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Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

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The terms “CTO&# and “VP Engineering&# have such stigmas associated with what they are that I’m sure some people will feel uncomfortable with the definitions I’ve put forward. I hope many will read this and have an answer for the question, “what’s the different between a CTO and a VP of Engineering?&#.

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Lynda.com Hires New CFO

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Carpinteria-based Lynda.com , the online video education site, looks to be continuing its growth trajectory, and has hired a new CFO. The company said it has named Elaine Kitagawa as Chief Financial Officer, after recently hiring former PopCap CTO Frits Habermann as its new Chief Technology Officer. READ MORE>>.

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People Management: Startup Teams Should Dip but not Skip

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As your organization grows and you hire senior staff where you are no longer managing every employee directly the issue of how to manage people that are not your “direct&# reports arises. You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on.

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Open Source Business Model

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Common revenue streams are consulting, training, support, customization, upgraded versions for corporate applications, etc. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble

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That's great training for the startup world. My co-founder and CTO, Steven Corwin, is a graduate of UCLA's Electrical Engineering program, and built our program and lead the development of our technology platform. I was selling products to Live Nation, Demand Media, Kelly Blue Book, Rovi, and the Screen Actors Guild.

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How Helpr Wants To Bring On-Demand To Babysitting

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We wanted to bring together the babysitters and nannies in the community, and started working with them as contracts. The biggest transition for us, was taking on a co-founder, our CTO, who has the really intensive tech background. Are your sitters W2 or contract employees?

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How Jukin Media Is Turning Viral Video Into A Real Business

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And, even more, how to do you manage the jump on the viral video train again, and keep those viral hits coming? That''s relevant, because of our third piece, where we have been hired by traditional media companies, to basically provide them a turnkey, outsources content acquisition team.