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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

The VP of Sales and I flew to Providence to convince Andy van Dam at Brown to join our company, or at a minimum lead our advisory board. Wasn’t he a CTO or something? (He Reply Karma in the Lean Startup Era , on January 28, 2010 at 5:26 pm Said: [.] We’re building a supercomputer.”

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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, October 4, 2008 About the author ( Update January, 2010: This post originally dates from October, 2008 back when I first started writing this blog. Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) My first time at your blog.

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

Establish a customer advisory board. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Facebook Fans Recent & Upcoming Events 2010 I am experimenting with using Plancast to track my 2010 event schedule. Hand pick a dozen customers who "get" your vision.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Chris Dixon , September 12, 2010 My most useful career experience was about eight years ago when I was trying to break into the world of VC-backed startups. Why You Should Write. It's human nature," he writes.

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How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees

thinkspace.com

Equity for Board of Directors and Advisory Board. Typically for an Advisory Board it ranges from 1/10th of percent to 1/2% and for Board of Directors from 1/2% to 2%. I was originally hired as a contractor, developing a SaaS app from scratch, including DB design and coding. Total Points 106 142. %

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Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Startup Lessons Learned

Each cycle was punctuated by a meeting of our Business Advisory Board (BAB). As the CTO/VP Engineering, I was the worst offender. Ajay January 24, 2010 6:15 AM Matthew Ogston said. I'm glad there's a 'name' for this part of the process Eric. February 9, 2010 3:16 PM Anonymoussaid.