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. That’s why Roger Smith puts the focus of the CTO on programming for the earliest stage.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2023

More companies are developing AI technology to help humans communicate, and DeepL, an AI-based language translator for businesses, is the latest to reap the benefits of investor hunger for companies like this. Can AI turn out polite pitch rejection letters, automate aspects of due diligence, or draft accurate market maps?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Stax , a startup that allows Africans to buy airtime, send and request money, and transfer funds between accounts via automated USSD codes, has raised a $2.2 Telcos and banks dominate this mass market, providing the tech infrastructure that facilitates these code-based transactions. million seed extension round. Enter Stax.

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CircleCI

MAY 27, 2022

With digital collaboration tools enabling teams to work across borders and time zones with relative ease , the competition for skilled employees has increased substantially. With so many obstacles, Europe’s leading tech startups have adapted a variety of intriguing strategies for attracting and retaining talent on their tech teams.

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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. Accounting?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Part 2: How Klaviyo used data and no-code to transform owned marketing. Micromobility’s next big business is software, not vehicles. Micromobility’s next big business is software, not vehicles. The Klaviyo EC-1. Scale quicker. Scale cheaper.

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OverOps

JUNE 11, 2019

For teams dealing with loads of technical debt, microservices offer a path to the promised land. Smaller code bases are easier to understand, and with clearly separated services the overall architecture is much “cleaner”. In the past half a decade, the industry has exploded with technology built especially to support new microservices.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2024

What if business users started developing alter-ego avatars that performed real business functions? If this is one aspect of the future of AI, what will be the implications for technology leaders? Analyst estimates of IT and tech spend outside of the CIO/CTO budgets range from 40-45 -to 60%. Artificial?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The CTO can always boast how many tickets their team has closed and the release dates they’ve met, but a growth manager’s key performance metrics may not manifest for weeks — or months. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Lindsay Goldman, strategic advisor, MO Pros.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Defective leadership Leadership is a key component in the successful timing of any major transformation project, ahead of strategy and technology, says Suneet Dua, chief revenue and growth officer for products and technology at business advisory firm PwC. He suggests using low-code platforms.

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Modern CTO

MARCH 18, 2024

We also dive into Brendan’s thoughts behind GenAI code, and how tech leaders can best prepare their teams and organizations for the future of this technology. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! To get more content from Sema: Get a look at Sema’s AI Code Monitor.

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Modern CTO

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Today we’re talking to Matt van Itallie, Founder & CEO at Sema Software. We discuss the risks surrounding AI generated code, how to circumvent those risks with smarter software decisions, and we also get to catch up on life with Matt and Joel. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2024

For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. IT leaders must rigorously assess their partners’ talent management and development strategies, build greater trust and transparency into the relationships, and invest in greater partner governance.

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CIO

JANUARY 30, 2024

While choosing the right tools from the expanding ESG software marketplace is important, the real work takes place on the back end. Karcher has since built a team of 18 and completed an inventory of existing ESG data structures and legal requirements. There are several things you need to report attached to that number.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

But according to data from PitchBook, less than 2% of VC funding went to all-women-founded teams in 2021. On the bright side, founding teams counting both women and men as members raised 17% of VC investments in Africa in 2021. When I moved from being CTO to being CEO, I got a lot of skepticism about my business acumen. .

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CIO

JANUARY 5, 2023

It’s a fascinating time for functional technology practitioners. Whether you’re a CIO, CTO, chief digital officer, a data leader, cyber — the opportunity for these leaders is unparalleled when you consider the impact that they can make on their enterprises and on their industries. You have to own your own career.

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CIO

MARCH 22, 2023

Speak up A tendency to bottle up thoughts is a regret for some who felt cowed or overwhelmed by bosses, fellow execs, or their own teams when they were new to the IT leader role. “I What we need to do is…’ I remember being ambushed by two of the owners, who knew that they had underinvested in tech and the tech team for many years.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Recruiting teams have their work cut out for them and no two tech recruiters ever had the same journey in their career path. We’ve gone around and spoken to our internal recruiting team in depth to understand what their day looks like and what happens at each stage of the hiring lifecycle. This would be the last round of interviews.

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GreenBar

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

No offense to software contractors, but given the choice I usually prefer to build software with hired employees. On the other hand, I’ve been building software for over 30 years and managing software developers for 25. Previously I wrote about taking delivery of your V1 software from a contractor.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The good news for CIOs wanting to enable domain experts to develop their own apps to solve business problems is that there’s a vast array of low-code development platforms to choose from. The AppGyver name will now disappear from the SAP environment, said SAP’s head of low-code and no-code products, Sebastian Schroetel.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

In addition to running our robotics coverage, I also run TC’s hardware coverage overall, including all the consumer news and reviews. That involves due diligence, some research and choosing the stories we deem most relevant to our readers. I either write some code or do some design. So, nothing new on that front.

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Atomic Spin

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

This kind of frustrating situation can quickly become the theme of a software project when too many stakeholders are involved and nobody has clear decision-making power. While stakeholder gridlock is frustrating for everyone, it’s also very costly when it involves custom software. Software development teams are expensive.

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Atomic Spin

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

This kind of frustrating situation can quickly become the theme of a software project when too many stakeholders are involved and nobody has clear decision-making power. While stakeholder gridlock is frustrating for everyone, it’s also very costly when it involves custom software. Software development teams are expensive.

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Atomic Spin

MAY 28, 2019

Proprietary libraries usually have the backing of an entity with a monetary incentive to maintain it, but because the source code is closed, the community can’t help out with development. It may also be easier for future team members to onboard to a project with a library they already know. Use the standard.

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Atomic Spin

MAY 28, 2019

Proprietary libraries usually have the backing of an entity with a monetary incentive to maintain it, but because the source code is closed, the community can’t help out with development. It may also be easier for future team members to onboard to a project with a library they already know. Use the standard.

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CIO

JUNE 21, 2023

Some companies use generative AI to write code and some use it to create marketing text or fuel chatbots. Then, when that didn’t work, it hired it’s own team to build the proprietary models it needed. Only 1% of companies have no plans to develop plans for generative AI. Teeth are very tricky.

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James Shore

AUGUST 19, 2020

For this week’s Tuesday Lunch & Learn livestream , I have a special show for you: the new edition of my book, The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition. The Art of Agile Development came out in 2007. Every week, we look at software engineering topics, and this week, I have a special show for you. Final Thoughts.

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