Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As you find your footing and begin to scale, you might feel ready to hire a formal executive team. What’s right for one company may not make sense for another, but the goal is always the same — to hire talent that will ultimately help the business thrive. When is the right time to hire an executive team?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. A good overall example is the synergy between Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as long-time Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. All partners have compatible work styles.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). So why did Larry need to return?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure. We hired outside experts. Leadership over backbenchers? I have witnessed it working. It is safe.

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Gust

APRIL 13, 2014

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Compatible work styles. Complementary skills.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Leadership Abilities Are A Must It’s natural to want a tech savvy and competent CTO.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

As a CTO, I can definitely say without a doubt that few people understand what a CTO does. When I tell someone I’m a CTO, I’m often met with a blank stare. Even when someone is aware of what a CTO does, they often have limited context due to the wide variety of CTO roles.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round. You will initially spend majority of time personally working with individual accounts and coaching sales team. CTO, Modcloth – San Francisco, CA (corrected from e-mail version) Remember that girl from back home? How do you like them apples?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. All partners have compatible work styles.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). He is a former chairman of the Business Software Alliance, and currently is Chair of the LA Chapter of the Technology Council of Southern California. in Computer Science.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2015

by Marcus Turner, President and CTO of Enola Labs. Make sure that there is a well-planned contract for everything. Having the proper contracts in place is discussed in any “business 101” setting. Now, I am not saying that in many occurrences, the right decision might be to have a partial, virtual or interim leadership position.

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 13, 2013

Sales is more of an execution game, meaning a start-up can hire senior executives to shape and refine the sales and distribution strategy. On the other hand, a great product requires great leadership with the right product instincts. Historically, software and products were sold to a company’s purchasing agent and CTO.

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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? ) In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. Would love to get in touch.

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blog.chrisomeara.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Chris OMeara Main | Probing Code Quality » 01/31/2010 Startup CTO: Could It Work? A CEO friend of mine recently asked my opinion about Tony Karrers Startup CTO or Developer article. I think the part time CTO could work. A few had the title CTO but they all fit the technical rock star and hacker profile.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

And we cant hire new engineers any faster, because you cant be interviewing and debugging and fixing all at the same time! Even with the highest standards imaginable, theres no way to hire just genius hackers. Hire a CTO or VP Engineering. Worst of all, your teammates are constantly wanting to have meetings.

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

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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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.". "I

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Mass TLC Unconference : Large annual conference put on by the MA Technology Leadership Council. link] – Not a meetup, but a great mentorship program started by serial CTO Sean Lindsay. Startup Leadership Program – International mentorship program with over 100 startups participating. Just hired Yahoo’s VP Media Sales.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Never mind The first idea for our new company was a software product that looked something like Hypertext. Supercomputers get Personal Back in Sunnyvale my friend had not only been hired but had convinced the team that we should be building hardware – making a new class of computers not a software application.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 15, 2020

Depending on the average age of the board directors and senior executives, organizations may have top corporate leadership teams that are primarily digital conservatives. Many companies are now also hiring a CISO or CTO to fulfill their need for IT expertise. Best Practices for a Digital Governance Team.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

[link] – Not a meetup, but a great mentorship program started by serial CTO Sean Lindsay. Startup Leadership Program – International mentorship program with over 100 startups participating. Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Scaling Companies To Watch (ie: probably hiring). Applications due Nov 20 th !

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adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Ever met a CTO/VP Engineering or CEO/CTO? If youre highly technical and drive the technology vision of the company, people will get it without you tacking on the CTO title. Lack of Technical Leadership In my definition, to call a company a tech startup, there must be some significant technology that gives you an advantage.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. Initially, we promoted it to a list that we’d already developed through Website Grader, the free app our CTO Dharmesh Shah had built before we even had a product.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Often, the Entrepreneur also takes the leadership role of being a guiding force towards the founder’s vision. Hiring a Tech Advisor with high coding abilities can also be an option if you have a software team for revision and assessment. Talk to peers at other firms who have recently hired selected positions (CMO, CTO, CFO).

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

He started Stackify to solve the biggest challenge he had as the CTO of VinSolutions, so Matt, thanks for joining me. I was that hired gun in some senses. Software developers don’t have telephones. He’s been a developer/hacker for over 15 years, and he sold his first startup, VinSolutions for $150 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

Lately the topic of leadership & teams has been coming up a lot in my daily life. It’s my belief that through exceptional leadership you attract great teams that do more than the sum of the parts. ON LEADERSHIP. I am a strong believer that leadership and team development comes from these daily interactions.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Heather is an outspoken advocate for women in tech leadership roles and building an inclusive and diverse workforce. An early Human Rights Campaign board member and longtime Austin LGBTQ leader, Eugene co-chaired President Obama’s & the DNC’s LGBTQ Leadership Council.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

His post is ostensibly about how often to release new work (whether youre a blog writer, movie star, software team.) Heres my favorite part: If youve got a team, part of the team should obsess about the backlist, honing it, editing it and promoting it, while the rest work to generate (as opposed to promote) the frontlist.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

One of my favorite episodes who should be your first hire, what's your funding plan, Dr. Lisa Cravin shares her top advice from building spotlight oral. Look, you've worked hard to grow your business and finding CRM software. And I was the sixth member of our sixth member leadership team to get replaced. It's confusing.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. Michael’s second problem comes from holding software engineers to an unprecedented standard of business savviness: Most software engineers aren’t business people.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I seem to encounter a lot of people who want to attach a CTO label to me as I'm the only programmer on the founding team of three. While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit. Accounting?

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How should one go about pricing their software product? Hire slow, fire fast” is not only overused–it’s also complete b t.” Quora – [link]. Quora – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Nice guys finish last when it comes to leadership – [link]. Graphic Design Basics Part 2: Design Principles – [link]. Pandora CTO Reveals Half of The U.S.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. Vlad is also the CEO at DarwinApps , a software development shop.

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SVPG

OCTOBER 14, 2014

It took me several years before I had strong opinions about the way they built software, but I quickly saw the behaviors and especially the consequences. But that difference, while significant, seemed a poor excuse for the way in which they built software. 10) Leadership. In any case, the Internet happened. 9) Accountability.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

But I think the, I just quickly adapted and I realized it wasn't just about writing software, things like customer service, marketing growth, those ideas were. So, and then the second thing is like, occasionally, a lot of people would assume I'm a technical, like CTO of a company. I've heard that story from a lot of folks.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. surrendered market leadership and thought leadership. #12 Location was an issue in two different ways.

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