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What Startup Advisors Do I Need?

SoCal CTO

But, advisors, coaches, and mentors can often fill the bill. I recommend looking at the Founder’s Institute Founder Advisor Standard Template (FAST) Agreement as a template for this relationship. In Bob’s post, he tells startup founders to get smart on product design, software architecture and development process.

CTO Coach 241
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codeSpark:Teaching Kids Software Coding Without Words

socalTECH

Like me, he was a dad, has three kids, and was a Lego Robotics coach for 7 years. Most importantly, he is a rockstar game designer, and had been at Disney for 13 years, working on things like Toontown Online, Pirates of the Carribean Online, and Pixie Hollow, among others.

Software 100
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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

Both Sides of the Table

Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth. Other firms like Google bring massive resources to design or engineering and as as corporate VC can offer things normal VC firms can’t offer. Kerry will spearhead this initiative.