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Insights and Opinions: Turbo-charging your CTO

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What are some of the key steps that CEOs ought to do to communicate with their CTOs? For our Insights and Opinions section today, we share an article by John Shiple , who provides technology consulting to CEOs, helps outline some of the key things startup (and other) CEOs ought to know in dealing with their CTO.

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Technology Advisor

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In my post, Technology Roles in Startups , I described some of the different ways I engage with startup companies such as CTO Founder , CTO , Part-Time CTO , Acting CTO , Consultant, Advisor and Advisory Board Member. And don’t confuse having a CTO with getting an Technology Advisor.

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Open Source Business Model

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However, there are lots of companies that are making money from open source and freemium models. A friend of mine has a company that builds open source applications in spaces that are a bit less innovative than Elgg, but they do very well financially through the packaging and support models. in Computer Science.

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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

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One of the most important articles I read during the entire year was David Brook’s op-ed article on “ The Haimish Line.” The travel companies offer brochures showing private beaches and phenomenal sights. And so I framed much of my life since reading the article in Haimish terms. Office Space.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Who better to answer than the company's engineering lead. Over the last few weeks, the Real Ventures team has met with easily 50 companies.

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RingRevenue Creates A New Performance Marketing Revenue Channel

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If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! And for many companies a good deal of their business is still closed over the phone–through their call centers. And then there’s the bigger issue, which is that companies like this want more calls.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. He is a founder of Strengths Doctors, a consulting firm which helps leaders design energizing work environments.