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It was like having a bunch of mini- Free Startup CTOConsulting Sessions all in one room. Structure developmentcontracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately. Structure developmentcontracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately. Plan for past the initial MVP.
If you do not break it down into small pieces, its hard to make progress with part-time resources, freelancers, etc. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only DevelopersTechnology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? Third party products are used appropriately.
Would you create contracts without an attorney? The Strategic Technical Advisor looks at the business and determines what makes sense from a technology perspective in the short-term and longer-terms. CTO Founder – Do they really still need a technical advisor? Strategy can be had on a part-time basis.
So, here goes: Dr. Tony Karrer Over the past 15 years, Tony has been a part-timeCTO for more than 30 startups. Most notably, he was the original CTO for eHarmony for its first four years making him partly responsible for more than 4% of the marriages every year. Tony has a Ph.D.
I've done four Free CTOConsulting Sessions in the past month with startup founders who all had run into variations of the same problem. They didn't feel they had visibility into timelines and costs for development of their software. My belief is that you shouldn't sign that contract.
they need a developer more than they need a CTO. What happens when you have a really good developer is that a gap exists where you may not ask the right questions to specify the right system, consider appropriate 3rd party technologies, etc. This is a classic sign and you need to do something about it.
The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation. Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a FractionalCTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. How big is the anticipated development team?
For a couple of years, I was the head of a boutique softwareconsulting firm based in El Segundo. I founded that with the former CTO of my first company, Kevin Smilak, who now works at Google. We were hired by a company that did outsourced medical billing and consulting for physicial medicine and rehab doctors.
I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of softwaredevelopers. Do not fall into the trap of Startups and a Common Misunderstanding in Agile SoftwareDevelopment.
Off to the Races StrongMail is a digital messaging infrastructure software company. We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and softwaredevelopers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. We initially hired him as our in-house recruiter.
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