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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" So I initially gravitated to the CTO title, and not VP of Engineering.

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What is the perfect startup team?

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are just emerging for business people (customer development, business model generation,). Colin Hayhurst , CTO co-founder then CEO of start-up b. Having said that, if we must generalize the start-up with the best chances of succeeding are likely to have a CEO and a CTO. Levy , Emily Gonzales , Satoshi Suzuki , Joshua M.