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Document Your MVP for a Developer

SoCal CTO

He wanted to get input from me on what he's doing, and he wants to begin to ask developers what it would take to build his product. I asked some of the same questions I ask in my Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions and then I get to a very common conversation: Me : Do you have specs? You likely are writing your first one of these.

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CTO Equity - Negotiation After Funding

SoCal CTO

I received an inquiry from a reader of my blog and thought I would provide some thoughts, but would definitely welcome input: I am an unpaid CTO of a small startup. There was an informal verbal agreement that I would work for a certain hourly rate for my time. Do they recognize any Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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CTO Equity - Negotiation After Funding

SoCal CTO

I received an inquiry from a reader of my blog and thought I would provide some thoughts, but would definitely welcome input: I am an unpaid CTO of a small startup. There was an informal verbal agreement that I would work for a certain hourly rate for my time. Do they recognize any Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. "I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. Your technical advisor can likely help.

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Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shechet

SoCal CTO

Not only do our business clients turn to us for lawsuits, but they also ask us to create efficient processes and develop their brands. You are writing about the essentials of business. I am planning right not to write a post about how startups often get SEO wrong. Any thoughts on my recent post Startup Metrics ? That's great.

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People Management: Startup Teams Should Dip but not Skip

Both Sides of the Table

Dipping: As a decision maker you rely on information being passed to you by the people who report to you. You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on. But as a CEO you can’t rely solely on this information.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. More information comes out.

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