Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

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. Labels: product development 15comments: mukund said. What made them exceptional?

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2009

Reply The Chad , on July 23, 2009 at 2:45 pm Said: As a young professional looking towards the future and trying to cut my own path, I love hearing about how others built up a stable work-life. Reply LW , on August 6, 2009 at 2:00 am Said: Agreed with The Chad. The Chad poses a very good point. You created it and own it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Nobody gets here overnight, but every step along the way has made us better developers. They’ll increase code quality, prevent defects and educate your developers. You cant make these global efficiency improvements until you get clear about the goal of your development process. On commit automatically run all tests.

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Steve Blank

JULY 23, 2009

Hundreds of thousands of people worked on developing strategic weapons, bombers, our ICBM and SLBM missile programs, and the Apollo moon program. Reply Chad Albrecht , on July 23, 2009 at 11:23 am Said: Great post! We built new cities in Hanford, Oak Ridge and Los Alamos and put 130,000 people to work on the project.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Lessons learned : To sell to customers you need to understand them: how they work, what they do and what problem you will solve for them. You can’t understand customers from inside your building. via Ardent War Story 4: You Know You’re Getting Close to Your Customers When They Offer You a Job « S… [.]

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

3d - developer, designer and distributor. You can argue that the DNA created by Microsoft's over emphasis on distribution (Steve) and development (Bill), has ultimately cost it $50bn or more in lost revenue, market share and market capitalization. They are many more examples. They are indispensable and the foundation for success.

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