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Startup CTO Job Description: Templates That Actually Attract Top Candidates
Most startup CTO job descriptions repel the candidates you want. Here are templates that actually work—plus the mistakes that cause great candidates to pass.
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Building Engineering Teams from Zero: A Month-by-Month Playbook
How to build an engineering team from 0 to 20 engineers: hiring timelines, budget allocation, and milestone targets for each growth phase, from 80+ startup team builds.
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When to Hire Your First Engineering Manager
The complete guide to timing your first engineering manager hire: signals it's time, internal vs. external, and the transition playbook that keeps your team intact.
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Finding a Technical Cofounder: The Complete Playbook
How to find and vet a technical cofounder when you're non-technical. Where to search, how to evaluate skills you don't have, and equity frameworks from 200+ founder matches.
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Technical Co-founder Hiring: Finding Your Engineering Partner
Finding a technical co-founder is the hardest hire a non-technical founder will make. Here's how to find candidates, evaluate fit, and structure the relationship—when you don't have the technical expertise to assess technical skills.
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Series B Engineering Scaling: Growing From 20 to 100 Engineers
Series B is where startups break—the processes that worked at 20 engineers fail at 100. Here's how to scale your engineering organization without losing velocity or culture.
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Technical Due Diligence Guide: What Investors and Acquirers Really Evaluate
Technical due diligence can make or break deals. Here's what investors and acquirers actually evaluate, how to prepare, and what red flags sink valuations.
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Seed Stage Technical Hiring: Building Your First Engineering Team
Your first five engineers define your company's technical DNA. Here's how to hire when you have no brand, limited budget, and enormous stakes—and what to look for in early engineers that differs from later hires.
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Series A Engineering Hiring: Building Your First Real Engineering Team
Series A changes everything—suddenly you have money but need to scale fast. Here's how to build your first real engineering team without the mistakes that sink early-stage startups.
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Startup Equity Vesting Explained: What Every Engineer Should Understand
Vesting determines when you actually own your equity. Here's everything engineers need to understand about vesting schedules, cliffs, acceleration, and what happens when you leave.