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Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit?

SoCal CTO

And in most cases they are not ready to hire developers either. Instead, what they should be considering is how to bridge the Startup Founder Developer Gap and exactly what they need in terms of Startup CTO or Developer. The Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor will be able to help make that determination. Great post Gabriel!

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Citadel Defense Wins Contract From U.S. Air Force

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San Diego-based Citadel Defense , which develops counter-drone technology for the military, government, and commercial market, reported today that it has scored a contract from the U.S. Financial details of that contract were not announced. Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security.

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How VCs Think About Adding New Partners

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Let me start with the news that I’m excited to share with you. As a firm we start by wanting to attract future partners who have worked at startups before and have developed a competence which might be marketing (Greg) or product and CEO experience (Kara) plus amazing Biz Dev experience (Hamet).

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Canoo, the electric vehicle startup formed from Faraday Future’s ashes, seeks $200 million

TechCrunch LA

The startup, which is backed by a clutch of private individuals and family offices hailing from China, Germany, and Taiwan, is hoping to line up the new capital from some more recognizable names as it finalizes supply deals with vendors, according to a person with knowledge of the company’s plans. operations.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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Good news always comes quickly, bad news takes time to simmer. I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. They were looking for a collaboration tool to manage all of their large water development projects. I was to tell noone until the contract was signed.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

Good news always comes quickly, bad news takes time to simmer. I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. They were looking for a collaboration tool to manage all of their large water development projects. I was to tell noone until the contract was signed.

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Activision Creates New Call of Duty Business Unit

socalTECH

In related news, the firm confirmed that Infinity Ward, the current game development studio behind Call of Duty, is no longer headed by Jason West and Vince Zampella; Activision had earlier said in its annual report that it had fired two senior employees at Infinity Ward for "breaches of contract and insubordination."