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Startup CTO or Developer

SoCal CTO

In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. I’ll address the specifics of what this Founder Developer Gap looks like below. Gap closed, right? Probably not. Accounting?

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Organovo Halts Liver Tissue R&D, Plans Restructuring to Cut Costs

Xconomy

Organovo says it has run out of money to advance its efforts to develop 3-D “patches” of living human liver tissue to tide over people waiting for an organ transplant. In the meantime, the company built a business as a contract research organization around its 3-D human tissue cultures, which pharma companies have used.

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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

Both Sides of the Table

Before weighing in on the subject I would point out one thing that should be obvious to many of you – the iPhone was originally launched in 2007 in an exclusive partnership with AT&T and this was vital to both Apple and AT&T and was a hard negotiation throughout 2005 and 2006. How to Craft Exclusivity Agreements.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

Frank Addante

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

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Inside the Realms of Ruin

TechCrunch LA

Along with a team of nine developers, the six young adult authors spent two months working nights and weekends to bring Realms of Ruin to life. They said that the authors, who also worked with a team of developers, ended the project because they felt that there was more to lose than there was to gain. a fan asked.

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Organovo to Test “Patches” for Patients Awaiting Liver Transplants

Xconomy

Organovo unveiled its plans to develop “therapeutic” tissue after showing in preclinical animal studies that bio-printed liver patches successfully grafted, formed blood vessels, and functioned normally, according to a statement today. liver transplant waiting list.

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Vizio and the Story of the Sleeping Giant

Tech Zulu Event

Vizio’s vision was to develop high quality, affordable HDTV’s for a mass market. Later in 2002, Vizio become profitable resulting from a consulting contract with Gateway Computers and the company never looked back. The company brought on retailers Circuit City, Sears and Kmart in 2006 followed by mega retailer Walmart in 2007.