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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

The program is basically to take entrepreneurs, pair them with a mentor who is also an entrepreneur themselves, either a CEO or a CTO. It's structured so that they get funding, office space, all of the Internet resources, tools they need from mentors. There might be one or two mentors, one might be a CTO, another, a CEO.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal. Yes, I know it’s my job as the CEO to be the coach for people and that’s fine. A couple of quick stories / examples: 1. Making Things Happen.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Andy Wen was the CTO of Christianity.com, and the CTO of early online education firm VCampus, and he also ran the product and web security for eTrade, as well as started a company called Lighthound deals, like a Groupon. Tony Adam is an advisor, he was formerly at MySpace. Obviously, Prism is a great example.

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MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. See Five Things Meme as an example.

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MARCH 19, 2010

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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MARCH 23, 2014

And I spoke with the CTO of another great company I used to be on the board of and enlisted his support in potentially being an advisor to one company. You may enjoy this post as an example that talks about my first meetings with Brad Feld, Tristan Walker, Justyn Howard and more. But they must all start somewhere. Whom to Meet?

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JUNE 21, 2014

Our founder, Yves Sisteron, was my mentor and board member at my first startup. Here’s just one example post featuring the wisdom I learned from Stuart about negotiations. We brought Ryan Lissack down from San Francisco to become Maker’s CTO and the rest is history. Mafias matter a lot to me, as well.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Example here: [link]. For example you say: Vince: Ignited Managers thrive because of their unique ability to connect and leverage their informal networks for the good of the company. Vince: On the consulting side we are working with a unique social network, a new television network and some original video content businesses.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. How-to get that guy as your mentor - Gabriel Weinberg , September 20, 2010 Forming a couple of good mentor relationships can help bridge the gap between startup failure and success, especially for first-time entrepreneurs.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2016

I find myself sending it to startup founders all the time – maybe just slightly less than Free Startup CTO Consulting. For example, are you providing a stats service that needs frequent, fast updates? For example, let’s assume this is a content site. One notable gap in the 32 Questions post is Performance.

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MARCH 11, 2013

They may wonder if it can be built technically, but I (or other CTOs) can answer that question without building any code. For example, the iPod won not because of better features and functions. It won because of interface, ease of use.

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APRIL 17, 2022

As a long-time business advisor and angel investor, I’m a believer that “two heads are better than one” in building a new business. The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

For me, FI was great for networking with Adeo and the other mentors, who are all world class successful entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the other founders in the program. For example, with photos, two years ago it was enough to enable users to actively share photos with friends online. Tell Rod about the LA CTO Forum.

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JUNE 9, 2014

A good example of that is Hero Cat, which blew up in two days to million and millions of views. I began as an advisor, and then started spending a week, then two, then three. When our Youtube views are driven up, that drives more licensing demand for the video, with other shows interested. That''s how each of those pieces evolved.

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

Entrepreneurs and mentors travel from various parts around the world to take part in the 500 Startups accelerator program. Along with work-space and mentoring from global experts in design, distribution and every aspect of launching a business, MailLift received $50,000 in funding as part of the program.

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APRIL 13, 2014

For example: be solutions-oriented, able to balance both sides of an issue, and be a quick study. Provide mentoring and formal management training. Great technical gurus get paid very well, and have visible top positions like Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for prestige and respect.

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DECEMBER 23, 2011

For example: be solutions-oriented, able to balance both sides of an issue, and be a quick study. Provide mentoring and formal management training. Great technical gurus get paid very well, and have visible top positions like Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for prestige and respect.

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JUNE 20, 2013

This is an example that small forward, LeBron James has proved to work in playing with the Heats. If both the CEO and the CTO are needed to attend an important meeting out of town, who will fulfill their roles of running the company smoothly? Team chemistry is an important factor in a founding team. 2) Plan and Execute.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

For example: be solutions-oriented, able to balance both sides of an issue, and be a quick study. Provide mentoring and formal management training. Great technical gurus get paid very well, and have visible top positions like Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for prestige and respect.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

For example: be solutions-oriented, able to balance both sides of an issue, and be a quick study. Provide mentoring and formal management training. Great technical gurus get paid very well, and have visible top positions like Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for prestige and respect.

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JULY 15, 2019

As a long-time business advisor and angel investor, I’m a believer that “two heads are better than one” in building a new business. The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO.

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JUNE 16, 2014

Can you explain in greater detail how the platform’s algorithm works to make it easier for entrepreneurs to find the right partner/advisor and to extend assistance to one another? For example, take someone who is developing a travel solution as a mobile application. Actually, I would say relevant visibility.

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JULY 13, 2016

Dawn Newton: As an example, when you go to Google.com, it is actually routing to an IP address. We figured out that by using DNS, youcan have a name�for example, I am dawn.newton.bit � and that name I can give to everybody, and if someone puts it in, they know it is going to the right wallet. So, it's critical to get that right.

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JULY 16, 2017

As a long-time business advisor and angel investor, I’m a believer that “two heads are better than one” in building a new business. The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO.

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JULY 23, 2012

I seem to encounter a lot of people who want to attach a CTO label to me as I'm the only programmer on the founding team of three. While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

I asked some of the same questions I ask in my Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions and then I get to a very common conversation: Me : Do you have specs? This should be an iterative process with advisors and customers providing feedback on the product. Conversations with a technical advisors or possible developers should be iterative.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. Example: Netflix). m the f%*kin’ boss.”.

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MAY 20, 2014

Post launch, we are also looking at business aspects – for example, the fact that we need to involve the movie theatres in a larger way. We also have Chris Cookson as a technical advisor. He’s a former President of Sony Pictures Technologies and former CTO of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Company culture as a whole. Communication.

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APRIL 23, 2012

For example, if your rich uncle is providing all the initial funding, but has no active business role, it might be smart to offer him a 20% slice of the pie. Who will be the CEO, CFO, and CTO? The next big challenge for a multi-partner startup is the allocation of roles.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

For example, if your rich uncle is providing all the initial funding, but has no active business role, it might be smart to offer him a 20% slice of the pie. Who will be the CEO, CFO, and CTO? The next big challenge for a multi-partner startup is the allocation of roles.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March The following are the top items based on social signals.

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