Hi there,
I am a curious about what tasks/responsibilities you as the CTO have (besides obvious tech related things). Do you also talk to clients, pitch to VCs, get angels on board etc? What about business plans, financials etc? How did you split these tasks?
How do the responsiblities shift when being in early stage and no more funding is required?
I feel a bit overwhelmed with all the tasks. Especially in the beginning it seems that responsibilities kind of overlap on many parts.
Would be awesome if I could connect with some other CTOs here :)
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Im a CTO and Cofounder, im probably more of a COO though, responsible also for the CTO responsibilities.
I’m involved in absolutely everything and its extremely difficult balancing it all.
A key take away from my current startup is ensuring your founding team has the right people to fill the most important leadership positions and the experience to build teams around them.
To add to what other people are saying, in the early years you are more of a cofounder than a CTO. You have to do what it takes, whether or not it is part of the job description of a CTO. Once you get bigger you’ll fall more and more into the traditional CTO role as new hires will take over some of your non-traditional responsibilities.
In other words, the titles don’t matter much at the beginning.