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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.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 9, 2020
Value is embodied in previous success with investors, proven problem solving ability, and having built and executed a business plan with minimal resources. 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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SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? But generally I'm going to favor being open. "We are doing something in mobile advertising.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? But generally I'm going to favor being open. "We are doing something in mobile advertising.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 4, 2014
Value is embodied in previous success with investors, proven problem-solving ability, and having built and executed a business plan with minimal resources. 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.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 1, 2023
Value is embodied in previous success with investors, proven problem-solving ability, and having built and executed a business plan with minimal resources. 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.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 28, 2014
The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. Chief Human Resources Officer (VP Personnel). 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. Chief Legal Officer.
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