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Startup CTO or Developer

SoCal CTO

I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. Rather they should get a part-time Acting CTO who can help close the gap.

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RingRevenue Creates A New Performance Marketing Revenue Channel

InfoChachkie

At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition. Who do you view as your biggest competition? Or if you prefer the phone, we can be reached at 888-675-2007.”. I think these personal traits are what reunited us; even more so than our vision for RingRevenue. You’re right.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!

Frank Addante

. ► March (1) Office 2.0: – Premium Online Advertising Company Age: 21 - 25 Time Period: 1997 - 2001 My Role: Chief Technology Officer, Technology Founder and Chairman, Advisory Board High Point: $500 million market cap; 3,000+ customers; 8 billion transactions per month; 65% Internet reach Warning, this will be a long posting.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: So, you need to develop a product?

Frank Addante

. ► March (1) Office 2.0: Bringing in Steady engineers too early could result in a less competitive product, bringing them in too late could result in instability. I asked the President and COO of Ticketmaster (formerly CTO) how he is able to attract and keep such a Scrappy, motivated team at such a large company.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

. ► March (1) Office 2.0: As CTO, it was my job to solve this problem. In Silicon Valley, people are much more competitive, have more focus/experience in software backgrounds and often focus more attention on the methods first, then the results. Where's Jack Bauer? you are our new IT manager.&#

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