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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Leadership Abilities Are A Must It’s natural to want a tech savvy and competent CTO.

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Lessons Learned: Just-In-Time Scalability

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Just-In-Time Scalability At my previous company, we pioneered an approach to building out our infrastructure that we called "Just-In-Time Scalability." You can also download our presentation, " Just-In-Time Scalability: Agile Methods to Support Massive Growth."

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Lessons Learned: Greasemonkey compiler

Startup Lessons Learned

I tried your compiler and it generted the XPI file but when I link to it and click the link it actually downloads the binary into my browser window instead of popping up the Firefox plugin window. As I make more, youll find them (with source) at my Greasemonkey Compiler page. 2comments: Matthew Quinlan said. BTW, its FF 3.07 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

I usually use a "funnel report" that looks like this: Control Hypothesis A Hypothesis B Registered 1000 (100%) 1000 (100%) 500 (100%) Downloaded 650 (65%) 750 (75%) 200 (40%) Chatted 350 (35%) 350 (35%) 100 (20%) Purchased 100 (10%) 100 (10%) 25 (5%) In this case, you could run the report for any time period. Expo SF (May.

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Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

For example, we used to be baffled at IMVU by the significant minority of people who would download the software but never chat with anyone. b) If your product has areas where people read and then different areas where people interact, are there ways to do metrics to determine where people spend their time? Expo SF (May.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. Free Subscription Sales Forecast Template [DOWNLOAD]. Branding Checklist: 10 Essentials Before Launch [Free Download]. Noah says, “Agile is what most software companies use.

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

Startup Lessons Learned

I downloaded and tried all four of them (because I had time to kill) - and Im still not sure which one was the best. Nevertheless, we are getting healthy downloads, and anecdotal evidence suggests that its often from people just browsing through apps. Do most people know what kind of app they want? Expo SF (May.