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Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? When Ive asked mentors of mine who have worked in big companies about the role of the CTO, they usually talk about the importance of being the external face of the companys technology platform; an evangelist to developers, customers, and employees. Heres my take.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 20, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. Even worse, agile wasnt really helping me ship higher quality software.
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Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 10, 2008
I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. Do you have a bug database? Can you make a build in one step?
Austin Startup
JULY 27, 2010
The company database contains data on millions of companies, but users are adding data on almost 2,500 smaller companies per week. Austin technology veterans Hank Weghorst and Suaad Sait have shown through their 10 week beta that they’re agile, responsive to user feedback, and rapid in rolling out new features.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 19, 2009
I want to talk specifics, and when you come right down to it, most technology startups dont have a very interesting cost structure. They maintain a huge database of passive candidates, by offering to pay them when they interview. Sounds a little abstract, though, doesnt it? Almost all of it is in one giant fixed-cost bucket: salaries.
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
The promotion signals the importance of product development for the company’s growth roadmap. DataRails allows companies to manage their data in Excel, operating as a front end to a cloud database , which makes it far more agile and easier to create accurate models. CEO Perspective.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 7, 2008
Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. A really good technology executive can notice problems like the ones Im talking about today and address them proactively. At the end of the day, the product development team of a startup (large or small) is a service organization.
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