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Lead Developer to CTO at a Startup

SoCal CTO

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+ roundup: Growth budgets, hiring tips, zero-party data Twitter Space

TechCrunch

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. Lindsay Goldman, strategic advisor, MO Pros. Faster deals, less diligence: The African startup market mirrors its larger rivals.

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Outsourcing Version 1: Advice from a CTO

GreenBar

On the other hand, I’ve been building software for over 30 years and managing software developers for 25. Compared to a permanent hire, advantages of contracting out your software development include on-demand resources; minimal overhead costs (benefits, equity, etc.); Your project might benefit from a UI specialist up front.

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Beyond Visibility: Proactive Cloud Workload Security in the Real World

Prisma Clud

Over the last 5 years, our team at Prisma Cloud has witnessed an extraordinary surge in the adoption of cloud-native technologies. As the CTO of Prisma Cloud, I'm thrilled to share our insights and the learnings gained from witnessing the rise of cloud-native technologies and the rapid adoption of the public cloud.

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The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition

James Shore

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. I’m going to be reading from the new edition of my book, The Art of Agile Development. and now it’s time for an update.

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6 African women CEOs discuss how they raised more than $1M in 2021

TechCrunch

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. In 2021, 11 such startups achieved that feat, a record year for this group. Today, only 2.8%

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Executive Round Table with Kent Barner and Jay Reed

TechFides Blog

As a CIO for 25+ years he was the internal advisor to C-Level Executives of high growth entrepreneurial organizations. At CIO Suite, Kent’s team (2 resources) offers four core services: IT Solutions Health Check Fractional CIO Services (i.e. I really try to help groups in that space prepare for what’s coming.