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

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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. Instead, they outsource to an expert like Edegcast. James Segil: There's a couple of things to consider with growth, around what does it take to fund a company's growth.

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Startup CTO or Developer

SoCal CTO

In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. What do we build in-house or outsource? When will key hires come on?

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

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These weaknesses can be addressed in a variety of ways, ranging from engaging part-time, outsourced help to bringing on experienced advisors to help out early in the company's life. These are not revolutionary suggestions, just not necessarily those acted upon by first-time CTO / entrepreneurs. Click to email him. All Rights Reserved.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Stay Positive

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Our competition was well funded with many millions of dollars, well armed with hundreds of employees and far down the path. . ► March (1) Office 2.0: Where's Jack Bauer? ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 4.0 – Wireless is the next big thing – hurry!

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? As CEO, I spent 6 months on the road, full-time, trying to raise our Series B funding. As a result, like many entrepreneurs, we changed our business plan about 10 times to “fit&# what the VCs were looking for so that we could fund the company and survive.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 1.0: “The Bug Bite” - The Internet Needs a Card Catalogue (I guess that’s a search engine)

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? We were not venture-funded (in fact, at the time, I didnt even know what venture capital was). . ► March (1) Office 2.0: Where's Jack Bauer? ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary!

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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Loren Bendele joined Savings.com in January 2007 as the CEO. Goodreads raised a Series A round of funding from True Ventures in the summer of 2009. Lauri Burns is the founder of The Teen Project , a non-profit organization founded in 2007, whose mission is to give every foster child an equal chance in life.