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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? 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." But along the way, something strange happened.

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30 Entrepreneurs Share Their One Prediction for Business in 2022

Hearpreneur

Press releases are becoming less successful, partly due to the difficulty of obtaining earned media. I expect businesses in multiple sectors that have been limping along in crisis mode since the pandemic to really start buckling due to chronic understaffing and a loss of any kind of institutional culture or experience.

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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 15, 2008 The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time Split-testing is a core lean startup discipline, and its one of those rare topics that comes up just as often in a technical context as in a business-oriented one when Im talking to startups. First of all, why split-test?

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. What accounts for the difference? Is that a lot?

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2017

Hearpreneur

We’re very new to the industry, and while we’re passionate about the product, there have been obstacles every step of the way – production, shipping, distribution, etc. But it’s rewarding to see our customers so excited about the product, and the huge growth in sales from last year has been encouraging.

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Transcript of How to Turn Marketing Costs Into Profit

Duct Tape Marketing

We’re going to distribute that on a platform and we’re going to build an audience in some way and we’re going to sell our product or service, which by the way is fine. That’s great. They have more skews than Amazon.com, they sell electronics geared to engineers.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

I have the knowledge in tech to implement it. If you’re looking for technical talent – go to the dev meetups. Building Product 2. I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing.