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Fractional CTO Services Explained

Valerian Tech

The role of a Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to provide technical expertise and leadership to a company on a part-time or temporary basis. This can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis.

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Common Pitfalls in Crypto Projects

Valerian Tech

Cryptocurrencies are decentralized, meaning they are not issued or backed by governments or central banks. However, they are still relatively new and their value can be extremely volatile, making them a high-risk investment for some people. How can CTO’s help ensure the Success of a Cryptocurrency Project?

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Security at Intercom: How our InfoSec team protects our customers’ data and trust

Intercom, Inc.

We do that by: Investing in your trust through compliance with industry security and privacy ISO standards or frameworks such as SOC 2. Hiring and cultivating incredible talent on our Information Security team. Investing significantly in safeguarding our customers’ trust. Shipping quickly and securely.

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Whose Company Is It Anyway? Differences between Founders and Hired CEOs

OPEXEngine

However, as soon as a founder/CEO raises venture capital (VC) they have decided to take investing partners along on the journey. However, VC investors are material shareholders, typically negotiate the contractual right to sit on the board of directors, and have certain governance and fiduciary duties as a part of sitting on the board.

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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Government services shouldn’t be renowned for their endless queues, confusing forms, and excessive bureaucracy. Sarah Tran: I’d love to shift gears and talk about creating accessibility and creating an accessible government.

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Ten Questions Founder CEOs Should Always Be Able to Answer About Their Startups

Kellblog

It’s not hard to sell government labs and commercial advanced research divisions one of pretty much anything. Why are you and your team the best people to invest in? Some startups have relatively complete teams while others have only a CEO and CTO and a few functional directors. Ditto for most hiring across the company.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Former Moveworks CIO and Lucidchart Co-Founder/CEO — December 13, 2019

SaaStr

And by business technology function I want to define that because sometimes there’s a overlap with the CTO from an engineering side. And as a result of that, because of the interconnectedness, because of the governance, because of the implementation, all of these things have the IT function involved in some way, shape, or form.