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We are a marketplace for freelance developers codingninjas.co. In the beginning we've managed to do an MVP without a developer in a team. We've tested, pivoted few times and managed to get to a solution we want to scale. And some revenue... Is it OK to stay without CTO co-founder and just to hire one?

My co-founder and I are not programmers. I have a design/marketing background and he has a business/sales background.

We hired a skilled developer to work on the product and after he proved himself and we were approaching PM-fit we promoted him to CTO and gave vested stock options.

Some candidates may want the title right away, or stock options right away, but in any case you don't *need* a CTO co-founder as long as you have a very good lead developer hired.

Any skilled, experienced programmer who believes in what they're building will treat the product like their baby, give them the title and mentorship to grow along with the company and you can do well without a technical co-founder.


Answered 8 years ago

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