by Amaury Khelifi | May 23, 2019 | Business, Management
For a non-technical startup founder, the term “IT” can have a scary sound to it. It gets even scarier when I mention that the CTO role of the IT manager should be—for the most part—taken on by them. It doesn’t have to be scary. Once your tasks are clear and you’ve...
by Amaury Khelifi | Apr 17, 2019 | Business, Management
Startup founders have this notion that having a technical co-founder will fill all the “tech” voids in their project, and they’re not wrong. Their mistake is how they think we do it. CEOs often believe that, when it comes to tech, a CTO has all the answers -Spoiler...
by Amaury Khelifi | Mar 4, 2019 | Business, Management
In my years as a tech consultant and startup CTO, I’ve encountered all sorts of founders, ideas, business models and challenges. Some have succeeded, some have failed, and I’ve been there to learn from all of them. Building a startup without a CTO is a reality to most...
by Amaury Khelifi | Feb 4, 2019 | Business
The startup world is filled with eager beavers, and I’m very proud of being one of them. This whole community prides itself in doing more and going further than expected, and it delivers. It’s not always easy being the eager beaver, especially after all the punches...
by Amaury Khelifi | Dec 21, 2018 | Business
Last week we took a look at the situation of a startup founder I mentored that had credited all of his first cash’s success to his personal image rather than to the merit of his product. We discussed the influence personal relations have always had in the acceptance...
by Amaury Khelifi | Dec 14, 2018 | Business
I recently mentored a certain startup, a very smart SaaS platform for the consulting industry. They were able to generate their first $10,000 fairly quickly, which led me to ask the founder: “Did your clients sign up for the service because of the product or because...
