CTO Hire Hiring Leadership Product Development 
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
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? ) In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. Would love to get in touch.
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Steve Blank
JULY 30, 2009
.&# Most startups tend to think they are selling into an Existing market – a market exists and your company has a faster and better product. If that’s you, by all means hire a VP of Sales with a great rolodex and call on established mainstream companies – and ignore the rest of this post.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 10, 2008
The leadership art is to balance the needs of the present with the needs of the future. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? My career has been full of " student body right " moments, where the whole team is suddenly forced to change direction.
SVPG
MARCH 5, 2011
However, it also represents an increased recognition of the importance of strong product leadership. I work with quite a few different product companies, and I am often asked to recommend and evaluate potential candidates. With some exceptions, it it is important that this role be a peer to the CTO and the VP Marketing.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 7, 2008
And we cant hire new engineers any faster, because you cant be interviewing and debugging and fixing all at the same time! Even with the highest standards imaginable, theres no way to hire just genius hackers. Hire a CTO or VP Engineering. Worst of all, your teammates are constantly wanting to have meetings.
David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
I was fortunate to get some thoughtful input from the leadership of DarwinApps , Casual Corp , Coventure , HappyFunCorp , OAB Studies , and World Accelerator. Ideally, the economics of a development investment look like those of a cash investment; typically, a seed investor will get no more than about 20% of a company for his capital.
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