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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. "I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it.

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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. Even with these, you will have paper-tested your MVP, but the reality is that customers will not be able to assess the value to them until they actually use it. It had a passionate group of 50 people attending.

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Scaling Technology and Organizations Together with Randy Shoup

Gitprime

He was the VP of Engineering at Stitch Fix, Director of Engineering for the Google App Engine, the CTO and cofounder of Shoplilly, and the Chief Engineer at eBay, among other leadership positions. Aim for releasing the minimum viable product. Iterate to the solution.