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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower SaaS

What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Exploring new technologies? The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. A CTO can help you find the right answers. Instead, they should consider a Fractional CTO who can help close the gap. It might be.

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Why Your Startup Needs a Fractional CTO – TechEmpower

TechEmpower SaaS

A Fractional CTO bridges the gap between founders and developers to help keep your tech strategy aligned with your business goals. This helps your startup stay agile and competitive in a fast-paced marketplace.

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4 Signs You Might Have a “Bad” CTO — Or At Least, One That Isn’t Going to Make It

SaaStr

Q: What makes a bad CTO? While there is no legal definition for CTO ?? or bright line between CTO and VPE, I’d suggest a start-up CTO really only has to do a few things — which are very hard: Assemble a small team (3–9) of very good engineers. So … a “bad” CTO is one that can’t recruit a strong “pizza box” team.

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Dear SaaStr: What Makes a Bad CTO?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What Makes a Bad CTO? While there is no legal definition for CTO or bright line between CTO and VPE, I’d suggest a start-up CTO really only has to do a few things — which are very hard: Assemble a small team (3–9) of very good engineers. So … a “bad” CTO is one that can’t recruit a strong “pizza box” team.

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Product Transformation: Adapting Your Solutions for Cloud Models

Speaker: Ahmad Jubran, Cloud Product Innovation Consultant

Whether you're a seasoned CTO or an industry trailblazer, this webinar will help make your product ready to meet the competition by adopting an architecture that is optimized for innovation. Many do this by simply replicating their current architectures in the cloud.

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How to Bridge the Gap Between Sales and Tech Teams to Drive Customer Success with HashiCorp’s CTO and VP

SaaStr

Sarah Polan, EMEA Field CTO at HashiCorp, and Louise Fellows, VP NEMEA at HashiCorp, explore the relationship between Field CTO and sales to help you understand why it exists and how you can leverage this relationship when you have a highly technical product. That’s where the CTO comes in. It’s a CTO motion. An SE motion.

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A Look Back: 3 Amazing SaaStr Sessions with Dharmesh Shah, Co-Founder and CTO of HubSpot

SaaStr

Dharmesh Shah, co-founder and CTO, gave 2 amazing SaaStr talks and 1 amazing deep-dive so far. The post A Look Back: 3 Amazing SaaStr Sessions with Dharmesh Shah, Co-Founder and CTO of HubSpot appeared first on SaaStr. If you want to grab 20% off SaaStr Annual 2022 tickets, grab ’em here.

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Your Team's Pragmatic Guide to Security

Speaker: Naresh Soni, CTO, Tsunami XR

We are excited to be joined by a CTO who is an expert in pragmatic choices around security. Naresh Soni, CTO of Tsunami XR, will take us through critical information to make smart choices in how to protect our organizations. He will cover: Types of vulnerabilities that need to be your focus today.

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The Beauty and Brains of Actionable Data: How to Go From Concept to Reality

Speaker: Dr. Joe Perez, Senior Systems Analyst at NC Dept. of Health & Human Services, and Chief Technology Officer at SolonTek

Join Dr. Joe Perez, Senior Systems Analyst at NC DHHS, and Chief Technology Officer, SolonTek, to learn how you can capitalize on your ideas by blending internal with external while leveraging them into a cohesive strategy for both the short term and the long term. What value do you see in your data?

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LLMOps for Your Data: Best Practices to Ensure Safety, Quality, and Cost

Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase

Putting the right LLMOps process in place today will pay dividends tomorrow, enabling you to leverage the part of AI that constitutes your IP – your data – to build a defensible AI strategy for the future.