Cracking the Code

MARCH 24, 2015

gathered at the event. It is not very polished but was designed for a fast read.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Initially, we promoted it to a list that we’d already developed through Website Grader, the free app our CTO Dharmesh Shah had built before we even had a product. NVV: That’s not in any book about growing a startup — “Build an interactive app to start your marketing, then host a webinar for its users.”

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www.startuplessonslearned.com

MAY 4, 2012

The following is an excerpt from HBS Professor Noam Wasserman’s new book, The Founders Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup. Noam is one of a rare breed of business academics: he studies entrepreneurship using a rigorous empirical approach. But such a best-case approach is hazardous.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The brand name is the best summary possible of our business model. We are our name, and our name is our business since the inception of the idea behind the company. The results were okay, but the location became the main focus of the name and seemed limiting if the business were to expand to other locations.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Left to right: Heather Shen , CTO; Melina Lopez , CPO; and Elise Smith , CEO The Forrest Four-Cast: February 25, 2020 As the saying goes: Before you judge a person, walk a mile in their shoes. Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW , the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Paring down products, target customers, business models etc takes courage, but it must be done to have any chance of success. The lean startup is an application of Lean Thinking.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. I've also read his book The Four Steps to the Epiphany, where he outlines this in great detail. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

— all great things when you are executing and scaling a known business model. If the founder was lucky, he got to stay as chairman or CTO. However, almost like clockwork, the inevitable next cycle of technology innovation would catch these now-public startups and their boards by surprise. Board Control.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

And then there are all the dating anecdotes from my six years in NYC (but that’s a very entertaining book and I’m digressing). Now, the present. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network. And I get to lead this effort in a world very different than the one I grew up in just a few decades ago.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

Some great posts from April 2010 that talk to me in terms of being a CTO at a Startup. Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? Ben Casnocha: The Blog , April 15, 2010 Everyone I spoke with loved the idea.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Alarming IT data points - deal architect , August 25, 2010 I am grateful for plenty of positive coverage my book has received.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. Now I have. Charles Darwin.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 27, 2015

So I bought the book. Oren Jacob , Pixar’s ex CTO has been teaching with us at Berkeley and Stanford and has been trying to point out this connection for years!). Managers see change as a threat to their existing business model – and it is. ——-. Innovation Management – Animation and Startups.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

If you start framing the technology solution, then you’re not looking for a CTO or a tech co–founder, you’re looking for a contractor or employee to implement that solution, which is perfectly fine if you know what you’re doing. I also find that things like Rails books that make application building look easy don’t help.

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Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

Are there types of companies, market segments, industries, or business models where PLG does not make sense? From there, you will also want to enable me and Tony, once we are so convinced, to easily have a conversation with the our CTO or our Chief Financial Officer when there's opportunity to buy new developer software.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2019

I was surprised that there wasn’t a name brand company that had people available anywhere and at any time, along with transparent booking, payment, and really great staff that you could choose from. 10 years later, my work is represented in over 300 stores worldwide, I give talks at conferences, and I’m writing a book.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

I couldn’t write a single line of code, and I didn’t have any clue how to start a business. Luckily for me, I found some books that enlightened my path. For me, these books were great guides. Any investor who knew anything about books, didn’t invest. They probably thought it was the wrong time too. Screw the haters.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Deepblocks ’ leadership: CEO Olivia Ramos , CTO Jesus Cabrera , and COO Jeff Millett The Forrest Four-Cast: February 13, 2020 Is it possible to bring down the cost of optimizing housing to zero? Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW , the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Letting inertia and stubbornness limit your growth and ability to change your business model was cited as cause for failure almost 1/5 of the time. #8 Now I just need a business model. Sure Twitter gets away with not having a business model, but they’re not the norm. 8 – Lack Passion and Domain Expertise.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Ciro Donalek , CTO and Co-founder, believes immersive environments are a great way to collaborate with other people and build compelling stories about your data anywhere in the world and in real time. Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW , the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

From left to right, echoAR founders, Alon Grinshpoon CEO, Ben Pedazur CTO, and Koren Grinshpoon COO. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries. these are single-user experiences with static content.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

From left to right, echoAR founders, Alon Grinshpoon CEO, Ben Pedazur CTO, and Koren Grinshpoon COO. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries. these are single-user experiences with static content.

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Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

Lara is an author, speaker, business coach, and the host of the popular Mom Biz Solutions Show podcast. Her passion is helping entrepreneurs create and run businesses that honor their priorities and values. Sometimes, as a business owner, things change. Your business model may change. That’s fine.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

He hasn’t read the final pages of his book yet. The books say its easy to learn/do, but there are so many variables, and they all (prog. Nosake From nothing to losing money every month with no business model in sight. Hopefully your idea of business model isn’t “ad revenue based”. How to get there.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

I was able to work with him, and he did some due diligence on my financials, because we had a similar business model, and I was able to show this is a comparable for our exit strategy. I’m still connected to this woman, and she’s now the CTO of Disney, and so if you don’t make the ask, you’re never going to know.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Ted Serbinski: Angel investor Ted Serbinski sold his startup MothersClick to Lifetime in 2008 and joined the cable network as CTO of the ParentsClick Network.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

are just emerging for business people (customer development, business model generation,). Developers who understand and can execute on a business model. Colin Hayhurst , CTO co-founder then CEO of start-up b. he also helps out with cranking out the code). The former focussed on biz. and the latter on tech.

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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. Yesterday I was having a discussion with one of our executives on the strength of network effects inherent in the data.world business model. Well, natural network effects are present throughout the data.world business model.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? They already have great full-time programming jobs or are running booked freelancing gigs.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 17, 2017

LawnStarter is one such company, so we sat down with their CTO, Jonas Weigert , to learn about how they experiment across their product and communication and how they deal with optimization as a company. LawnStarter makes it easy to book lawn care. Introducing Jonas Weigert and LawnStarter. Q: How did you get involved with LawnStarter?

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