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A Startup CTO’s Take on Early Technology Choices & Tradeoffs

View from Seed

Below, he answers questions about developing products from scratch, as well as the difficult technology choices and tradeoffs CTOs must make. NVV: When do you start thinking about technology choices and what you’ll use to build something? On a high level, where do you even begin?

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Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

Both Sides of the Table

This time I thought I’d try and address engineering talent. Often I’m asked by startup CEO’s about how to best build an engineering team. Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. I have much experience in this domain.

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50 Places You Can Learn to Code (for Free) Online

YoungUpstarts

MIT OpenCourseWare : Find more than a hundred online course materials for electrical engineering and computer science in MIT’s OpenCourseWare collection. University of Michigan : From the University of Michigan, you’ll get access to great programming courses including Computer Vision and Internet History, Technology, and Security.

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Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering?

www.bothsidesofthetable.com

Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering? This time I thought I’d try and address engineering talent. Often I’m asked by startup CEO’s about how to best build an engineering team. So I believe that every great technology startup has the technology visionary inside the company.

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Top 9 Reasons to Choose Cloud App Development

The Startup Magazine

When you don’t have to worry about technological concerns, you can focus on your company. Microsoft Azure, Heroku, Google App Engine, and other well-established PaaS providers let you install your own cloud-based applications. Starting a business has never been easier than it is now, thanks to cloud computing.

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6 Effective Website Design Strategies That Directly Impacts Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Focus on design or choose the right technology. by Deepak Chauhan, CEO and founder of VOCSO Web Studio. Here are just some few factors to make a website be fully user friendly and optimized: 1. Create gorgeous visual presentation.

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Hiring Employee #1

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

That is, when you have a candidate on the phone, you can use the resume to ask about previous experience, test their knowledge of technologies they claim to have, etc. Pick the weirdest technology in the list, or pick on one bullet point they listed two jobs ago that seems a little odd to you. It’s happening now at WP Engine.).

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