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Startup CTO or Developer

SoCal CTO

What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. But often the result of a Founder hiring a developer or lead developer or even a VP engineering is a gap created between the founders and the developers. What do we build in-house or outsource?

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Interview with Daryl Bernstein, RightSignature

socalTECH

and most other countries around the world which follow a general framework, making online agreements every bit as legally binding as paper ones. For example, if a contract is disputed, you have various layers of protection--there's a digital archive of the original and the completed contract. and the E.U.,

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Lead Developer to CTO at a Startup

SoCal CTO

I've previously addressed the role of a CTO in early-stages in my post Startup CTO or Developer. for a Lead Developer: How much will it cost to build what we need to build? for a Lead Developer: How much will it cost to build what we need to build? How can I control costs but effectively get stuff developed? Accounting?

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