Dipak Mistry’s Post

it must be a balance of both but as heavily techincal that we are, its imperative to drive the business based on fact and cost to support CEOs in business situations and decision making.

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Dear #Startup #Founders, Together with Mikhail Sklyarov (Angel Investor, Mentor at UChicago Polsky Center) and Vincent Poizat (Top Venture Capital Voice), we are initiating a series of #VC Call Simulations designed to provide rigorous feedback and evaluation for your startup. Register here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dSW8Tk_v Event Details: Pitch Session: 10-min pitch presentation. Simulation Call: 50-min Q&A session simulating a real VC investor call. Verdict & Feedback: Receive detailed scorecards and a 30-min comprehensive feedback session from each of us. Objective: Assess and refine your pitching skills. Gain insights into VC evaluation criteria and perceptions of your startup. 🔔 Availability: July 22-26th, 11:00-13:00 CET or 18:30-20:30 CET This is an opportunity to critically evaluate your startup and receive expert feedback.

In my mind "Operational CTO" often means they want/need a VP Engineering. IMO one of the most important roles of the CTO is interfacing with the C-suite and board. The VP Engineering's role is to make sure the engineering machine is running well, executing the roadmap and running infrastructure operations in alignment with the business goals. I find a lot of small companies don't know what they should be hiring nor what the different roles mean. This is often the heart of the problem especially since small startups can probably only afford one of the roles until they grow big enough to justify both. One other thing I often come across in these early startup situations is the role of Head of Product or even any product management is completely missing. More often than not, that is one of the key elements contributing to problems with delivery.

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Been thinking about why companies outgrow their leaders and this is a good summary. Boils down to lack of strategic thought, business acumen, and ability to scale both technology AND teams. Paradoxically, when I interview with these companies they think they need someone closer to a tech lead (current, very short term needs) vs. what you’ll need in the near future. A tech-lead style CTO will be too heads down to put in the proactive thinking and action that will propel your company into the future.

A RARE GEM OF AN INSIGHT INTO WHY CORPORATE HONCHOS (ESP. C-Suite) NEED TO WORK ON NEUROPLASTICITY!? What??? Sometimes, one runs into a post that brings crucial insight and understanding if one is able to reflect and look at oneself in the mirror. The post below from Adelina Chalmers is one of those lesser known but highly thought provoking pearls. (But first and foremost, Happy Birthday Adelina Chalmers! Stay Amazing as always 💐 ) I have reached similar conclusions after looking at myself in the mirror and others through the lens of critical analysis. Her observations are more evidence based, and gained through immense personal experience. The data is only a google search away. To rephrase what she has written, I would just change my choice of words. #CTO's generally have spent time honing their technical skills; so their head (read brain) is always more into books, papers, machines and computers THAN into #people. Dealing with people inevitably needs more #EQ! Unfortunately, most of them are unable to self-reflect and fix what is wrong with themselves. True, they are crucial and central to the #tech but ultimately, it is people that matter. Colleagues, board members, customers etc. All of this needs delicate handling... Moral - Everyone needs to self reflect and do course corrections. But it is even more important for geeks and nerds! Secondly, it is the unfortunate reality that #board #politics is almost always there and a techie is not the best qualified to negotiate that with elan. The taint of #arrogance always is the death knell of any professional but much more so for the CTO. A successful sales person can be vain as long as he's getting #sales but the when the #CTO becomes vain...or greedy, the #tech generally goes south vis-a-vis the competition. The insightful soul-searching for problem analysis and finding solutions is blunted as one swims in the deluded sea of their presumed 'perfection'. Most importantly as she has brought out - "handling pressure" is something that breaks them. Since the brain is already overloaded with 'technical' problems, it is unable to handle the added traffic of 'people' problems and business challenges. To quote a similar example from sports, in the game of #cricket not every great #batsman or #bowler is a great #captain of the team! The responsibilities pull them down in their core domain. To conclude, an optimized "head" is what every individual or organization needs. Growing the head ie the brain, is possible. Technically, this ability ie Neuroplasticity, needs strategic growth in the desired direction to embed the missing traits. People often talk about #EQ alone, but #EQ that reflects in behavior alone is relatively shallow while #EQ based upon actual changes in the brain is more long lasting.... Prabal Basu Roy Eric Lundgren Michael Christodoulou⚡️Annick Vandersmissen Shantesh S Row Ravikumar jagannath Victoria Coffin Katharine Hayhoe Nick Smethurst Peter Van Doren

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WHAT A RIDE! 🚀🚀 Last week, the LeanCon (stealth😉) team wrapped up its US roadshow, visiting #LA, #paloalto , #SF, and #NYC as part of the Fusion VC Accelerator program. It was a powerful experience, where we met many investors, potential partners, and talented founders from whom we learned invaluable insights into the challenges of launching and running a startup. Here are my three main #takeaways : 1. Building a startup from scratch, particularly today, is extremely challenging. Building the strongest possible team is a must. Fortunately, I have Sapir Tubul enjoying this ride with me as my partner in crime. 2. Over the past few months, we've been surrounded by #founders facing similar hurdles. Listening to their challenges has given me a broader perspective on our own journey and how to navigate it more effectively. Thank you #Fusionbatch13. 3. Business and relationship-building are personal. Nothing beats face2face meetings. It makes a huge difference. A huge #shoutout to Yair Vardi, Guy Katsovich , Amit Shechter, and the rest of the Fusion VC team. We're fortunate to have you on board as investors. Now, back to work—exciting news are coming. 🏬🏗️ 👷♀️ #thefirstconstructionengineercreatedbyAIishere #constructiontech #leanconstruction #futureofconstruction