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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI

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You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal. He was a really nice and personable guy who had deep domain knowledge in an industry that he’d worked in for 10 years that is in need of technological advancement.

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Working with Developers

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It’s generally a good idea to go through each of these line items to try to better understand what’s involved, especially for the ones that are bigger or that don’t seem to line up with your understanding of complexity. I.e., they need a developer more than they need a CTO.

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Technology Roles in Startups

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I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. Actually, David’s taking even broader roles than I generally do as he’s CEO for at least one startup.

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Customer Validation - 33 Great Articles

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His basic point was: If someone, including me, tells you something isn’t a great idea and there’s no market for it there are only two acceptable responses. " Today I had two conversations with early stage startups (see Free CTO Consulting ). I saw a great post from Tristan Kromer Pivoting on Investor Feedback a.k.a

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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

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" In this case, he had a pretty compelling idea, had very little money, and didn't have the capacity himself to build it. Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. Have a rough idea of what you are looking for in terms of talent. Ask around for ideas on where they hang out.

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Don’t Roll out the Red Carpet on the Way out the Door

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Before I started my first company in 1999 I worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). The lead architect was blocking new ideas. Soon after he was promoted to Senior Architect, our highest role without being CTO. This is part of my Startup Advice series. You develop a cynicism that the future will be better.

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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

SoCal CTO

" In this case, he had a pretty compelling idea, had very little money, and didn't have the capacity himself to build it. Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. Have a rough idea of what you are looking for in terms of talent. Ask around for ideas on where they hang out.

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