CTO Framework Funding 
SoCal CTO
JANUARY 26, 2010
I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. That’s why Roger Smith puts the focus of the CTO on programming for the earliest stage.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 30, 2014
Draw from Frameworks. The most helpful type of advice in my mind are frameworks for how to solve a problem. On market segmentation I often recite my “ Elephants, Deer & Rabbits ” framework. Fund raising ? Each is a framework for thinking about a problem. For example: 1. Triangulate.
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SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
It needs to be funded to be successful. Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. It was a mobile app, so he ideally would find someone who had experience with mobile development or someone who could pick up a mobile framework. What do you do if you don't know the size?
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
It needs to be funded to be successful. Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. It was a mobile app, so he ideally would find someone who had experience with mobile development or someone who could pick up a mobile framework. What do you do if you don't know the size?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 16, 2015
So operating at a higher level, helping to set the framework for decision making and then sitting down and watching the game be played, is certainly the way to go.” The way we dealt with this issue is that we took each senior exec in the company (including the CFO and the CTO) and assigned them to important accounts.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 28, 2011
They often are very good at getting information out of people, helping create a framework for making decisions and pushing for support amongst the organization from those that back the decision and those that do not. VCs fund people all the time with no traction. They fund people with no customers. How do we measure success?
SoCal CTO
JUNE 9, 2010
Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. &# The classic framework for analyzing a firm’s strategic position is Michael Porter’s Five Forces.
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