiant Industries Hires Mohammed Farooq as its new CTO and GM Products

SiliconHills

Austin-based Hypergiant Industries, which is focused on creating new products using artificial intelligence for businesses, has hired a heavy-hitter in the software industry, Mohammed Farooq, as its new Chief Technology Officer and GM Products. Farooq also joining Hypergiant Industries’ board of directors.

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What is a CTO?

Austin Startup

As a CTO, I can definitely say without a doubt that few people understand what a CTO does. When I tell someone I’m a CTO, I’m often met with a blank stare. Even when someone is aware of what a CTO does, they often have limited context due to the wide variety of CTO roles.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. Consider just how much exposure the Austin community gets every year due to SXSW. It’s great to see an initiative like Seattle 2.0 It’s awesome.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Every time I see my graduate students try to teach for the first time, it’s usually so painful I bite my lip. The Dry Run.

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Strap Technologies Prepares For New Round of Growth With New Technology Officer: Benjamin Eynon

Austin Startup

Most recently, he has headed up business development and international contract negotiations with and for startups in the areas of advanced lithography equipment, medical patient transfer equipment, and AI-related software. and for Baylor University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.

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5 Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know

YoungUpstarts

by Marcus Turner, President and CTO of Enola Labs. Make sure that there is a well-planned contract for everything. Having the proper contracts in place is discussed in any “business 101” setting. Plan everything with the end in mind (both positive and negative) and you have your business off to the right start.

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Take 5 minutes to help other Austin entrepreneurs and vote in the SXSW Panel Picker!

Austin Startup

Being part of a community means lifting each other up and one easy way you can do that is with your mouse clicks… please take 5 minutes to go and vote for these other Austin entrepreneurs! If you are in the Austin startup community and have another panel to promote, please leave it in the comments below!