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

Both Sides of the Table

The terms “CTO&# and “VP Engineering&# have such stigmas associated with what they are that I’m sure some people will feel uncomfortable with the definitions I’ve put forward. I hope many will read this and have an answer for the question, “what’s the different between a CTO and a VP of Engineering?&#.

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How Frost Venture Partners Is Incubating The Big Data Future

socalTECH

he's been spinning out of his incubator. What's the idea behind the incubator? I enjoyed my time there, and it was part of the deal, but it wasn't a long term career for me. Now, we're turning into a formal incubator. However, we're very different than most incubators, in that we only do big data.

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Innovation and Geography

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. The challenge, of course, partially lies in the definition of “good design&#.

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Miigle Revisited | A SoCal Startup With a Global Mission

Tech Zulu Event

How did you identify what you needed, and how did you come to hire the right people? Our co-founder and CTO, Josh Fester and I met each other online and within a month he moved from St Louis to LA. The hardest part is finding the right people to help you. It was a bunch of different strategies really.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

– Digital Messaging Infrastructure Company (incubated by Addante and Associates, LLC) Age: 25 - 29 (present) Time Period: 2002 - present My Role: Founder High Point: TBD Here is a summary of my experiences to-date with StrongMail: 1. Incubation 3. We initially hired him as our in-house recruiter. Relaxing 2.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

Of course I have. Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. And of course you need a mature venture capital industry. That’s why more VCs ought to be spending time in Seattle.