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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? Often times, it seems like people are thinking its synonymous with "that guy who gets paid to sit in the corner and think technical deep thoughts" or "that guy who gets to swoop in a rearrange my project at the last minute on a whim."

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Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

Startup Lessons Learned

If you havent seen it, Pascals recent presentation on continuous deployment is a must-see; slides are here. First, because the amateurs weren’t SEC-registered, the site had to refer to them with awkward terms like “geniuses.&# It was written by Sarah Milstein in collaboration with kaChing CEO Andy Rachleff.

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Lessons Learned: Great open source scalability tools from Danga

Startup Lessons Learned

So, for reference, I am Adam, of [link]. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. sadly, this blog forces you to use a google account.