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What is a CTO?

Austin Startup

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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9 Austin Startup Week Sessions at Capital Factory That Blew Us Away

Austin Startup

You found someone that really cares about something,” says Pete Kooman , CTO at Optimizely. Creating Body Movement: 3D Spatial Interaction | XR Track What if you could use body movement and spatial technology to create music? If someone gets mad, that’s usually a good sign. Couldn’t make it this year?

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What is Sweat Equity Worth?

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How should you decide if your prototype designer should be a co-founder who deserves 50 percent of your company or deserves $30,000 in sweat equity for her work as an employee or consultant? Coming soon to Dallas, Boston and Philadelphia. A Startup Airline Takes Flight in a Tough Economy. More Video » Entrepreneur Events.

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Just Make It Faster

Feld Thoughts

I’ve been thinking about this since I first started writing code (APL) when I was 12 (ahem – 33 years ago) on a computer in the basement of a Frito-Lay data center in Dallas. It reminded me of a client situation from my first company, Feld Technologies. One of our software engineers wrote all the code.

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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

Joseph Kopser (@JosephKopser) | Twitter Barbary Brunner CEO Austin Technology Council A self-described, “Geek Girl”, Barbary Brunner’s 25-year career includes senior executive roles at world-wide leading technology brands and a successful strategy and organizational development consultancy, prior to her joining the Austin Technology Council as CEO.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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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. Nothing says contraction negotiation like the smell of cordite. I was the founding CTO for that company and yes it was end to end Microsoft. March 26, 2011 at 12:17 am.

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