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How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO

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How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO. Product and Engineering. How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO. Today, he’s the co-founder and CTO of Artillery , bringing console-quality gaming to the web browser. at least until one of our new hires requested one.

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Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

Startup Lessons Learned

We would pretty much bid on any phrase that was "[name of competitive product] chat" and variations like that. And then we would use that simple analytics system I mentioned to monitor the conversion rates of customers from each campaign. Its now a technique I recommend for any web-based startup. I just came across this post.

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Fear is the mind-killer

Startup Lessons Learned

I spent some time with his company before the conference and discussed ways to get started with continuous deployment , including my experience introducing it at IMVU. They were deploying to production with every commit before they had an automated build server or extensive automated test coverage in place. Interesting article, Eric.

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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Startup Lessons Learned

Heres what the one-line split-test looks like in pseudocode: if( setup_experiment(.) == "control" ) { // do it the old way } else { // do it the new way } The call to setup_experiment has to do all of the work, which for a web application involves a sequence something like this: Check if this experiment exists. Buy a higher quantity 2.

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Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Startup Lessons Learned

Some startups fail because the founders cant have this conversation - they either blow up when they try, or they fail to change because they are afraid of conflict. The more work youve sunk into a product or vision, the harder it is to let it go. As the CTO/VP Engineering, I was the worst offender. Both are lethal outcomes.

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What is the perfect startup team?

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Smart teams understand quickly that all three skills are essential - if you can't recognize the need, you won't be able to hire for it or value it. Jason Tugman • Dec 14, 2010 Why make web design and UX separate? Add Comment • Dec 7, 2010 View All 2 Comments Cannot add comment at this time.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

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If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. This is the simplest version of your product minus the frills and frosting. I used a freelance web designer and I only created the core functions to create, send, and manage invoices.