What do you want from a CTO? As a serial CTO/lead dev/architect-y guy, I can tell you that the title can be extremely varied in interest and actual duties.
Are you looking for someone to select the tools and the way those tools work together to meet your goals? Then they might not want to see an already built product.
Are you looking for someone to help you scale the application as engagement (hopefully) goes through the roof? You may be looking for more of a devops person.
Are you looking for someone to set up the developer culture, the process and hire/mentor an internal team? A good lead developer can handle these issues.
Are you looking for someone to which to hand ALL of these issues, to just handle them? Then, you are actually looking for a CTO. This person will be more expensive than the others, and will likely drive additional expenses through hiring those others as well. So consider your MVT (minimum viable team) as well as MVP, and go looking for the people you really need.
> Are you looking for someone to select the tools and the way those tools work together to meet your goals? Then they might not want to see an already built product.
That pretty much nails it for me... So, if that's the case, what do you think my best course of action would be to find a dev ops guy?
Are you looking for someone to select the tools and the way those tools work together to meet your goals? Then they might not want to see an already built product.
Are you looking for someone to help you scale the application as engagement (hopefully) goes through the roof? You may be looking for more of a devops person.
Are you looking for someone to set up the developer culture, the process and hire/mentor an internal team? A good lead developer can handle these issues.
Are you looking for someone to which to hand ALL of these issues, to just handle them? Then, you are actually looking for a CTO. This person will be more expensive than the others, and will likely drive additional expenses through hiring those others as well. So consider your MVT (minimum viable team) as well as MVP, and go looking for the people you really need.
Best of luck!