SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. 8220; His three things (worth reading his whole post anyway) are set vision/strategy and communicate broadly, recruit/hire/retain top talent, and make sure there’s enough cash in the bank. It’s great advice.

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

The Next Web

OCTOBER 7, 2013

They were referring to non-founder engineers, most commonly the first hire for technology businesses. From the perspective of my outside friends, why are employees that so clearly impact the growth trajectory of a company look like they’re getting screwed? A reason might be that negotiation techniques are not a part of their training.

Engineer 129

Engineer Dilution Option Pool Vesting 129

thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees. The part that I’d like to zero in on is when you’ve got a high growth company what are some of the best practices out there to distribute equity to the founders, advisors, and employees? Equity for Employees. Office Space. Virtual Office.

Equity 62

Equity Employee Founder CTO Hire 62

The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Hire everyone you need as an employee. After launching our Windows online backup service five years ago, our CTO pitched that we should focus on launching our Mac version next. At that time, Mac computers made up a mere 6 percent of the market and I argued we needed to focus on other areas. Sometimes I’m wrong.

Cofounder 143

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Kenya Dilution 143

www.lanceglasser.com

MAY 13, 2012

Growth, Profitability, and the Stock Price. Stock buybacks. What does a CTO do? Growth, Profitability, and the Stock Price. What does a CTO do? What does a CTO (Chief Technology Officer) do in a high-tech company? So what is the CTO job? This is where you should see the CTO. What goes around.

CTO 40

CTO CTO Hire Technical Review Architecture 40

www.avc.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Employee Equity: How Much? The most common comment in this long and complicated MBA Mondays series on Employee Equity is the question of how much equity should you grant when you make a hire. For your first key hires, three, five, maybe as much as ten, you will probably not be able to use any kind of formula.

Equity 64

Equity Employee CTO Hire Fractional CTO 64

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 2, 2011

She was the former CTO of Cisco Systems from 1998-2000, and is on the boards of Disney and Packet Design and was a board member at Sun and FedEx for many years. Precept Software, another of her startups, was bought by Cisco just prior to the company's stock price run-up, "so we had a great outcome for our investors.".

CTO Hire 118

CTO Hire Startup Algorithm Leadership 118

The Next Web

AUGUST 12, 2013

Define how you want to motivate your employees every day to produce high-quality and industry-leading results. They should be able to hire great designers to help build a better product. This person needs to be incredibly skilled in engineering, and should ideally be an experienced CTO. This is totally unique. An engineer.

Cofounder 119

Cofounder CTO Hire Startup Europe 119

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Bootstrapper Pass - Offers the same benefits as the Silver Pass, but brings the cost of the conference down to $350 for people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to attend (think: fledgling solopreneurs, employees at very young startups, and small non-profits). 31 ( limited to the first 200 Gold Passholders.) Apply for a Bootstrapper Pass here.

Lean 108

Lean Programming San Francisco Cofounder 108

www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Type to Add and Search Questions; Search Topics and People Startups Startup Compensation Entrepreneurship Compensation Stock Options Major Internet Companies Silicon Valley Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? This answer. Please specify the necessary improvements.

Equity 40

Equity Employee Founder Cofounder 40

www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Determining how to value sweat equity is key when negotiating with investors and employees. When you're getting started, sweat equity is often a critical component of your negotiating leverage with co-founders, early stage employees and others who aren't paid market wages to help you grow your business. BY Asheesh Advani. |.

Sweat Equity 55

Sweat Equity Equity Fractional CTO CTO 55

David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

intrapreneurs, e.g., the employee of GE who is tasked with launching a new business. In those cases, the incentives for the founders and early employees are extraordinarily hard to align long term. Help identify key technologist and product hires to transition in-house (week 13 onward, however this can take 1 year).

Software Developers 60

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Technical Cofounder 60

Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 4, 2009

Joe Betts-LaCroix – CTO, OQO. Hiring and Firing. July 14th, 2009: Implement hiring policies and practices. Description: When to hire and when to fire? How to hire the best vendors for the best rates. Description: How to set-up the right company structure to attract great employees and investors.

Founder 28

Founder Warrant San Francisco Intellectual Property 28

www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

We hired three guys from that batch and paid them in iPhones. Doubtful we’d have access to such a rich employee pool any other way. Lots of the attendees will be wearing suits for the first time––and hating it. Treat everyone you hire like a co-founder. It builds trust and earns buy-in from the people you hire.

Founder 51

Founder Startup Cofounder Vesting 51

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. Delaware law gives preferred stock investors of a corporation certain voting rights and control over the corporation. The business model. Pick a name for your business.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. Expensify Blog. Some additional comments at the end.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2020

As a company grows, corporate leaders must become fixated on the stock price, internal politics and compliance. Similarly, SuppliedShop.com allowed small retailers — lone-person, part-time and stay-at-home-mom operations — to buy products directly from factories risk-free, even if they could only invest a few hundred dollars on inventory.

Fractional CTO 147

Fractional CTO CTO Hire China Silicon Valley 147

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Increasingly powerful systems cracked open the door for real-time predictive analytics. A world of real-time predictions. For some, the age of “real-time” predictive analytics is here. A simple predictive analysis is your arrival time in Waze. Slow adoption but soaring interest. Data, data, and data.

Analytics 131

Analytics Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Campaign 131