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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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Bitesize Tuesday: Tracx, Innovid, Kenshoo, uTest and More Investment Rounds [recap]

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Below is a recap of some of September’s Israeli tech headlines: Investment rounds. million to date and has managed to sign partnerships with some of the web’s leading video publishers. Kenshoo , the SEM automation startup and Sequoia’s darling, has raised a fourth round of $8-10 million from Sequoia.

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How do I get my first few customers?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Marketing, advertising, positioning — they’re all forms of persuasive writing, just like an op-ed in the New York Times. So I think the ideal customer is: SaaS, ISV, Web Products. ” But “Web Products” is neither a market nor a target customer. What’s the answer? I bought ads for $0.05/click

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Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

Startup Lessons Learned

Like many forms of progress, most of the items on the new test dont replace items from Joels - they either supplement or extend the ideas on which the original is based. This is still an essential practice, especially on the web. Notice that none of those five reasons deals with TDD or automated testing, which have changed the game.

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Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now

Startup Lessons Learned

Of the techniques he mentioned, I think four are fundamental and critical for any lean startup: TDD (or the even more politely named TATFT ) Continuous integration Automate your deployments Collect statistics The tools to help you do these things are getting better and better every day, but dont confuse tools with process. . Expo SF (May.

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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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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

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Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Frances McInnis is a journalist and crossword enthusiast based in New York City. to get the scoop on finding a name that will work on the web. He says that intentional Web 2.0

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