Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" So I initially gravitated to the CTO title, and not VP of Engineering.
mashable.com
MAY 9, 2011
This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Today, CTOs are multi-taskers that aren’t just coders locked in some basement — they play a vital role in a tech company’s strategic plan and growth. Zach Cutler , The Cutler Group.
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SoCal CTO
APRIL 9, 2013
They''ve been in talks with some consulting companies, but don''t quite the know the criteria for evaluating them and things like references(and where to get them). Do you have some complexity around algorithms, database? Are there particular technologies or platforms involved? Or are you starting from scratch?
Startup Lessons Learned
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?
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 12, 2009
PHP has always scored well on this count, with lots of support for database drivers, URL parsing, HTTP fetching, regular expressions - you name it. Although this was annoying for sysadmins, security consultants, and language purists (and for those who had proprietary modules that couldnt be bundled), it was a huge boon for developers.
sivers.org
JUNE 25, 2010
Speaking from experience: My mate paid someone to build him a database-driven website. In addition to showing him what to do, I also pointed out the vulnerabilities and demonstrated how easy it was to login into the admin area of his site without knowing any username or password or database table or column names. THANK YOU!!!
blog.expensify.com
APRIL 24, 2012
Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. The VAST majority of what you’re dealing with (HTTP, MIME, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, relational databases, page template, authentication, session management, caching, etc.) Like what?!
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