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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. I used an image from Roger Smith that describes the varying roles of a CTO as the company matures.

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

SoCal Delicious

Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. Too often, however, I have found CTO / Founders paired with business people who not only don't add value, but frequently detract from the value of the business. So my advice to CTO / Founders?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 4. Build a SWAT team

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Build a SWAT team By Frank Addante (Part 4 of a 5 part series: " So, you need to develop a product? ") Any entrepreneur, CEO or CTO should always have a development SWAT team on hand. . ► March (1) Office 2.0: Where's Jack Bauer?

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

socalTECH

We started the company in the fall of 2006, launched in 2007, and have been offering our services to all kinds of mission critical websites since then. We caught on with the right product, at the right time. Instead, they outsource to an expert like Edegcast. We're in the domain of hiring relatively technical people, gearheads.

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

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Outsourcing 1. Scrappy versus Steady (Part 1 of a 5 part series: "So, you need to develop a product?") Ive hired some of my best people straight out of college, taxi cab drivers and have even stolen coffee makers from Starbucks.

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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

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? We initially hired him as our in-house recruiter. Tim did such a great job of hiring the best, brightest people so quickly that our company infrastructure wasn’t keeping up. Our IT group was not able to support all of the new people we hired.

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