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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower

Exploring new technologies? Increasing competitive advantage? But hiring a lead developer, or even a VP of Engineering, can create a gap between the founders and the developers. Instead, given a startup project, they’ll default to building everything in-house, using technologies that they’re already familiar with.

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Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

Both Sides of the Table

This time I thought I’d try and address engineering talent. Often I’m asked by startup CEO’s about how to best build an engineering team. Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. The VP Engineering aspires to manage teams.

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