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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

Structure development contracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately. And it made me come to a new realization: Every early-stage web/mobile/online startup should have at least one technical advisor, probably two. Would you create contracts without an attorney? Plan for past the initial MVP.

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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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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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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

SoCal CTO

We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. If you are on the lower complexity end, the key is defining small chunks of work that can be done quickly by a developer. If you are on the lower complexity end, the key is defining small chunks of work that can be done quickly by a developer.

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Interview with Daryl Bernstein, RightSignature

socalTECH

We spoke to Daryl about the firm, the founders, and their use of Amazon Web Services as its back end. and most other countries around the world which follow a general framework, making online agreements every bit as legally binding as paper ones. They couldn't produce the original contract. Explain to me how your service works?