Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. Wasn’t he a CTO or something? (He Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits. Nexpense - you streamline business expense processing, but how, what’s cool about the technology? website ): PITCH 2010 Finalists (Mobile Track) Pitch Live on November 4, 2010 @ 3:15pm.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. but: Something is Still Missing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. For Neopets, its simply a side-effect of their game-like product design. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Bring your questions.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits. Nexpense – you streamline business expense processing, but how, what’s cool about the technology? website ): PITCH 2010 Finalists (Mobile Track) Pitch Live on November 4, 2010 @ 3:15pm.

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www.avc.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Nov 22 , 2010. I got this formula from a big compensation consulting firm. But it is based on a common practive in compensation consulting. The second bracket is Director level managers and key people (engineering and design superstars for sure). design by UX Hero. -->. Musings of a VC in NYC. MBA Mondays Archives.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

« Launch48 last weekend Posted by Aidan, 20 th January 2010. Share this: net c# development django java language php software Were often asked by entrepreneurs which language their startups should adopt when developing their technology. on February 1, 2010 Another criterion I use is: What is the size of the developer pool?

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. And consultants who aren’t going to work for you for free. So you see my dilemma.

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DECEMBER 7, 2008

As a last disclaimer, please consult the definition of the word hacker if youre not familiar with the controversies surrounding that term.) Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. Hire a CTO or VP Engineering. Suffice to say, most of the hackers Ive known have been men. Guess what?

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

24 Comments • Nov 8, 2010 I love this answer. Steve Smith • Nov 8, 2010 I've always thought that a funny thing to do would be to post an ad on Craigslist saying "I'm a rockstar developer who is looking for the next great idea. Yishan Wong • Nov 8, 2010 lol.if Lee Weinberg • Nov 12, 2010 lol.

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

I was originally hired as a contractor, developing a SaaS app from scratch, including DB design and coding. I am being offered a single digit percentage of outstanding shares, which I believe is based on the founder’s application of a share distribution as though I am in a CTO or a Director Of Engineering role. Animikh Sen.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Voyager’s cognitive-computing, deep-insights platform assesses billions of publicly available, unstructured data points to provide insights for its clients in finance, retail and consulting. Chen Zamir is the company’s CTO and former Intelligence officer in the IDF as well as Paypal risk manager.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2017

The primary reason I have it so good is because I made a really extraordinary hire back in 2010 right after we started getting traction. I spend probably half my time designing the software which is what I love to do and it hasn’t been that way always. There’s another track for our consultant partners.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. 9 – Do not cut your losses a la Pivot at the right time. 3 – Not the right team.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The problem is that many programmers have loads of talent with no product sense and business students have great designs with no way to implement them. Programmers feel exploited when they build out a product that is successful but are reluctant to admit they wouldn’t have been able to design the product themselves.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Kapor is the original designer of Lotus 1-2-3 and former CEO of Lotus Development. Paige Craig: Adrenaline-junkie Paige Craig is a former marine and intelligence consultant who’s now a prolific angel investor and startup advisor based out of Los Angeles. 2010 Election Tops Obama’s Presiden.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

You can measure this yourself: go to any list of startups, maybe look at YCombinator’s recent graduate class , or Scoble’s list of picks for 2010 , or Sequoia’s list of seed companies — or go find a list you like better. Because.NET is designed to extend, not disrupt. Alcides Fonseca. the analogy of 1.6

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? © 2010 Derek Sivers comments Pam Mark Hall (2010-06-19) # Derek, Yes,Yes,Yes! Thanks you!

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

Youll notice a pattern: most of the key features that enabled PHPs success are considered among its defects by experts in language design. Ironically, as PHP has grown up, its designers have been busy "fixing" these shortcomings. In my role as a CTO, Ive always tried to choose the right tool for the right job. I certainly dont.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

Eren Bali arrived in Silicon Valley from Turkey in 2010 hoping to relaunch Udemy , his online education company. But yes, I migrated from Turkey to Silicon Valley in 2010 and started Udemy. What was that, 2009, 2010? We had to move to Silicon valley. So, it was a really long story. ER : I remember Speed Date. EB : Yeah.

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