Activity CTO Hire Design 
SoCal CTO
MARCH 12, 2012
I've talked about that in lots of other posts, so you can visit some of these to help determine what you specifically need: Startup CTO or Developer Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything Key ingredients in the equation are: How complex is the system? Do you have dollars to pay for development?
SoCal CTO
MARCH 4, 2010
Background This post partly really came about as a result of a great conversation yesterday with David Croslin a former CTO at HP who recently conducted an interesting experiment. This is actually fairly common and I think it’s a bit challenging in that the technology roles (from technology advisor to CTO) in a startup vary widely.
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TechEmpower
JULY 24, 2023
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? What response time characteristics are required? Graphic design?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
Because I am true to the hiring practices I preach, I wanted a strong exec who would “ punch above their weightclass ” by taking a job they hadn’t yet done but would hugely aspire to and thus work harder to out perform. I think it’s a beautifully designed site and product. So there you have it.
SoCal CTO
MAY 19, 2010
On Friday, at the LA CTO Forum , I heard from a couple of CTOs having trouble finding good developers. in terms of the activity, with not only jobs aplenty, but offers and counter-offers hitting good talent. I don’t have specific suggestions for people you can hire. One recruiter tells me it’s “like 1999?
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2022
The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. A good overall example is the synergy between Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as long-time Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. All partners have compatible work styles.
SoCal CTO
APRIL 20, 2010
Let me go back and do my classic search for "eHarmony of" startup and find a few examples to use: People to Projects (Managers) People to Jobs (Hiring Managers) Students to Tutors Each of these involve matching people to people (I’ve stayed away from content matching in these examples).
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