CTO Hire Patents Product 
SoCal CTO
MARCH 4, 2010
Background This post partly really came about as a result of a great conversation yesterday with David Croslin a former CTO at HP who recently conducted an interesting experiment. This is actually fairly common and I think it’s a bit challenging in that the technology roles (from technology advisor to CTO) in a startup vary widely.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
We hired outside experts. We checked patents. We checked charge times. When we ship product. But would you expect Apple to reveal its product details before launching? Should Elon Musk have responded early to the cynicism of Nasa or the Auto Industry or just delivered his products? Time will tell.
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 9, 2020
Value factors include your related product breadth and depth, relationships with thought leaders, key vendors, and large potential customers. Building the product may be the easy part of your startup challenge. Key to required patents or trade secrets. Level of responsibility and time allocated.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. You’ll discover flaws and hopefully correct them.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. You’ll discover flaws and hopefully correct them.
socalTECH
MARCH 31, 2014
There are lots of products that might look for any mention of a product name or company name, and yes, we do that--but more importantly, we are also analyzing situations that arise. We''re looking for lighting bolts in time which are important. I was hired to head up strategy, marketing development, and product management.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 4, 2014
Value factors include your related product breadth and depth, relationships with thought leaders, key vendors and large potential customers. Building the product may be the easy part of your startup challenge. Key to required patents or trade secrets. Level of responsibility and time allocated.
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