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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower

Would you create contracts without an attorney? Just like attorneys, technical advisors can help navigate waters that many find murky. CTO Founder – Do they really still need a technical advisor? Strategy can be had on a part-time basis. We’ve talked about this before in Startup CTO or Developer.

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How To Scale Your Startup Far Beyond Organic Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Add basic partner contracts or alliances. M&A is “buying” resources for growth. External scanning for resources.

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Startup CTO or Developer

SoCal CTO

I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. I used an image from Roger Smith that describes the varying roles of a CTO as the company matures.

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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

It was like having a bunch of mini- Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions all in one room. Structure development contracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately. Structure development contracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately. Would you create contracts without an attorney?

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Startups Need Mergers And Acquisitions For Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Add basic partner contracts or alliances. M&A is “buying” resources for growth. External scanning for resources.

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Accelerate Startup Growth by Looking Outside the Box

Startup Professionals Musings

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Add basic partner contracts or alliances. M&A is “buying” resources for growth. External scanning for resources.

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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

SoCal CTO

Ways to Make Your MVP More Minimum We spent quite a bit of time talking about a complexity scale and the kinds of resources you can viably use at different levels of complexity. Simple MVPs get built with less the 3 Programmer Months worth of effort (that's 3 months a single programmer working full-time).