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Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 20, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. This engineering manager is a smart guy, and very experienced.
mashable.com
MAY 9, 2011
Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. They must exhibit a thirst for working in teams, helping others and being forthright.
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rapidrollout.wordpress.com
JANUARY 15, 2011
He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence. And why would you hire a technology guy who launched a failed startup?
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 26, 2009
The idea of leverage is simple: for every ounce of effort your product development team puts into your product, find ways to magnify that effort by getting many other people to invest along with you. We knew that we were only a small team, but we had big aspirations. Open APIs and data-oriented architecture (aka "web 2.0").
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 29, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, November 29, 2008 The ABCDEFs of conducting a technical interview I am incredibly proud of the people I have hired over the course of my career. Finding great engineers is hard; figuring out whos good is even harder. This second objective plays no small part in allowing you to hire the best.
konamoxt.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
January 21, 2009 Why Your Startup Can’t Afford To NOT Hire a CTO As I mentioned in my last post, one of the many things I do as an entrepreneur is to advise other start up companies. Unfortunately in many cases, the choice to hire a CTO is the worst choice a CEO or management team could make.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 7, 2008
In a few cases, they are clearly smart people in a bad situation, and Ive written about their pain in The product managers lament and The engineering managers lament. I know them right away - we can talk high-level architecture all the way down to the bits-and-bytes of his system. Just change it.
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