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 :)
Second time working on a company with my co-founder.
I’ll give a different perspective than many others here: I focus on all things tech, my co-founder focuses on all things sales/logistics. We work together on future of company and financials.
If tech isn’t super busy and my co-founder needs me to do something, I’ll absolutely do it. But typically I’m helping him do his job through tech (building internal tools, writing scrapers to make finding new clients easier, etc). We didn’t need to raise at our last company, and we might not raise this time either, but I would absolutely be at meetings with VCs/angels.
It depends on the needs for your company. If tech is critical, or every hour you spend on tech is more valuable than an hour spent on logistics, then you’ll probably focus on that. I think it will make sense while you’re doing it though. If your co-founder(s) is/are overwhelmed and tech can hang on for a minute, then you know what you need to do!