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Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder. startupcto

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

If not, whos going to insist we switch to free and open source software? Labels: product development 15comments: mukund said. My answer to that was to be part of the team whose whole is better that its individual parts as its mentioned in the article, a team leadership rather that a point leadership.

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Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

Startup Lessons Learned

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? How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone How to Usability Test your Site for Free The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the tim.

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Running Your Business By Instinct Is Not Recommended

Startup Professionals Musings

There is so much positive feedback on the value of involving customers in product development, and the use of social media for crowd feedback, at a very low cost, that’s it hard to argue that one person could have more insight alone, and be right more often. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

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Don’t Make Business Decisions Based Only On Intuition

Startup Professionals Musings

There is so much positive feedback on the value of involving customers in product development, and the use of social media for crowd feedback, at a very low cost, that’s it hard to argue that one person could have more insight alone, and be right more often. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. It is about when in the life of your company you do the spending.

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Reasons Not To Make Decisions Today On Gut Instincts

Startup Professionals Musings

There is so much positive feedback on the value of involving customers in product development, and the use of social media for crowd feedback, at a very low cost, that’s it hard to argue that one person could have more insight alone, and be right more often. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

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