Business Model Leadership Technical Review 
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 30, 2021
Most technical entrepreneurs focus hard on building an innovative product, but forget that an elegant solution doesn’t automatically translate into a successful business. Defining the right business model requires the same diligence as designing the right product, but the approach and skills required are different.
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 1, 2007
My role is to work as part of the team to (1) understand related technologies and technical opportunities, (2) understand and help drive alignment around a vision of where the business should go, and (3) mesh those together to help make disciplined, proactive technical decisions. Then, we come to an agreement on terms.
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Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? Often times, it seems like people are thinking its synonymous with "that guy who gets paid to sit in the corner and think technical deep thoughts" or "that guy who gets to swoop in a rearrange my project at the last minute on a whim." But along the way, something strange happened.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Most technical entrepreneurs focus hard on building an innovative product, but forget that an elegant solution doesn’t automatically translate into a successful business. Defining the right business model requires the same diligence as designing the right product, but the approach and skills required are different.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 7, 2015
Most technical entrepreneurs focus hard on building an innovative product, but forget that an elegant solution doesn’t automatically translate into a successful business. Defining the right business model requires the same diligence as designing the right product, but the approach and skills required are different.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 23, 2018
A combination of risky ideas and a competitive marketplace often proves to be too much for small teams to endure, especially against the tech giants. After all the notion of a group of individuals fighting for the spotlight against large tech giants is almost poetic. The tech giants deal with layers of bureaucracy and compliance.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 11, 2023
For example, the development of reusable rocket technology by SpaceX and Amazon, who could not match NASA supplier budgets, has opened huge new opportunities in space travel and exploration. I believe it all starts with you as a leadership role model, and the mindset and expectations you broadcast to your team.
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