CTO Hire Invest Patents 
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 30, 2014
It’s true the some VCs have started writing so many checks that they resemble stock pickers but the majority of us still have less than 10 board seats at any time and tend to go pretty deep so the result is that we care deeply about where we commit our time. Meredith came to see me along with the CTO Marc Berte.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
In fact, the headline of one read, “How Putting $10m into uBeam illustrates everything that is wrong with tech investing today.” We hired outside experts. We checked patents. We checked charge times. Time will tell. But “what is wrong with tech investing today?” I was not fried.
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Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. This is a fancy title for a personnel manager in a large corporation who keeps track of all the hiring and firing, and has a staff to build job descriptions and personnel policy documents. More executives, or other more creative titles are seen as a big red flag.
socalTECH
MARCH 31, 2014
I was hired to head up strategy, marketing development, and product management. That''s really where the genesis of this comes from, and we have patents around the idea of continually analyzing both structure and semistructured data from a wide variety of sources, simultaneously. That was a very successful exit for everyone involved.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CFO) and a product lead (CTO). File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Of course, a real contract or purchase order from a big customer is even better. Show personal investment.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 31, 2012
A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CFO) and a product lead (CTO). File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Of course, a real contract or purchase order from a big customer is even better. Show personal investment.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 17, 2011
A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CFO) and a product lead (CTO). File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Of course, a real contract or purchase order from a big customer is even better. Show personal investment.
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