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Startup CTO Speaking

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Most notably, he was the original CTO for eHarmony for its first four years making him partly responsible for more than 4% of the marriages every year. He ends by looking at how this might help startups in the room. So, here goes: Dr. Tony Karrer Over the past 15 years, Tony has been a part-time CTO for more than 30 startups.

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Entreprenuer Network

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point

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Having worked on eHarmony where the intake is 2 hours and was completely counter to the prevailing trend, I think the analyst missed the point. Maybe its because Im 66", but I think most clothes shopping really stinks and when was the last time that a sales person was actually helpful. I really think MyShape has a great concept.

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A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive

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What can they do for funding, where can they go for help? He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. This is something Ive always wondered about. Theres many good companys that will never turn into a $100M VC kind of company. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Kevin Federline Search Engine

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Disclosure: we helped build the system that is behind these.) He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Take a look at other sites: [link] But the overall idea is to provide branded search in order to get merchandise from your artist, star, etc. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

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to help bloggers and blog readers with comments. Ive not found that much use for LinkedIn to help my blogging, but Im starting to think about this. Maybe this meme will help. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Im not sure which of these make sense in what case.

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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

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Once you build it, they will now ask you about the key metrics that they need proven in order to see if you really are a good investment. The real reason to build an MVP is to do early tests of key Startup Metrics for the business. " Once you have the metrics defined, it focuses your effort. To prove/disprove a hypothesis.