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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 8 – AI – Chris Lynch and Nand Mulchandani

Steve Blank

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. That’s it. How Will AI Be Used?

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Startups Lessons: Product First

Venture Chronicles

Feature development is a result of the demands of the biggest customers with the loudest voices, the platform evolves at the rate which new customer features are required, not anticipated mind you, and lastly the API development is focused on what internal developers require rather than what the partner ecosystem is asking for.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

This week’s guest was David Travers from Rustic Canyon Partners. Investors: Matrix (Dana Stadler, who was the CTO of PayPal). The investment will be used for product development initiatives. What I found strange about this funded was the fact that it was led by Summit Partners. 15mm in Series A. ShoeDazzle.

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

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. Hire a CTO or VP Engineering. Labels: five whys root cause analysis , product development 8comments: William Pietri said.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

List key partners and resources you will need, and then list your core team as well as their roles. List key partners and resources you will need, and then list your core team as well as their roles. This is the simplest version of your product minus the frills and frosting. Keep core development in-house.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Today, brands are hiring social media specialists for customer support, crowdsourced product development, promotions and even leads generation.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

In Meebo’s case, for example, I was lucky enough to partner up with Elaine and Sandy. Second, like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door. No looking for partnerships (who’s going to partner with you anyway?). If no one ever uses your product, you have no value. Partner up?