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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. That’s why Roger Smith puts the focus of the CTO on programming for the earliest stage.

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Venture investors and startup execs say they don’t need Elizabeth Warren to defend them from big tech

TechCrunch LA

. “We slow down our country, our economy and our ability to innovate when the government becomes excessively aggressive in efforts to break up technology companies, because they see them through a prior-decades lens, when they are operating in a future decade reality. In this case the barrier would be reduced access to capital.

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Boulevard books $70M to help beauty and wellness salons with their bookings

TechCrunch LA

This round is being led by Point72 Private Investments, with previous backers Toba Capital, Index Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, and VMG Partners also participating. Danna and his co-founder, CTO Sean Stavropoulos, previously worked together at Fullscreen as head of product and head of engineering, respectively.

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StartupRoar Adds Personalized Subscriptions

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It always has great, fresh content from a wide variety of industry professionals.

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Why Entrepreneurs Should Be Respected More Than Loved

Both Sides of the Table

In the early days the CEO is the jack-of-all-trades, doer-of-all, famously the “chief janitor” or coffee maker. But if you level up , raise capital and grow customers, revenue and staff – life changes. Extremely talented people are ultra competitive. Marketing of course often feels the opposite.

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This Week in VC with Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

I spoke about the need of the CEO, CTO and head of Products to be in the same location. The reality is that due to competition and a desire to keep legal costs down (convertible debt deals are cheaper to implement than priced rounds) there are many deals done with convertible debt. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital.

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The most important person on the startup team

Berkonomics

accredited investors in 1,000 angel groups and venture capital funds to. The basic concept has to make some kind of sense given the technical, market and competitive environment, otherwise nothing else matters. Described by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur and the founder of New York Angels.

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