SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

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. Rather they should get a part-time Acting CTO who can help close the gap.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. He was from South America but living in Switzerland and had launched a startup while holding down a day job at a consulting firm (McKinsey if memory serves). They told me not to join until after the fund-raising was done. Why should I be?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition. You’re right.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. He is a founder of Strengths Doctors, a consulting firm which helps leaders design energizing work environments. Loren Bendele – CEO of Savings.com.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

. ► March (1) Office 2.0: 2: “7th Horse in a 7 Horse Race&# We were not the first to build an ad-serving technology platform. In fact, we probably had hundreds of competitors including seven that were either very well funded with significant venture capital or publicly held (e.g. Where's Jack Bauer?

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

. ► March (1) Office 2.0: Venture Capital Funding 7. Prior to raising $16M+ in funding from top-tier venture capital firms such as Sequoia Capital, Globespan Capital and Evercore Ventures, StrongMail was self-funded and cash-flow positive. As CTO, it was my job to solve this problem. Where's Jack Bauer?

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