Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 20, 2010
I recently did a post for startups on understanding sales people. This time I thought I’d try and address engineering talent. I hope many will read this and have an answer for the question, “what’s the different between a CTO and a VP of Engineering?&#. The VP Engineering aspires to manage teams.
www.bothsidesofthetable.com
MAY 13, 2012
Sales & Marketing. Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering? I recently did a post for startups on understanding sales people. I hope many will read this and have an answer for the question, “what’s the different between a CTO and a VP of Engineering?”
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Steve Blank
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Norris became the VP of Engineering, Engstrom the VP of Research, and Meader VP of Manufacturing. Sales in their first fiscal year were $1.5 From the first day ERA started with contracts from the Navy OPS-20-G codebreaking group. A contract for a system named O’Malley followed. A year later, 420.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 5, 2009
I had last been in Chapel Hill on a winter’s day in 1986, traveling with the VP of Sales of our new supercomputer startup, Ardent. I’ve convinced the team you’d be perfect, come join us as the VP of Marketing.” I knew we almost had him convinced when our sales guy and Andy started talking to each other in Dutch.
Steve Blank
JUNE 25, 2009
Twenty eight years ago I was the bright, young, eager product marketing manager called out to the field to support sales by explaining the technical details of Convergent Technologies products to potential customers. They looked at their watches, gave our sales guy a quizzical look and left.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 1, 2014
He was a very early employee of Facebook , and engineering director there through the moment it blew up. Now he’s VP of engineering at Dropbox , where he’s seeing similar growth. Aditya Agarwal has lived through startup hypergrowth--twice. He’ll bring us real-world advice.
Business Plan Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2013
If you have a technical background and you are focused on product development, consider a co-founder with a sales and marketing background that can focus on selling your world class product. Rather, give titles such as VP of Engineering, Product/Technology, Sales, Marketing, Finance, etc.
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