Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. Wasn’t he a CTO or something? (He Blog at WordPress.com.

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www.scottporad.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In fact, that’s exactly how I ended up at Cheezburger—a friend of a friend introduced me to one of the angels who had invested, who then introduced me to the founder (who needed a CTO). What It Really Means To Be a CTO Recent Tweets Error: Twitter did not respond. and Failblog.org. Please wait a few minutes and refresh this page.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The Lean Startup Book launches in just under a week. People who would never bother with an entrepreneur’s blog, who may not even see themselves as entrepreneurs: shopkeepers and policy makers, CFO’s and private equity managers, and even future entrepreneurs. This bundle is 100% stuff I think you will really use. No phony discounts.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. can feel you now—corporate recruiters at career fairs, sending offer letters to work at banks and consulting firms. But I don’t think so. Become a lifer.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

As a last disclaimer, please consult the definition of the word hacker if youre not familiar with the controversies surrounding that term.) Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. This is one of the bedrock practices of any lean startup , and so its a common piece of advice I give out.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Lean vs. Mean – Small Business and Responsibility | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. Why Being First to Market Isn’t Always Best | SCORE Small Business Success Blog – [link]. Obama CTO Harper Reed on Keeping Sane in a High-Pressure Environment – [link]. Can Money Buy Happiness?

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. Vlad and his team at DarwinApps are considering launching DevFund — their attempt at cofounding companies by developing the MVP technology.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Zynga Leans On Some Workers to Surrender Pre-IPO Shares – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Legal Contracts for Graphic Designers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. Bringing new technology to market poses unique challenges not faced by, say, most consumer goods.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

This is the first post in what’s going to be a series of blogs on how to go from nothing – no connections, no team, no money and no knowledge of how the startup industry really works – to operating a growing business. I mentioned to Mike that I was going to kick this series off over on the Meebo Blog , but he suggested I start it here.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Expensify Blog. Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. Blog posts like this might be part of why you’re finding it hard to hire good people. « chawisa's blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

From e-commerce to blogs to photo galleries, we benefited from tens of thousands of lines of code that had already been battle-tested. Although this was annoying for sysadmins, security consultants, and language purists (and for those who had proprietary modules that couldnt be bundled), it was a huge boon for developers. Im curious.

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