TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

This shift allows business to reallocate human resources to more complex and strategic roles, or eliminate those positions entirely. This level of automation not only improves response times and consistency in customer service but also allows human customer support agents to focus on more complicated and nuanced customer interactions.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

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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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

He gossips with the office manager who tells 3 software developers. CEO, VP Products and CTO must all be in the physical location. I don’t like distributed development teams in early stage businesses. I think this splits up critical resources and builds separate cultures in two locations. What about outsourcing?

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