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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. What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. I’ll address the specifics of what this Founder Developer Gap looks like below. Gap closed, right? Probably not. Accounting?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

Frank Addante

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

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

SoCal Delicious

I have met dozens of brilliant technologists with fantastic ideas, ideas requiring nurturing, mentoring and support. It is generally a soft touch at the beginning of the development process, perhaps identifying 1-2 early alpha/beta customers to help flesh out use cases to be built upon over time. Seek advice from a mentor.