tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120556183800964088.post1199692594682968107..comments2024-01-19T03:22:59.320-08:00Comments on SoCal CTO: Startup CTO or DeveloperTony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120556183800964088.post-71048638163026160262013-03-22T07:56:57.352-07:002013-03-22T07:56:57.352-07:00This is an extremely useful post. As a CEO of a ve...This is an extremely useful post. As a CEO of a very early stage startup with limited funding I am struggling to find the right people to join our team. The suggestion of a part-time CTO is excellent and very valuable. Like i said we have very limited funding, how does one motivate and attract good people to join our team when the cash component is low? <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237109962264820749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120556183800964088.post-73845248925038653862012-12-31T18:09:52.587-08:002012-12-31T18:09:52.587-08:00Werner Vogels blog post is now at: http://www.allt...Werner Vogels blog post is now at: http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2007/07/the_different_cto_roles.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120556183800964088.post-5570667529986915912011-03-31T23:33:03.863-07:002011-03-31T23:33:03.863-07:00Gr8 post Tony,
Being a CTO at startup I know it’s ...Gr8 post Tony,<br />Being a CTO at startup I know it’s really a challenging stuff sometime you need to wear multiple hats with different responsibilities from developer to debugger.Shamsher Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16606241109348502318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120556183800964088.post-75863206473235891302010-09-13T14:30:06.525-07:002010-09-13T14:30:06.525-07:00Hi BigAl,
Most offshore firms have a CTO who is l...Hi BigAl,<br /><br />Most offshore firms have a CTO who is local to the development team. I'm not quite sure I get the model you are going for. I could see where a local CTO would define the plan and then a Senior technical person offshore would implement. But it doesn't sound like that either.Tony Karrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120556183800964088.post-54846598893558258542010-09-09T21:24:15.812-07:002010-09-09T21:24:15.812-07:00Thanks for this great post. I'm doing somethi...Thanks for this great post. I'm doing something even more strange in that I'm an expat living in Colombia and am setting up a new software development firm and want a CTO from the states (or Europe). This would be a part-time CTO who we'd fly to Colombia periodically, but who, we feel, can spend most of his/her time in the states where we are looking to get most of our work (more interesting projects in social media, mobile and gaming). <br />Can you give me any further advice or comments related to what I want to do? http://ow.ly/2C6T0BigAlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05803213996407365034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120556183800964088.post-90085990075300139072010-01-30T22:13:46.319-08:002010-01-30T22:13:46.319-08:00Excellent post Tony. This is extremely helpful fo...Excellent post Tony. This is extremely helpful for me as a non-technical startup guy. I'm thinking I should draft a post on the other side of the coin - CxO (the broad business guy - the one focused on customer development). Thanks for so much detail and specificity in your post!gammillhttp://gammill.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120556183800964088.post-42187228803660252272010-01-29T11:31:56.266-08:002010-01-29T11:31:56.266-08:00Joe P. - thanks for the comment. I've been fo...Joe P. - thanks for the comment. I've been following you on twitter, so nice to connect this way as well.<br /><br />Look forward to your thoughts on this!Tony Karrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120556183800964088.post-47036050777353450152010-01-29T11:07:24.035-08:002010-01-29T11:07:24.035-08:00This is an awesome post.
I'm the type that w...This is an awesome post. <br /><br />I'm the type that works on feel and intuition. Mostly because the resources and structures are vague or don't really know what they are talking about. This puts many things I've struggled with tech startups into the light.<br /><br />I've taken the CTO role before and hope to again in the future. I'm exclusively a startup guy and I've had the trouble of seeing the transition from pre-launch to post launch and beyond. I now believe strongly that a pre-launch needs an acting CTO and one that isn't the lead dev. CTO's get equity, devs don't (unless you don't have money).<br /><br />Anyway .. I have many thoughts now that I need to write down .. and a lot more to read.<br /><br />Thanks for the first class post! (they are rare)Joe P. Saidhttp://www.twitter.com/joesaidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120556183800964088.post-74439550037603906242010-01-26T11:49:21.453-08:002010-01-26T11:49:21.453-08:00Peter - that's a good high level way to frame ...Peter - that's a good high level way to frame it. However, I think that's also a bit of what a product manager would say as well. <br /><br />Glad to spark the idea around part time CTO.Tony Karrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120556183800964088.post-13394614192086348482010-01-26T09:20:10.947-08:002010-01-26T09:20:10.947-08:00Great post and indeed an issue not often addressed...Great post and indeed an issue not often addressed. I agree that lead developers often lack the "big picture" (or the interest in the big picture) and must say that the thought of a parttime CTO hadn't even occurred to me until now. <br /><br />I've done some consultancy jobs for established business and have always sold it as: "translating technology to business lingo". <br /><br />Because, I guess that is what it boils down to?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607869203492835984noreply@blogger.com