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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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Startup CTO Speaking

SoCal CTO

So, here goes: Dr. Tony Karrer Over the past 15 years, Tony has been a part-time CTO for more than 30 startups. Most notably, he was the original CTO for eHarmony for its first four years making him partly responsible for more than 4% of the marriages every year. Tony has a Ph.D.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I've talked about that in lots of other posts, so you can visit some of these to help determine what you specifically need: Startup CTO or Developer Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything Key ingredients in the equation are: How complex is the system? Do you have dollars to pay for development?

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How to Hire a Chief Technology Officer

www.inc.com

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Job Descriptions > How to Hire a CTO When its time to add a technologist to your slate of executives, what are the best practices to follow? Some companies have a CTO focused on operations under the CIO.

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

This is going to be BIG.

Content companies, for example, should be able to amass traffic and sell advertising on a bootstrapped budget before they come close to seeking equity financing—because you can, and because that’s the market expectation and that’s what your competitors are already doing. That’s why recruiters make so much coin.

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Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

My one feedback would be to have networking earlier in the agenda or sprinkled throughout the 6 hour agenda. What key hires do you need? The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits. Note to self, this event is not for alpha products with no customers.

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Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

My one feedback would be to have networking earlier in the agenda or sprinkled throughout the 6 hour agenda. What key hires do you need? The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits. Note to self, this event is not for alpha products with no customers.