CIO

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In the State of Enterprise Architecture 2023 , only 26% of respondents fully agreed that their enterprise architecture practice delivered strategic benefits, including improved agility, innovation opportunities, improved customer experiences, and faster time to market.

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SoCal CTO

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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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. I used an image from Roger Smith that describes the varying roles of a CTO as the company matures.

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James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

Wed work with our internal stakeholders to ensure our products were ready for the real world of sales, marketing, content, support, partners, accounting, and every other aspect of our business. To help out, were supporting the career ladder changes with an XP coaching team. You need a coach working alongside you as you learn.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Alex Wilhelm keeps a close watch on the public markets in his column The Exchange, but this week, he branched out to look at some of the metrics underpinning soaring cryptocurrency prices and turned his gaze on StockX , the consumer reseller marketplace that just raised $275 million in a Series E that values the company at approximately $2.8

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Erik Bernhardsson

DECEMBER 6, 2022

I then spent six years as a CTO, although I managed the data team directly for a long time and would occasionally write some data code. I spent a lot of time as a CTO, and if I had to condense how to make engineers productive into one thing, it would be something like: make the feedback loops fast. Most of my career has been in data.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Pear, a seed-stage venture firm founded in 2013, has an impressive track record when it comes to identifying promising companies from their earliest stages — including DoorDash, Gusto, Aurora Solar, Vanta, Branch Metrics and Guardant Health. Founders: Sameer Kapur (CPO), Vishnu Chakroborty (CTO), Gautam Ajjarapu (CEO).

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

MARCH 13, 2025

This post is cowritten with Harrison Hunter is the CTO and co-founder of MaestroQA. They assist with operations such as QA reporting, coaching, workflow automations, and root cause analysis. Success metrics The early results have been remarkable. to find churn risk anecdotes.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Once you build it, they will now ask you about the key metrics that they need proven in order to see if you really are a good investment. The real reason to build an MVP is to do early tests of key Startup Metrics for the business. " Once you have the metrics defined, it focuses your effort. To prove/disprove a hypothesis.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

With a tight tech talent market and an increasingly remote-friendly — and therefore globally competitive — corporate landscape, founders have never had more places to hire from and more competitors to measure up against. He will also share his framework around strategy for founders to attain Product Market Fit (PMF). Marc’s Lore.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

CEO Isaac Madan says that the proceeds will be put toward doubling Nightfall’s 60-person headcount, scaling the platform to more customers and markets, and expanding Nightfall’s partner ecosystem. Madan founded Nightfall in 2018 alongside CTO Rohan Sathe. Employees have pushed back, however.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Early-stage startup marketers must walk a fine line: Everyone is free to chime in on their work, and campaign budgets for pre-revenue companies are notoriously thin. Here’s who we talked to: Cam Sinclair, director/marketeer, Ammo. Here’s who we talked to: Cam Sinclair, director/marketeer, Ammo. yourprotagonist.

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CIO

JANUARY 10, 2024

Optimizing cloud investments requires close collaboration with the rest of the business to understand current and future needs, building effective FinOps teams, partnering with providers, and ongoing monitoring of key performance metrics. We need hard metrics because we’re running 800 instances of cloud computers.

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CIO

JUNE 7, 2022

If you’re building a team for the first time, you should understand that data science is an iterative process that requires a lot of data, says Matt Mead, CTO at information technology services company SPR. Product manager. AI strategists can also help organizations obtain the data they need to fuel AI effectively.

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SoCal CTO

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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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. Good stuff.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

I’m challenged getting developers to work with me when I can’t pay them market wages. I.e., they need a developer more than they need a CTO. Ideally, you would have had a technical advisor, had better up-front definition, had more iteration, then you would not be in this situation. I just want the cost, timeline and impact.

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CIO

JUNE 11, 2024

Every department I’ve taken control of, I have rebranded on day one before getting into the details,” says Joe Puglisi, former CIO and now investor, advisor, and board member. “It Tyler James Johnson, co-founder and CTO of PrivOps, says, “If we’re rebranding, unless we’re also transforming, then all we’re doing is putting lipstick on a pig.”

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Any thoughts on my recent post Startup Metrics ? The Startup Metrics post is a good example of what I call “holocognics.” Startup Metrics discusses what a Startup needs to consider before “going live.” We are not “finders” and usually serve the role of advisor and attorney. That's great.

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CIO

OCTOBER 14, 2022

We spoke to a host of experts, including product managers and those who supervise, hire, and mentor them, about what you should be looking for if you’re hiring a new PM for your team. Seth Dobbs, CTO at IT services and consulting firm Bounteous, gives a pretty good thumbnail sketch of what an ideal product manager would look like.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Instead of focusing on administrative tasks, spend time coaching, goal setting, and leading, he says. “I I do AMAs [ask me anything conversations] every six weeks,” says Pedro Canahuati, CTO at 1Password. “I Doing surveys gives you a realistic metric for how employees feel. “An That starts with an employee engagement survey.”

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CircleCI

MAY 21, 2020

World wide/market environment feedback is likely to be measured/sampled in quarters/bi-annually/annually. Without going into an exhaustive list of metrics and techniques that might be used to provide feedback the following illustrations give you some ideas of what you might want to consider, but as always, there’s no silver bullet and YMMV.

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Altexsoft

MARCH 23, 2020

Often considered a tech guru of the company or the smartest programmer in the room, the title of CTO alone indicates that the company is doing something big with technology. With this article, we’ll dip a toe into the field of the multiple responsibilities of an average CTO. The role of CTO. CTO’s tasks and responsibilities.

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CIO

AUGUST 28, 2023

For example, he took on the CTO role at Rodan + Fields because he “liked the appeal of being part of the product.” Srini Koushik, EVP and CTO, Rackspace Technology Rackspace Technology Koushik credits all his past positions for preparing him for where he is now and the AI role specifically. Second, be intentional.

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James Shore

MAY 5, 2024

That’s it, I’m screwed, make up some b t metric and watch my soul die, McKinsey style? We met at the CEO’s house, along with the CTO and CPO (Chief Product Officer). But at least the CTO and CPO liked it. For Now The RoI metrics rely on us having product bets. I presented our metric as a single stacked bar chart.

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CTOvision

JULY 7, 2015

Using social media effectively, as part of your overall marketing strategy, can raise your visibility and make you stand out in a crowded online marketplace, and will inform others about you or your company and products. Three important concepts of Twitter metrics are reach, exposure, and impressions.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Kevin Federline Search Engine Just saw a post - Sleep with a pop star, get your own branded search engine. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Stanford Podcasts - eHarmony - Greg Waldorf I was just pointed to a set of great podcasts done by Stanford B-School and particularly, I just listed to the podcast by eHarmonys Greg Waldorf. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it. Thanks Ben.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Interesting Model for University President Saw a post by Paul Kedrosky pointing us to Graeme Thickins on How Stanford Does It. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? Whats interesting is that Ive been seeing opportunities to use social marketing for businesses that typically target Time Poor audiences.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Where LinkedIn Works for Me Ive been a long time user of LinkedIn , but only recently have started getting the benefits I always expected. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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