Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

(Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996).

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. Michael’s second problem comes from holding software engineers to an unprecedented standard of business savviness: Most software engineers aren’t business people.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We’ve got an incredible engineering team that cares a lot about system design, architecture and user experience. We’re a team of incredibly passionate and fearless explorers, technologists, gamers, scientists, entrepreneurs, dreamers, artists, and storytellers who are committed to building a more free and open digital world.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

5 Comments 30 Answers Tristan Kromer , I help entrepreneurs find co-founders. Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? I do disagree about two other points: First, this isn't the "quora rockstar engineer" perspective. Or reading books. Rockstar v. Obviously not. Or going to design classes.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

This dynamic births serial entrepreneurs and motivates angels and venture capitalists to pull their friends into investment deals. For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Craig is currently the CEO and founder of stealth-ish startup BetterWorks.

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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. NET (and Java) experience are big bright red-flags in my book. Nothing says contraction negotiation like the smell of cordite. It is clear that good software engineers avoid you.

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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? Weve built Sandcastle specifically for an entrepreneur with an idea, who is not a developer.

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