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A Startup CTO’s Take on Early Technology Choices & Tradeoffs

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Below, he answers questions about developing products from scratch, as well as the difficult technology choices and tradeoffs CTOs must make. NextView Ventures: You just experienced something that most developers don’t ever see: zero code base at a company. For example, we picked Clojure for our development work.

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Rob Stevens & Rob Go B2B GTM AMA Recap

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Can you develop a new value prop based on the changing business conditions this person just described to you? Which is they’re flexible and agile. Your champion is the person who’s going to push this deal through to get done. What is their job? How has it changed in the last week or so? Don’t burn that relationship.

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How to Structure a Modern, Customer-Driven Product Team

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First, be wary of waterfall and agile. Despite the popularity of waterfall and agile, David has tried to distance his company from them. One of David’s biggest gripes with waterfall and agile is that the development sprints inherent in these models become a point-driven “game.” Yes, really.).

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