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

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You always want to be careful with how tightly you schedule things to make sure you stay agile and responsive to evolving business needs, but you also need to make sure your overall journey makes sense and that you’re building things in the right order, as well as taking on risks in a measured way. You can reach Isaac on Twitter @icambron.

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How to Found a Startup in a New Industry

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Most startups’ founding mythologies are full of the same phrases : “hard work,” “agile strategy,” “smart scaling.” Here are three keys to creating a startup in a new industry. Like a lot of startup founders, I’m a huge nerd. But one of the most undervalued and elusive factors is timing.

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How to Structure a Modern, Customer-Driven Product Team

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According to David Cancel , CEO of Drift , the optimal number of members in a product team at a young startup is three. First, be wary of waterfall and agile. Despite the popularity of waterfall and agile, David has tried to distance his company from them. What was the theory behind three? Worth the subscribe. ). Yes, really.).

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Repeat Founders and the Risk of a False Positive

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As a founder with that kind of experience, you are likely to find that a lot of the typical advice for startups on the internet isn’t quite applicable. These challenges put founders in a precarious position because they all contribute to a serious loss of agility. You are probably able to raise a fairly large round pre-launch.

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Playing Startup

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I’ve observed what may be an emerging trend, at least in some startups, that I find somewhat unsettling. But I think it’s important to discuss, particularly given today’s heady environment for startups. But I think it’s important to discuss, particularly given today’s heady environment for startups.

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Rob Stevens & Rob Go B2B GTM AMA Recap

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Stevens has held roles across verticals such as head of sales, marketing, product, and professional services at five startups over twenty years. He helps early-stage startups with sales, marketing, and general “go to market” topics. Demonstrate the things that big companies love about buying from startups.

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Advice On How To Make Your First Analytics Hire

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Given the common challenges encountered by founders as they navigate through this hiring decision, I thought I’d outline some of my thoughts below that can hopefully serve as a simple framework when it comes to making the first Analytics hire at your startup. Analytics vs. Finance?—?what’s what’s the difference (and what do you need)?

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