Competition CTO Hire Examples Invest 
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 1, 2010
As your organization grows and you hire senior staff where you are no longer managing every employee directly the issue of how to manage people that are not your “direct&# reports arises. You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on.
SoCal CTO
JULY 23, 2012
I seem to encounter a lot of people who want to attach a CTO label to me as I'm the only programmer on the founding team of three. While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit. Who will do that?
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 22, 2010
Due to competitive markets we ended up with a pretty good term sheet until we needed to raise money in April 2001 and then we got completely screwed. But this example above is all entrepreneur math, not the VC’s. You’ll need to hire and retain talen to grow your company. Investors own 25%, the founders own 75%.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 4, 2010
We wanted to be able to invest in our software and our learning tools. We've been toying with taking an investment for the last three or four years, and were able to meet with the guys at Kennet, and Javier Rojas. It might not be problems in geometry, it might be because students can't add fractions in algebra.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
That means skip the jargon and include explanations and examples. A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CFO) and a product lead (CTO). It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” Show personal investment.
socalTECH
MARCH 31, 2014
A good example of this, we can keep track of a supply chain. We''re looking for lighting bolts in time which are important. Whether that''s for competitive analysis or market analysis, our product is basically able to monitor--on a very large scale--things that are important to your particular company.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 31, 2012
That means skip the jargon and include explanations and examples. A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CFO) and a product lead (CTO). It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” Show personal investment.
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