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Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions

SoCal 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. Generally I can provide quite a bit of help in that brief time. And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term.

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Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions

SoCal 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. Generally I can provide quite a bit of help in that brief time. And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term.

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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

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Even with these, you will have paper-tested your MVP, but the reality is that customers will not be able to assess the value to them until they actually use it. If you are on the lower complexity end, the key is defining small chunks of work that can be done quickly by a developer. Review the code being built.

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Interview with Kevin Hell, EvoNexus

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Running that effort is Kevin Hell , the founder of DivX, who we caught up with to learn more about EvoNexus and how the group is trying to help grow technology startups in San Dieog. When companies come into our incubator, we take no equity, we take no stake in the company, it's completely free for the participant.

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Startup Runway Length Depends on Your Burn Rate

Startup Professionals Musings

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. As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. Pay people with equity or future revenue. The components are simple - expenses and income. Great strategy.

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High Burn Rates Result in Short Startup Runways

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some principles on how to do that, and help your startup to prosper and live another day: Measure it and manage it. As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. The cost of giving up more equity early is often more than offset by the increased flexibility to recover from mistakes.

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How The IBM PC Made Me Appreciate Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. The burn rate was extremely high, with no one working for equity or deferred compensation. Internal legal reviews and required new processes were slow to finalize.

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