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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" So I initially gravitated to the CTO title, and not VP of Engineering.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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But as any programmer will tell you (I’m one), any lucrative contract or full time job you can get, especially these days, will usually leave you so burnt out by the end of the day that the last thing you will want to do is sit down and bang out more code. analyst (sit on butt and react to red light green light alerts all day).

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

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Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? Creative, innovative, or dreamy (not so sure about the last one), green 'get started' button or orange? As a developer, I feel that design/creative is undervalued in the early stages of product development. Forgive me, I'm a green Quora user.