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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

SoCal CTO

I did a presentation this week at Coloft that looked at how Non-Technical Founders can go about getting their MVP built. And the back-end is something that a non-technical founder can manage. We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. It had a passionate group of 50 people attending.

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Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit?

SoCal CTO

The problem is you don't yet have product/market fit, and until you do, you don't really know what to build. When I talk with early-stage companies, often the discussion starts with them asking me about Hiring a CTO for Your Startup , or Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup or How to Find Programmers for Your Startup.

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Beam Impact raises $13.3M to turn everyday purchases into a way to support social causes

TechCrunch

The company was founded in 2017 by Beam CEO Viveka Hulyalkar, a former McKinsey consultant, and CTO Alex Sadhu, a former Tinder iOS engineer. Beam is partnered with 100 brands, including Instacart, Parade, IKEA, Roots Canada and more. The company’s Series A funding brings Beam’s total raise to date to $15.4 million. .

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Working with Developers

SoCal CTO

I’m challenged getting developers to work with me when I can’t pay them market wages. It may give non-technical founders a bit more insight into working styles when it comes to developers. Founder Developer Gap The challenge for many non-technical founders is that they primarily need a lot of development to happen.

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

Common revenue streams are consulting, training, support, customization, upgraded versions for corporate applications, etc. 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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AI poised to overhaul the customer journey

CIO

CIOs who ignore the trend risk losing major ground to competitors, AI and marketing experts suggest. Jason Hishmeh, cofounder and CTO at IT services provider Varyence, sees such AI innovations infiltrate every level of the customer journey in the next five years.