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Startup Development

SoCal CTO

I’ve come to realize that I have lots of posts around startup software development scattered around in different posts. How to Work With a Contract Web Developer How To Bootstrap Your Startup Thought it would be good to capture them in one spot and also include links to related posts from other sources.

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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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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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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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How Sendgrid Makes Sure Those App Emails Go Through, With Jim Franklin

socalTECH

If you're an application developer, sending emails through your application can be a chore. Editor's note: we're crossposting a version of this interview between our Rocky Mountain site, techrockies.com, and our Southern California site, socalTECH.com). We move transactional mail between web applications and end users.

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Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – Steve Gilison

SoCal CTO

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. I have about 11 years in the technology sector including roles doing market research, sales and product development. My focus has been marketing strategy and product development.

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Interview with Mike Hopkins, ICE Energy

socalTECH

Santa Barbara-based Ice Energy (www.ice-energy.com) has quietly been working away at developing energy storage systems to help smooth out the demand for energy on the nation's power grid. You just had a huge rollout of your systems with Southern California Edison. megawatts of energy. Typically, it's deployed in the hundreds.