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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

"I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. Your technical advisor can likely help. Sites - There are a bunch of sites out there aimed at this or similar issues.

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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

SoCal CTO

Fake Site - you can have what looks to be a real site, even take "orders" but not actually have anything able to run it. We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. WordPress is pretty easy to hack. And the back-end is something that a non-technical founder can manage.

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Technology Roles in Startups

SoCal CTO

I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. Later he posted about his experience in Challenges of Startups.

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Startup Development

SoCal CTO

How to Work With a Contract Web Developer How To Bootstrap Your Startup

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myIDkey Now Has Over $360K For Security Device Project

socalTECH

Aliso Viejo-based Arkami, one of the startups in OCTANE's Launchpad Accelerator, has just zoomed past $360,000 in funding commitments on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter, according to the firm's myIDkey project page. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Michael Wong, MergeLocal

socalTECH

Michael Wong: I was previously CTO of an agency called Breakthrough Ads. My cofounder, Steven Elliott, was CTO of a company doing artificial intelligence and automated chat technology. There's an awful lot of check-in sites out there. Why would someone want to use your site? What's the worst part of an accelerator?

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Poor Software Developers - Pull the Plug Early

SoCal CTO

I used a company in India to develop the site, and it's mostly done. And I use it all the time now when I get the kind of message that I received: I'm looking for a web developer to continue work on my website. It's currently in beta. But they weren't quite able to get it finished.