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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower - Information Technology

What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product.

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Prophia, which extracts info from commercial real estate contracts, raises $10.2M

GeekWire

Prophia , a startup building a platform that scours and extracts key terms from commercial real estate contracts, raised $10.2 Prophia’s users can upload PDF contracts that are analyzed by its software. The company says its software has handled more than a million pages of documents across 1,800 locations. Cameron Steele.

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CTO Dwayne Allen on delivering transcendent business impact

CIO Business Intelligence

Equipped with experiences across a range of industries, a healthy dose of self-awareness, and a passion for learning and people, Allen is redefining the art of the possible as a strategic and innovative CTO. You must be familiar with your business and how IT can help them meet their strategic goals. Next comes industry experience.

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5 key mistakes IT leaders make at board meetings

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s not uncommon for CIOs, CISOs, and sometimes their direct reports to be called on to participate in board meetings or to present IT strategies and plans to their boards of directors. Best practices for board meetings abound. But when I think about my own board presentations and meetings, it’s the simple mistakes I remember most.

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Tech Moves: Docker and Qualtrics leaders join Seattle startup Mason; Beyond adds Zulily director

GeekWire

From left: Mason CEO Webb Stevens; Mason President Nancy Xiao; Mason founder Jim Gao; and Mason CTO John Timsen. Mason Photo) Mason , a Seattle startup that offers a turney hardware-software platform for companies managing device fleets, hired Webb Stevens as its new CEO and John Thimsen as its new CTO.

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SAP trials meeting-free Fridays

CIO Business Intelligence

Many companies encourage employees to set aside blocks of time each day for “deep work,” and some even automate that process using tools such as Microsoft Outlook’s focus time feature, part of Viva Insights. However, CIOs leading teams from home should ensure that meetings do not prevent staff from working.

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How to hire the right product manager for your IT needs

CIO Business Intelligence

Product managers aren’t a new job category by any means, but this shift means that they’re newly prominent and important to many companies’ strategies. As a result, many corporate leaders who are used to hiring for IT now have to learn what makes a good product manager as they seek to fill these roles.

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