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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

But what was interesting to me was that I found myself recommending that each of them should have a technical adviser. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm doing as a Part-Time CTO or Technical Advisor for startups. There are two kinds of advisors that are commonly needed. Strategic Technical Advisor.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Chicago, New York, Miami, Detroit, San Francisco, Los Angeles, etc.) aggressive) are very different than people from Los Angeles (i.e. After getting the run around from the CEO, I was advised to take action to remedy the situation.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

This is a topic that comes up often in Los Angeles because many CEOs are tempted to hire their tech teams in the Bay Area. I often advise these CEOs to make the tough choices early in the company’s history – either move up North or build your tech team in LA. What about outsourcing? What about offshoring?