Customer Development Team Review Equity Startup 
SoCal CTO
MARCH 3, 2011
I talk to roughly 2 or 3 new startups every week who need advice from an experienced CTO. Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. Do you have a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?
SoCal CTO
MARCH 3, 2011
I talk to roughly 2 or 3 new startups every week who need advice from an experienced CTO. Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. Do you have a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?
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SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
I promised to do this post as a follow-up to the session to provide additional links and information. The second bullet, getting feedback from customers is most often not valid either. The real reason to build an MVP is to do early tests of key Startup Metrics for the business. It had a passionate group of 50 people attending.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
Cash is the fuel of every startup. It continually amazes me how two startups, seemingly comparable in stage and objective, can be so far apart in their burn rate. Here are some recommendations on how to keep the rate low, and help your startup to prosper at the same time: Measure it and manage it. Which would you bet on?
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 28, 2011
Cash is the fuel of every startup. It continually amazes me how two startups, seemingly comparable in stage and objective, can be so far apart in their burn rate. Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. Pay people with equity or future revenue.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. Typically, team members must be sourced internally, with their performance and credentials based on prior corporate assignments and relationships. Every such deal was an exception.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 5, 2010
Cash is the fuel of every startup. It continually amazes me how two startups, seemingly comparable in stage and objective, can be so far apart in their burn rate. Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. Pay people with equity or future revenue.
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