CTO Outsource Research 
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.
SoCal CTO
MARCH 4, 2010
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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SoCal CTO
OCTOBER 15, 2009
Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. I have about 11 years in the technology sector including roles doing market research, sales and product development. It was great to hear from a long, lost colleague the other day.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2022
The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture. In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”
socalTECH
JUNE 9, 2014
The third piece of our business, is we''ve developed the infrastructure, technology, and methodology to discover content, and put it into our own, salesforce like system, which allows our researchers to pick out videos, track down the content creators, and do all of the contracting through the system.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 22, 2014
The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture. Passion for what they do. Ethical and diversity boundaries.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture. The relationship has to have trust, communication, and respect in order to work.
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