Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

That’s why I often say The role of VC is “chief psychologist.” We might help a management team deal with a vexing strategic question or a thorny negotiation but these are mostly tactical. Fundamentally venture capital is about human capital. Venture Capital is a people business. Nothing fancier.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

(Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. But I managed a few "good learning experiences" before throwing myself full-bore into IMVU. So much for timing.

San Francisco 155

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. So let’s be very specific: let’s assume your dream job is product manager at Google, working on the Analytics product. But I don’t think so. Where is it?

Technical Review 175

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David Teten

JUNE 6, 2011

My rough notes follow: Mike Dubno , CIO, Global Markets and Research Technology & Operations, Bank of America. Previously CTO, Goldman Sachs. Panel: Cary Davis , Managing Director, Warburg Pincus, Moderator: Ben Fried, Chief Information Officer, Google, runs in-house technology. Introductory remarks.

Fractional CTO 122

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Don’t take my word for it – in the roundup of venture capital predictions for 2017 , I found it to be the top recurring theme. Investors will ask management what their “AI strategy” is before investing and will be wary of companies that don’t have one (Fred Wilson, USV). Some examples: AI will be the new mobile.

Artificial Inteligence 122

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups. Qualcomm Ventures is invested in a number of startups including Livescribe, Obopay , Arieso and Zeebo. Craig is currently the CEO and founder of stealth-ish startup BetterWorks.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. And.NET’s languages (C#, IronPython, managed C++, etc.) Your vision is so limited that it’s scary to see that you are actually the CEO of a successful cloud platform.

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