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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# And why would you hire a technology guy who launched a failed startup? For one thing, you’ll learn from his mistakes.

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Recruiting Startup Engineers | Femgineer

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Femgineer Coder. If you’re a founder who is still trying to grasp the product roadmap and create a company vision its probably not a good time to hire an engineer. People constantly ask if I know people, where to find the so-called ’startup-engineers’, or even where the can find someone like me.

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On deployment

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 2, 2008 On deployment My favorite question to ask a software development team is "how do you do a release." And the same is true in reverse - a lone brilliant coder can build a great widget, but it takes a system of people working well together to produce consistently great results.

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

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Eventually I was able to scrape up a few bucks and hired Sarah to build me a website prototype. Eventually Ill hire a software geek of my own, but right now Im doing just fine without one. In 2008 I was first time startup founder with no cash. Also hire offshore devs to assist you in building your product. Not likely.

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8 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Programming Career

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December 10th, 2008 | Becoming a Better Developer Building your startup? And the very cool thing about being funded is that means they are hiring. Cheers Kevin #3 Arjan`s World » LINKBLOG for December 11, 2008 on 12.11.08 9 Recession Proof Your Programming Skills - Nick Berardi’s Coder Journal on 04.16.09

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Why Continuous Deployment?

Startup Lessons Learned

So developers stuck in this world tend to think the other developers on their team are either, deep in their souls, plodding pedants or sloppy coders. At IMVU, we would occasionally hire someone from a more traditional organization who had a hard time letting go of their “best practices&# and habits.

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, October 7, 2008 The App Store after the gold rush I wrote earlier about the issue of distribution advantage on the iPhone. October 13, 2008 8:25 AM Eric said. October 14, 2008 1:05 PM Th.Khangs said. The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition.