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What Startup Advisors Do I Need?

SoCal CTO

A large part of this conversation is what kinds of advisors startups should be looking for. A little while ago, I suggested that Every Web/Mobile Startup Should Have a Technical Advisor. The conversation with Bob was about what the composition of advisors should look like. I wanted to capture some of the broader conversation.

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Founder Challenges with Startup Development Teams and CTOs

SoCal CTO

These are often the same things that cause a founder to reach out to me about helping their CTO, VP Engineering, tech team, off-shore development, etc. CTO Knowledge and Skill I personally believe that the best CTOs will have a technical/developer background. Some of the top symptoms are: Frequently missed deadlines.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. So there you have it.

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Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shechet

SoCal CTO

We have a number of startups (or pre-startups) that we are helping get launched. We are not “finders” and usually serve the role of advisor and attorney. Sometimes we draft business plans and coach the entrepreneurs on their pitch, and sometimes we even help develop a business model. What are you working on now?

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Leveraging Social Media tools/ techniques for greater personal effectiveness

SoCal Tech Calendar

Theyll share best practices and useful ways to leverage these tools to maximum advantage.  Tony Karrer, CEO/CTO of Techempower  Marjorie Kase, Co-founder of MarKyr Media  Stuart Fried, Career and Job Search Coach Now that Social Media are maturing as tools in the workplace, AITP wants to help you better understand these tools, their benefits, (..)

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Bootstrapping an Agile Team

SoCal Tech Calendar

Please join LA Scrum Club and Rally Software for a special evening on Monday, February 9th with local Agile luminaries: Christophe Louvion, CTO of Gorilla Nation, Scott Downey, ScrumMaster at MySpace, and George Schlitz, Principal Coach at Big Visible Solutions.At

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People Management: Startup Teams Should Dip but not Skip

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You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on. But I knew that to be a good decision maker I needed first hand knowledge rather than just a summary from my CTO. But as a CEO you can’t rely solely on this information.

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