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Doing the Right Things is More Important than Doing Things Right

Both Sides of the Table

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. If you don’t know WHY you’re adding features don’t do it just because you have a development team.

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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. Maybe you are wondering if you have a Weak Development Team ? Do you have a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Are there specs?

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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. Maybe you are wondering if you have a Weak Development Team ? Do you have a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Are there specs?

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Interview with Bong Koh, LifeCrowd

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Andy Wen was the CTO of Christianity.com, and the CTO of early online education firm VCampus, and he also ran the product and web security for eTrade, as well as started a company called Lighthound deals, like a Groupon. It's a pretty credible team and we're starting to staff up on the product and development side.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? Targets Are you developing a native app and/or a web app? Can you do a hybrid web/native application? What metrics will you need for future funding rounds or operations? How big is the anticipated development team?

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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Did they have a Weak Development Team ? These “startups” are almost always mostly-non-technical founders offering 1-2% premoney for a “lead developer” position. Was it a case of needing Homework?

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? Companies historically have structured their development teams in different ways. Microsoft became obsessed with COM, OLE and felt that it was the future of software development. To get reputation, you answer questions and they’re peer reviewed.