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First seen on the TechVancouver stage in 2019. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about David ↗
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There's a certain cachet associated with small companies and startups, and as a result we think that that's what we have to do.
TechVancouver, Jan 2019 · watch at 2:37 ↗
I was wrong. You need to look at a company beyond just the product; you need to understand what it's going to take for this company to become successful as a business.
TechVancouver, Jan 2019 · watch at 3:39 ↗
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What is David Besemer known for?
He is a longtime engineering leader who led engineering at OmniSci (MapD) and Composite Software, and was CTO for data virtualization at Cisco.
What does David Besemer do now?
He runs Besemer Consulting, providing fractional CTO and engineering-strategy services to software companies and investors.
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