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Re:You won't find a technical co-founder by toomuchtodo on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @08:35AM (#39904996)
CTO = Builder first, then lead the building of both the technical systems and engineering culture.

CEO = Sales and funding, maybe product owner very early days but quickly handing off to experienced product folks as soon as too painful to continue with rest of workload.

(n=1 from my experience at a hyper growth startup)

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Re:You won't find a technical co-founder by RangerScience on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @12:48PM (#39907903)
I've been at more than a few startups (one that could be called some form of high+ growth, although it was ultimately unsuccessful), and this tracks. People do what they know; CTOs know how to build, CEOs (usually/often) know how to "business develop", marketers market, PMs design... People do what they know.
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