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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? October 2, 2008 8:58 AM Chad said. But along the way, something strange happened. It became harder and harder to separate how the software is built from how the software is structured. Great piece!

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Lessons Learned: Continuous deployment and continuous learning

Startup Lessons Learned

Heck, thats what it says right there in the agile manifesto. Luckily, Chad Austin has recently weighed in with an excellent piece called 10 Pitfalls of Dirty Code. Labels: agile , continuous deployment , lean startup , product development , Test-driven development 4comments: Nivi said. But it worked. We made it. So can you.

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CXL Live 2018 Recap: Top 5 Lessons from Each Speaker

ConversionXL

Amazon has hired more people for their Alexa division than Google has for the entire company – it’s not hunch, this is going to be the focus. Corporate Agility. Transparency correlates to agility (Does your CEO know how many tests you ran last month?). Hire & fire – tools to do a job. Use data enrichment.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck. Sjoerd Franken.

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30 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

Only a few years ago, it was common practice for new businesses to instantly hire staff to handle administrative duties. Even workforces are becoming more agile, on-demand, & entrepreneurial. Business owners will be forced to hire a freelancer rather than a full-time employee, putting pressure on the full-time employee.