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Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit?

SoCal CTO

When I talk with early-stage companies, often the discussion starts with them asking me about Hiring a CTO for Your Startup , or Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup or How to Find Programmers for Your Startup. In many cases, during my Free Startup CTO Consulting Session with them, we discuss where they are in in the process.

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Part-Time Startup CTO?

SoCal CTO

Based on my posts Startup CTO or Developer and Acting CTO , Chris O’Meara wrote an interesting post Startup CTO: Could It Work? They tend to know where to find good help in terms of employees and consultants. Common sense says you'd do your best to hire or otherwise permanently engage that lead developer.

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First Ever Biz2Beach Presented by CallFire Hits The Ground Running!

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The invitation-only attendees included founders, business development leaders, and marketing directors from companies big and small, including NBCUniversal, Mobclix, DDB Los Angeles, Airpush, adly, Mobile Roadie, Disney Animation Studios, BetterWorks, and more. He is also a Social Producer at CBS News’s What’s Trending.

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Biz2Beach To Stream Live Here On TechZulu

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Tony is currently Founder/CEO for Eventify, an LA-based startup creating a venue marketplace, and Visible Factors, an SEO consulting company. Matthew’s passion is partnering with brands to help build community, optimize operations, and develop a strong digital strategy. Tony has previously worked for organizations like PayPal, Yahoo!

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How Technology Has Changed the Executive Boardroom

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Sure, there are roles like CTO or CIO, but the input and decision making process has remained fairly static. With the trend to higher technology needs and the youth who are involved in the development of new technology, it is no longer unusual to walk into a board meeting and see a CTO in his early 40s.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. This is a novel user interaction that embeds casual entertainment directly into the operating system experience, based on some fairly interesting underlying technology. Details coming soon!)

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Catch #Mindshare50 Talks Live on TechZulu

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Bushnell is currently co-founder and chief game designer for Anti-Aging Games. Gianelle Veis , manager of prize development at X PRIZE Foundation. Director of Business Development, WellnessFXZak is fascinated by the cross section of technology, experience design and health. Zak Holdsworth / @zakholdsworth.