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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. Founder Developer Gap I’m assuming that the founders understand what they generally want to do with the business and where the product should be going. How can we address this risk?

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CTO Equity - Negotiation After Funding

SoCal CTO

Now, they were able to raise enough money in the last 3 months to launch a product along with all the necessary software development to launch a pilot program for validating the idea. Do they recognize any Startup Founder Developer Gap ? During all this time, valuation pitched to the investors was in the $1M – $3M range.

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CTO Equity - Negotiation After Funding

SoCal CTO

Now, they were able to raise enough money in the last 3 months to launch a product along with all the necessary software development to launch a pilot program for validating the idea. Do they recognize any Startup Founder Developer Gap ? During all this time, valuation pitched to the investors was in the $1M – $3M range.

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He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . Bambi Francisco.