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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower

The Strategic Technical Advisor looks at the business and determines what makes sense from a technology perspective in the short-term and longer-terms. They look at the code produced on a regular basis to ensure that it’s high quality and right for you. Specifically, they pay attention to: Is our code scalable and extensible?

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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

Review the code being built. We are producing the right functionality, but is the code that's being produced the right product? This kind of advisor should be looking at the code on a fairly regular basis to make sure that the team is building the right thing. Third party products are used appropriately.

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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. I provided a whole set of questions that I go through with founders before Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything. What technology research is required?

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Lead Developer to CTO at a Startup

SoCal CTO

What technology research is required? What technologies will we use? What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? What do we build in-house or outsource? How can we address this risk?

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