Early stage CTO is more of a business process architect. From a technology perspective you have to do everything while at the same time think about the role tha

Early stage CTO is more of a business process architect. From a technology perspective you have to do everything while at the same time think about the role that will be responsible for that task when the company has 100 people. As you do the work, document the work as a manual and processes that will be given to the employee that will eventually be hired to be solely responsible for the task. Lots of benefits to this, the primary one is hiring new people will be easier, even jr people with less experience will be more effective with documentation. The second benefit is it makes it easier to be acquired. The buyer will be able to quickly understand the key technical components of your business and what it takes keep operations running smoothly.