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Startup CTO or Developer

SoCal CTO

I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. I’ll address the specifics of what this Founder Developer Gap looks like below.

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Kareo: Bringing The Power Of the Cloud to Small Medical Practices

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One of the biggest areas where the cloud is transforming business is in small and medium sized businesses--where suddenly, companies are able to leverage software which wouldn''t be available, or are too costly for them to implement individually, but where the cloud access suddenly makes it affordable and easy. How are you backed?

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? He left out capital sources, but it's still a pretty succinct list of the types of people / communication you should be having early stage.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? He left out capital sources, but it's still a pretty succinct list of the types of people / communication you should be having early stage.

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

SoCal CTO

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. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Who better to answer than the company's engineering lead. But I don’t think so.

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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 previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

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Through Demand Media, Richard is redefining the next generation of new media companies. . He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. Leila first developed the idea behind Samasource while working as a management consultant at Katzenbach Partners (now Booz & Co.),