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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Does it need to throttle potential malicious activity? The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation. Do you need a ticket system?

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Acting CTO Role in a Start-up

SoCal CTO

I generally am working as an acting CTO for about 3-4 start-ups or other companies at any one time. I also found this interesting graphic of the changing needs around the CTO role in different size/type companies that somewhat echoes my experience. During Stabilization, often the focus is transitioning to a full-time CTO.

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Verimatrix Snags Motorola Vet As CTO

socalTECH

San Diego-based Verimatrix has snagged a Motorola vet as its new Chief Technology Officer, the firm said today. The firm said it has named Petr Peterka, formerly a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff in the CTO's office at Motorola's Home and Networks Mobility Team to the position.

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Josh.ai Finds $11M For Voice Activated Home Assistants

socalTECH

Jstar, the creators of Joshai , a voice activated home assistant, has raised $11M in funding, according to the company. The company has offices in Los Angeles, and is led by longtime LA serial entrepreneur Alex Capecelatro. was co-founded by CTO Tim Gill, who was founder of Quark, Inc. Source of the funding was not announced.

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Why Founders Can’t Afford to Have Any Weak Links

Both Sides of the Table

Then my CTO quit. And the CTO was a super close friend (and former roommate). Still, I had never actively thought about who would step into the role in a tough spot. I had never talked to my CTO about making sure he had no single-points-of-failure on his team – including himself.

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Grindr Names New CTO

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based gay social networking app Grindr said today that it has named Lukas Sliwka as Chief Technology Officer. Grindr says it is developing a lifestyle destination for contemporary gay men, and says it now has more than two million active daily users in over 196 countries.

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The brains behind one of marketing’s biggest hits are out to reshape the industry again… with direct mail

TechCrunch LA

At the early stage investment firm Fink said he was responsible for marketing activities for companies including Dollar Shave Club, DogVacay, SpringRole, Wishbone, and Hello Society over the six years he worked at the company. Neddenriep, served as the chief technology officer for Science — a role he’s continuing at Postie.