CTO Hire Product Development Sales Silicon Valley 
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 26, 2020
He also said, “The most important hire I made in my time at the JAIC was the chief technology officer, Nand Mulchandani.” In this class session Nand Mulchandani, JAIC CTO who just completed an extended stint as Acting Director, continued the discussion of AI and the role of the JAIC. Selling JAIC Like Enterprise Sales.
www.lanceglasser.com
MAY 13, 2012
Product development. Queuing theory and product development. The Essential Product Investigation Phase Gate. So you want to ship the product early? What does a CTO do? Marketing and sales. The minimum viable product. Silicon Valley melting pot. What does a CTO do?
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Venture Chronicles
AUGUST 2, 2013
I have covered a couple of topics in this series, the first being hiring the best people and the second organizing for success based on the attributes of the people you are hiring. 3) It all starts with the product: Companies can overcome a great many challenges with band-aids, duct tape, and bailing wire.
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. I vividly remember the sales guy saying, “It’s only some kid in field service. What happened?
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 7, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, December 7, 2008 The hackers lament One of the thrilling parts of working and writing in Silicon Valley is the incredible variety of people Ive had the chance to meet. And we cant hire new engineers any faster, because you cant be interviewing and debugging and fixing all at the same time!
Up and Running
MAY 23, 2016
In the tactics section, list your sales channels and describe how you will be selling your products. 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.
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
But six months in, you’re gonna cry when you see someone else put out that same product you’re pitching me right now. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door. Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. I don’t know any developers. No phone system.
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