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SoCal CTO
JANUARY 26, 2010
I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. I’ll address the specifics of what this Founder Developer Gap looks like below.
InfoChachkie
JUNE 9, 2011
Semantic technology is important… we can aggregate individual lists into the wisdom of crowd aggregations which are more statistically meaningful than one person’s opinion about a topic.”. 5) Google does a great job with indexed search. Google can definitely work complimentary to what we are doing. We get referring site traffic.
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socalTECH
JANUARY 7, 2019
With Startup Boost, we had dozens of investors, service providers, successful entrepreneurs, and major industry leaders (including Microsoft, Google, Softbank, REME, and TechStars) coalesce around our initiative to help early stage companies get to the next level. What was the biggest news for your organization in 2018?
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 20, 2010
A few people have asked me to try and define the perfect startup organization chart. Often I’m asked by startup CEO’s about how to best build an engineering team. It’s what makes Google, Google and Facebook, Facebook. They often aren’t great at planning development work.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
We created Dentistry.com as a destination for consumers, and a place where they can learn about dentistry, ask questions to dentists, interact with others, and find a dentist and book an appointment, all online. Talk a little bit about your startup-within-a-corporation, and how that came aboutand how independent are you able to be?
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2015
I must admit I discuss this very frequently with portfolio companies but hadn’t thought to write about it. Excite, MSN and eventually Google. Why Exclusivity Matters to Your Customers or Business Development Partners. I need to give credit for the topic to PR Malloy who Tweeted me this question.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 19, 2013
While I have some sympathy with not investing too heavily in sales people until the product has properly been tested and commercialized in the enterprise environment, in the end it’s a fact that it takes sales people to move product through large organizations. These are the lifeblood of your sales organization.
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