Steve Blank

JULY 11, 2017

The director had complained to his boss, the VP of Engineering, who admitted his hands were tied, as this was a “facilities matter,” and the VP of facilities reported to the CFO. So, this was a meeting of last resort, as the engineering director was making one last appeal to the CFO to keep his team in town.

Part-Time VPE 329

Part-Time VPE Liquidity Event Stock Engineer 329

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

When you look through the list , you’ll see big names that we’re very pleased we landed, epic companies we really want to hear from, and people we’re particularly excited to present because they have incredible stories to share--and you won’t hear them anyplace else. Now he’s VP of engineering at Dropbox , where he’s seeing similar growth.

Lean 165

Lean Fractional CTO Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE 165

Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

These companies would take our computers and put their name on them and resell them to their customers. He even remembered the names of their wives and kids and some details about schools or events. (I I couldn’t believe it, here we were wasting precious time and the dumb sales guy is talking about other stuff.) Help them?!!

Technology 145

Technology Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 145

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 16, 2020

A Chief Technology Officer, as the name suggests, plays a key role in pivotal technology implementations in the organization and ensures that technology adequately addresses company challenges. The “right” time to bring in a CTO varies from company to company. Where to find a skilled CTO? How to spot the moment you need CaaS.

Fractional CTO 85

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Part-Time VPE 85

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

I’ve convinced the team you’d be perfect, come join us as the VP of Marketing.” My ex-boss was going to be the VP of Engineering and I would report to the CEO whose marketing acumen and sales instincts seemed at the time to be telepathic and sense of theater was legend. We’re building a supercomputer.”

North Carolina 133

North Carolina Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 133

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 21, 2013

In the image above, most everyone knows the name and image of Larry Page - cofounder and now CEO of Google. For example, at one of my portfolio companies, the other founder looked after administration, finance, operations, product and engineering. But then the company hired a VP of operations. And then a VP of finance.

Cofounder 45

Cofounder Founder Part-Time VPE Portfolio 45

www.paulgraham.com

AUGUST 1, 2008

We could hire employees, but we want to be forced to figure out how to scale investing. As the volume of startups increases, big companies will start to develop standardized procedures that make acquisitions little more work than hiring someone. At Y Combinator we still only have four people, so we try to standardize everything.

Web 54

Web Startup Silicon Valley Technical Review 54