John Shiple — Freelance CTO, technology advisor — triages businesses, help businesses scale, and launches new businesses. He's been in technology over 20 years and loves building internet sites.
In Part 1 of this interview, John and I discuss important topics for non-technical Founders to consider including recruiting challenges, expressing ideas, and the importance of a technical leader. This is a great episode for both founders and technical leaders to get an understanding of common challenges and misalignments.
Notes from Interview
Collection of Videos about CTOs, recuriting and startups by John (created by DocStoc)
Common weaknesses (business side)
miscommunication on product needs
lack of background in technology
fragile relationships between business and technology
technology is the least important - you need to have the right people building the right things
Recruiting Help
more challenging than other domains
if you have a good friend from college that knows CS, get them onboard
every techie is working and if they aren’t its because they are choosing not to
John will be teaching a class at GA on How to be a CTO (this November in LA)
