SoCal CTO
APRIL 2, 2012
These companies are very early-stage and definitely have not shown product/market fit. The startup founder is definitely not ready to hire a CTO. And in most cases they are not ready to hire developers either. And in most cases they are not ready to hire developers either. Far from it. They are very early.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 20, 2010
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. Some CTO’s swear that it is a huge improvement in development timeframes and doesn’t cause performance issues.
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socalTECH
JANUARY 12, 2010
Simi Valley-based Xavient Information Systems , a provider of IT outsourcing services, and Virginia-based Vision360 , a provider of custom software development, testing, and other services for the telecommunications industry, said today that they are in a definitive merger agreement, where Xavient will acquired Vision360.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
I could easily go into the board rooms of major European companies (I was based in London) and land $500k – $1 million contracts so my order book grew rapidly. It soaked up all of our development resources and didn’t allow us to focus on what we felt our company strategy was. See definition of a whore.
socalTECH
AUGUST 18, 2011
Name brand properties are also high on the radar in terms of awareness, and that also definitely helps with discovery as well. They were slightly different, in that they were in a smaller market, doing contract work with an in-house team. The money is going to go towards hiring, better development, and more creative work.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 19, 2013
Why would you have your most important success factor (successful implementations) outsourced to a third-party where you don’t control quality and who is strictly mercenary (i.e. By definition you will either get a crappy SI promising you they will move mountains or a great SI that gives you their C-player team.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2022
In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales.
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