View from Seed

MAY 11, 2016

The context of starting business may have changed, and some of the tools and practices (especially around early product development and go-to-market) might look very different. But I find it definitely hurts to do it too early. We were glad to have him, but I was a little surprised that he wanted to take on this role.

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Spencer Fry

DECEMBER 16, 2019

We continue to have our Monday meeting that gives almost everyone a chance to talk about what they're working on for the week, but it's definitely more difficult for everyone to have a deep understanding of all that's happening. We now have 6 product developers — if you include our CTO — and they're often working on different projects.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Andrew is the co-founder and CTO of Parse.ly , a technology startup that provides big data insights to the web’s best publishers. I have heard many founders — even in the first few months of product development — expect to raise seed rounds, pay themselves salaries, etc.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 17, 2017

LawnStarter is one such company, so we sat down with their CTO, Jonas Weigert , to learn about how they experiment across their product and communication and how they deal with optimization as a company. Jonas Weigert: “Measuring success of something like our distribution algorithm is definitely a challenge.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

As a last disclaimer, please consult the definition of the word hacker if youre not familiar with the controversies surrounding that term.) Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. Hire a CTO or VP Engineering. Suffice to say, most of the hackers Ive known have been men. Guess what?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

In a startup, both the problem and solution are unknown, and the key to success is building an integrated team that includes product development in the feedback loop with customers. 2008 09 06 Eric Ries Haas Columbia Customer Development Engineering View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Examples of this are well-known, and (in my definition) include any product that causes new customers to sign up as a necessary side-effect of existing customers normal usage: Facebook, Myspace, AIM/ICQ, Hotmail, Paypal. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

It seems the focus on “virtual&# goods has been both the demo of the consumer as well as the fact that by definition virtual goods have almost no marginal costs to the seller so giving a huge slice to the carrier (and Zong) isn’t a problem since actual costs are ~ $0. Investors: Matrix (Dana Stadler, who was the CTO of PayPal).

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ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

agile software development. (46). product management. (23). software development. (47). startup cto. (18). web development. (12). Strategic Technology. Simple Agile Product Development. How to Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs Pa. Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Another great way to test your idea is to create a minimum viable product, or MVP. This is the simplest version of your product minus the frills and frosting. It’s a particularly popular strategy in the world of product development and is used to quickly and quantitatively test a product or a product feature.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

In my role as a CTO, Ive always tried to choose the right tool for the right job. But today I believe that ruby and python, with RoR and Django are most definitely the best ways to go for a startup business that wants to get productive. I am CTO of a SaaS vendor, and we use PHP. I certainly dont.

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Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

That’s definitely going to be a great way for me to put some attention on that part of my life and help that out. As a CTO, he noticed this. By acknowledging what every one of pieces are, it’s going to help you be able to estimate your time a little bit better. Jonathan: Okay, yeah. Thank you so much for that answer.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

These are the geniuses clogging up Craigslist’s “Computer Gigs&# with ads saying stuff like “Need iPhone Developer: Compensation: 30% of profits (when we get them)&# or “Ruby on Rails ROCKSTAR needed: $20/hr&# [link] Nils Noack Definitely a good read! Definitely looking forward to your next post.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? " No "rockstar" developer will even entertain your idea unless you can at least show them some proof that your idea has merit. If they don't ask for any proof, the are certainly not a rockstar developer. But you definitely need more than a beginner.

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