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What does a CTO do?

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Product development. Queuing theory and product development. The Essential Product Investigation Phase Gate. So you want to ship the product early? Thank you Japan. Glasser 2007-2012. Metrics for cyclical businesses. Let the Games Begin! Stock buybacks. The Year of the Black Swan. Bah, humbug.

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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium

Startup Lessons Learned

If your company is using minimum viable product , you’ve probably said the same thing yourself. SlideShare, founded in 2007, started experimenting with MVPs and A/B testing this year. If your company is using minimum viable product , you’ve probably said the same thing yourself. What prompted the process change? .&#

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10 years of entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

Im confident of that last statement, because I made the same mistake again a few years later, when I won an award in 2007. If youd asked me to rank the top most important people Id met that year, I doubt it would look very impressive in retrospect. BusinessWeek named me one of the top young entrepreneurs in tech , based on my work at IMVU.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

Eric, When I came to IMVU back in 2007, I had really enjoyed the actual product (the chat client) and getting to know the regulars on the forum. Compared to 2007, the chat client runs whole lot smoother (well, right before 2.0 In fact, one of your own mods, told another customer to literally go f themselves.

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