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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.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. 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? You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry.
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SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. 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? You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 28, 2014
The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Chief Brand Officer.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Chief Brand Officer.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 1, 2010
The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Chief Brand Officer.
Frank Addante
MARCH 26, 2007
Build a SWAT team By Frank Addante (Part 4 of a 5 part series: " So, you need to develop a product? ") Any entrepreneur, CEO or CTO should always have a development SWAT team on hand. Sometimes I have had to trash what they produced, other times it became a major turning point in a companys growth.
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