From Developer to CTO to Market Dominance

FREE EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION UNTIL MAY 10th - $10 Thereafter!

Do you remember the smell of that sun deprived basement room you wrote your first line of code in, while listening to rock, hip hop and the screams of your mom telling you to get out of the house?

Well this is where most of us started their insane but awesome programming journey!

Join us on June 5th for a panel discussion on how CTO's for well known NYC startups have taken their idea from a small basement, a tiny server and few thousand lines of codes to a fleet of engineers, complex data distribution systems and millions in revenue and investor money.

The panel will touch up on the following:

How to start coding and the needed set of skills to master it How to come up with an idea and the vision that fires it all The initial difficulties and limitations you face as a solo developer How to assemble or join a team with various skill set (designers, developers, testers,etc) How to properly test and organize the development cycle How to monetize the product and the responsibility that comes with SaaS software How to know when to scale and fire those who do not bring value to you How to socialize as a developer Recommended productivity tools used by most developers etc...

Speakers:

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Evan Spielberg

Evan is a Co-Founder and the Chief Technology Officer of roopstigo - www.roopstigo.com (http://www.roopstigo.com/) - a new sports network focused on in-depth original content and digital distribution.

As a digital professional Evan possesses a fundamental understanding of technology and a sharp business acumen. Evan is most passionate about new product development, product strategy, and disruptive technologies.

Evan’s most recent work has focused on new media and digital content, managing app product development, re-usability, and new platform prototyping. Evan’s education includes a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, a Masters of Science in Computer Science, and the a Masters of Business Administration.

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James Cropcho

James is the Chief Technology Officer of Fashism. He has been building software applications, and companies around those applications, for over a decade and a half in a variety of languages and platforms. He rapidly creates extendible and maintainable applications for early-stage startups. He is the creator of the MongoDB schema analyzer Variety, which was covered on the official MongoDB blog in 2012. He was part of a two-person team which uncovered the first wide-scale breach of the secret ballot in American history in 2007, and was featured on CNet and National Public Radio.

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Alec Hartman

Alec is currently a Managing Partner at NYC Dev Shop www.nycdevshop.com (http://www.nycdevshop.com/), a boutique web development firm that specializes in Ruby on Rails Development, Consulting Code Review and client experience.

Alec has a long history of taking a big hand in game-changing companies. He is a proud TechStars Alum, he previously owned and sold an Event Management firm in Florida, and is a Co-Founder of Digital Ocean, a cloud-hosting firm.

Agenda:

6:30pm: checkin- and pre-event networking
7:00 pm: Brief intros from the organizers and the group members
7:15 pm: Introduce the guests and start the panel discussion
8:15 pm: Q&A
8:30 pm: Event conclusion and annoucements
After event networking

Beer special and food menu available as well as limited seating, so arrive early!

This meetup is for anyone interested in learning how to take their development skills to another level and possibly meet other technical co-founders.

Admission online is Free until May 10th then $10 therafter.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE TAKE ATTENDANCE SERIOUSLY SO IF YOU RSVP'D AND YOU ARE UNABLE TO MAKE IT, YOU WILL NEED TO unRSVP THE DAY BEFORE.

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