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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" By delegating and training, we create a corps of leaders who could step in to provide CTO-like services on demand. October 2, 2008 8:58 AM Chad said. Thats an important job, for sure, and Ive been called upon to do it from time to time.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3

Both Sides of the Table

So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. I spent a bunch of time with Co-founders Alex Bard and Gary Benitt. This is interesting because just 2 years ago many of these businesses were shut down by the SEC. Enter P2P lending. They have done 3 startups in the customer support space and one that wasn’t.

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Lessons Learned: Continuous deployment and continuous learning

Startup Lessons Learned

It’s important to note that system I’m about to explain evolved organically in response to new demands on the system and in response to post-mortems of failures. Luckily, Chad Austin has recently weighed in with an excellent piece called 10 Pitfalls of Dirty Code. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

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The number one question you all asked after reading my last blog post about starting a business from scratch was “how do I find my co-founders?&# And therein lies the problem in finding co-founders for that startup you’re dying to launch. Having trouble meeting folks you think would be good co-founders?

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What is the perfect startup team?

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Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team?