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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. "I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it.

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Los Angeles CTO / VP Engineering Job Searches

SoCal CTO

As the organizer of the LA CTO Forum , I get lots of inquiries by job seekers and people looking for CTO / VP Engineering talent. I’ve written quite a bit about aspects of this topic, especially from the perspective of startup founders looking for talent – you can find these in: Startup CTO.

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Los Angeles Startup Events

SoCal CTO

I recently posted about the Increase in Early-Stage Startup Activity in Los Angeles. I realized that it has been a little while since I posted about the Los Angeles Startup Community and so needed to update my list of startup events that will be out of date almost before I finish publishing it.

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Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit?

SoCal CTO

Hiring seems to be the preferred use of seed funds (by investors and founders), whereas I'd prefer a focus on customer acquisition. And that should be the focus of the founders -- to find the special fit that will make your company take off. The startup founder is definitely not ready to hire a CTO. Far from it.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

The founders had been responsible for gaining staggering scale in the past 3 years, having been trail-blazers in building a network of talent and an unrivaled understanding of the YouTube ecosystem. Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO. ” Dana & I took a chance on the founders early on.

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I’m Excited to Welcome Aaron Batalion to Lightspeed!

Lightspeed Venture Partners

He said yes, so I found myself in Los Angeles during the first internet boom. But in between he was CEO of Revolution Health, and he introduced me to Aaron Batalion and the other founders of Hungry Machine when they left Revolution to go out on their own. Aaron was not an introverted CTO. We were able to invest!

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I’m Exited to Welcome Aaron Batalion to Lightspeed!

Lightspeed Venture Partners

He said yes, so I found myself in Los Angeles during the first internet boom. But in between he was CEO of Revolution Health, and he introduced me to Aaron Batalion and the other founders of Hungry Machine when they left Revolution to go out on their own. Aaron was not an introverted CTO. We were able to invest!