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Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
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."
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
Paid - if your product monetizes customers better than your competitors, you have the opportunity to use your lifetime value advantage to drive growth. In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc.
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SVPG
OCTOBER 14, 2014
” We were big practitioners of what we now call Customer Development, and our customer was typically the IT organization of large companies. I remember being immediately struck by how different we designed and built technology, versus how our customers did. 5) Funding. 9) Accountability. 10) Leadership.
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? ) Thanks to Suns amazing PR blitz, there was tremendous demand for experts on Java, and I did my best to convince people that I was one of that mythical breed. So much for timing.
Steve Blank
JULY 30, 2009
As the (very junior) product marketing manager I got a call from our local salesman that someone at Apple wanted more technical information than just the spec sheets about our new (not yet shipping) chip. It’s one of the subtle distinctions that at times gets lost in the process. I cover this in the Four Steps to the Epiphany.)
rob.by
MARCH 8, 2012
These traits of a software engineer are always in demand by a great number of companies. This isn’t because technical people are flakier or inherently less entrepreneurial; it’s because by definition they have a narrower set of highly in-demand skills. Business people have it tougher. Tuesday, August 17, 2010 e.p.c.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 7, 2008
In a few cases, they are clearly smart people in a bad situation, and Ive written about their pain in The product managers lament and The engineering managers lament. As the company grows, hes the go-to person for almost everything technical, and so hes very much in demand. He throws off volumes of code, and it works.
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