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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Did they have a Weak Development Team ?

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Interview with Kevin Hell, EvoNexus

socalTECH

A couple of weeks ago, twelve companies moved into the new downtown San Diego, EvoNexus incubator--which is run by CommNexus. When companies come into our incubator, we take no equity, we take no stake in the company, it's completely free for the participant. That's through the generosity of the Irvine Company.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. Its been great to zero in on very specific skillsets. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events.

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